Thursday, February 12, 1998
A&E Briefs
NAACP Image Awards
The 29th NAACP Image Awards will take place at the Pasadena
Civic Auditorium this weekend.
The event will honor singer/songwriter/producer Kenneth
"Babyface" Edmonds with its Entertainer of the Year Award, and song
stylist Nancy Wilson and legendary R&B group The Isley Brothers
will be inducted into the Image Awards Hall of Fame.
Special Image Awards will be presented to Marian Wright Edelman,
founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, in addition
to Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman and Northwest Airlines
Corporate Relations Vice President, John E. Williams.
Cannes Film Festival Internship
The deadline for applications to the work study program at the
Cannes Film Festival, presented by Eastman Kodak Worldwide Student
Program, is Sunday.
Students accepted to the program will reside dormitory-style in
apartments in Cannes La Bocca, five minutes from the Palais des
Festivals and The American Pavilion. Participants will have access
to a number of festival events, the film market and other VIP
activities and screenings.
Information is available on-line at apinfo@ampaf.com. Students
will be chosen based on academic performance, skills applicable to
the program and letters of recommendation.
For applications, call (310) 837-0183.
World Animation Celebration
The second annual World Animation Celebration will begin on
Monday and run through the weekend at the Pasadena Civic
Center.
Highlights will include the World Animation Competition awarding
prizes in 40 competitive categories in such areas as film,
commercials, TV, CD-ROM and the Internet.
Other events include the Klasky Csup Screenwriting Competition,
various World Animation Celebration screenings, the New Animation
Technology Expo, and the World Celebration of Anime and Animation
Industry seminar.
The celebration also features the World Animation Marathon where
2,000 high school and college students will produce a collaborative
animated feature film in one day.
For more information, contact Leslie Sullivan, festival
director, at (818) 991-5275 or e-mail wacfest@aol.com