English Entertainment
Zee English to air 10th Annual Screen Actor Guild Awards live
MUMBAI: It is that time of the year again. The channels are all geared to flash their share of the awards ceremony.
As for Zee English, the channel is flaunting 10th Annual Screen Actor Guild Awards. The channel will telecast the ceremony held at Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Centre’s Silver Screen Theatre on Monday 23 February 2004, 8:30 am, live and exclusive.
Zee’s English entertainment channel has announced that besides the live telecast on Monday 23 February 2004 8:30 am, the channel will re-run the ceremony at 8pm.
According to a company release the People magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) will host the Screen Actors Guild post- awards Gala benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation for the eight consecutive year.
Says Zee English business head Abhijeet Saxena, “It is and honour to hold such prestigious awards on Zee English. It has always been our endeavor to showcase the best shows on our channel. Keeping the trend this is another step in the same direction. The highlight of these awards is that the most of the programmes that have received the nomination are currently showcased on Zee English.”
Screen Actors Guild president Melissa Gilbert, Actors Andie Macdowell and Mark Harmon, announced the nominee for the outstanding performance in 2003, in five films and eight primetime television categories in the award ceremony, says the release.
Unlike any other awardss, the screen Actors Guild Awards are selected purely by actor’s peers. The two randomly selected panels, totally 4,200 SAG members from across the United State, chose this year’s nominees, says the release.
Besides bagging the exclusive rights, the channel is kicked about the fact that couple of television show category aired on Zee English being nominated for 10th Annual Screen Guild Awards.
The list includes
Outstanding Performance by Male Actor in Drama Series:
(Character- Show- Actor)
Peter Krause- Six Feet Under- Nate Fisher
Martin Sheen- The West Wing- Pre Josiah Bartlet
Outstanding Performance by a female actor in Drama Series
Stockard Channing- The West Wing -Dr Abigail Bartlet
Frances Connoy- Six Feet Under – Ruth Fisher
Allison Janney- The West Wing- CJ Cregg
Outstanding performance by a Male actor in a Comedy Series
Sean Hayes- Will and Grace- Jack McFarland
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series
Lisa Kudrow – Friends – Phoebe Buffay
Debra Messing- Will and Grace- Grace Adler
Megan Mullally- Will and Grace- Karen Walker
Complete list of nominations:
PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:
(Actor- Telefilm- character-Production company)
Justin Kirk – Angels in America – Prior Walter – HBO
Paul Newman – Our Town- Stage Manager – Showtime
Al Pacino -Angels in America – Roy Cohn – HBO
Forest Whitaker – Deacons for defence – Marcus – Showtime
Jeffrey Wright – Angels in America – Belize – HBO
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Anne Bancroft- Tennessee William’s The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone – Contessa – Showtime
Helen Mirren- Tennessee William’s The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone – Karen Stone – Showtime
Mary-Louise Parker-Angels in America – Harper Pitt – HBO
Meryl Streep- Angels in America – Hannah Pitt – HBO
Emma Thompson- Angels in America – The Angel – HBO
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Peter Krause – Six Feet Under – Nate Fisher – HBO
Anthony LaPaglia- Without a trace – Jack Malone – CBS
Martin Sheen- The West Wing – Pres. Josiah Bartlet – NBC
Kiefer Sutherland- 24 – Jack Bauer – FOX
Treat Williams- Everwood – Dr Andrew Brown – The WB
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Stockard Channing – The West Wing – Dr Abigail Bartlet – NBC
Frances Conroy – Six Feet Under – Ruth Fisher – HBO
Tyne Daly- Judging Amy- – Maxine Gray – CBS
Jennifer Garner- Alias – Sydney Bristow – ABC
Mariska Hargitay- Law & Order: SVU – Det. Olivia Benson – NBC
Allison Janney- The West Wing – C.J. Cregg – NBC
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Peter Boyle- Everybody Loves Raymond – Frank Barone – CBS
Brad Garrett-Everybody Loves Raymond – Robert Barone – CBS
Sean Hayes- Will & Grace – Jack McFarland – NBC
Ray Romano- Everybody Loves Raymond – Raymond Barone – CBS
Tony Shalhoub- Monk – Adrian Monk – USA
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Patricia Heaton- Everybody Loves Raymond – Debra Barone – CBS
Lisa Kudrow- Friends – Phoebe Buffay – NBC
Debra Messing- Will & Grace – Grace Adler – NBC
Megan Mullally- Will & Grace – Karen Walker – NBC
Doris Roberts- Everybody Loves Raymond – Marie Barone – CBS
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – CBS
Law & Order – NBC
Six Feet Under- HBO
The West Wing – NBC
Without a trace – CBS
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Everybody loves Raymond- – CBS
Fraiser – NBC
Friends – NBC
Sex and the city – HBO
Will & Grace – NBC
Screen Actors Guild Awards 40th Annual Life Achievement Award
Karl Malden
English Entertainment
Ellison takes his Paramount-Warner Bros case straight to theater owners
The Skydance chief goes to CinemaCon with promises and a skeptical crowd waiting
CALIFORNIA: David Ellison strode into a room packed with thousands of cinema owners and executives at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday and did something rather bold: he looked them in the eye and asked them to trust him.
The chief executive of Paramount Skydance vowed that his company would release a minimum of 30 films a year if regulators greenlight its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, a deal that has made theater owners deeply, and loudly, nervous.
“I wanted to look every single one of you in the eye and give you my word,” Ellison told the crowd. “Once we combine with Warner Bros, we are going to make a minimum of 30 films annually across both studios.”
It was a confident pitch. Whether it landed is another matter. Cinema operators have already called on regulators to block the deal, and scepticism in the room was hardly concealed.
Ellison pushed back by pointing to recent form. Paramount, born from the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media last August, plans to release 15 films this year, nearly double the eight it put out in 2025. Progress, he argued, was already underway.
He also threw theater owners a bone they have long been chasing: all films, he pledged, would run exclusively in cinemas for a minimum of 45 days, drawing applause from a crowd that has spent years fighting for exactly that commitment across the industry.
“People can speculate all they want,” Ellison said, “but I am standing here today telling you personally that you can count on our complete commitment. And we’ll show you we mean it.”
Fine words. The regulators, however, will have the last one.
