Sunday, July 04, 2004

Screenwriters Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio; Sony Pictures Vice-Chair Highlight July Media Events

Ted Elliot & Terry Rossio, writers of the box office hits "Shrek," "Shrek 2," cover the topic of "Box Office Hits" July 15 at the Westwood-LA Borders store. And on July 19, Yair Landau, vice-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment and President of Sony Pictures Digital, delivers the keynote address at the 2004 Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association (IEMA) Executive Summit.

Other media and entertainment industry highlights for the month include the NashCamp Songwriting Camp taking place in Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee, July 5-9; the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation "Television Night at the Hollywood Bowl II" on July 9 in LA; Digital Video Expo East Conference, happening at Jacob Javits Convention Center, July 14-16; the Emmy Nominations Announcement in North Hollywood, July 15; Drew Barrymore and Charlize Theron hosting the Los Angeles Free Clinic's seventh annual "Extravaganza for the Senses" wine and food event fundraiser on July 17 in Century City; the "NAB Executive Development Seminar for Radio Broadcasters" taking place at Georgetown University, from July 22-24; Wolfgang Puck and Barbara Lazaroff gathering renowned chefs from Los Angeles' top restaurants to create their finest culinary delights with tastings from the top wineries in California, in a July 25 event to benefit the American Cancer Society.

It doesn't stop here, there's still more events on tap, and they can be found on the News and Upcoming Events page at http://www.actorschecklist.com/news.html in the orange highlight box toward the middle of the page surrounded by other show business activity news. The listing will be updated again as the month goes on and new events are added.