American Film Market, running November 3-10 in Santa Monica, assembles acquisition and development executives, agents, attorneys, directors, financiers, film commissioners, producers and writers for sessions screenings, deal-making and networking. The 10th Annual Christian Country Music Awards encompasses seminars, talent showcases, fun and fellowship when it meets in Nashville November 4. Tom Hanks will receive the Stanley Kubrick Brittania Award in a ceremony in Beverly Hills on November 4. Basketball 101 with the Los Angeles Lakers is actually a high-powered networking event mixing basketball skills and cocktails on November 4 at Staples Center. The Amiens International Film Festival, runs from November 5-14 in Amiens, France. California Lawyers for the Arts offer a day-long Music Business Seminar for emerging musicians and entertainment attorneys on legal issues affecting artists and entertainers at a November 6 meeting in Los Angeles. At the Kempe Celebrity Jam, Hollywood stars face-off against local celebrities in a charity basketball game with a half-time concert by a top 40 recording artist, all happening at the University of Denver, November 6. Medals will be presented to Kirk Douglas and Edward Lewis at a Freedom of Expression award ceremony on November 8 in UCLA's James Bridges Theater. Billboard Backstage Pass Touring Conference & Awards will feature panels, discussions, networking and awards targeted to promoters, agents, managers, venues, sponsors, and production professionals in sessions running November 8 & 9 in New York. AEG and the LA Sports & Entertainment Commission present a Sports & Entertainment Career Fair followed by the WTA Tour Women's Tennis Championships on November 11. A session titled Your Script is Finished -- Now What? offers pointers when it meets November 13 at Universal Studios in Universal City. "The Art of the Deal, Hollywood Style" is the theme for the 2004 IPELS 28th Annual Symposium meeting November 13 in Los Angeles. Good News Singers Scholarship Brunch hosts their 33rd annual Thanksgiving Celebration at the Newark Airport Marriott Hotel November 13. American Music Awards goes live over the ABC network and in the Shrine Auditorium November 14 in Los Angeles. Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film/TV Music Conference enables an exchange of ideas among film/TV and music professionals among other things when it opens November 16 in Los Angeles. The Caribbean International Film Festival happens November 17-21 in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands and hosts a celebrity golf tournament. The International Emmy Awards Gala follows the Sixth iEMMYs Festival during festivities taking place in New York City and opening November 20. L.A. Laker great Earvin “Magic” Johnson serves as Grand Marshal of the 73rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade for its November 28 march.
In all, there are 51 events listed at this time, not all of which have been shown here. The listing will be updated during the month. Quite a few of these events have a submission process for indie and/or performing artists to take part in. Further information on these events can be found on the "Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events" page at http://www.actorschecklist.com/news.html. Also, use our resources to get onto your favorite or any other interesting TV show. Choose from the following categories: Audience/Entertainment, Home/Lifestyle, Reality/Documentary, Game/Quiz, Talent/TV Extras. View what is currently available by clicking http://www.actorschecklist.com/resources/tvtickets.html and checking to see what is being cast for in the listings at the top of the page.
