Festival to run from March 9-18 in Austin, Texas.
Barry Jenkins, director of this year’s best picture Oscar winner Moonlight, was unveiled on Monday as one of the keynote speakers at SXSW Conference 2018.
Jenkins is lining up an October start on his next project, the James Baldwin adaptation If Beale Street Could Talk that marks the first project under the two-year production deal announced earlier this year between Annapurna and his company, Pastel.
The SXSW speaker roster includes psychotherapist and author Esther Perel, technology entrepreneur and a managing director at Goldman Sachs whurley, futurist Bob Richards, Kaiser Permanente chairman and CEO Bernard J. Tyson, Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 chairman and CEO Ingrid Vanderveldt, artist and poet Cleo Wade, and author and founder of the Future Today Institute Amy Webb.
“We are overjoyed to invite Barry Jenkins back to SXSW as a Film Keynote having presented the world premiere of his first feature, Medicine for Melancholy, in 2008,” Janet Pierson...
Barry Jenkins, director of this year’s best picture Oscar winner Moonlight, was unveiled on Monday as one of the keynote speakers at SXSW Conference 2018.
Jenkins is lining up an October start on his next project, the James Baldwin adaptation If Beale Street Could Talk that marks the first project under the two-year production deal announced earlier this year between Annapurna and his company, Pastel.
The SXSW speaker roster includes psychotherapist and author Esther Perel, technology entrepreneur and a managing director at Goldman Sachs whurley, futurist Bob Richards, Kaiser Permanente chairman and CEO Bernard J. Tyson, Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 chairman and CEO Ingrid Vanderveldt, artist and poet Cleo Wade, and author and founder of the Future Today Institute Amy Webb.
“We are overjoyed to invite Barry Jenkins back to SXSW as a Film Keynote having presented the world premiere of his first feature, Medicine for Melancholy, in 2008,” Janet Pierson...
- 7/24/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
“Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins has been named one of the keynote speakers for the 2018 South by Southwest Conference, the festival committee announced Monday. Psychotherapist and best-selling author Esther Perel and whurley, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, will also be keynote speakers at the March event. Featured speakers include space entrepreneur and futurist Bob Richards, Kaiser Permanente chairman and CEO Bernard J. Tyson, Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 chairman and CEO Ingrid Vanderveldt, artist and poet Cleo Wade, and author and founder of the Future Today Institute Amy Webb. “We are overjoyed to invite Barry Jenkins back to SXSW as a.
- 7/24/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
“Moonlight” filmmaker and Oscar winner Barry Jenkins’ very well-deserved victory lap is about to come full circle. While next year’s SXSW Conference and Festivals is nearly nine months out, the director has been tapped to deliver the 2018 Film Keynote speech, returning him to the festival that helped launch his career.
Jenkins premiered his debut film, “Medicine for Melancholy,” at the festival back in 2008. It went on to screen at Laff and Tiff and helped launch Jenkins’ career.
Read MoreBarry Jenkins Sets James Baldwin Adaptation ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ As First Post-‘Moonlight’ Feature
“We are overjoyed to invite Barry Jenkins back to SXSW as a Film Keynote having presented the world premiere of his first feature, ‘Medicine for Melancholy,’ in 2008,” said Janet Pierson, Director of Film, in an official statement. “’Moonlight; is a magnificent piece of work, transcendent, and made on his own terms. We couldn’t be...
Jenkins premiered his debut film, “Medicine for Melancholy,” at the festival back in 2008. It went on to screen at Laff and Tiff and helped launch Jenkins’ career.
Read MoreBarry Jenkins Sets James Baldwin Adaptation ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ As First Post-‘Moonlight’ Feature
“We are overjoyed to invite Barry Jenkins back to SXSW as a Film Keynote having presented the world premiere of his first feature, ‘Medicine for Melancholy,’ in 2008,” said Janet Pierson, Director of Film, in an official statement. “’Moonlight; is a magnificent piece of work, transcendent, and made on his own terms. We couldn’t be...
- 7/24/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins, author and psychotherapist Esther Perel and the technology entrepreneur and quantum computing expert William Hurley, who goes by the name whurley, have been selected to serve as keynote speakers at the 2018 South by Southwest Conference and Festivals, which will run from March 9-18 in Austin, Texas.
Featured speakers, announced Monday, include space entrepreneur and futurist Bob Richards; Kaiser Permanente chairman and CEO Bernard J. Tyson; Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 chairman and CEO Ingrid Vanderveldt; artist and poet Cleo Wade; and author and Future Today Institute founder Amy Webb.
“We are overjoyed to invite...
Featured speakers, announced Monday, include space entrepreneur and futurist Bob Richards; Kaiser Permanente chairman and CEO Bernard J. Tyson; Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 chairman and CEO Ingrid Vanderveldt; artist and poet Cleo Wade; and author and Future Today Institute founder Amy Webb.
“We are overjoyed to invite...
- 7/24/2017
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Liam Porter is 7 years old. He lives in Augusta, Georgia, and recently, he got a new arm. Born without part of his left arm, Porter had a traditional prosthetic when he was younger, but his mom Ryan told the The Augusta Chronicle that it was cumbersome for a growing boy. "It didn't really move," she said. "So to a little kid, it was nothing but dead weight. He did a lot without it." His new arm, though, is an improvement in every way. Not only is it lighter and easier to move, it's also aesthetically modeled after the armor worn...
- 1/13/2015
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
It's the breakfast of champions, or the champion of breakfasts: Ever since we can remember, Wheaties cereal boxes have been synonymous with celebrity athletes. Its covers have been graced by the likes of Cal Ripken Jr., Mary Lou Retton and Michael Jordan (who has appeared on the box a whopping 18 times -- more than any other athlete).
But the first athlete to appear on a Wheaties box was actually from the earlier part of the century -- baseball great Lou Gehrig in 1934 (he appeared on the back, not on the front). Wheaties eventually made the shift to featuring sports players on their covers with decathlon gold medalist Bob Richards in 1958, not to mention Bruce Jenner (yes, that Bruce Jenner), who appeared on the box in 1977 and was one of the first official Wheaties spokespeople.
Test your knowledge of athletes and Olympic champs by browsing through the celebrity sports players in our gallery below,...
But the first athlete to appear on a Wheaties box was actually from the earlier part of the century -- baseball great Lou Gehrig in 1934 (he appeared on the back, not on the front). Wheaties eventually made the shift to featuring sports players on their covers with decathlon gold medalist Bob Richards in 1958, not to mention Bruce Jenner (yes, that Bruce Jenner), who appeared on the box in 1977 and was one of the first official Wheaties spokespeople.
Test your knowledge of athletes and Olympic champs by browsing through the celebrity sports players in our gallery below,...
- 7/26/2012
- by Youyoung Lee
- Huffington Post
While the public indicts an entire profession over a few bad apples, former air-traffic controller Bob Richards says acts of routine heroism-and extreme stress-define life in the tower.
At 2 a.m., shattering the calm of what had been an otherwise uneventful overnight shift, came the words every air-traffic controller fears: "Tower, we just lost all our generators," the radio crackled. "We're going down."
Related story on The Daily Beast: Killing the High-Speed Chase
I grabbed my binoculars. The Ups Boeing 727 cargo jet was about five miles from the airport, on final approach for runway three-two at O'Hare-and now, dropping like a rock. It's trajectory had it headed straight for the huge, glass International Terminal. Then, a few seconds later, the Ups suddenly lit up again, gained power, climbed to hopscotch over the terminal, and, with the help of the controllers, landed right on the numbers.
After the pilot landed I...
At 2 a.m., shattering the calm of what had been an otherwise uneventful overnight shift, came the words every air-traffic controller fears: "Tower, we just lost all our generators," the radio crackled. "We're going down."
Related story on The Daily Beast: Killing the High-Speed Chase
I grabbed my binoculars. The Ups Boeing 727 cargo jet was about five miles from the airport, on final approach for runway three-two at O'Hare-and now, dropping like a rock. It's trajectory had it headed straight for the huge, glass International Terminal. Then, a few seconds later, the Ups suddenly lit up again, gained power, climbed to hopscotch over the terminal, and, with the help of the controllers, landed right on the numbers.
After the pilot landed I...
- 5/1/2011
- by Bob Richards
- The Daily Beast
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