Kevin Pollak, Meta World Peace, Kate Flannery, & Adrienne Barbeau @Opening Night of The HollyShorts Film Festival Live From The Dolby Theatre

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Now live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, doing a great interview with the award winning Actor/ Comedian Kevin Pollak, on the Opening Night Gala of the HollyShorts Film Festival.

The interview was on the red carpet right in the first and best spot by the entrance of the Dolby Theatre- the exact same spot as where the Oscars are held every year, as you can see in the above and below photos: 

In the above photo our TV Show Host Jacqueline Murphy is at this famous Oscar location on the right of the photo, ext to: Sandro Monetti photo- MC Host of Hollyshorts, with their outfits matching! It is so funny that Jacqueline knows him from the Fashion Designer: Sue Wong, who we visited a few times at her mansion in Loz Feliz, and her office used to be 1 block for our office in Los Angeles. Sandro is a well-known British journalist who has won many awards and writes about everything in Hollywood. The Festival hired him to MC the evening. He will be sitting on various panels when they walked into the The First theater. He was on the stage, giving awards to some of the filmmakers, and he has a new show, opening up in London based on Diehard with Bruce Willis and I believe he has one in Emmy.

In the feature photo (L – R) is our Entertainment Today News Team of Doug Nolan: Editor, Cameraman, and Reporter, Steve Taylor: TV Producer, our interviewee: Actor Kevin Pollak, Margie Rey and Jacqueline Murphy(not in photo): our TV Show Host News Reporters: On the opening night of this film festival our Entertainment Today TV Show Host: Margie Rey interviewed Kevin Pollak, and afterwards he was nice enough to pose for photos with us (see above photo).

At this Film Festival you can see Kevin star in the hilarious Comedy “The GRIEVANCE “ with Rosie O’Donnell. It’s a very timely comedy about harassment in the work place- but this time it’s a robot that gets harassed by Kevin Pollak, and Rosie is the one who investigates the complaint! It is written by Comedian/Actress: Carol Leifer.

Stay tuned for great news coverage from our Entertainment Today news team, for the rest of this star-studded HollyShorts Film Festival.

Kevin Elliot Pollak (born October 30, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and podcast host. He has appeared in over 90 films; his roles include Sam Weinberg in Rob Reiner’s A Few Good Men, Jacob Goldman in Grumpy Old Men and its sequel Grumpier Old Men; Todd Hockney in The Usual Suspects, Phillip Green in Martin Scorsese’s Casino, and Bobby Chicago in End of Days. Our Entertainment Today News Reporter and Editor: Doug Nolan interviewed NBA All-Star and World Champion with the LA Lakers: Meta World Peace, who now is known as: Metta Sandiford-Artest (born Ronald William Artest Jr.; November 13, 1979), previously legally named Metta World Peace, is an American former professional basketball player who played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Under the name Ron Artest, he played college basketball for the St. John’s Red Storm. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 1999 NBA draft, and in 2010 helped the Los Angeles Lakers win the NBA World Championship, along with the NBA Legend: Kobe Bean Bryant, who was a shooting guard, who spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association. In the above and below photos you can see Steve and Margie posing for photos with Meta World Peace: Doug also interviewed Actress Kate Flannery who co-starred with Steve Carell in the award winning hit TV show “The Office.”  Kate Flannery (born June 10, 1964) is an American actress. Following her early theatre work, Flannery had her screen breakthrough playing Meredith Palmer on the NBC series The Office, which won her two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She went on to guest star on CBS shows Magnum P.I. and Young Sheldon. She competed on the 28th season of Dancing with the Stars and voiced Barb on the animated series Steven Universe:

Our Entertainment Today TV Show Host: Margie Rey also did a great interview with Adrienne  Barbeau who is an American actress and author. She came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway’s original Rizzo in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlay on the sitcom Maude (1972–1978). In 1980, she began appearing in horror and science fiction films, including The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), Creepshow (1982), and Swamp Thing (1982). She also appeared in the Burt Reynolds comedy The Cannonball Run (1981), and as the shrewish wife of Rodney Dangerfield’s character in Back to School (1986). She was cast in numerous television films and series such as The Love BoatFantasy IslandValentine Magic on Love Island, and Battle of the Network Stars: She also provided the voice of Catwoman in the DC Animated Universe. In the 2000s, she appeared on the HBO series Carnivàle (2003–2005) as Ruthie. Her Spouses were John  Carpenter: married 1979 and divorced in 1984, and Billy Van Zandt: married 1992 and divorced in 2018.  She was born on June 11, 1945, so she is now age 79, but at one time she was a major sex symbol, with the popularity of her 1978 cheesecake poster that confirmed her status as a sex symbol.

Below Photo L – R: Margie, Matt, Steve, and Jacqueline:  Our other Entertainment Today TV Show Host: Jacqueline Murphy also did some interviews on the red carpet for us, and will be doing reviews on the movies, and the panels and special events for us at this HollyShorts Film Festival: After all the interviews our news team did with the film’s Actors, Producers, Directors, and Writers, we watched the opening night’s excellent movie shorts at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre, and then attended an amazing party right by the red carpet, in the Hollywood Highland Complex. The party had live music with Bongos: excellent wines and drinks, with wood fire Pizza, and ice-cream- so everyone had a great time!

It was a star-studded red carpet that included: Honoree Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story, Oppenheimer), Juror Jon Huertas (This is Us, Castle), Juror Michelle Krusiec (A Million Miles Away, Hollywood), Honoree Lexi Underwood (Little Fires Everywhere, Cruel Summer),Past Juror Zoey Deutch (The Outfit, Not Okay), Juror and NBA Champion Metta World PeaceBella ThorneCurran Walters (Titan’s), Alex Hedison (HSA lok), Emmy Award-winning producer Jessica Badawi, NBA Agent Colby Schinto, Levon Hawke (HS Callback), Past Juror Alexandra Shipp (Barbie), Breeda Wool(The Walking Dead), Mena Massoud(Aladdin), Jamie Chung (Big Hero 6:The Series), Donald Falson(Scrubs, Extended Family), Clifton Collins Jr (StarTrek), Kevin Pollak (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Briana Venskus (The Walking Dead, Supergirl), Malcom Barrett( Dear White People, Timeless), Ginger Gonzaga (She Hulk: Attorney at Law,True Lies).
On this show you will see those interviews done by Margie, Doug, and Jacqueline. In the below photo you can see our Entertainment Today Show Host : Margie Rey interviewing from the short film:  “If I Die in America” – The Director on the left: Ward Kamel, and the Producer in the center: Adria’n Lausell Caban:
 Our Reporter Doug Nolan gets up close & personal with: Becca Brazil(Influencer):
Our Reporter Doug Nolan gets up close & personal with: Lola Violet (Influencer):

The below photos are of Doug Nolan, right after his red carpet interview with ALBA RAMADANI from Albanian- client of Alta Global Media. ALBA RAMADANI received the Spotlight Award during the star-studded closing ceremony of the 7th Annual Filming in Italy Los Angeles Festival on March 3rd at the Harmony Gold Theater, an award given annually to a particularly promising rising star. ALBA RAMADANI: made her screen debut in director Alessio Della Valle’s film AMERICAN NIGHT. Alba just wrapped a supporting lead in Shira Piven’s directorial debut THE PERFORMANCE and can be seen in the feature film RIDO PERCHE TI AMO. Alba also has a supporting role in the upcoming feature film STOLEN. Alba is fluent in English, Spanish and German. She is represented by Steven Adams at Alta Global Media. IMDB  REEL  Password: ANRp!2  Below photo of Doug Nolan, right after his red carpet interview with Actress ALBA RAMADANI: 

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Last year Los Angeles’ premiere film festival HollyShorts became a quadruple OSCAR-qualifying festival with the welcome addition of the OSCAR-qualifying award for documentary shorts, alongside two for live action and one for animated shorts. Now in its 20th year, this well-loved festival will be back on August 4th with a twenty-foot red carpet at the foot of the steps of the Dolby Theatre, where the Academy Awards are held. OSCAR winners’ Riz Ahmed, Aniel Karia, Guy Nattiv, Ben Proudfoot, Travon Free, Ross White, Tom Berkley, Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton, Kim Magnusson are just some of this prestigious festival’s past winners.

Previous jury members include Academy Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Worthington, Zoe Deutch, Bryan Cranston, Gemma Arterton and Blair Underwood.

HollyShorts Film Festival will take place in-person between August 4-18th, 2024 at TCL Chinese 6 Theaters, with the annual Awards Gala set to take place on August 18th, 2024. Tickets are available at Hollyshorts.com 
The annual Academy Awards®Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival will celebrate its 19th year in August 2024. HollyShorts (HSFF) brings together top creators, industry leaders, and companies and has launched many filmmakers into the next stages of their careers. HollyShorts, regular on MovieMaker Magazine’s “Top 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee list”, also engages its community and spotlights short films year-round through monthly screenings, panels, and networking events. The festival directors are Theo Dumont and Daniel Sol.

Members of this year’s 2024 HollyShorts Film Festival jury include Oscar® nominated actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Sam Worthington (Avatar), Zoey Deutch (Not Okay), Alexandra Shipp (Barbie), Josh Whitehouse (Daisy Jones & the Six), Christina Chong (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), Run the Burbs showrunner, Nelu Handa and Academy® Award winner Jaime Ray Newman (Skin). Esteemed industry professionals also serving on the jury include Variety journalist K.J. Yossman and Eric Kohn, Executive Editor & Chief Critic of IndieWire.

Joining the jury are Tom Berkeley and Ross White, who won a 2023 OSCAR® with their film AN IRISH GOODBYE, 2022 Academy Award® Winner Aneil Karia (The Long Goodbye), the 2023 OSCAR® nominees Pamela Ribbon (My Year of Dicks) and Wendy and Amanda (The Flying Sailor). Returning this year will be double OSCAR® winner and animation guru Joanna Quinn (Affairs of the Art), Academy Award® winner Alice Doyard (Colette) and 2023 OSCAR® nominee Joshua Seftel (Stranger at the Gate).

The star-studded jury who will determine which four will films qualify to be considered for the 2025 edition alongside high profile HollyShorts awards are: Adam Rackoff (The Brainwashing of my Dad, Downwind), Alex Winter (Zappa, Bill & Ted Face The Music), Academy® Award Winner Alice Doyard, Adrienne Barbeau (Maude, Swamp Thing), Danny Pino (Hotel Cocaine, Unión de Reyes),  David Dastmalchian (Oppenheimer, The Suicide Squad), Jennice Lee, Deadline’s Joe Utichi, Awards Daily’s Joey Moser, Jon Huertas (This is Us, Castle), Josh Hamilton (Reality, The Walking Dead), Academy® Award Nominee Joshua Seftel, Katherine McNamara, (Shadowhunters, The Maze Runner), Kalani Dreimanis, IMDB Senior Film Editor Keith Simanton, Lio Tipton (A Friend of the Family, Riddle of Fire), Deadline’s Matt Carey, Matthew Modine (The Martini Shot, Hard Miles), Michelle Krusiec (A Million Miles Away, Hollywood), Academy® Award Nominee Misan Harriman, Student Academy® Award Winner Omer Ben-Shachar, Peter Macon (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Orville), Rachel Brosnahan (Superman, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Animation Magazine’s Ramin Zahed, Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel), Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka, Common Ground), Samuel Arnold (Emily in Paris, Expectations), Producer and Head of Acquisitions at Flawless AI Ryan Black, BBC/CNN film expert Sandro Monetti, Sarah Shahi (Red, White & Royal Blue, Sex/Life), Tricia Helfer (Lucifer, Battlestar Galactica) and Tyrese Gibson (Fast & Furious, 1992).

Heading HollyShorts brand new Sports category is none other than NBA Champion Metta World Peace, also judging will be Emmy Award-winning producer Jessica Badawi and NBA Agent Colby Schinto.

So stay tuned and thanks for watching Entertainment & Sports Today TV and Entertainment Today on Time Warner/ Spectrum. To watch other shows go to: EntertainmentandSportsToday.com  Celebrating 30 Years being Broadcast on TIME WARNER / Spectrum!

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