Freeze Frame -- Jan. 30, 2017
At a post-screening panel of the Complex Networks and go90 series Embeds in Brooklyn, N.Y. (l. to r.): Scott Conroy, co-creator and executive producer; NBC News reporter Katy Tur, moderator; and cast members Taylor Zakhar, Kelsey Asbille and Max Ehrich.
YouTube star/actress Teala Dunn (l.) is interviewed by actress Jurnee Smollett-Bell at the YouTube House at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Enjoying dinner prior to the Sundance screening of Time: The Kalief Browder (l. to r.): Michael Gasparro, executive producer; Chachi Senior and Sharon Levy, Spike TV; Harvey Weinstein; Kevin Kay, Spike TV president; Shawn “Jay Z” Carter; Nick Sandow, Julia Nason and Jenner Furst, executive producers; and David Glasser, The Weinstein Co.
Anthony Hemingway (l.) and Aldis Hodge arrive for the Season Two Party for WGN America’s Underground at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Opening The Hall of Magic at the William Vale in Brooklyn, N.Y. (l. to r.): Arjun Gupta, Hale Appleman, Stella Maeve and Jade Tailor, cast members of Syfy’s The Magicians; Chris McCumber, president, entertainment networks, NBCUniversal Cable Networks; Sera Gamble, co-creator and executive producer, The Magicians; Lev Grossman, book series author; Olivia Taylor Dudley, cast member; John McNamara, co-creator and executive producer; and Jason Ralph, Summer Bishil and Rick Worthy, cast members.
(From l.): Kathie Lee Gifford of NBC’s Today; Bill Abbott, president and CEO, and Michelle Vicary, EVP, programming and network publicity, Crown Media Family Networks; and Al Roker of Today mingle at Crown Media’s annual Winter TCA Tour event.
At Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia’s 7th annual Shining Star Awards benefitting the March of Dimes (l. to r.): Brian Carroll of MLS’s Philadelphia Union; Jerad Eickhoff of MLB’s Philadelphia Phillies; Brian Monihan, president, CSN Philadelphia; Jordan Matthews of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles; World B. Free, former Philadelphia 76er; and Danny Pommells, CSN Philadelphia.
At Crackle’s TCA Tour presentation in Pasadena, Calif. (l. to r.): Rupert Grint of Snatch; Eric Berger, GM, Crackle, and EVP, Sony Pictures Television Digital Networks; and Bryan Cranston of SuperMansion.
At the Univision Women’s Leadership Council panel discussion on signaling value in the workplace in New York (l. to r.): Wenda Harris Millard, MediaLink; Shelley Zalis, The Girls’ Lounge; Randy Falco, president and CEO, Univision; Soledad O’Brien, Starfish Media Group; and Tonia O’Connor, chief commercial officer and president, content distribution, Univision.
At the panel discussion for Sundance Now’s short film series Take 5: A More Perfect Patriot at the Sundance Film Festival (l. to r.): Thom Powers, documentary curator, Sundance Now; filmmakers Jason Cohen, Keith Maitland and Jordan Ching; Jan Diedrichsen, GM, Sundance Now; Kiran Deol, filmmaker; Josh Sapan, president and CEO, AMC Networks; and Jehane Noujaim amd Razan Ghalayini, AMC Networks.
(From l.): Jay Baruchel, Eric Andre, Britt Lower and Katy Findlay of FXX’s Man Seeking Woman at the FX Networks TCA Tour panel in Pasadena, Calif.
WICT honored speakers at its Signature Luncheon in Las Vegas with Diversity Champion medallions (l. to r.): Mindy Grossman, HSNi; Sandra D. Rice, Emma L. Bowen Foundation; Claire Smith, ESPN; Catt Sadler, E! News; and David L. Cohen, Comcast.
(From l.): Matt Cherniss, president and GM, WGN America; Paul Giamatti, executive producer, Outsiders; amd Peter Liguori, CEO, Tribune Media, at the network’s TCA Tour presentation.
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