FREEZE FRAME -- MARCH 31, 2015
At the L.A. Sports Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel (l. to r.): Max Gopalan, senior director of revenue and product marketing, DirecTV; Mike Severino, VP, distribution strategy, Universal Sports Network; Gracie Gold, 2014 U.S. national figure skating champion and female athlete of the year honoree; and Scott Brown, president Universal Sports.
At Disney TV Animation and Women in Animation’s event showcasing Disney XD’s Star and the Forces of Evil in Burbank, Calif. (l. to r.): Majia Burnett, director, Calarts Character Animation Program; Brooke Keesling, director, animation talent development, DTA; Daron Nefcy, creator/executive producer, Star; Lisa Salamone, SVP, production, DTA; and Eden Sher, voice of “Star.”
At USA Network’s world premiere of Mr. Robot at SXSW in Austin, Texas (l. to r.): cast members Portia Doubleday and Christian Slater; creator Sam Esmail; and cast members Rami Malek and Carly Chaiken.
Sarah Paulson of FX’s American Horror Story “signs in” at the Television Academy’s “An Evening With the Women of American Horror Story” at the Montalban Theatre in Los Angeles.
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