John Gallagher To Receive HeartShare's Linda Dano Heart Award
Indie film icon John Gallagher will be honored by HeartShare Charities with the Linda Dano Heart Award at their annual spring gala on March 21, 2019 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. The award honors a celebrity who has demonstrated the highest commitment to the betterment of the lives of at-risk populations, particularly those with intellectual/ developmental disabilities and/or children and youth. Founded in 1914, HeartShare is a leading charity with diverse social and medical programs.
John Gallagher to Receive Lifetime Career Achievement Award at the Cutting Room Short Film Festival
New York indie icon John Gallagher will be honored with a Lifetime Career Achievement Award on October 21 at the inaugural Cutting Room International Short Film Festival. A fixture on the New York scene for 40 years as a director, writer, producer, author, historian and educator, with a wide range of international filmmaking resources and relationships, and a highly regarded, encyclopedic knowledge of films and filmmaking, his track record is especially strong in discovering and mentoring new talent, both in front of and behind the camera.
SARAH Q To World Premiere At Golden Door International Film Fest
Sarah Q, the new independent feature film from award-winning director John Gallagher (The Deli, The Networker) will have its world premiere at the prestigious Golden Door International Film Festival in Jersey City on Friday September 21. The screening takes place at 7 PM at historic White Eagle Hall, 337 Newark Avenue in Jersey City.
The Ninth Annual SOHO International Film Festival Announces Premiere Films
With the Ninth Annual SOHO International Film Festival kicking off in just TWO WEEKS on Thursday, June 14th through Thursday, June 21st screening some of the biggest independent films worldwide along with premieres, cast and crew red carpet appearances, Q&A sessions, and capping off with an awards ceremony - you won't want to miss #SOHO9 at Village East Cinemas (189 2nd Avenue on 12th Street)!
Five Sopranos Reunite for John Gallagher's SARAH Q
The Sopranos stars Tony Sirico (“Paulie Walnuts”), Frank Vincent
(“Phil Leotardo”), Vincent Pastore (“Big Pussy”), Federico Castelluccio (“Furio”) and William
DeMeo (“Jason Molinaro”) reunite in director John Gallagher's new feature film Sarah Q.
Written by Gallagher (The Deli, Blue Moon, The Networker) and Joe Benedetto (Hide the
Sausage), the movie is described as a seriocomic tale of a young girl's struggle to succeed as an actor at a Manhattan conservatory.
STAGE TUBE: TBS & TNT Get Into the Holiday Spirit with SURPRISE! Instant Xmas Carol
This holiday season, Turner's TBS & TNT are going to turn the Christmas spirit on full blast with SURPRISE! Instant Xmas Carol, an all-new music special that puts a unique twist on the caroling tradition. The one-hour special – featuring such celebrity carolers as Conan O'Brien, Rashida Jones, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, Jane Lynch, Ludacris, Kenny G, Tony Sirico, Vincent Curatola, Joseph Gannascoli, A$AP Ferg, Three Loco, Samantha Ronson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Fred Willard, T-Pain and many surprise appearances – is set to premiere on TBS on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT). And the night before Christmas, Saturday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. (ET/PT), TBS & TNT will join forces for a simulcast of SURPRISE! Instant Xmas Carol. It will be followed by TBS & TNT's simulcast of the annual 24 Hours of A CHRISTMAS STORY marathon, celebrating its 20th year as one of television's most enduring holiday traditions.
Mobster Comedy FRIENDS AND ROMANS Comes to VOD Today
Freestyle Digital Media, the recently-acquired Digital Film Distribution of Entertainment Studios, announced today that the New York-set mobster farce FRIENDS AND ROMANS will be released on VOD today, March 8th, 2016.
Garden of Laughs Comedy Benefit Raises Nearly $1.4 Million
MSG Entertainment (MSGE) and The Garden of Dreams Foundation announced today that its sold-out comedy event, Garden of Laughs, raised nearly $1.4 million to aid the Foundation's efforts to make dreams come true for children in need, making it the most successful fundraiser in Garden of Dreams' history.
Photo Flash: Sting, Taye Diggs at the 2014 Skin Cancer Foundation Gala
Taye Diggs was the 2014 Skin Cancer Foundation Gala's Master of Ceremonies. Sting kicked off the event, performing three songs -- 'Every Breath You Take,' 'The Night the Pugilist Learned How To Dance,' from his new Broadway musical The Last Ship which opens October 26 at the Neil Simon Theatre, and 'Message in a Bottle.' Later in the evening, there was a stunning performance by Grammy Award-Winning Violinist Joshua Bell, accompanied by Pianist Alessio Bax. Scroll down for photos!