Entrepreneur and former *NSYNC member Lance Bass says he has a whole new perspective on life since welcoming twins—a boy named Alexander James and a girl named Violet Betty—via surrogacy with husband Michael Turchin in October 2021. Looking back at the days leading up to becoming a dad, he wishes he could tell his pre-parenthood self, "Don't freak out."
Read MoreThe 2022 Focus Feature film, Downton Abbey: A New Era, embraced a host of environmental practices, including using renewable diesel in generators and vehicles, contacting vendors and suppliers to ensure they had sustainability practices in place, and using sustainable plywood for set walls. These combined measures earned the film a Gold Seal from the Environmental Media Association.
Read MoreClimate change doesn’t always make headlines the way other news does. As with public health issues like COVID-19 and abortion, Americans are often more concerned with the celebrity — be it the Heard-Depp trial, Elon Musk or President Joe Biden — topics that all tracked higher on May consumer survey data from NewsWhip and Axios.
Read MoreThe Hollywood Reporter’s Pictures for the Planet event, presented by Walmart at the Environmental Media Association Impact Summit, also featured the first-ever live recording of Phil Rosenthal and David Wild's 'Naked Lunch' podcast, with guest Wolfgang Puck.
Read More"It’s not too late to write our own story and have a true impact on the environment — but we need to take action now," writes THR editorial director Nekesa Mumbi Moody.
Read MoreDebbie Levin has been the CEO of EMA, which links entertainment and the environmental communities with the hopes of bringing sustainability, since 2000. Levin notes that “there was no one” in the studio system designated to “greening” film sets back then. Now, each major studio has in-house departments dedicated to sustainable production.
Read MoreWe are living through extremely turbulent times. The transformational change that many of us are calling for—such as a greener, cleaner future, protections from a worsening climate crisis, investments in public health and access to good-paying jobs—remain out of reach for too many Americans.
Read MoreA new proposal from the California Public Utilities Commission would add a monthly fee for rooftop solar customers if approved.
Read MoreA handful of stars got all dressed up for a night of entertainment with a focus on environmental messaging, as they attended the Environmental Media Association awards gala in Los Angeles on Saturday evening.
Held at Gearbox LA, the award show thrown by the non-profit celebrates works of art in television, film, and documentary categories that use the 'power of storytelling to call for environmental justice, climate action, and sustainability.'
Read MoreA handful of stars got all dressed up for a night of entertainment with a focus on environmental messaging, as they attended the Environmental Media Association awards gala in Los Angeles on Saturday evening.
Held at Gearbox LA, the award show thrown by the non-profit celebrates works of art in television, film, and documentary categories that use the 'power of storytelling to call for environmental justice, climate action, and sustainability.'
Read MoreSaturday night’s Environmental Media Association Awards gala celebrated this year’s film and TV that helped move the sustainability conversation forward with environmental storylines and activism behind the scenes.
Held at Gearbox L.A. and hosted by Jeff Goldblum, the show awarded prizes to Ted Lasso, No Sudden Move and Full Frontal With Samantha Bee for their contributions. Ed Begley Jr. was also honored with the EMA Lifetime Achievement Award; stylist Karla Welch and entrepreneur Sasha Markova, who together founded The Period Company, received the EMA Innovator Award; nonprofit Hip Hop Caucus got the EMA Global Justice Award and climate activist (and former presidential candidate) Tom Steyer received the EMA Ongoing Commitment Award.
Read MoreH&M Foundation’s Global Change Award is back after a Covid-19-related pause. Now in its sixth year, the fashion innovation challenge is accepting applications beginning Aug. 25.
Though previous iterations of the initiative included somewhat ambiguous guidelines related to positive global change, this year’s program has a laser-sharp focus that organizers say will help teams create an innovation that could have a major impact on the world. H&M Foundation is calling specifically for game-changing solutions that address one or several global areas: land, water, oceans, climate and biodiversity.
Read MoreJeff Goldblum has signed on to host the 2021 Environmental Media Association(EMA) Awards gala, which will celebrate a new slate of television and film titles that address climate change, sustainability and other environmental topics.
The EMA Awards Gala will return for an in-person ceremony on Saturday, October 16 at Gearbox LA. EMA has also revealed that it will honor Ed Begley Jr. with its Lifetime Achievement Award, Hip Hop Caucus its Global Justice Award, Tom Steyer the Ongoing Commitment Award and Karla Welch and Sasha Markova the Innovator Award.
Read MoreEd Begley Jr. will receive the EMA Lifetime Achievement Award at the Oct. 16 ceremony, which recognizes environmentalism in TV and film.
This year’s Environmental Media Association’s Awards and Honors Gala will return in person on Oct. 16, with Jeff Goldblum set to host.
The awards recognize Hollywood titles that address climate change, sustainability and other environmental topics through storylines, while also recognizing studios and productions for their efforts to be sustainable in front of and behind the camera.
Read MoreEMA will host its summit, featuring Malin Akerman, Constance Zimmer and stylist Karla Welch, on Sept. 2 and its awards show on Oct. 16.
After going virtual in 2020 amid the pandemic, the Environmental Media Association is returning to in-person events this fall with its Impact Summit and annual awards gala.
The summit, set for Sept. 2 at the Pendry West Hollywood, will feature panelists and attendees including Malin Akerman, Constance Zimmer, stylist Karla Welch, Wolfgang Puck, Alex Winter, Ed Solomon, Senator Alex Padilla, Wendie Malick, Ray Halbritter, Frances Fisher, Gina McCarthy, Ed Begley Jr., Nalleli Cobo and Vien Truong. The awards show will take place on Oct. 16 in Los Angeles, and guests will be asked to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours for both events.
Read MoreFROM LOCATION SCOUTING TO REUSABLE FLATWARE, SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES ADD UP TO AGREEN PRODUCTION-AND SAVE MONEY IN THE PROCESS.
I see a net-zero emissions production coming," declares Jonathan Blitstein of Tandem Pictures. "It's not tomorrow, but soon. It's about aligning your values with your practices now, so that you're ready when that future comes."
"Every detail of our work has some impact on the environment," said producer Julie Christeas at the outset of production. Her awareness of that fact supercharged their green practices. Black Bear stars Aubrey Plaza as a filmmaker who plays the house guest of a troubled couple, played by Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon. The film was written and directed by Lawrence Michael Levine and premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. It was distributed theatrically and on streaming platforms last year by Momentum Pictures.
Read MoreRay Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation of New York Representative and Nation Enterprises CEO, has been named executive chairman of the Environmental Media Assn. Halbritter, who also sits on the board of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, recently launched Standing Arrow Prods. to help increase representation and support of Native American and Indigenous peoples on-screen.
“I am proud and humbled to help guide EMA’s ongoing mission to promote environmental progress,” Harlbritter said in a statement. “America’s First People understand in our souls the pressing urgency of EMA’s struggle and we will always use our voices to help protect the health of our planet.”
Read MoreAfter success certifying TV shows and movies for sustainability, the Environmental Media Association finally tackled commercials for one of the small screen’s biggest events: the Super Bowl. The organization awarded its Green Seal Gold certification to all six Anheuser-Busch ads.
Since 2003, the Environmental Media Association has been trying to ensure that movies and TV shows were both environmentally safe and sustainable. As part of its work, EMA helped productions cut waste, reduce their carbon footprints, and curb energy use—awarding many its Green Seal certification. Now, EMA has finally brought that sustainability to small-screen advertising.
“We are the global standard for green production for television and film,” said Debbie Levin, EMA’s CEO. “We’ve tried to get into advertising and commercials for years, and we couldn’t get any traction with it.”
Read MoreWE HAVE ONE WORD FOR YOU. JUST ONE WORD: Batteries.
Let's start in the U.S. President Joe Biden is moving quickly to accelerate the shift to electric vehicles and jump-start a domestic industry. Days after taking office, he signed an executive order to use American-made, union-built, zero-emission cars, vans and trucks to ferry government employees.
It’s a vivid example of how Biden won’t need Congress to act on climate. It’s an even more vivid example of how hard it will be to deliver real change.
Read MoreIt's that time of year again: the Super Bowl is upon us.
While it's hard to believe that it's (already? only?) been a year since the Kansas City Chiefs' defeat of the San Francisco 49ers — not to mention Jennifer Lopez and Shakira's epic halftime show — Super Bowl LV ads are steadily rolling in to remind us of what a year it's been.
On Feb. 7, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs will face off at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman will perform ahead of the game's coin toss, The Weeknd will perform at the Pepsi Halftime Show and I will perform my half-hearted appreciation for sports.
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