Fullerton College (FC) is a public community college in Fullerton, California. The college is part of the California Community Colleges System and the North Orange County Community College District. Established in 1913, it is the oldest community college in continuous operation in California.
Savoy Pictures Entertainment, Inc. was an American independent motion picture company in operation from 1992 to 1997. Among Savoy Pictures' noteworthy feature films were A Bronx Tale, No Escape, Last of the Dogmen and Serial Mom.
Herman J. "Herb" Wesson Jr. is an American politician who served as a councilmember representing the 10th District for three terms between July 1, 2005 and December 14, 2020, and again on an appointed basis from March 22, 2022 until August 25, 2022. He was also the President of the Los Angeles City Council and Speaker of the California State Assembly.
In marketing, branded content is content produced by an advertiser or content whose creation was funded by an advertiser. In contrast to content marketing and product placement, branded content is designed to build awareness for a brand by associating it with content that shares its values. The content does not necessarily need to be a promotion for the brand, although it may still include product placement.
Digital Entertainment Network was a multimedia dot-com company founded in the late-1990s by Marc Collins-Rector and his partner, Chad Shackley. Rector and Shackley had sold their ISP, Concentric Network, and used the proceeds of that sale, along with additional investor funding, to launch DEN. In February 1999, Jim Ritts resigned as commissioner of the LPGA to become chairman of DEN.
Janet Collins was an African American ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She performed on Broadway, in films, and appeared frequently on television. She was among the pioneers of black ballet dancing, one of the few classically trained Black dancers of her generation.
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) was an entertainment production company and distribution studio founded by Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis. The company is notable for producing Manhunter, Blue Velvet, the horror films Near Dark and Evil Dead II, King Kong Lives, and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, as well as distributing The Transformers: The Movie.
Stewart Bridgewater Linder was an American film editor with 25 credits. He shared the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the 1966 film Grand Prix, which was the very first film on which Linder was credited as an editor. Linder is particularly noted for his long collaboration (1982–2006) with the director Barry Levinson. Perhaps the best remembered film from their collaboration, which extended over 20 films, was Rain Man (1988), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Linder won an ACE Eddie award for editing this film, and was nominated for both the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Editing.
Edmond Bacri known by the professional name Eddy Marnay, was a French songwriter. In his career, he wrote more than 4000 songs, including works for Édith Piaf, Frida Boccara and Céline Dion. He was joint winner, as lyricist, of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 for "Un Jour, Un Enfant", sung by Frida Boccara. He also wrote the title song for Charlie Chaplin's 1957 film A King in New York.
Stephen B. Burke is an American businessman. He currently serves as the senior executive vice president of Comcast and chairman of NBCUniversal.
George Maitland Stanley was an American sculptor. He designed the Academy Award of Merit, also known as the Oscar, as well as sculpting the Muse Statue at the Hollywood Bowl.
Maria Burton is an American director, producer, and actress. She directed the feature films For the Love of George (2018), A Sort of Homecoming (2015), Manna From Heaven (2002), Just Friends (1996), Temps (1999), and co-directed the 2007 documentary "Sign My Snarling Movie".
Scott Savitt is a former foreign correspondent for The Los Angeles Times and United Press International in Beijing. His articles have been published in The Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and many other publications.
Lenny Beer is an American media executive and artist manager. He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of HITS Magazine, a co-founder and principal of the MGMT Company, and a theater producer and investor.
The Ecclesia Athletic Association (EAA) was an organization founded by Eldridge Broussard in 1975, with the stated mission of helping children escape the dangers of inner-city Los Angeles through strict discipline and athletic training. In 1987, the group moved from its headquarters in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles to Sandy, Oregon. The group sometimes attracted accusations that it was a cult, often from neighbors or the family of members inside the group. Broussard publicly denied the label, including in 1984 and in a 1988 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Matthew Yang King is an American actor. He has appeared on Riverdale, Powers, 24, Strong Medicine, and Numbers. He created the webseries World of Steam and has provided voiceover work for numerous television shows, video games, and commercials including Love, Death & Robots, Studio Ghibli's 25th Anniversary English dub of Only Yesterday with Daisy Ridley, the World of Warcraft franchise, G.I. Joe: Renegades, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Fortnite, Supah Ninjas, and Marvel Heroes.
Ursula Burton is an American actress, director and producer best known for her work on The Office. With her Five Sisters Productions company banner she has produced films including Just Friends (1997), Temps (1999), Manna From Heaven (2002), which the Los Angeles Times called a "warmhearted comedic fable" and in which she played the role of Theresa. Manna From Heaven was invited to screen for Congress at the MPAA by Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Karen McCarthy, and hosted by Jack Valenti.
Gabrielle C. Burton is an American director, producer and actor best known for her film, Kings, Queens and In-Betweens, a 2017 documentary about gender as looked at through the lens of drag queens, kings, and transgender performers in Columbus, Ohio, which had its world premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival. She often works with her sisters, Maria Burton, Jennifer Burton, Ursula Burton and Charity Burton through their Five Sisters Productions company. She wrote and starred in Temps, and co-directed Manna From Heaven. Burton won an artist residency from the Wexner Center for the Arts to make a new film, a documentary on gender and parenting called Drag Queens Made Me a Better Parent, inspired by her TEDx talk.
Jennifer Burton is an American filmmaker and professor at Tufts University. She often works with her four sisters through their Five Sisters Productions company, in which the sisters all share credit but take turns directing, writing, etc. Films produced by the company include Manna From Heaven, Temps, and Kings, Queens and In-Betweens.
Kim Hastreiter is an American journalist, editor, publisher, and curator who co-founded Paper magazine. She served as co-Editor-in-Chief from its inception until 2017, when she and partner David Hershkovits sold the company. In her column of 32 years, "Note From Kim," Hastreiter observed and articulated cultural movements and trends that she saw forming, deciphering the transforming zeitgeist. She currently resides in Greenwich Village, New York City.
