Billy Zane debuts as visual artist with "Killing With Love"

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June 27, 2010

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Billy Zane Debuts As Visual Artist

First exhibition "Killing With Love" at Laurie Frank Gallery
Exhibition Dates: June 26th - September 1st, 2010
Opening Reception
Sunday, June 27 6:00pm - 10Pm
*Artist in Attendance*

Los Angeles, CA (June 21, 2010) -- Frank Pictures Gallery is delighted to present, KILLING WITH LOVE, Billy Zane’s debut show of paintings from June 26th to September 1st, with an opening reception for the artist on Sunday, June 27th from 6:30 to 9:30.

Zane, best known for his achievements as an actor in over 80 films, most memorably as Caledon Hockley in the 1997 film Titanic, began painting during his seven months of filming. It didn’t take long for his interest in painting become more than a pastime, it became a consuming passion, often interrupted by his on set responsibilities. Since then he has set up makeshift art studios on almost every location he has filmed in, the cultural influences and use of only local materials influence his spontaneous abstract offerings.

“I love the surprise. The joy of making do with what you have to work with. The Hardware store, ship yard, roadside dumpsite is my art store and most countries, cities and villages are not short on supplies. If I can’t find canvas, I find old signage, shelf liner, or shipping crates. If I can’t find enough paint I use soil, clay, wine, spit, anything that adheres.”

He has been further influenced in his art by his practice of the Japanese sword fighting martial art of Kendo. “In Kendo, or Specifically the Samurai ethic and art of swordsmanship, before it was diluted into a sport after WW2, one should not insult their opponent with a mincing, poorly executed cut. It should be decisive, effective, a clean kill, informed with respect for ones adversary and ones own skill. In painting, it’s this commitment to task that interests me most, the cut, the stroke. The act supersedes the message. Logic and meaning, if any, emerge after the fact, but are inherent, like the sculpture in the stone, and only evident when I have been guided by an almost brash confidence. Painting for me, is more physical than psychological or even emotional. Although, I derive great joy from the act and serve an almost insatiable desire to sling paint.”

For more information and to view more of Billy Zane's paintings please visit www.frankpicturesgallery.com.

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Director Brenton Spencer wins coveted Leo Award for Best Direction in a Television Series

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Release June 5, 2010

Brenton Spencer wins coveted Leo Award for Best Direction in a Television Series

Brenton Spencer wins for directing SyFy's Top Rated TV Series Sanctuary, "Pavor Nocturnus"

Hollywood, CA (6/5/10) -- Director Brenton Spencer has captured the coveted Leo Award for Best Direction in a Television Series with Damian Kindler's, SyFy Network series Sanctuary in the episode Pavor Nocturnus.

Spencer, who's television credits include Stargate Atlantis; Mutant X; Body & Soul; The Chris Isaak Show, Earth: Final Conflict; Strange Frequency; Andromeda; Call of the Wild; Hope Island; Poltergeist: The Legacy; The Crow; Dead Man's Gun; First Wave; The Outer Limits; Hawkeye; Cobra; Street Justice and Johnny Depp catalyst 21 Jump Street was thrilled with the win. "This is an amazing series, and I was honored to be a part of the team."

Brenton also has a litany of made for television feature films including Lightning: Bolts of Destruction (Joanna Pacula, Nick Mancuso); and feature films to his credit including Never Cry Werewolf (Nina Dobrev, Kevin Sorbo), Blown Away (Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Nicole Eggert), The Club (Kim Coates, Andrea Roth, Zack Ward), and Arcana's kick-off picture Paradox (Kevin Sorbo, Steph Song).

Currently filming Tower Prep 1-hour drama for The Cartoon Network, Brenton is in development with Hunting Ground Earth for Hollywood Media Bridge.

Brenton Spencer is represented by Lee Dinstman (Agency for the Performing Arts) and Popular Press Media Group (PPMG).

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Industrial Color Software Announces Strategic Partnership with MovieSet™

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Industrial Color Software Announces Strategic Partnership with MovieSet™

Agreement Brings GLOBALedit® and Advanced Approval Tools to Real-Time Social Media Web Publishing

New York, NY (5/24/2010) -- Industrial Color Software announced today a strategic partnership and technology development agreement with MovieSet™, the leading production and pre-release marketing platform. The new strategic partnership gives independent motion picture, television and web content producers access to a secure marketing service already in use by the major networks and studios.

MovieSet.com is an innovative platform that combines film and television production workflow tools with a consumer-facing social media interface designed to build core audience beginning from the development phase onward through to distribution. Industrial Color Software's GLOBALedit® solution is an online media collaboration system used by leading film studios and network television groups to manage photo shoot projects and online talent approvals.

GLOBALedit®, through its integrated solution set, gives producers online software to edit and manage approvals for large numbers of promotional images around very busy shooting schedules. With the collaborative, easy to use tools available using a web browser or an iPad, GLOBALedit® helps its clients migrate away from traditional paper photo approvals to the web. GLOBALedit® was established in 2002 and is a service of Industrial Color Software.

"We're excited to join forces with MovieSet™," said Aaron Holm, VP Development at parent company, Industrial Color Software. "This partnership allows GLOBALedit® to provide more in-depth services to the growing number of Independent producers utilizing the MovieSet.com platform. We’re looking forward to bringing our Approval Gallery workflow to a broader audience of production groups”.

"GLOBALedit’s approval system is key to providing premium services to Producers and Studio marketing departments who are looking for a streamlined solution that will allow for secure Web publishing of digital assets such as still photos," said Colleen Nystedt, Founder and CEO at MovieSet Inc. MovieSet™ provides basic free approval tools to producers, however, GLOBALedit® offers a superior value-added system. Most importantly, GLOBALedit® has established trust relationships with major clients in the film and television industry, including Warner Bros., Universal, Disney and Showtime. Ultimately, this will assist with adoption and enable delivery of real-time behind-the-scenes content to online audiences”.

To learn more about GLOBALedit, visit https://www.globaledit.com.

To learn more about MovieSet.com, visit http://corporate.movieset.com/.

For more on MovieSet.com, Founder and CEO Colleen Nystedt, contact Media Relations , +1-310-860-7774

For more on GLOBALedit®, contact Meghan Furtado, Marketing Coordinator, Industrial Color Software, , +1-212-792-2747

Indie Filmmakers Make Money In Filmmaking Process with MovieSet.com & SoKap (Biracy)

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May 19, 2010

INDIE FILMMAKERS MAKE MONEY IN FILMMAKING PROCESS WITH MOVIESET.COM & SOKAP

VANCOUVER, Canada (5/19/10) - A significant deal, preempting Cannes is the strategic alliance formed between internet portal MovieSet.com and crowdfunding social utility start-up SoKap.

MovieSet.com helps filmmakers build their core audience online and provides a suite of production management software and behind-the-scenes capabilities. The site also enables producers to stream content to fans over the entire life-cycle of a project - from development to delivery.

"We wanted to create an incentive that would reward filmmakers for investing time into marketing on the front end of production. By partnering with SoKap filmmakers are enabled to monetize their fan bases," said MovieSet.com founder Colleen Nystedt.

SoKap founder, David Geertz, caught the attention of MovieSet.com when SoKap's pilot beta - The Biracy Project - launched several months ago. The Biracy Project is crowdfunding and crowdsourcing a multi-million dollar science-fiction film by engaging fans throughout the filmmaking process.

"We initially planned to develop our own suite of promotions and production tools," says Geertz, "but working with MovieSet made perfect sense" after numerous producers approached him requesting access to SoKap. "Once we decided to open up the platform it became obvious that MovieSet would allow us to leverage their standing with not only filmmakers, but their fans".

For more information on MovieSet.com and Founder Colleen Nystedt @MovieSet or contact Media Relations , (310) 860-7774.

For more on SoKap - The Biracy Project, @biracy and founder David Geertz, visit http://www.biracy.com, or contact Phil Botana , (816) 217-4151.

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Steven Bauer joins the cast of "One In The Gun"

Steven Bauer joins the cast of "One In The Gun"
Noir thriller, brings classic back.

Hollywood, CA - Steven Bauer, widely celebrated for his turn in Scarface with Al Pacino and Steven Soderberg's Traffic has joined the cast of Rolfe Kanefsky's latest flick, the neo-noir thriller One In The Gun currently lensing in Los Angeles under the stylistic eye of Director of Photography Gigi Malavasi (A Simple Promise, Broken Idyll).

Bauer's latest film, How The Garcia Girl's Spend Their Summer (Maya Releasing) with America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) opens theatrically, nationwide this Friday, May 23, 2008.

One In The Gun is a sexy brain teaser of a thriller with nods to classic film noir of the past mixed with a post-modern flair of David Lynch-style surrealism and surprises.

Bauer joins cast members Steven Man (Savage Island, Augusta Gone); Robert Davi (James Bond 'License To Kill''; 'Goonies' and David Zucker's upcoming An American Carol); Katherine Randolph (Sam Mendes' Jarhead, Nicolas Cage's Sonny and Black Ops released May 20 by Film and Music Entertainment); Robert Donavan (Nightmare Man) and James Russo (Donnie Brasco, Beverly Hills Cop and Michael Mann's upcoming Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp).

About the film:
When Mickey Lewis (Steven Man), a homeless struggling artist, crosses paths with femme fatale Katrina (Katherine Randolph), the beautiful rich wife of Arthur Webb (Steven Bauer) and is enlisted to paint their home, a dark game of manipulation and seduction ensues. Soon hidden agendas result in double and triple-crosses that spiral Mickey’s life out of control leading him to a motel in the middle of nowhere filled with eccentric characters (Robert Davi, Robert Donovan, James Russo) and twisted secrets that all hold the key to the mystery of Mickey’s past, present, and future.

One In The Gun is expected to be released 2011.

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Simple Things (aka Country Remedy) wins Audience Award at Real to Reel Film Festival

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July 23, 2007

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Audiences Agree, Simple Things Win
Independent film "Simple Things" (aka Country Remedy) wins Audience Award

Hollywood, CA (07/23/2007) - The independent feature film that is quietly sweeping the country, "Simple Things" took home the Audience Award at the Real to Reel Film Festival this weekend. Executive Producer, David Huff was on-hand to accept the award. This marks the ninth major award “Simple Things” has won this year.

A wonderful family story, "Simple Things" written and directed by award winning Andrew C. Erin and produced by multi award winning Tosca Musk (Back 40 Films in association with Musk Entertainment); is inspired by the writings of Lewis Hine Award Winner , recipient of North Carolina's Order of the Long Leaf Pine and Sr. Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Olson Huff.

In "Simple Things", Dr. Evan Gibbs has the world on a string. The leading pediatrician at a Chicago’s children’s hospital, he is poised to takeover as department chair. When cancer suddenly takes the life of his wife, Dr. Gibbs is devastated. Struggling with his loss, he buries himself in work, succeeding only in isolating himself from his son, who so desperately needs him. Begrudgingly and under the very strong suggestion of his hospital medical director, Dr. Gibbs consents to aid a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina by setting up a medical clinic during his now mandatory summer vacation. Everything is not what he expects; his big city attitude clashes against the ways of the small community. Through the support of a colorful cast of characters, a mix of drama and humor, Dr. Gibbs finds the strength to face his loss and reconnect with his son, while discovering that the “simple things” are the most important.

A triumphant vote that audiences are looking for positive, value-based entertainment "Simple Things" is currently touring the festival circuit and is distributed by Screen Ventures Media.

For more information, please go to www.SimpleThingsTheMovie.com, or call (310) 860-7774, media@ppmg.info

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