The AvA Connection

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🎙️ Our (sold out) Awards Show is this Thursday. Connor Wood is hosting. And announcing our red carpet host….Yasmin Sahid! Presenter announcements soon.

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💼 Ton of new jobs at the bottom of this email. And our Job Board now has 122+ early career Entertainment roles.

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Our Awards Show is SOLD OUT. Two announcements:

We are going to stream this on YouTube
We are giving away 2 sets of passes.

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1) Subscribe to our YouTube (We are checking!!!!) BIG FAVOR: We need to hit a certain follower count prior to the show to let us fundraise on the platform. Would be a huge help if you subscribed.

2) Comment your +1 on the IG post below

1) Bandcamp banned AI-generated music because they want ‘musicians to keep making music.’

Bandcamp is best known for as a fan platform where you can still buy digital versions of an artist’s music, now music and audio that is created ‘wholly or in substantial part by AI’ will no longer be allowed on the platform. Big W.

2) Netflix says they plan to keep Warner Bros. movies in for 45-days despite reports otherwise.

Netflix’s CEO Ted Sarandos said they ‘come to make money from the theatrical movie business, not to bury it.’ He also emphasized that 45-day’s is the exact number they plan to use to ‘win the box office.’

3) Bruno Mars just broke Live Nation’s single day ticket sales record in North America.

First album in 10 years and 30 more dates to the tour. Your local wedding DJ’s favorite artist just stays winning.

4) 50 Cent’s company ‘G-Unit Film & Television’ strikes a deal with Louisiana to invest over $124 million into the entertainment industry of Shreveport.

3 key entertainment venues in the area
Expected to draw in $18.8 billion in economic impact
Support over 6,000 jobs
Generate $300 million in wages across the state over the next 20 years.
50 Cent wasn’t kidding when he said, ‘Get rich or die trying.’

Bonus: Here is a timelapse of a set build from Marty Supreme in Tokyo:

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Lucasfilm now has a new pair of President’s as Kathleen Kennedy is set to depart after 14 years at the helm. She will be replaced by Star Wars veteran, and Chief Creative Officer Dave Filoni, as well as by the now former Executive Vice President of the company, Lynwen Brennan.
The Walt Disney Company hired their first ever Chief Marketing and Brand Officer in Asad Ayaz. He previously has spent 8 years overseeing marketing for The Walt Disney Studios.
Sundance Institute names David Linde as their new CEO. He will take over on February 17th after Sundance’s last film festival in Park City prior to it relocating to Boulder, Colorado.
Global Music Rights also joined in on the ‘executive shake-up’ by promoting Jeff Toig to become their new CEO. Irving Azoff’s company (that has a $3.3 billion valuation) will now be led by their former Chief Business Officer.
BAFTA has named Lisa Campbell its new Executive Director of Programmes. The ex-Edinburgh TV Festival chief will lead talent initiatives like BAFTA Elevate and Breakthrough, plus oversee the group’s editorial strategy. She joins from ITN, where she led corporate comms and sat on the senior leadership team.