The New York Landmarks Conservancy will host its 22nd Living Landmarks Celebration today, November 5, 2015 at The Plaza at Fifth Avenue and Central Park South, New York City. BroadwayWorld has learned that among this year's honorees are Broadway impresarios Phil Smith and Bob Wankel. Not only that, but special presenters also include Bernadette Peters and Joel Grey, with Brian Stokes Mitchell slated to perform.
- 11/5/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The New York Landmarks Conservancy will host its 22nd Living Landmarks Celebration on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at The Plaza at Fifth Avenue and Central Park South, New York City. BroadwayWorld has learned that among this year's honorees are Broadway impresarios Phil Smith and Bob Wankel. Not only that, but special presenters also include Bernadette Peters and Joel Grey, with Brian Stokes Mitchell slated to perform.
- 10/26/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Steampunk Soldiers: Uniforms and Weapons from the Age of Steam by Philip Smith and Joseph McCullough Imaginative, entertaining and brilliant illustrations combine to create a book that is positively stunning. Steampunk is one of the fastest growing sectors within the fantasy genre and this is a fascinating example which everyone who likes fantasy or art will adore. The book purports to deal with the art works of Miles Vandercroft who travelled around the world between 1887 and 1895. During his travels he sketched soldiers in the many countries through which he passed, and made illuminating comments on their gear, clothes […]...
- 2/4/2015
- by Angela Youngman
- Monsters and Critics
Surgeon Martin Salia has passed away after contracting Ebola while working in his native Sierra Leone. Martin was being treated in a biocontainment unit in a Nebraska hospital when he died. Two other patients with Ebola have been successfully treated at the hospital. Dr. Phil Smith, the medical director of the biocontainment unit, stated, "Dr. Salia was extremely critical when he arrived here, and unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we weren't able to save him." Martin, who lived in Maryland but is a citizen of Sierra Leone, had been working in his home country's capital, Freetown, as a general surgeon. It is not clear whether he was involved in the care of Ebola patients. Martin first began to show symptoms of Ebola on Nov. 6 but tested negative for the virus. On Nov. 10 he eventually tested positive. This marks the second death from Ebola in the Us. So far, Ebola has...
- 11/17/2014
- by Aemilia-Madden
- Popsugar.com
A surgeon who contracted the Ebola virus while working in his native Sierra Leone has died while being treated in a biocontainment unit at a Nebraska hospital, the facility said Monday. Nebraska Medical Center said in a news release that Dr. Martin Salia died as a result of the disease. "Dr. Salia was extremely critical when he arrived here, and unfortunately, despite out best efforts, we weren't able to save him," said Dr. Phil Smith, medical director of the biocontainment unit. Salia arrived Saturday to be treated at the Omaha hospital, where two other Ebola patients have been successfully treated.
- 11/17/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: New Zealand producer, who worked with See-Saw on Slow West [pictured], to “supercharge” Australian office.
New Zealand producer Rachel Gardner will move to Australia to join the Sydney office of See-Saw Films from July 1, increasing the British/Australian outfit’s in-house film and television capability and capacity.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for me to work with producers of the calibre of Emile (Sherman) and Iain (Canning) and the associated talent they attract,” she told Screendaily.
“See-Saw is one of the most successful independent production companies worldwide and it has an impressive track record of quality films, achieved in a short space of time, and I’m thrilled to be joining them.”
Gardner has been running great Southern Television in Auckland with business partner Philip Smith. Her feature credits are Apron Strings and Show of Hands.
“We wanted someone we would enjoy working with and who has the energy and drive to do the number of projects...
New Zealand producer Rachel Gardner will move to Australia to join the Sydney office of See-Saw Films from July 1, increasing the British/Australian outfit’s in-house film and television capability and capacity.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for me to work with producers of the calibre of Emile (Sherman) and Iain (Canning) and the associated talent they attract,” she told Screendaily.
“See-Saw is one of the most successful independent production companies worldwide and it has an impressive track record of quality films, achieved in a short space of time, and I’m thrilled to be joining them.”
Gardner has been running great Southern Television in Auckland with business partner Philip Smith. Her feature credits are Apron Strings and Show of Hands.
“We wanted someone we would enjoy working with and who has the energy and drive to do the number of projects...
- 5/13/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
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