Robert L. Lasky, attorney and cofounder of Agency of the Performing Arts whose clients once included Liberace, Johnny Cash and Harry Belafonte, died Sept. 16. He was 91. His death was announced by APA. A cause was not immediately available.
Lasky played an integral role in APA’s 1962 founding in New York, with David Baumgarten, Roger Vorce and Harvey Litwin. The agency subsequently launched offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Atlanta, Toronto and London, and today is a leading talent agency with a roster of clients including Gary Oldman, Mary J. Blige, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Famke Janssen, among others.
Lasky was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, of Russian and Hungarian descent, to a long line of attorneys. He attended Harvard University, where he was elected Phi Betta Kappa and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1951. He then went on to receive his LL.B. from Yale School of Law in 1955, and...
Lasky played an integral role in APA’s 1962 founding in New York, with David Baumgarten, Roger Vorce and Harvey Litwin. The agency subsequently launched offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Atlanta, Toronto and London, and today is a leading talent agency with a roster of clients including Gary Oldman, Mary J. Blige, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Famke Janssen, among others.
Lasky was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, of Russian and Hungarian descent, to a long line of attorneys. He attended Harvard University, where he was elected Phi Betta Kappa and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1951. He then went on to receive his LL.B. from Yale School of Law in 1955, and...
- 9/25/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
All-female jury viewed films with a focus on social issues.
Andrzej Jakimowski’s contemporary Polish drama Once Upon A Time In November won the Taormina Arte best film award at the 64th edition of the Taormina FilmFest in Sicily at the weekend.
Further key Taormina Arte awards were presented to Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace for best screenplay and Filippo Piscopo and Lorena Luciano who won the best director award for It Will Be Chaos.
Leven Rambin won the Taormina Arte award for best actress for her role as an army veteran suffering from Ptsd who returns home to...
Andrzej Jakimowski’s contemporary Polish drama Once Upon A Time In November won the Taormina Arte best film award at the 64th edition of the Taormina FilmFest in Sicily at the weekend.
Further key Taormina Arte awards were presented to Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace for best screenplay and Filippo Piscopo and Lorena Luciano who won the best director award for It Will Be Chaos.
Leven Rambin won the Taormina Arte award for best actress for her role as an army veteran suffering from Ptsd who returns home to...
- 7/23/2018
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Jury includes Italian producers Martha de Laurentiis, Adriana Chiesa Di Palma.
The competition jury of the 64th Taormina Film Festival will be led by Italian producers Martha de Laurentiis, Donatella Palermo, Eleonora Granata, and Adriana Chiesa Di Palma, and actor -director -producer Maria Grazia Cucinotta.
The festival will take place from July 14-20 in Sicily.
International titles screening in competition include Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace, Dario Pleic’s Home and Andrzej Jakimowski’s Once Upon A Time In November. The main selection also includes world premieres of new Italian features by Nino Monteleone (Be Kind), Cristiano Anania and...
The competition jury of the 64th Taormina Film Festival will be led by Italian producers Martha de Laurentiis, Donatella Palermo, Eleonora Granata, and Adriana Chiesa Di Palma, and actor -director -producer Maria Grazia Cucinotta.
The festival will take place from July 14-20 in Sicily.
International titles screening in competition include Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace, Dario Pleic’s Home and Andrzej Jakimowski’s Once Upon A Time In November. The main selection also includes world premieres of new Italian features by Nino Monteleone (Be Kind), Cristiano Anania and...
- 7/11/2018
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Siciliy's most established cinema gathering, the Taormina Film Fest, returns this year in all its splendor, and an all-female jury.
President and producer Martha de Laurentiis (Hannibal) will head a five-women jury, also including actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta and producers Donatella Palermo, Eleonora Granata and Adriana Chiesa Di Palma. Together they will decide the winners of the Golden Tauro Awards and the Taormina Arte Awards, which will be announced at the closing-night ceremony at the historic open air Greek Theatre.
“This year, the festival is honoring films directed by women along with strong social themes from immigration, to ...
President and producer Martha de Laurentiis (Hannibal) will head a five-women jury, also including actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta and producers Donatella Palermo, Eleonora Granata and Adriana Chiesa Di Palma. Together they will decide the winners of the Golden Tauro Awards and the Taormina Arte Awards, which will be announced at the closing-night ceremony at the historic open air Greek Theatre.
“This year, the festival is honoring films directed by women along with strong social themes from immigration, to ...
- 7/11/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Siciliy's most established cinema gathering, the Taormina Film Fest, returns this year in all its splendor, and an all-female jury.
President and producer Martha de Laurentiis (Hannibal) will head a five-women jury, also including actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta and producers Donatella Palermo, Eleonora Granata and Adriana Chiesa Di Palma. Together they will decide the winners of the Golden Tauro Awards and the Taormina Arte Awards, which will be announced at the closing-night ceremony at the historic open air Greek Theatre.
“This year, the festival is honoring films directed by women along with strong social themes from immigration, to ...
President and producer Martha de Laurentiis (Hannibal) will head a five-women jury, also including actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta and producers Donatella Palermo, Eleonora Granata and Adriana Chiesa Di Palma. Together they will decide the winners of the Golden Tauro Awards and the Taormina Arte Awards, which will be announced at the closing-night ceremony at the historic open air Greek Theatre.
“This year, the festival is honoring films directed by women along with strong social themes from immigration, to ...
- 7/11/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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