Hi Breeps!
Awards season has finally arrived! We’ve had the Golden Globes, the Grammys, the SGA Awards, and now the Spirit Awards are upon us…not to mention The Toscars, Brits in LA’s salute to that other awards show with an eerily similar name.
Our event this year is presented by Jaguar, who are no strangers to having a bit of fun themselves this year. You may remember their wickedly wry effective commercial spot at the recent Super Bowl, starring our own Sir Ben Kingsley, Mark Strong and Tom Hiddleston. I think one of the reasons the Toscars has grown over the years is due to the time, effort and talent the participants put in each year. It’s a tight deadline, but I’m so proud of each team leader, Sandro Monetti, Marc Cleary, Laura Harbron, Heath Deatherege, Matt Crabtree, John Mawson, Kerry Marlowe, Ewan Chung and Brian Rodda. And a big thanks to the Committee – Nadia Wit, Marina Paganucci, Amy Chaffee, Ben Stanley and Oskar Rodriguez, who are working tirelessly to bring this event together. I also want to say thank you to our volunteers for the night – if you are interested in also volunteering please send me an email at craigremember@britsin.la. I also want to be clear that we aren’t poking fun at anybody – we are merely tipping our hat to them in a tongue-in-cheek manner. Think of the old French and Saunders parodies, or the SNL skits and you’ll be on the right track.
This year’s event is being hosted by Alex Newell from GLEE fame and he’s got some great tricks up his sleeve for this year. We had a few exciting additions to the teams; this year Ron Jeremy will be starring in his first ever PG-13 film “British Hustle”. He said he’s very proud and finally he’s made a film he can show the family. Tim Russ, who you may remember playing Lieutenant Commander Tuvok in “Star Trek: Voyager” tried his hands behind the lens this year and directed the parody of gravity called “Cavity”. We have some fantastic celebrity judges lined up for the night and it all benefits the charity UKares. (www.ukares.org). The very beautiful and talented actress Tehmina Sunny, who is our member of the week, also happens to be this year’s Little Miss Toscars, and will be helping Alex hand out the awards and escorting our presenters and winners to the stage. So the event is Wednesday Feb 26th at the world famous Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood. Tickets are on sale now for $100 and screening-only tickets are $35 and available here: www.thetoscars.com.
We have some amazing judges lined up for you so keep checking the Toscars Facebook Page and follow us on Twitter to find out more and keep updated with news as it unfolds. Thank you also to Beltran Brito, Geek Eyewear, Pollution Studios and The Camera House for their kind sponsorships. Look Forward to seeing you at the movies.
Pub Quiz at The Pikey was hosted by the effervescent Sandro Monetti and the lovely Caroline Ferraday this past week. The winning team won £100 and won by catching balls on their heads. (Don’t ask!) And don’t forget Brits Breakfast every Tuesday at Cecconi’s (corner of Robertson and Melrose) sponsored by Next stop LAX. $15 incl. tax and tip, bottomless tea and coffee, free valet. – Great bang for your buck.
Till next time…
Craig
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