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HEARTWARMING FAMILY INDIE, THE LITTLE TRAITOR, STARRING
ALFRED MOLINA OPENS FRIDAY IN LOS ANGELES AT THE LAEMMLE MUSIC HALL AND TOWN CENTER
Alfred
Molina stars as a lonely British soldier who befriends a young Jewish boy during the British Mandate in the days leading
up to Israel becoming a State.
Burbank, CA (HysenPR) November 13, 2009— Writer/Director
Lynn Roth brings to the screen a truly inspirational story with an exceptional cast including Alfred Molina, Theodore Bikel,
Rami Heubreger, Gilya Stern, and newcomer Ido Port. Based on Amos Oz’s novel Panther in the Basement, The
Little Traitor focuses on the unlikely relationship between two enemies, Sergeant Dunlop (Molina) and Proffy Leibowitz
(Port), a precocious twelve year old. Alfred Molina gives a remarkable performance in a film with universal themes,
which will appeal to all audiences. Jeffrey Lyons calls "The Little Traitor" a "tender and
touching story, superbly acted and very moving". New York Post critic Kyle Smith says it's "warm and
engaging” and Newsday critic John Anderson writes: “A film of sweetness and subtle meaning”.
Lynn Roth delivers a visual love letter to Jerusalem, and conveys a timely message for all ages and nationalities. Roth
also directed the feature "Changing Habits" and has written and produced numerous film & television
productions, including being the showrunner of the series The Paper Chase, the Emmy nominated series "A Century
of Women", the five hour miniseries A Will of Their Own, Chance of a Lifetime, and The Patron Saint of Liars .
The Little Traitor debuts in Los Angeles for a limited release on Friday, November 13, 2009 at the Laemmle Music hall
in Beverly Hills and the Laemmle Town Center in Encino. For more information, please visit www.thelittletraitormovie.com.
8th ANNUAL TALENT MANAGERS ASSOCIATION HELLER AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED TMA Board of Directors have announced the 2009 Heller Award
Nominees for outstanding Talent Agent, Casting Director, and Talent Manager to be presented at the 8th Annual TMA Awards scheduled
for October 20, 2009 at the Universal Sheraton Hotel in Universal City, CA. Burbank, CA (August 25, 2009); It’s that time of year again--when the efforts of those
responsible for building actors’ careers are recognized by their peers for their outstanding achievements and contributions
to the entertainment industry. The Talent Managers Association is excited to announce this year’s nominees for the TMA
Heller Awards in the following 8 categories:
XXX Adult Theatrical Agent of the Year Mike Baldridge, Momentum Talent and Literary Agency; Pam Braverman, House of Representatives; Robert Haas,
Innovative Artists Talent and Literary; Gary Purdy, Momentum Talent and Literary Agency; Patrick Welborn, AKA Talent
Agency Youth Theatrical Agent of the Year Meredith Fine, Coast to Coast Talent Group, Inc.; Pamela Fisher, Don Buchwald & Associates; Jackie Lewis,
Lewis & Beal Talent Agency; Cindy Osbrink, Osbrink Talent Agency; Emily Urbani, Osbrink Talent Agency Adult Commercial Agent of the Year Gloria Hinojosa, Amsel,
Eisenstaedt & Frazier; Hugh Leon, Coast to Coast Talent Group, Inc.; Angela Strange, Osbrink Talent Agency; Janet Tscha,
Origin Talent Agency; David Ziff, Cunningham-Escott-Slevin-Doherty Talent Youth
Commercial Agent of the Year Jeremy Apody, Abrams Artists Agency; Renata Dabrucki,
Coast to Coast Talent Group, Inc.; Brad Diffley, Mavrick Artists Agency; Dawn Osbrink, Osbrink Talent Agency; Carol Lynn Sher,
Cunningham-Escot-Slevin-Doherty Talent TV Casting Director of the Year Krisha Bullock, Krisha Bullock Casting; Junie Lowry-Johnson, Junie Lowry-Johnson Casting; David Rapaport,
David Rapaport Casting; Ross/Silverberg, Ross/Silverberg Casting; April Webster, April Webster Casting Film Casting Director of the Year Deborah Aquila, Aquila/Wood
Casting; Victoria Burrows, Burrows/Boland Casting; Jane Jenkins, The Casting Company; Francine Maisler, Francine Maisler
Casting; Pemrick/Fronk, Pemrick/Fronk Casting Commercial Casting Director
of the Year Craig Colvin, Craig Colvin Casting & Company; Danielle Eskinazi,
Exclusive Casting Studios; Jeff Gerrard, Jeff Gerrard Casting; Sheila Manning, Sheila Manning Casting; Michael Sanford,
Michael Sanford Casting Associate Casting Director of the Year
Josh Einsohn, Mia Levinson Casting; Debbie George, Junie Lowry-Johnson Casting; Niner
Parikh, Joey Paul-Jensen Casting; Erica Silverman, Ross/Silverberg Casting; Jenny Treadwell, Krisha Bullock Casting In addition, the TMA will present two special awards: the Pat McQueeney
Award for outstanding service to the TMA presented this year to industry veteran, Gary Marsh, Breakdown Services, Inc., and
the Talent Manager of the Year Award to be awarded to Paul Trusik, Trusik Talent Management. Debuting in 2002, the TMA
Heller Awards were named in honor of legendary talent manager, Seymour Heller (1914- 2001), best known for his life-long representation
of Liberace and the co-founding of the National Conference of Personal Managers. Past Lifetime Achievement Award recipients
include Robert P. Marcucci (The Idolmaker, 1980), Buddy Morra, Ken Kragen, and the late Bernie Brillstein. The Heller Awards are being presented on October 20, 2009 at the Universal Sheraton Hotel, Starlight Ballroom,
Universal City, CA. This is an industry only event, and reservations are required. Price per person is $85.00 or $700.00 for
a table of 10 and includes hors d’oeuvres and dinner with a cash bar. Due to limited seating in the new venue, early
registration is suggested. The deadline to RSVP for the TMA Heller Awards is October 13, 2009. EVENT SUMMARY: What:
TMA Heller Awards Where:
Universal Sheraton, Starlight Ballroom
333
Universal Hollywood Dr., Universal
City, CA 91608 When:
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
7-
10pm Why: Annual
award ceremony honoring Talent Professionals Who:
Hosted by TMA Tickets:
By reservation only$85.00 each or $700.00 for a table of 10
(Includes hors d’oeuvres and dinner with a cash bar) Deadline:
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
This is an industry only event Schedule:
Cocktails/Networking
7:00 pm
Dinner 8:00
pm
Award Ceremony
8:45 pm xxx xxx ###
Classic Christmas comedy, Army Colonel casting hope for US troops Author
Sylvia Hysen, Casting Hope Founder Pixie Monroe, and US Army Colonel Special Forces and Accessions Brigade Commander, John
Fenzel, III collaborate to send autographed cases of Hysen’s classic Christmas comedy, A Very Dairy Christmas, to US
troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Burbank, CA (PRWEB) December
15, 2008-- When author Sylvia Hysen sought direction in shipping cases of her classic Christmas comedy, A Very Dairy
Christmas to US troops overseas, she didn’t have to look too far. She merely phoned a friend Pixie Monroe, Hollywood
Casting Director and Founder of Casting Hope, who in turn phoned a friend, US Army Colonel Special Forces and Accessions
Brigade Commander, John Fenzel, III. “I wanted to show my appreciation to our troops, so I reached out to Pixie for
help,” Hysen explains. “She [Monroe] is promoting the Yellow Ribbon Express, a traveling locomotive exhibition
in honor of our wounded military soldiers scheduled to roll out on September 11, 2011, so I figured she would be the
most logical person to call.” Monroe currently produces Casting Hope, a bi-monthly philanthropic web cast with former
KIIS FM/KBIG radio personality, Gary Spears that connects celebrity endorsed charities to a nationwide audience. What Hysen didn’t expect was
a personal response from a high ranking military official. “When Pixie said she’d get right back to me, she certainly
made good on her word. I had addresses for US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan almost immediately,” Hysen reports. “And
I was speaking directly to the Colonel shortly thereafter.” Fenzel is a US Army Colonel Special Forces and Accessions
Brigade Commander at Ft. Knox, KY who seizes every opportunity to show respect and concern for those serving our nation. “While
Christmas has always been a season of peace for our country, the men and women of our military have spent innumerable Christmases
serving their country abroad so that future generations could live in peace,” Col. Fenzel states. “Indeed, remembering
our troops at Christmas is perhaps the only true measure of appreciation we can offer our brave men and women—living
and dead—who have selflessly provided us the greatest gift of all: the gift of freedom.” Hysen was determined to send Christmas
cheer to US troops serving overseas, so she ordered cases of her classic Christmas comedy, A Very Dairy Christmas, from her
publisher, autographed each copy with a message of gratitude, wrapped the books with special cow wrapping paper and red bows,
and added packets of hot cocoa and candy canes as décor. She repacked them in red straw and added a Christmas card.
“It isn’t much,” she insists, “but it’s what I have to give. And if every American Author did
the same thing, our US troops would be flooded with warm sentiments and lasting impressions from the literary world.”
When asked if that was an official challenge to fellow writers, Hysen responded, “Affirmative.” A Very Dairy Christmas is a story
about dysfunctional family life that follows the exploits of a spoiled New York debutante who is forced to spend her Christmas
vacation on a Wisconsin dairy farm with her estranged, German immigrant grandparents. Hysen uses witty dialogue, familiar
character types, and pop-culture to drive her message of social tolerance, generational differences and selfless giving. “My
gift to the troops is laughter…” Hysen declares, “I think we could all use a little more of that in our
lives right about now.” A Very Dairy Christmas by Sylvia Hysen is published by 1st Impression Publishing and can be purchased at
http://www.averydairychristmas.com, Amazon http://www.amazon.com, and through most online booksellers. To listen to web casts from Pixie Monroe and Gary Spears at Casting Hope go to http://www.castinghope.net or visit Monroe Casting at http://monroecasting.com. To
find out more about the Yellow Ribbon Express visit http://www.YellowRibbonExpress.com. ### 
Christmas Family Saga Inspires Home Economics Curriculum A Very Dairy Christmas,
a classic comedy by author Sylvia Hysen, provides literary foundation for 4 National Standards approved Home Economics activities
in Fresh FACS Publishing’s A Novel Approach to Family and Consumer Science. Burbank,
CA (PRWEB) November 24, 2008-- If you had asked author, Sylvia Hysen, what her greatest professional achievement had been
after penning her family saga, A Very Dairy Christmas, she might have said having the screenplay version of her story in film
development. But even that paled in comparison to being notified that her classic Christmas comedy about dysfunctional family
life had been chosen for inclusion in Fresh FACS Publishing's A Novel Approach to Family and Consumer Science, an avant-garde
life science curriculum that uses contemporary literature to teach practical skills to teenagers. "It was always my intention
to blend history and timely facts into the story line while bedazzling readers with humor, larger than life characters, and
relatable situations, but I wasn't prepared for the National Standards approved academic discipline that Fresh FACS Publishing
authored," admits Hysen. "Writing for entertainment is one thing. Writing for the classroom and students that are
home schooled is quite another." A Very Dairy Christmas is a contemporary comedy about dysfunctional
family relationships that centers on the privileged and often controversial world of 15 year old Callie Michaels when she’s
forced to spend her Christmas vacation with her estranged German grandparents on their Wisconsin dairy farm. Written for young
adults but aimed at bridging generational differences, Hysen’s novel uses humor, emotion, and a heavy dose of corporate
branding to deliver endearing characters, thought provoking sentiment, and snippets of history, science, commerce, and technology.
“I believe a book can be both entertaining and informative at the same time,” Hysen insists. “You just have
to find the right balance. And when you do, it’s magic.” A Novel Approach to Family and
Consumer Science by Ramona Hatch blends the story line and main characters of Hysen's A Very Dairy Christmas with creative,
hands-on culinary, nutrition, and fashion assignments that emphasize the diverse skill sets found in three generations of
strong women. Among Hatch's activities is a chemistry experiment resulting in a Mock Apple pie that mirrors the frustrating
experience Callie endures when she attempts to bake a pie from scratch, and a crocheting project that produces a replica of
the hat and scarf set presented to Callie by her terminally ill girlfriend, Amanda. "The hat and scarf are symbolic and
serve as a catalyst in a young woman’s transformation," Hysen says. "Ramona [Hatch] took a descriptive passage
and made it tangible by applying physical design. She may have just single-handedly resurrected crocheting as a popular art
form." Young women find Callie’s character and attitude especially appealing. She’s
tenacious, intelligent, and a true trendsetter in fashion and beauty. Her propensity for nutrition is uncanny for a fifteen
year old, and her ingenuity is a threat to most men. But even diamonds have flaws, and Callie is no different. She learns
the hard way that value can be found in all walks of life, and that human kindness is inherent and not just something to be
charged on a credit card. "As a former high school teacher, I found Callie to be a delightful character," Hatch
declares. "Her evolution into a caring and compassionate person serves as an object lesson for young readers...and her
[Callie's] exploits developed into great classroom learning activities." To view Sylvia Hysen’s
AuthorWrap at BookWrapCentral.com, go to http://www.bookwrapcentral.com/authors/sylviahysen.htm Or to read Juanita Watson’s interview at ReaderViews.com, go to http://www.readerviewskids.com/InterviewHysen.html A Very Dairy Christmas is published by 1st Impression Publishing and can be purchased at
www.averydairychristmas.com, Amazon http://www.amazon.com, most online booksellers, and Baker & Taylor. ###
2008 Seymour Heller Award Winners Announced Talent Managers, Casting Directors, and Theatrical Agents gather at the Sportsmen's
Lodge for an evening of recognition at the 7th Annual Talent Managers Association's Seymour Heller Awards. Burbank, CA September 24, 2008--On September 23rd , three hundred talent managers, casting
directors, and agents gathered at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Sherman Oaks, CA for the 7th Annual Seymour Heller Awards.
The event was sponsored by HBO, Breakdown Services, The Hollywood Reporter, and Children In Film. Eleven awards were presented
including the Seymour Heller Lifetime Achievement Award which was bestowed upon the Heller family as a tribute to the late
talent manager, Seymour Heller ( 1914- 2001) for his lifetime service to the field of talent management. Additional honors
included the first Pat McQueeney Award which was presented to Micheal Cushman of Creative Entertainment Group for his outstanding
service to the Talent Managers Association, and the Talent Manager of the Year Award which was given to Paul Caplan-Bennett
of PB Management for excellence and service to the TMA. The evening began with a hosted cocktail hour and silent auction
which enabled talent managers, casting directors, and agents to mix and mingle, and in some cases meet one another in person
for the first time. The verve in the room was energized, and laughter and chatter filled the venue in anticipation of the
awards to come. Comedian, Jimmy Pardo, emceed the show while entertaining the crowd with his witty delivery; and a short video
clip about the life of Seymour Heller was shown after which his wife, Billie, graciously and humbly accepted the award on
behalf of her late husband. It was a historical moment, and one the audience shared as they reflected on the philosophy of
a legendary man dedicated to the well being of his clients. Recognition was also given to casting directors and agents for
their outstanding work and excellence in cooperation with Talent Managers in the following 8 categories: Randi Hiller, Randi
Hiller Casting: Film Casting Director of the Year Krisha
Bullock, Krisha Bullock Casting: Television Casting Director of the Year Craig Colvin, Craig Colvin Casting: Commercial Casting Director of the
Year Jennifer Lare, Liberman/Patton Casting:
Associate Casting Director of the Year Kim Dorr,
Defining Artists Agency: Adult Theatrical Agent of the Year David
Ziff, Cunningham, Escott, Slevin and Dogherty: Adult Commercial Agent of the Year Jackie Lewis, Diverse Talent Group: Youth Theatrical Agent of the
Year Jeremy Apody, Abrams Artists Agency: Youth
Commercial Agent of the Year The TMA congratulates all the nominees and recipients of the 2008 Seymour Heller Awards, and thanks
our sponsors and those in attendance for celebrating the business of talent. We look forward to seeing you next year! For
more information or to schedule an interview with TMA representatives, please contact Sylvia Hysen, www.HysenPR.com, email:
Sylvia.hysen@HysenPR.com (818) 840-9000. ### 7th ANNUAL SEYMOUR HELLER
AWARDS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 23 TMA honors theatrical agents, casting directors and fellow talent managers
for their outstanding accomplishments and work ethics during 2008 at annual dinner and awards ceremony. Burbank,
CA September 1, 2008-- It’s that time of year again…when the efforts of those responsible
for building actors’ careers are recognized by their peers for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the
entertainment industry. Join comedian, Jimmy Pardo, the Talent Managers Association and sponsors HBO, Hollywood Reporter,
Children in Film, and Breakdown Services on Tuesday, September 23rd for the annual Seymour Heller Awards being held at Sportmen’s
Lodge, Empire Room, 12833 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City beginning at 7:00pm. Awards will be presented in the following 9
categories: Adult and Youth Theatrical Agent of the Year; Adult and Youth Commercial Agent of the Year; TV, Film and Commercial
Casting Director of the Year; Associate Casting Director of the Year; and Talent Manager of the Year. In addition, the TMA
will present two special awards to TMA members: the Pat McQueeney Award for Outstanding Service and the Seymour Heller Life
Time Achievement Award. For a complete list of all 2008 award recipients and nominees please go to www.talentmanagers.org. This
year’s Seymour Heller Award is being presented to the family of Seymour Heller (posthumously) in appreciation of his
dedication and commitment to the field of Talent Management. Seymour was a co-founder of the National Conference of Personal
Managers and remained active in the Talent Managers Association until he died of natural causes on October 8, 2001. After
World War II, he formed the first U.S. coast-to-coast personal management company with Dick Gabbe and Sam Lutz. He helped
shape the profession of talent management for more than 6 decades. Among his most famous clients were Liberace, Lawrence Welk,
Ginger Rogers, Debbie Reynolds and Regis Philbin. Tickets for the event are by Reservation Only and include cocktails and dinner.
Price per person is $85.00, or $700.00 for a table of 10. The deadline to RSVP is September 14th, no exceptions. Event Summary: What:
Seymour Heller Awards Where: Sportsmen’s Lodge,
Empire Room
12833 Ventura Boulevard
Studio City, CA When:
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 7-10PM Why:
Annual award ceremony honoring Talent Professionals Who:
Hosted by TMA
Sponsored by HBO, Hollywood Reporter, Children in Film, and Breakdown Services Tickets:
By reservation only
$85.00 each or $700.00 for a table of 10 (includes cocktails and dinner) RSVP:
www.talentmanagers.org Deadline: Sunday,
September 14, 2008
No exceptions Schedule: Cocktails/Networking
7:00 pm
Dinner
8:00 pm
Award Ceremony 9:00 pm For more information or to schedule an interview with TMA representatives,
please contact Sylvia Hysen, www.HysenPR.com, email: Sylvia.hysen@HysenPR.com (818) 840-9000. ###
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