"What Teens Want", the annual conference on marketing to teens using
music, movies, gaming, entertainment, publishing, etc., will be
conducted this year from the Westin Century Plaza in Los Angeles,
opening November 1. Beginning November 2, American Film Market
gathers acquisition and development executives, agents, attorneys,
directors, financiers, film commissioners, producers and writers for
its annual event in Santa Monica which this year features a new
alliance with AFI FEST. The Sixth Annual Latin Grammy Awards
features 43 categories and is set for November 3 at Shrine
Auditorium in Los Angeles. Latin Grammy Viewing Parties, set up by
the Recording Academy that hosts the award, take place in Miami and
New York City November 3. World Mythology, Fantasy, Mysticism,
Magical Realism, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Legend and
Archetype, are essential elements covered by the Fantasy Worldwide
International Film Festival through feature films, shorts,
documentaries, animation, etc., running November 4-6 in Toronto. An
educational seminar for aspiring filmmakers, actors, writers and
producers takes shape in "A Conversation with Filmmaker Jean Claude
LaMarre and Actor Gabriel Casseus" held in the Rosenthal Pavilion at
Kimmel Center of NYU, November 5 in New York. Tools and exercises
which deal with writer's block in such areas as plot point,
characters and scenes will be discussed by script consultant Pilar
Alessandra in a talk she gives at the monthly Alameda Writers Group
Meeting, November 5, in Glendale. In a "Sing For Cash" contest, the
November 6 start of a new showcase in Lakeland, start with top
studio performers and local groups, then moving onto an open vocal
contest with amateurs welcome and Karaoke available. The California
Lawyers for the Arts hold a media business seminar sponsored by
ASCAP, November 12 in Los Angeles. The businesss of Hip-Hop
filmmaking and the evolution of Hip-Hop in the film industry will be
captured at H2O IFF - Hip-Hop Odyssey International Film Festival -
being held November 13-19 at various venues within New York City
boroughs, and opening with a VIP gala at Brooklyn's BAM. Performers
already announced for the 2005 Country Music Association Awards
include Dierks Bentley, Big and Rich, Bon Jovi with Jennifer Nettles
of Sugarland, CMA hosts Brooks and Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans,
Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Alison Krauss + Union Station Featuring
Jerry Douglas, and many more coming to the Garden, November 15. The
Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film and TV Music Conference is a two-
day seminar on the role of music in film and television with
sessions and panels on music for film, TV, Internet, gaming,
commercials and other industry related topics, for two day, November
15-16 in Beverly Hills. Animation Festival "Animadrid", opening
November 25 in Madrid, was organized with the purpose of fostering
the film and audiovisual arts by promoting independent animation
productions and providing an assembly point for artists and
audiences in the international community.

Complete details are on the "Media, Entertainment and Performing
Arts Industry News and Events" page at
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