Hollywood Nights Red Carpet 4-03-16

Hollywood Nights Red Carpet 4-03-16. Click pictured to enlarge.

SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL SPONSOR & PRESS KICK-OFF PARTY 2015

Ringling grad Michelle Phan featured in this year’s YouTube Rewind

‘Epic’ is a word that gets thrown around online, and certainly YouTube isn’t shy about the term. But getting prominent placement in an annual YouTube Rewind video should count as an epic accomplishment, especially for a celebrity like Michelle Phan who bases her fame capital on the metrics of the web.

In its “YouTube Rewind: Turn Down for 2014” video, YouTube included Phan, famous for her web tutorials on applying make-up, in multiple scenes, most prominently in a montage of web celebs like PewtiePie and the Fine Bros. getting doused in an homage to the Ice Bucket Challenge; Phan manages to be the only one to avoid the fashion faux pas on having ice water make your mascara run.

Photo Gallery: Educate to Empower Benefit/Sepideh

Photo Gallery: Sarasota Film Festival 2014 Opening Night Afterparty

Photo Gallery: Sarasota Film Festival 2014 Opening Night Red Carpet

Sarasota Film Festival Kickoff Party

A sea of familiar faces strolled its way down to the bayfront at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Wednesday evening to the tunes of a live string duo to await festival director Tom Hall’s annual ‘Mussolini moment’–the announcement of this year’s core programming. The beautiful locale, cooperative weather, and delish bites courtesy of The Francis all made for a fabulous kickoff to this year’s Sarasota Film Festival.

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Want more coverage?

You are in luck. The June issue of SRQ magazine hits newsstands tomorrow, where you can read all of our print coverage of the Sarasota Film Festival this year. That includes interviews with organizers, filmmakers and Q&As with some of the biggest stars, as well as fantastic photography of this year’s event.

And you can find additional material here. We will be publishing new content at SRQBacklot.com tomorrow, coinciding with the drop date for the magazine. Have fun reliving SFF 2013.

Pasadena Red Carpet

Stargazing at Sarasota Yacht Club

Suzanne Clement, pictured between Mickey Sumner and Mariel Hemingway, at the Tribute Luncheon at the Sarasota Yacht Club.

 

Barbara Kopple, Mariel Hemingway, Lili Taylor, Griffin Dunne, Mickey Sumner, and Suzanne Clement all were honored at yesterday’s Filmmaker Tribute Luncheon at the Sarasota Yacht Club.