Wednesday, March 22, 2017 ~ 9:30AM – 11:00 AM

NY NATAS Office – 450 7th Avenue, Suite 808 

RSVP: awards@nyemmys.org

Free for NATAS members. $15 for those without current NY NATAS membership 

"NINETY MINUTES WITH TONY MONTE" 

With a career spanning more than 25 years in the music industry, Tony Monte understood the challenges colliding with the business in the early 2000s, which became his crossroad. As a senior executive at RCA Records and Capital Records, he worked closely with countless artists including Christina Aguilera, N*SYNC, Tyrese, Coldplay, Paul McCartney, George Michael and Mariah Carey independently. He later applied his understanding of the medium, its artists, trends, audience, execution, marketing and promotion, to re-enter the world of entrepreneurship.

Drawing from years of creativity, his artistic background became a source of inspiration for Monte’s newly formed MELONTE PARTNERS. With former tech executive and stylist Melinda Martinez (the Mel in MELONTE), they created and launches New Music Director, an Inside the Actors Studio inspired web series, produced solely with recording artists and bands. NMD became America’s 1^st syndicated video show…for radio. Monte single handedly built a national network, consisting of commercial radio station websites, encompassing more than 70 US markets to air NMD…which soon found its way to TV sites.

Expanding to television with Tribune Broadcasting and CW Network flagship station PIX11 (WPIX), NMD became a valuable component for its digital initiatives, launching Monte’s new career in television. Once PIX 11’s General Manager saw how NMD impacted the station’s online audience, he “green-lit” Monte’s concept for the 1^st broadcast TV program combining Celebrities & Food. In November of 2012, Celebrity Taste Makers debuted on PIX 11, which is now in its 5^th year. Monte and Martinez became the only independent producers to have a regularly scheduled show on broadcast television in the worlds #1 Media Market…and own their content.

Moving forward, Monte Struck a friendship with Emmy ® winning News Anchor and renowned journalist, Ernie Anastos, leading to a partnership in the development and production of  Ernie Anastos In New York. This weekly lifestyle/magazine TV show, airs on broadcast channels FOX 5 (WYNY) and MY 9 (WWOR).

Tony has four projects in development and a movie concept based on a fictional character that takes place in the Jersey City neighborhood he grew up in. The fingerprint of that neighborhood and the values instilled by his parents, are a reflection of Monte’s work and work ethic. Treating people properly and respecting everyone for who they are, is the foundation of how he runs his businesses and lived his life.

FILM SCREENING: LIFE

Only 10 seats are available to 5 members (and their 1 adult guest) who will be invited as personal guests to a very special screening of LIFE from SONY PICTURES.

This invitation is Non-Transferable.

Please send an email request to: Phyllis Bishop: pbscreenings@gmail.com. Reservations will be taken between 12 noon and 4 p.m. on Tuesday only on this special invite.  Please Include all of this information, your full name, guest’s full name and your membership number.  You must answer ALL emails from Phyllis Bishop, to be  listed on the Check in List and to receive updated information. This invitation is non-transferable.

Date: Wednesday March, 22^nd, 2017

Cinema: AMC EMPIRE

Location: West 42^nd Street  off 8^th Avenue. Subways: A or C 

Arrival Time: 6:00 p.m. Sharp.  At 6:30 p.m. confirmed seating is not guaranteed

Check in: Your names will be on the screening  list at the desk under my Name as my personal guests.    

Start Time: 7:00 p.m. NO admittance at film start time

Synopsis: Six astronauts aboard the space station study a sample collected from Mars that could provide evidence for extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet. The crew determines that the sample contains a large, single-celled organism - the first example of life beyond Earth. But.things aren't always what they seem. As the crew begins to conduct research, and their methods end up having unintended consequences, the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected

Starring: Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal  

Director: Daniel Espinosa

Writers: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick

Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Runtime: 1 Hour 44 mins                                                                  

Rated: MPAA Rated:  R for language throughout, some sci-fi violence and terror 

Release:  March 24, 2017

NOTES:

Anti-Film Piracy Policy: Please turn off all phones and electronics, prior to the movie start.

The Distributor provides security guards for anti-film piracy. Absolutely no recording devices will be allowed into the theatre. All bags, maybe subject to physical and flashlight search. Security may use night vision during the screening. All electronics must be turned off prior to screening start time.

Review Embargo: By attending this screening, you agree to hold all print, online, radio and television reviews, until the film’s release date see below.

Do not post any social media reactions/reviews to Twitter or Facebook or, Blog postings.

A Social Media Card and Hashtag will be on screen.