My 2013 Road to the Red Carpet is complete. The Oscars paid homage to the designers on the red carpet and I wanted to follow suit here. So, to the incredible Alina Pizzano: From Concept to Couture, I present The Ribbon Dress.
As the Oscars approach, I can’t help but think of all the famous and infamous people who will be required to walk the gauntlet of photographers, reporters, interviewers and fans on the “Red Carpet”. It is an awesome, incredible, overwhelming and humbling experience. I have now walked the Annie Awards Red Carpet twice; a square…
I met a wonderful photographer, Billy Bennight, at the Annie Awards. These are some of his images. He wrote an article for LA Beat about the event. Click here on Billy to read his Annie experience! It is an award show like no other! Another photographer, Shelly Waldman, asked to do a photo shoot about the…
While the show was going on, I got to have a little fun with my Iphone. Here are some of those crazy-reverse-camera shots backstage. This is me with…
My friend caught a picture of me on stage! As a voice over talent, you are usually heard, not seen. Thanks to Maurice LaMarche and Rob Paulsen, I was introduced on stage and got a chance to strut my Alina Pizzano gown. Then it was back to announcing the next presenters. What a fun night!!! …
Check out the first shot of my Alina Pizzano on the Red Carpet. 2013 Annie Awards. Hair and Make up by Kathleen Hagen. Haute couture and comfort. This dress is a dream! More photos to come.
Once again the Annie Awards will be shown streaming live. Click Here to enjoy the best in Animation! February 2, 2013, 7pm PST
A sneak peek at my Alina Pizzano before I get to wear it down the Red Carpet tomorrow night. It is luscious!
Comedy always has a rule of 3, and this year are we in for a treat! Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche, & Leonard Maltin, will all 3 host the 40th Annual Annie Awards! And for the comedy 4th, a special appearance from Seth Green. I can’t imagine a better night of animation, fun, laughs and awards! Saturday night, February…
The awards show is this weekend and my Alina Pizzano dress is looking amazing. The artistry is beyond words. Pictures can tell you the colors, but can only hint at the texture and flow. Shelly Waldman a lovely gal and fabulous photographer, is shooting some “making of” shots & video, and will also be joining…
I must digress from work, and just say how proud I am of my daughter. She really worked hard and knocked it out of the park for her Bat Mitzvah! I also have to give kudos to my husband, the man with no rhythm. They put on the Best Father Daughter Dance 2013 ever! Enjoy!
9 days until the 40th Annual Annie Awards. Frank Gladstone President of ASIFA Hollywood, explains it best, “…Historically, it (The Annies) has grown organically. It just didn’t appear on the scene, arriving like a bolt from Zeus. It grew from a little celebration of people who were retiring or had been in the business for a lot of…
Less than 2 weeks to the 40th Annual Annie Awards! The excitement is building and my dress is getting closer to the red carpet, stitch by stitch! Actually, my Pizzano design took a special, multi-needle machine to sew & create several 3-dimensional panels. The design is a work of art, the likes of which I’ve never seen! Each panel…
I am so excited for my good friend Mark Vulcano. He and the animation team he leads at Heavy Iron Studios, are up for an Annie Award for their work on the video game, Family Guy – Back to the Mutiverse . I’ve known Mark for years and this guy really knows his way around special effects…
Now construction begins. Seriously, this is the inside of haute couture. Or in my case, the inside of my bodice. Alina has built the bodice of the dress and has put it on me inside out. She is nipping and tucking and making it fit like a glove. However, she also has to make sure it isn’t too tight,…
When I tell people I am the announcer for the Annie Awards, people usually say, “the what awards?” And I usually reply, “It’s the highest award for animation, like the Oscars are for movies.” However; the Annie Awards are for all mediums of animation from film to television to video games to commercials and student films. Often…
OMG! Alina is drawing on me!! Thank goodness I’m not that ticklish. Although I was surprised when she pulled out the marker, I could barely feel her markings and the ink didn’t soak through. Could you imagine?!! Many designers will create a muslin gown, or sheath and then proceed to draw their design directly on…
I want to send a shout out to my friend Matt Beans for his Annie nomination on Robot Chicken’s ‘DC Comics Special’ – Stoopid Buddy Studios. It’s just so much fun to make fun of super heroes and super villains. Thanks for the great laughs! Keep ’em comin’. Wishing you good luck on February 2nd.
Alina Pizzano pulled out her dream book and designed something long, stunning, and 3D just for me. Here is the sketch of the dress. It doesn’t show the cape off the left shoulder, that can be wrapped around me to keep the February chill at bay. (It gets really cold on the Red Carpet!) The swatch is a sample…
Alina and I headed downtown to the garment district, to check out fabric. All those colors, textures and patterns were so overwhelming! Thank goodness Alina knew just what she was looking for, and this year, dahhhlings, it looks like we are going red! Oh, but don’t think solid red, oh no, red and then some!…
I want to give a big shout out to my friend Kevin Michael Richardson and his Annie Nomination, for his role as Willem Viceroy, “Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja. Back in the day, I worked with Kevin on Homeboys From Outer Space. No, I didn’t make that up! It was a real show and funny…
I met the very talented Alina Pizzano at her shop and we went over some sketches. Her gowns are divine and her drawings for my dress, exquisite. However, I am no Angelina Jolie. I just couldn’t see myself in a sultry, tight, mermaid cut gown. I tried one on once and the lovely flare that was supposed to flare…
I’m so excited to once again be the announcer for the 40th Annual Annie Awards. 8 years now, and this year I will be gracing the red carpet in an Alina Pizzano original. I’m looking forward to more updates and pictures as we jouney down the road from concept to couture, culminating on the big night of Februry 2nd,…
Being a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (The TV Academy) really does have it’s perks! Last night we enjoyed an All-Academy Mixer at the lovely Lowes Hotel in Hollywood. What a fun way to catch up with friends in the “Biz”, and make some new ones. No work, just good food,…
How does Farmer Brown call his “hot” farm animals? Brown chicken, Brown cow. (Okay, think “bow chicka bow wow” from old porn or 70’s movies) Honestly, this is the silliest thing ever, but it’s so much fun to watch kids crack up over animal sounds and bovine farts.