Donna Spangler & Nicole Holland present award to Cindy Margolis

Playboy models Donna Spangler and Nicole Holland are quickly becoming known as strong supporters of the indie film market. Most recently, the dynamic duo Spangler and Holland founded the Beverly Hills Film TV & New Media Festival for independent filmmakers and were touted as the hottest festival directors in the film festival business. 

The inaugural Festival attracted such A -List stars such as Sharon Stone, Paul Sorvino, Seymour Cassel, Gore Vidal, Jackie Warner, Jenn Proske, internet and TV sensation Cindy Margolis, John Schneider, Joan Collins, Bai Ling, Deidre Hall, Joe Mantegna, Donna Mills, Natassja Kinski, Patricia Heaton, Amy Stiller, Larry Hankin, Basil Hoffman, Larry Gelman, Hailee Steinfeld (Coen Bros. True Grit star), Alan Ruck, Eden Cale, Jessica Tuck (True Blood), Fred Willard, Angelo Tsarouchas, Fred Stoller , German TV Brittan Taylor and many more.  The Festival was an eight-day event that included selections from the following 15 countries and territories: Czech Republic, Italy, UK, France, Iran, Germany, Guam, Israel, Finland, The Netherlands, India, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Canada and the USA.

The festivities began on October 21, 2010 with an Opening Night Honorary Awards Ceremony benefiting the American Red Cross and celebrating the Lifetime Achievements of honorees Seymour Cassel, Martin Landau and Paul Sorvino.  Honorees also include LisaRaye for Achievement in the Arts, Jackie Warner for Achievement in Reality TV, Pioneer in New Media and Internet Cindy Margolis, Best New Actress Jenn Proske and the cast of “The Invocation” who were honored with the Humanitarian Award.  Sharon Stone who narrated the documentary that was directed by Emmanuel Itier was on hand to accept the award.

Festival screenings took place exclusively at Laemmle Music Hall 3 Theatre, located at 9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1826. The competitive screenings exhibited a selection of short- and long-form works that exhibit strong personal visions combined with the highest standards of creative excellence and technical achievement.

Spangler and Holland’s goal was to create a positive festival experience where the filmmaker would feel special and benefit from the festival experience. Holland said, “The Beverly Hills Film, Television and New Media Festival is an international, competitive 8-day festival that aims to present an elite selection of independent cinema and television content and serves as a forum for prominent film and TV industry members and independent filmmakers to meet, learn from each other and share ideas in the Heart of Beverly Hills, sister city of Cannes.” Spangler said, The inaugural Festival celebrated authentic Old Hollywood glamour, combined with an updated twist of the emerging technology of today. We have a strong focus on new media content, which is a first of its kind in Beverly Hills and we are one of the first ‘mainstream’ festivals to pioneer and cater towards new media content, such as webisodes and webseries.”

Besides being the Festival Director, Donna is also an actress, author and producer. She has a regular column in an Eastern European magazine called “Rouge” and is known as their Hollywood connection. Spangler said, “Nicole is an integral part of the festival and along with her, I plan the social aspects of the festival and being a long-term Beverly Hills resident I also incorporate my people into the pot.”

Her partner, Nicole Holland is responsible for the Festival’s programming content. Nicole explained that all the selections were chosen from a large number of entries. When asked about this year’s programming, Nicole said, “The new media and animation content were cutting edge; the shorts program was a bit edgy and dark; the social documentaries were brilliant and touching; the TV content was top-notch; the independent features were a reflection of dedicated indie filmmaking. There’s something magical about every single film in this festival and that’s very exciting.” Nicole also said, “The organization of this Festival is a reflection of what I’ve observed first-hand over the past 10 years while traveling the festival circuit. I made mental notes of what works and what doesn’t work, and obviously, applied ‘what works’ to the Beverly Hills Film, TV & New Media Festival. People were amazed that this was our first year!”

Besides being a veteran film festival producer for over 10 years, Nicole is the Executive Editor of Independent Film Quarterly, which specializes in independent, festival and foreign-language films and is one of the official magazines of the American Film Market, Cannes Film Festival & Marche du Film, and the Beverly Hills Film, TV & New Media Festival. Nicole has traveled the global film festival circuit for 10 years and has interviewed a number of respected actors, filmmakers and personalities ranging from Asia Argento, Michelle Rodriguez, Olympia Dukakis, Jackie Warner, Atom Egoyan, Emmanuelle Seigner, Janice Dickinson, Rutger Hauer, Julian Lennon, Sean Lennon, Julia Baird (John Lennon’s sister), Kristanna Loken, Devon Aoki, Leelee Sobieski, Cecile De France, Anne Fontaine and Ludivine Sagnier to name a few. Holland’s work can be read at www.ifqmagazine.com

Together, Spangler and Holland are striving for excellence and hope to build the Festival to the glamour and size of the Cannes Film Festival. After all, Beverly Hills is the sister city of Cannes.

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SOCIAL-LIGHTS 90210 , at the Regency Fairfax Cinema where they were greeted by several paparazzi on August 5, 2009. The girls and their friends arrived in style in two different limousines — one black, and the other white — to support Donna and Sabrina. Donna wore a sexy black mini Sky dress with a jeweled encrusted belt while Sabrina wore a playful aquamarine sequined ballerina dress designed by May Queen Couture. Her famous dog Mozart wore a matching bow.

As the girls arrived, the paparazzi took pictures of them on a large motorcycle parked in front of the theater, stopping traffic as drivers gawked, hooted, and honked their horns. Soap star Ronn Moss (from The Bold and the Beautiful) arrived with his fiancé, Devin Devasquez to support the screening and also posed for pictures with the two co-stars. Once inside, Donna and Sabrina walked the red carpet. Sabrina brought her famous dog Mozart who also posed for pictures. The event was jam-packed with eager viewers and fans who wanted to catch a glimpse of or pose for pictures with Sabrina and Donna.

After screening the show to a full house, Donna and Sabrina hosted a lovely after-party at Donna’s home in Beverly Hills sponsored by the generosity of IS VODKA. An assortment of rare and extravagant cars were parked in front of donnas home including two rare, classic Bentley cars, a Bentley phantom limousine and four regular limousines in assorted colors. Over 200 guests devoured a delicious array of h’or doeuvres including cheeses, fruits, and tasty designer desserts along with champagne and fine wines. Several of the cast members from Space Girls joined the celebration along with several other high profile celebrity guests, dignitaries and people from the entertainment industry. Everyone enjoyed the festivities with the last of the guests leaving at around 2:00 a.m.

sabrina parisi and Donna Spangler at Apple Longe

The World Movie Premier after Party for “The House That Jack Built” was hosted at the Trendy Celebrity Hotspot Apple Lounge in West Hollywood run by Frankie

 

Donna Spangler at red carpet apple longe

Delgado, Kevin Todd, Deborah Mcquire, Casey & Ponce held on Tuesday July 14th 2009. This star Studded After party benefited The Wellness Community for “Cancer” in Paso Robles, California.
This Red Carpet event was a celebration of the completion of the movie, directed by Bruce Reisman, and presented by FourTwoFive Films and Winbrook Entertainment.
Some of the attendees wore casual clothes such as jeans and T-shirts but still managed to look trendy. Many other celebrities and personalities that were in attendance including actress Donna Spangler who arrived at the Apple Lounge wearing a Royal blue silk mini and socialite columnist Sabrina Parisi who came in a sequined tank top along with an exocentric gold hat and designer jeans. Lots of beautiful people in the entertainment business mingled and enjoyed complimentary drinks from the bar. The event was a complete success with a great turn out. The paparazzi was also there taking many photographs of the most glamorous people.  The video cameras also rolled a lot of footage as some of the interviews played out.

Donna Spangler

Actress, Playboy Model Donna Spangler arrived to the after party for the premiere of RAVEN held at Halo in Hollywood. The party began directly after the screening of the movie. The red carpet was filled with celebrity guests that came to support the movie after party as well as the celebrities that acted in the movie including Weston Cage (son of actor Nicolas Cage), Medow Williams, Steven Bauer, Dee Wallace. There was a fully packed press line of paparazzi vying for pictures of the celebrity guests. The after party was an exciting evening with hip dance music and a plethora of beautiful people at the event. The evening included a bar, dancing and entertainment industry mingling. The movie, presented by Gruntworks Entertainment, RAVEN, a vampire thriller written by screenwriter Aaron Pope (DARK REEL) is the latest GruntWorks production, starring Roland Kickinger (TERMINATOR SALVATION) as John Salem, Rudolf Martin (SWORDFISH / BEDAZZLED) as Lazar, the old world vampire and a return from both Meadow Williams in the title role, Raven and Steven Bauer as William, Raven’s first victim. With appearances by legendary film actors Mr. Courtney Gains (CHILDREN OF THE CORN) and Ms. Dee Wallace (CUJO and THE HOWLING) and introducing Hollywood royalty, Weston Coppola Cage as the warrior vampire Thorean. The film, a cross between INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE and THE LOST BOYS.

donna spangler and Sabrina Parisi waving on red carpet

Andrew christian Fashion show was held at Boulevard three march 20 2009

Socialite Sabrina Parisi and actress (Playboy model) Donna Spangler were greeted  at the door by a really friendly PR staff  who headed the event.   They were very organised and escorted Donna and Sabrina immediately into the red carpet where they were meet by many (paparizzi) photographers there

Food tropical fruit stand with many exiotic fruits and a chocolate dipping bowl

Outside on the patio there was tasty fresh taco bar

Gift bags were given away with undies, new drinks, trading cards, lip baums, discount coupons, a carry bag

While we were there we Saw our friend Bobby Trendy who was dressed in a wonderful wild gold lame outfit keeping with the theme of fashion week.

On the stage there were cute girls Dancing in a rythmic beat on each side of the podium totrendy dance music
This event was a very well organized and fun atmosphere. Lots of people felt comfortable enough to dance freely. It had just the right amount of people.