Bruce Cohen
Cohen at the 2009 GLAAD Media Awards, Los Angeles, April 2009
Born	(1961-09-23) September 23, 1961 (age 50) Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Occupation	Producer
Years active	1985-present

Bruce Cohen is an American film producer. Cohen and his producing partner, Dan Jinks, run The Jinks/ Cohen Company. Cohen and Jinks produced American Beauty, winner of the 1999 Academy Award for Best Picture. Among other films that Cohen has produced are The Forgotten, Big Fish, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, and most recently, Milk, his second Best Picture nomination. In 2009, Cohen wore a White Knot to the Academy Awards ceremony as a show of support for the marriage equality movement.^[1]

Since May 2005 he has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.

Cohen married his partner of five years, Gabriel Catone, on June 30, 2008, in a ceremony officiated by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at Los Angeles City Hall.^[2]

In December 2010, Cohen and actress Anne Hathaway went to Staten Island as surprise guests to a performance of the PS 22 Chorus, to invite them to the 83rd Academy Awards in February. They also announced that the Chorus will be performing in the awards ceremony.

His father, George, was appointed the director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in 2009.^[3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Bruce Cohen at the Internet Movie Database

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Dan Jinks is an American film and television producer. In February 2010, Jinks launched his own film and television production company, the Dan Jinks Company.^[1] In July 2011, he signed an overall deal with CBS Television Studios.^[2]

Life and career[link]

Previously, working with producing partner Bruce Cohen, Dan produced Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk. The film was nominated for 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. Milk was named Best Picture of 2008 by the New York Film Critics Circle.^[3]

The pair won the Best Picture Academy Award in 2000 for producing American Beauty.^[4] The film, which won a total of five Oscars,^[4] was the first film produced through The Jinks/Cohen Company. Their second film was the sex comedy Down with Love starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor. Next up was Tim Burton's Big Fish, which was nominated as Best Picture for both the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs. Other films include The Forgotten, starring Julianne Moore, and John August's directing debut, The Nines, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hope Davis.

In television, Dan and Bruce executive produced the acclaimed ABC series Pushing Daisies, which won 8 Emmy Awards and was nominated for a Golden Globe as best television comedy. They also served as executive producers on the series Traveler (ABC) and Side Order of Life (Lifetime).

In the summer of 2008, they produced A Timeless Call, a tribute to war veterans that Steven Spielberg directed for the Democratic National Convention.

Prior to Jinks/Cohen, Dan produced Nothing to Lose, starring Martin Lawrence and Tim Robbins for Touchstone Pictures, and executive produced The Bone Collector, with Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie for Universal. A graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Jinks began his career working in the theatre in New York. Along with Laurence Mark, for the past five years Dan has produced A Fine Romance, a benefit for the Motion Picture & Television Fund.^[5]

Filmography (as producer)[link]

Film[link]

• Nothing to Lose (1997)
• The Bone Collector (1999) (as executive producer)
• American Beauty (1999)
  • Won: Academy Award for Best Picture
• Down with Love (2003)
• Big Fish (2003)
• The Forgotten (2004)
• The Nines (2007)
• Milk (2008)
  • Nominated: Academy Award for Best Picture

Television[link]

• Traveler (2007)
• Side Order of Life (2007)
• Pushing Daisies (2007–09)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Dan Jinks at the Internet Movie Database
• Jinks reaps awards for American Beauty

The PS22 Chorus is an elementary school chorus from Public School 22 in Graniteville, Staten Island (New York). It is composed of 60-70 fifth-graders, and is directed by Gregg Breinberg. Students are assigned to the chorus after an annual auditioning process at the beginning of each school year. PS22 is the largest elementary school in Staten Island which draws students from a wide cross section of ethnic groups and socio-economic levels. The chorus meets twice a week during school hours to practice, and performs throughout the year at school functions, local events, and on special requests.^[1] It has been featured on several major national news and music networks after its videos had gained international attention within the popular video-sharing site YouTube. To date, the chorus’s videos have been watched more than 45,000,000 times.^[2]

History[link]

The PS22 chorus was founded in 2000 by the school's music teacher, Gregg Breinberg, who started blogging about it in September 2006 following requests on a Tori Amos fan page, where he had shared some of his videos. Since then the chorus has become an Internet phenomenon. In 2009 New York magazine called it "the best-known elementary-school chorus on the planet".^[3]

Chorus of 2006/2007

• The chorus performs for singer-songwriter Tori Amos at the Sony Atrium in New York City. (May 4, 2007)^[4]
• Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton starts blogging about the PS22 chorus and becomes an influential supporter.^[4]

Chorus of 2007/2008

• Neil Finn, lead singer of the New Zealand band Crowded House invites the chorus to sing at the band’s sold-out concert in New York. (April 30, 2008)^[4]
• Former student Andrew Canlon composes a song specifically for the PS22 chorus entitled "All My Life".
• Members of the PS22 chorus of 2007/2008 are featured in several videos of the 2009 television series The Electric Company^[5]

Chorus of 2008/2009

• The electronic band Passion Pit invites the PS22 chorus to sing background vocals on three tracks ("The Reeling", "Little Secrets", "Let Your Love Grow Tall") of their debut album Manners. (2009-01-16)^[6] "The Reeling" is later nominated for an MTV Video Music Award as best breakthrough video.^[7]
• The chorus performs with country singer Cooper Boone at a DKMS charity Gala and meets Chelsea Clinton and R&B singer Rihanna. (May 7, 2009)^[3]
• Nightline features an in-depth look at the PS22 Chorus. (June 10, 2009)
• Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac) invites the chorus to sing for her at Madison Square Garden. (June 11, 2009)^[4]
• The chorus performs on Good Morning America (ABC) (June 22, 2009)^[8]
• The chorus appears on It's On with Alexa Chung (MTV). (August 3, 2009)^[9]
• The chorus is featured on the nationally televised VH1 Divas Special 2009 (September 17, 2009)^[10]

Chorus of 2009/2010

• The newly formed chorus of 2009/2010 is visited by the cast (Naturi Naughton, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Kherington Payne, Asher Book) and director Kevin Tancharoen of the new 2009 movie Fame. The school is presented a $30,000 check for a new keyboard lab by VH1 Save The Music Foundation Executive Director Paul Cothran, and Director Of Music for New York City Department of Education Barbara Murray. (September 14, 2009)^[11]
• Billboard magazine invites the chorus to perform at an award ceremony for Beyoncé and Lady Gaga. (October 2, 2009) ^[12]
• The chorus performs alongside the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland at the Cross Cultural Youth Festival held at The Armory, Washington Heights for 2500 children from all five boroughs of New York. The event is covered by Fox5 New York. (October 27, 2009) [1]
• Paul Rieckhoff, founder of IAVA, invites the chorus to sing at the Third Annual Heroes Gala at Gotham Hall in New York, hosted by NBC's Brian Williams. (November 10, 2009)^[13]
• The chorus performs with rapper Common at the National Tree Lighting ceremony at the White House with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden attending. (December 3, 2009)^[14]
• During their "Songs From the Heart" tour, Celtic Woman visits PS22 and invites the chorus to join them on two songs at their Radio City Music Hall concert. (February 26, 2010)^[15]
• After hearing the chorus's interpretation of his song "One Day", Chasidic reggae artist Matisyahu visits PS22 and invites the chorus to perform two songs at his concert at New York City's 92nd Street Y. (March 16, 2010)^[16]

Chorus of 2010/2011

• The students perform at the charity organization "New Yorkers for Children". (September 22, 2010)
• At the ONEXONE Gala supported by Matt Damon, the children sing with Matisyahu. (October 27, 2010)
• The chorus perform at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America in Manhattan hosted by NBC Anchor Brian Williams. (November 10, 2010)
• The children are visited by Kylie Minogue and perform with her, including the first ever live performance of "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)". (November 29, 2010)
• The chorus is visited by Bruce Cohen and Anne Hathaway at their 11th Annual Winter Concert and invited to perform at the 83rd Academy Awards. (December 16, 2010)
• The students perform at the 83rd Academy Awards on February 27, 2011.^[17]
• The children perform with Katy Perry on the Oprah Winfrey show post Oscar show at the Kodak Theatre. (February 28, 2011)
• The chorus perform together with The Bangles at the Tribeca Film Festival (April 20, 2011)
• David Cook visits PS22 and performs several songs including "The Last Goodbye" and "Rolling in the Deep" with the chorus. (June 10, 2011)
• The group reunites to perform a 40 minute set at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island. (July 30, 2011)
• PS22 Chorus appears on Sesame Street in a video singing the iconic Sesame song "Somebody Come and Play." (October 21, 2011)

Chorus of 2011/2012

• The children are visited by artist V V Brown who performs several songs with the chorus. (November 16, 2011)
• The chorus performed with 30 Seconds to Mars for the songs "Closer to the Edge" and "Kings and Queens" in what was most likely their final concert at Saint Peter's Church in Chelsea, New York. (December 10, 2011)
• The children are visited by artist Susan Justice and film several songs with her. (January 27, 2012)
• PS22 Chorus alumnus Denise Bestman appears in a commercial for Target singing the song "Rolling In The Deep" by Adele which airs during the 2012 Grammys. (February 12, 2012)
• The students perform a tribute to Whitney Houston singing "The Greatest Love of All" on the Piers Morgan Tonight show on CNN. (February 17, 2012)
• Sinéad O'Connor invites PS22 to open up her show at the Highline Ballroom in NYC, and joins the chorus onstage to perform her song "Jackie." (February 24, 2012)
• The kids sing "Bridge Over Troubled Water" to legendary singer-songwriter,Paul Simon, at 2012 New Yorker for New York Gala (February 27, 2012)
• PS22 Chorus performs at NEA's (National Education Association) Read Across America Event at New York Public Library featuring Zac Efron & Danny DeVito in honor of the birthday of Dr. Seuss (March 2, 2012)
• Celtic Woman returns to PS22 and records several songs with the chorus (March 12, 2012)
• PS22 Chorus records a video promo to save music education with Ingrid Michaelson for DoSomething.org in conjunction with Vh1's Save The Music Foundation (March 9, 2012)
• Gym Class Heroes invites PS22 Chorus to take the stage with them at their concert at Wagner College to perform "The Fighter" (April 21, 2012)
• The chorus performed "Good Girl" and "So Small" with Grammy Award-winning artist, Carrie Underwood, when she visits the kids at their school. (April 27, 2012)

Media coverage[link]

TV appearances

• ABC News Nightline (ABC)^[1]
• Good Day New York (Fox 5)^[18]
• MTV News with Sway Calloway (MTV)^[19]
• NBC Nightly News;; (msnbc)^[20]
• Hollywood 411 (TV Guide Network)^[21]
• The Bonnie Hunt Show^[22]
• Anderson Cooper 360° (CNN)^[23]
• RTL Television (German television station)
• 83rd Academy Awards
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (CBS)

Radio appearances

• All Things Considered (NPR)^[24]
• Chris Evans (BBC)^[25]
• Q (CBC)^[26]
• The Howard Stern Show^[27]
• Joan Hamburg (WOR-2)^[28]
• Rubrik 'Musik' (detektor.fm) ^[29]
• Akustischer Adventskalender (detektor.fm) ^[30]

Newspaper/Online Newspaper articles

• The New York Times^[31]
• New York Magazine^[3]
• In June 2009 an Associated Press article by Verena Dobnik brought worldwide attention to the chorus. The article ran in prominent newspapers and on websites like The Guardian,^[32] The Boston Globe,^[33] The Seattle Times,^[34] The Huffington Post^[4] and many more.
• Dein Spiegel (German magazine for children)
• Time (magazine)
• Daily News (New York)
• Los Angeles Times

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Awards[link]

• COAHSi (Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island) Award 2003 and 2009 ^[35]
• Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award 2010 ^[36]
• Webby Artist of the Year Award 2010 ^[37]
• Common Sense Media Award 2011

References[link]

External links[link]

• Blogspot Homepage
• Official YouTube channel

Tom Sherak is an American actor-producer who is president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 2009-2010 term.^[1][2] He was re-elected for a second term in August 2010.^[3]

Notes and references[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tom Sherak

Film portal

• Tom Sherak at the Internet Movie Database
• Tom Sherak at Yahoo! Movies
• UCLA: Tom Sherak's biography

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