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and being locked out of the VIP room, we were all ushered to
the Awards Theatre, and more beautiful archived photographs
from yesteryear.
After taking our virtual seats, we crossed over to MPSE
President Mark Lanza, at the Sony lot in Los Angeles, for a
hybrid of live and prerecorded videos, including a beautiful
acceptance speech from Honorary Filmmaker of the Year,
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road, Happy Feet, Babe).
We traveled around the world where awards were presented
by audio professionals in Australia, China, India, Mexico, and
Russia. A truly unique experience that fully embraced the
global community of sound artists.
After the presentations, we hit a
Mexico rooftop bar for more live
video chats with a live DJ and
bartender. As the party emptied,
some of us (Mark Lanza) revealed
what we had been wearing on the
lower half of our persons during the
presentation—a pristine pair of new
Nike sneakers!
