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Mark Christopher Lawrence, Christian Hoff & David Kamatoy Present at YAA 41st Annual Young Artist Academy™ Awards

I have the honor to participate as presenter this year along side my good friends Mark Christopher Lawrence and Christian Hoff. Great to inspire the next generation of entertainers. Hoff and I used to run around the halls of San Diego Junior Theatre as kids and it's great we are still running around the halls. lol. 

San Diego, CA (For Release) -  The 41st annual Young Artist Academy™ Awards presenters will include NBC star and comedian Mark Christopher Lawrence, Tony Award winner Christian Hoff and television producer David Kamatoy on Saturday, November 21. This year, because of the ongoing restrictions for the Covid-19 pandemic, the event will be presented virtually with live audience engagement via Zoom and YouTube Premieres beginning at 2:30 p.m. Hollywood time. (YoungArtistAcademy.org)

Mark Christopher Lawrence is the recipient of the 2012 San Diego Critics Circle’s Craig Noel Award – Outstanding Actor Of The Year. He is an international headliner who has worked with the likes of Sinbad, Jerry Seinfeld, Rodney Dangerfield, and Jeff Foxworthy. Mark is best known for his series regular role as Big Mike on the NBC TV series CHUCK and has a recurring role on The PureFlix.com comedy hit, Malibu Dan, The Family Man. A strong supporter of youth actors and previous host of the 38th Young Artist Academy™ Awards, Mark will present the award for Supporting Role by a Young Artist in a Feature Film.

Christian Hoff is a Tony Award-winning native San Diego entertainer whose early training through the San Diego Junior Theater program set a course to Hollywood and Broadway. He has recorded two Grammy Award-Winning original cast albums for “Jersey Boys” and “The Who’s Tommy.” Christian’s resume is highlighted with originating the voice of Hanna-Barbera cartoon “Richie Rich.” This will be Christian’s first invitation by the Young Artist Academy™ where he will present the award for Supporting Role by a Teen Artist in a Feature Film.

David Kamatoy is host of The DavidKamatoy.com Show. As a television producer, he has been responsible for hundreds of episodes of business and lifestyle talk shows seen on BizTV and Youtoo America. David has worked closely with both Mark Christopher Lawrence and Christian Hoff over the years on a variety of entertainment and business projects. While he has been involved behind the scenes with the Young Artist Academy™, this will be David’s first invitation as a presenter. He will present the award for Leading Teen in a Web Series.

Established in 1978, the Young Artist Academy™ is Hollywood’s first and longest running youth awards and has honored many young artists who have gone on to become internationally acclaimed adult actors. This list includes such luminaries as Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Ryan Reynolds, and Michelle Pfeiffer. The list of presenters this year will include  Daily Show Host Trevor Noah, academy alumni Scarlett Johannson and Mario Lopez, Sir Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings, X-Men), Star Trek legend George Takei, and creature character actor Doug Jones (Shape of Water, Star Trek: Discovery). For more information about Young Artist Academy visit YoungArtistAcademy.org.

For more information about Mark Christopher Lawrence, visit MarkChristopherLawrence.com, Christian Hoff, visit ChristianHoff.com, David Kamatoy, visit DavidKamatoy.com. Media inquiries please contact KamatoyMediagroup.com

Rock 105.3 Boo Ball 2018 Rocks San Diego, CA

San Diego, CA - Rock 105.3 Boo Ball in San Diego was a rousing success. We have helped with placing entertainers for this event for the 4th year in a row. Stephen Prendergast and David Kamatoy had a chance to capture the event. Here a few highlighted images from 2018. We will post a few more on Facebook and additionally at KamatoyPhotography. 

 Congratulations to the Rock 105.3 team and the winners from Boo Ball 2018.

 

 

One of the most entertaining lines of the year at House of Blues. 

 

Radio Hosts of Rock 105.3 at Boo Ball 2018 to a packed house.

Art Macias as Freddy Kreuger took photos with patrons of the night.

Go Go Dancer Sam onstage at House of Blues. 

Runner up of the Sexiest Costume.
Winner of Sexiest Costume... SO CLOSE.

Winner of Best Costume.

 

 

One of the last shots of the night. I found this very amusing. 

More photos to be found at KamatoyPhotography.com soon. 

Interested in working in working with the team. Send an email. 

David Kamatoy is a juggler literally and figuratively. A Nationally Syndicated TV/ Radio producer known for The Big Biz Show and America Trends. He has worked proffessionally as a juggler-comedian, actor, musician, photographer, Director of Photography to name a few. Clients have a tendancy to work with David based on wanting to produce media and business development. He teaches once a week acting and performance. He is co-founder of Kamatoy Media Group and Jugglemail.com a CRM email marketing company As an early adopter to social media he understands the long term benefits of self-branding and content creation. He host’s his own show, “David Kamatoy Blog Show” a magazine style format show covering entertainment, entrepreneurship and e-marketing

Hip Hop 5K San Diego, CA 2018 Kickin with Producers

 
Multi-Grammy Winning Producer Anthony Dent and Carleton Overstreet Jr.

San Diego, CA - We had a blast at the 3rd Annual Hip Hop 5K in San Diego,CA held at ECC organized by Diamond Minds and Futuristic Music Group with our associate Carleton Overstreet Jr., Entertainment Director at the event. We helped with stage managing the event and entertainers. The day started early of course 7:00 a.m. with a successful run, walk that was well participated in. The staging area was surrounded with full group of vendors that stayed to the end. Entertainment ran from 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 P.M. pst. It was a long day in the sun and I probably got several shades darker and should have worn more sunscreen. All those years street performing pay off at these events.

Anthony Dent with the band tulengua. This group notably played live instruments along with Abelton resulting in a powerful sound from a trio.  

We had a parade of local and national entertainers throughout the day but what was impressive from an entrepreneurial and mentorship perspective is that the event featured music producers that were there to speak meet and greet the next generation of talent. Many music events are just that events or shows, but this added element of mentorship really added an "uplifting" element to the event.

 

San Diego Hip Hop 5K

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Mistah F.A.B. spoke, inspired and performed at San Diego Hip Hop 5K.
Mistah F.A.B.  is a multi-platinum songwriter and record producer, who has collaborated with major acts such as Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, E-40, B.o.B, Chris Brown, and Eric Bellinger. (according to Wikipedia)

 

David Kamatoy - juggler & producer, Anthony Dent - Multi-Grammy Winning Producer, Carleton Overstreet Jr. - Producer, Drummer, Event Entertainment Director  and Host Jonnae Larell Thompson.

We look forward to networking with some of the acts and producers we met at the event and will keep you updated on some of this great up and coming talent. 

More updates coming soon on Facebook and KamatoyPhotography.com

David Kamatoy is a juggler literally and figuratively. A Nationally Syndicated TV/ Radio producer known for The Big Biz Show and America Trends. He has worked proffessionally as a juggler-comedian, actor, musician, photographer, Director of Photography to name a few. Clients have a tendancy to work with David based on wanting to produce media and business development. He teaches once a week acting and performance. He is co-founder of Kamatoy Media Group and Jugglemail.com a CRM email marketing company As an early adopter to social media he understands the long term benefits of self-branding and content creation. He host’s his own show, “David Kamatoy Blog Show” a magazine style format show covering entertainment, entrepreneurship and e-marketing

Congratulations to Claude Shires on his Directorial Debut on HBO

Los Angeles, CA (Blog)-  Congratulations to our comedic, editing, actor now director buddy Claude Shires for his directorial debut on HBO Latino. Felipe Esparza provides a hilarious set, a look at being Latino in America, constantly translating due to his accent and ethnic stature, I can relate.

 THE SHOW: HBO Latino presents 

Felipe Esparza: Translate This

Executive producers  Felipe Esparza, Lesa O’Daniel Esparza and Christopher Smith

Produced by Claude Shires and Stuart Sauvarin

Directed by Claude Shires

Written by Felipe Esparza

 

Claude Shires and I met while doing a comedy casual in Hollywood produced by our mutual friend actor, producer, comic Mark Christopher Lawrence, @MarkChrLawrence. We quickly commiserated on the trapping of the hustle and bonded over editing video while doing everything else. It makes sense that he would naturally shift over to directing and specifically a stand-up comic cable tv special. I saw this on his Linked in feed and had to do a shout out.

Congrats man and who's HBO special is next man? Do you have clout? 

Check out the show, 

Comedian Felipe Esparza stars in his first HBO stand-up Felipe Esparza: Translate This. 

 

FROM THE HBO WEBSITE: CLICK HERE TO SEE ON HBO LATINO

Appearing at the San Jose Improv in San Jose, California, Esparza finds humor in his unique life experiences while discussing topics such as immigration, his ongoing difficulty translating for his parents, being a once-not-so-great single dad while dating single moms, his current challenges in raising his blond-haired, blue-eyed stepson, and more.

The winner of Last Comic Standing in 2010, Esparza has appeared on numerous TV shows, including Superstore (in a recurring role), The Tonight Show, Lopez Tonight, Premium Blend, The Eric Andre Show, Comic View and Galavisión’s Que Locos, where he made more appearances than any other comedian. His film credits include The Deportedand I’m Not Like That No More, a feature based on his stand-up comedy, as well as his first stand-up special, They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You. Esparza is also the host of the podcast What’s Up Fool?, which he launched in 2014.