Getting their due: New SBIFF award honors filmmaking’s unsung heroes

Sandra Adair, editor of "Boyhood," speaks to reporters before the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Variety Artisans Awards were presented at the Lobero Theatre.
Sandra Adair, editor of “Boyhood,” speaks to reporters before the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Variety Artisans Awards were presented at the Lobero Theatre.

For years, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival has honored actors, directors, writers and producers, the big names that film buffs know and follow.

But so many more jobs happen behind the scenes of a movie, essential ones that only really get talked about come Oscar season.

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Still Loving the Loveline – Dr. Drew and Adam Carolla dish out advice on tour once again

 Dr. Drew Pinsky - Hollywood Publicity photo Adam Carolla - Courtesy Photo

Dr. Drew Pinsky – Hollywood Publicity photo
Adam Carolla – Courtesy Photo

Dr. Drew Pinsky has said goodbye to his family, tended to his pet German shepherd and jumped in his car to commute to a shared studio where he and Adam Carolla are going to revamp, for a few episodes at least, their show “Loveline.” From 1995 to 2005, they co-hosted this syndicated call-in radio show — then a short-lived television version — dispensing love and sex advice to listeners. Dr. Drew played straight man to wiseacre Mr. Carolla. Despite numerous replacements for Mr. Carolla, the pairing remains the classic one, and the duo return to Santa Barbara this Saturday for an evening at the Lobero.

“The evening will be very similar to the last time,” Dr. Pinsky says, referring to a 2000 visit to UCSB’s Event Center. “But we have a lot more stories to tell now. People are interested in how we got here, how we got back together, what new observations we have. But the core is interaction with the audience. We never know where it’s going to go.”

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