CRIMINAL MINDS Season 9 - Scouting Dpt. Wins 2 COLA Awards - CONGRATULATIONS!

The California On-Location Awards (COLA) salute location managers, assistant location managers and location teams in various film genres, plus public employees, for their efforts to facilitate local filming.

Among this year's recipients we can find the Scouting Department of Criminal Minds!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Location Team of the Year Episodic Television, Full Season
ABC Studios
CRIMINAL MINDS

• Jeffrey T. Spellman, Location Manager
• Walter Roshetski, Location Manager
• Tada Chae, Key Assistant Location Manager
• Phill Kane, Key Assistant Location Manager
• Jodi Leininger, Key Assistant Location Manager
• Leslie Morrow, Key Assistant Location Manager
• Kristina Santoro, Key Assistant Location Manager
• Gary Watt, Location Scout
• David Van Dam, Set Assistant Location Manager

Location Team of the Year Episodic Television, Single Episode
ABC Studios
CRIMINAL MINDS

• Jeffrey T. Spellman, Location Manager
• Walter Roshetski, Location Manager
• Phill Kane, Key Assistant Location Manager
• Jodi Leininger, KeyAssistant Location Manager
• Leslie Morrow, Key Assistant Location Manager
• Gary Watt, Location Scout
• David Van Dam, Set Assistant Location Manager

CRIMINAL MINDS Season 9 - Lifetime Achievement Honoree: Joe Mantegna - Interview

Lifetime Achievement Honoree: Joe Mantegna Brings Stage Experience to ‘Criminal Minds’

By Jenelle Riley

At the age of 66, actor Joe Mantegna shows no signs of slowing down. So though he is being honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce on March 28, he admits to wondering where the time went. “These kinds of things always get your attention,” Mantegna says with a laugh. “When I signed up for Medicare, it was like, 'Oh my goodness, how did I get here?' Sometimes those years do pass on by and the next thing you know you blink and I've realized I've been in this business for 40-plus years.”

To Read More: Variety.com

Joe Mantegna to Receive Humanitarian of the Year Award

Actors for Autism will honor longtime advocate Joe Mantegna at this year's Reach for the Stars Red Carpet benefit.

The Criminal Minds star will be honored at a fundraising dinner and show on October 2, at the Rockwell Table & Stage in Los Angeles, hosted by actress and current AFA president, Charlene Tilton (Dallas).

Actors for Autism is a non-profit organization that provides arts and social skills programs for individuals with disabilities ages six and up and features acting classes, animation, claymation, film making, social skills, vocational training and social activities. The organization was founded in 2005 by Alisa Wolf.

“I really respect what Actors for Autism is doing and working with...

To read more: LookToTheStars.com