The 23rd edition of the Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF), offering the best in independent cinema from around the world, announces a robust lineup of 131 features, documentaries and short films that includes a selection of premieres from 30 countries.
The Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, will open its 19th edition on April 15 with the world premiere of Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President. The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival will run April 15-26, 2020.
Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has acquired North American rights to Lost Transmissions, Katharine O’Brien’s directorial debut starring Simon Pegg, Juno Temple, and Alexandra Daddario. Lost Transmissions will be available in theaters and on demand March 13th.
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) announced its full lineup of narrative and documentary features, and shorts for the festival’s 18th edition, that which boasts five World, one North American, four U.S. and ten Los Angeles premieres.
Rialto Pictures is bringing Francis Ford Coppola's THE CONVERSATION back to theaters. The 1974 thriller, starring Gene Hackman and winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, opens March 20 with newly struck 35mm prints personally supervised by Coppola.
Dreamscape, the immersive VR entertainment company, recently unveiled to select media its newest interactive adventure, DreamWorks Dragons Flight Academy, which enables those with a daring spirit and born to race on the wind the chance to glide across the seas on a flying dragon.
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) announced it will honor iconic actress and comedian Lily Tomlin with a hand and footprint ceremony at the world-famous TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX® during the eleventh annual TCM Classic Film Festival on Friday, April 17.
The 92nd Academy Awards one day later, are still generating global buzz after the historic win for Korean director Bong Joon Ho's film Parasite, but also for the snub of Director Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.
After an awards season which saw upsets, snubs, and surprises, the 92nd Academy Awards are finally upon us. Hollywood's biggest night is gearing up and Haute-Lifestyle.com is in the Winner's Room providing live updates.
MRC Television announced the studio is developing "The Terminal List," an exciting new television series, with Civic Center Media, based on the best-selling novel by Jack Carr, which Chris Pratt and Antoine Fuqua brought to MRC.
Magnolia Pictures announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights to ASSASSINS, equal parts true crime and global spy thriller, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ryan White (ASK DR. RUTH, THE KEEPERS, THE CASE AGAINST 8) after its Sundance premiere.
Show producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain today announced the next wave of star presenters headed to the stage on the 92nd Oscars® telecast. The Oscars will air live Sunday, February 9, on ABC.
Oscar®-nominated producer Lynette Howell Taylor and producer Stephanie Allain will produce the 92nd Oscars®, Academy President David Rubin announced. It will be their first involvement with the Oscars, which airs live on the ABC Television Network on Sunday, February 9, 2020.
Academy governor Lois Burwell, event producer Cheryl Cecchetto and master chef Wolfgang Puck will partner to create this year's Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' official post-Oscars® celebration, which immediately follows the 92nd Oscars ceremony.
Show producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain announced previous Oscar winners Penelope Cruz, Diane Keaton and Steve Martin plus additional marquee stars will present on the 92nd Oscars® telecast live Sunday, February 9, on ABC.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a series of public programs celebrating 92nd Oscars® nominees in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, and Animated and Live Action Short Film categories.
Cynthia Erivo, Oscar® winner Elton John, Idina Menzel, Chrissy Metz and Oscar winner Randy Newman will perform this year's nominated songs at the 92nd Oscars® ceremony, show producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain announced today.
Oscar® winners Mahershala Ali, Olivia Colman, Regina King and Rami Malek will present at the 92nd Oscars®, show producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain announced today. The Oscars will air live Sunday, February 9, on ABC.
At the 26th Annual SAG Awards, SAG-AFTRA Foundation President Courtney B. Vance announced industry leaders and philanthropists, Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg, committed to give a $250,000 matching donation to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, the first major contribution to this effort.
The Walt Disney Company announced its slate for the upcoming year highlighting its dominance at the box office with titles from all the usual partners and the rebranded 20th Century Films and SearchLight Pictures.
Amazon Original series Making The Cut, hosted and executive produced by Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn, will premiere on Prime Video Friday March 27, 2020 and drop two original episodes per week with the finale slated for April.
Amazon Studios announced it has signed a first look deal with award-winning actors and producers Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna who currently serve as executive producers on the upcoming limited series Untitled Cortés and Moctezuma Project, from Amazon Studios and Amblin Television.
Amazon Studios announced Meagan Good, Grace Byers, Jerrie Johnson and Shoniqua Shandai will star in untitled Tracy Oliver Project. The comedy series from Tracy Oliver, Universal Television, and Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video worldwide.
Amazon Studios announced it has signed an overall deal with Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning artist, director and screenwriter Steve McQueen, under which he will create and produce content exclusively for Amazon Studios to stream worldwide.
Amazon Studios announced it has greenlit Jack Reacher, a drama based on the character from Lee Child's international bestselling books, which are published in 49 languages and 101 territories and has sold 100 million books to date.
Amazon Studios announced Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Quantico) and Richard Madden (Bodyguard) will star in Citadel, the new multi-layered global series from the Russo Brothers' AGBO, with multiple language franchises, Madden and Chopra will star in the U.S. version.
Actor-producer John Cho and producer-actress-writer Issa Rae announced the 92nd Oscars® nominations today (January 13), live from the David Geffen Theater at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, via a global live stream.
Show producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain announced today that veteran Oscars® director Glenn Weiss will return to direct the 92nd Oscars. The Oscars will air live Sunday, February 9, on the ABC Television Network.
The members of the Hollywood Critics Association celebrated 2019 and the end of the decade at the 3rd Annual Hollywood Critics Association Awards Ceremony on Thursday, January 9, 2020. Below is the full list of winners:
Rom Com Fest will officially be returning to downtown Los Angeles for a second year, set to run Thursday June 25 - Sunday June 28, 2020. The announcement was made by the festival's Founder and Executive Director, Miraya Berke.
PBS today announced the launch of a new multiplatform experience, PBS American Portrait, that will allow people throughout the country to participate in a national conversation about what it really means to be an American today.
Producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain today announced eleven key members of the production team for the 92nd Oscars®, which airs live on Sunday, February 9, on ABC broadcasting to more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
The SAG Awards® Red Carpet Bleacher Seat Auction, the second in a trio of online auctions benefitting the SAG-AFTRA Foundation that let’s film and TV fans bid to win seats along the famous Red Carpet, is now open at sagawards.org/auction.
Casting Society of America (CSA) today announces the film nominees for the 35th Artios Awards, which honor the contribution of Casting Directors in film, television and theatre. The winners will be revealed on Thursday, January 30, 2020.
The sequel to the first High Strung movie, romantic dance movie HIGH STRUNG FREE DANCE is set to move audiences on VOD, Blu-ray and DVD on February 4th, 2020, courtesy of GVN Releasing LLC and Distribution Solutions, a division of Alliance Entertainment.
ShortsTV™, the pioneering platform dedicated to short entertainment (www.shorts.tv), working with Magnolia Pictures, will open "THE 2020 OSCAR® NOMINATED SHORT FILMS" on over 500 screens across the USA on January 31, marking the 15th year of the release.
Following the announcement of the shortlists in consideration for the 92nd Academy Awards®, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced details for its upcoming “Oscars® Spotlight: Documentaries” screening initiative leading up to the 92nd Oscars.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced nine categories shortlisted for the 92nd Academy Awards®: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 92nd Academy Awards®. Nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards will be announced on Monday, January 13, 2020.
Dreamscape, the location-based immersive VR entertainment company backed by Hollywood's heavy hitters, in collaboration with DreamWorks Animation, Universal Games and Digital Platforms, announced its new interactive VR experience, DreamWorks Dragons Flight Academy, will open in Los Angeles on December 13, 2019.
MadRiver Pictures and Di Bonaventura Pictures announced today that Gerard Butler (Angel Has Fallen) will star in the upcoming elevated action thriller The Plane. The script was written by Charles Cumming and JP Davis (Violence of Action), based on the book by Cumming.
Zac Efron (The Greatest Showman) has signed on to star as Ari Furman in King of the Jungle, based on a true story published in Condé Nast's WIRED magazine by Joshua Davis. Principal photography is slated for early 2020.
MadRiver International announced today that Academy Award® Winner Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge, Braveheart) will star alongside Frank Grillo (Captain America, the Purge franchises, "Kingdom," Fight World, Point Blank) in Leo from Toledo for writer/director Joe Carnahan (The Grey).
Academy Award® winner Ben Affleck will star in Robert Rodriguez's mind-bending action thriller Hypnotic. Production is scheduled to start in April. This is the first green lit film under the Studio 8 and Solstice Studios strategic partnership.
Saban Films announced today that they have acquired U.S. rights to Nicol Paone's (Funny People, "The Big Gay Sketch Show") directorial debut Friendsgiving. Malin Akerman is producing along with Ben Stiller, Nicholas Weinstock and Haroon Saleem for Red Hour Films.
In one of the first deals announced out of AFM, NEON has landed North American rights to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s MEMORIA. The Colombian set drama, written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, stars Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton.
Saban Films have acquired the North American rights to writer/director Jason Lei Howden's Guns Akimbo following its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Occupant Entertainment's Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino and Four Knights Film's Tom Hern produced.
Saban Films announced today that they have acquired North American rights to John Suits' (Pandemic) Breach starring Golden Globe Award® winner Bruce Willis. Danny Roth produced under his Almost Never Films banner along with Corey Large and Edward Drake.
The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced that AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi will honor Martin Scorsese, one of the most prolific director's of modern cinema, with a tribute on Friday, November 15 at the TCL Chinese Theatre.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the films that will play in the New Auteurs, Cinema's Legacy, Midnight, Shorts and AFI Conservatory Showcase sections at AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi, completing the festival's program.
The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center announced today the complete slate of films for the 2019 AFI European Union Film Showcase, taking place December 4–22 at the American Film Institute's historic theatre in Silver Spring, MD.
Today, the American Film Institute (AFI) announced that AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi will close with the World Premiere of Apple's THE BANKER. The Closing Night Gala will take place on Thursday, November 21 at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre.
Today, the American Film Institute (AFI) announced the two Gala titles that complete the Gala line-up at AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi. Netflix's THE TWO POPES starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce will screen on Monday, November 18, 2019.
Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) announced the award-winning ensemble cast joining Academy Award-winner Jennifer Hudson in the feature film RESPECT, based on the life of music icon Aretha Franklin. The film will feature many of Ms. Franklin's chart-topping songs.
The Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival announced the film lineup for this year’s 20th Anniversary edition of the film festival. Highlights include screenings of BOY HOWDY: THE STORY OF CREEM MAGAZINE, MAPPLETHORPE Director’s Cut and X: THE UNHEARD MUSIC.
AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi will host "An Evening with Peter Morgan" which will include a conversation with the writer and producer followed by a Gala premiere screening of Episode One of the highly anticipated third season of Netflix's THE CROWN.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced the films that will play in the inaugural Documentary and World Cinema sections, showcasing the most celebrated international films of the year with 16 features representing 19 countries at the AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi.
American Film Institute (AFI) announced that the World Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' RICHARD JEWELL, directed and produced by AFI Life Achievement Award recipient and Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Clint Eastwood, will bow at a Gala at AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced Istituto Luce – Cinecittà as a Founding Supporter, with a five-year agreement in support of an annual series of Italian films and accompanying public programs, beginning with a centennial tribute to Federico Fellini.
Bill Kramer has been named director of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures; the museum's Board of Trustees announced today. Kramer served as managing director of development and external relations of the Academy Museum from 2012 to 2016.
Ninety-three countries have submitted films for consideration in the International Feature Film category, which has been renamed from the Foreign Language Film category, for the 92nd Academy Awards®. Ghana, Nigeria and Uzbekistan are first-time entrants.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present its 5th annual Careers in Film Summit at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills featuring panel discussions with Hannah Beachler, Kris Bowers, Terry Crews, Kevin Smith and Diane Warren.
I Lost My Body from Netflix and Les Miserables from Amazon Studios took the top prizes at the 23rd edition of the COLOCA French Film Festival held over the past week at the Director's Guild of America.
Amazon Studios was honored with seven wins, the most in its history, at the 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards tonight, held at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. Amazon Original series won an additional eight statues at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, for a total of 15.
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation announced the first two honorees for its 4thAnnual Patron of the Artists Awards to be held on Thursday, November 7 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.
The American Film Institute (AFI) Board of Trustees announced that Dame Julie Andrews will be the recipient of the 48th AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film.
The American Film Institute celebrated the 50th year of the AFI Conservatory with an elegant, star-studded reception at Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, which served as the Conservatory's original home during its formative years.
Bill Baggelaar, Brooke Breton, Buzz Hays, Arjun Ramamurthy, Rachel Rose, Dave Schnuelle and Mandy Walker have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, bringing the Council's 2019–2020 membership roster to twenty-five.
Fox Searchlight Pictures announced today it has acquired worldwide rights to Academy Award® nominee Wes Anderson’s upcoming feature THE FRENCH DISPATCH, resuming a successful partnership that has spanned previous films including ISLE OF DOGS and THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL.
The Hamptons International Film Festival announced A24's WAVES as their Closing Night Film. Directed by Trey Edward Shults, the film presents the lives of a suburban African-American family as they navigate life following a tragic loss.
Chef Matteo Metullio of La Siriola restaurant at Hotel Ciasa Salares in San Cassiano, Alta Badia region of the Dolomites, Italy, has recently been awarded 2 Michelin stars, the youngest Chef in Italy to have achieved such honors.
LOS ANGELES — Nearly 40 hotels that are part of the LWH Hotels collection are providing holiday travelers special amenities, gifts and room packages to make travel this holiday season more enjoyable.
President Obama and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron presented a united front while the current Syrian peace accord unravels, hanging precariously in the balance, with reports of 33 civilians killed this week as rebel forces were confronted by Assad's military.
President Trump traveled to Vietnam this week to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hoping to secure a deal on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula the singular point behind the highly publicized and criticized summit.
Finn Wittrock, who plays Nate the alluring former high school sweetheart and seducer of Dana, in the upcoming film Landline, starring John Turturro, Edie Falco, Jenny Slate and Abby Quinn, who is going through a commitment crisis.
CHI-RAQ, from Spike Lee and Roadside Attractions, presents a poignant, and unfortunately timely, tale on gun violence using Chicago’s South Side as ground zero in America’s newest internal war, a deadly plague, which daily and indiscriminately kills.
Phil Rudd, the bad boy drummer for the wildly successful Australian band AC/DC who has seen his share of troubles recently, is launching a new album, Head Job, and embarking on a Euro Tour with his new band-mates.
President Donald Trump spent his first full week as the 45th President alienating our nearest neighbors demanding the Mexican government pay for the proposed "Border Wall" that resulted in the Mexican President cancelling an upcoming White House visit.
President Obama and the stars of the Democratic Party head to Philadelphia to outline the platform for the nation during the three-day convention that concludes with the official awarding of the delegates nominating Hillary Rodham Clinton as the Democratic Presidential Candidate.
CURE MED SPA recently celebrated the grand opening of its Malibu location with a launch party that introduced a select group of media, celebrities and guests to its newest facilities overlooking the incredible Pacific Ocean.
On Assignment, the NBC News Show, in an exclusive to Haute-Lifestyle.com, airing Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 7:00pm EST has gone forward with a story that identifies 15 Americans who left the United States to join the Islamic State fighters.
TRUMBO, from Groundswell Productions and Bleecker Street Media, presents the story of blacklisted Hollywood Ten writer Dalton Trumbo bringing to life the dark season in the Golden Era of Hollywood when the world divided between good Americans and communists.
President Trump continued measures expected to slow the advancement of the deadly Corona virus, which has stunned the world with its stealth movement as it marches unabated hitting the U.S., on both coasts, with a powerful blow.
Just in time to offset the holiday gluttony and facilitate those perennial New Year health resolutions, Seasons 52 restaurant has opened its doors in San Diego's Westfield UTC. The concept of this fresh grill and wine bar, now with 25 locations across the U.S. and more on the horizon, is perfectly suited for the Southern California lifestyle where healthy living reigns supreme.
Maiden, from Sony Pictures Classic, the incredible story of Captain Tracy Edwards, and her historic voyage and win in The Whitbread Round the World sailing race, has continued its upward track at the indie box office.
