The Academy's Board of Governors has approved awards rules and campaign promotional regulations for the upcoming Oscar season and has announced additional key submission dates for the 97th Academy Awards® to be held March 2, 2025.
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger alluded to the Disneyland expansion during the recent shareholders meeting and the city of Anaheim made it official paving the way for the biggest expansion to the amusement park in thirty years.
Accused double murderer and disgraced grid iron great O.J. Simpson, who would never outrun the shadow of his domestic violence and spousal abuse, or regain his glory days as pitchman and movie star, died this week.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC today announced the 97th Oscars® will take place on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Key dates were also announced for 2024 awards season submission, nomination voting and nomination announcements.
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 45th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards ceremony, which will take place on Tuesday, May 21, at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall, New York City.
MoonBall Media announced MLB legend and Baltimore Orioles co-owner Cal Ripken Jr. will serve as executive producer for its latest docuseries in development that will explore iconic feats in sports, allowing fans to relive these magical moments.
A contentious battle to gain two seats on the Walt Disney board by Trian founder Nelson Peltz ended after the preliminary results of the shareholder votes were tallied, blocking the second attempt by the activist investor.
Cinépolis, the leading theatrical company in Mexico and Latin America, and the Sundance Institute, the supports the Sundance Film Festival announced 12 feature films that will comprise the inaugural program of the Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2024.
The fight by Activist Nelson Peltz to control two seats on the Disney Board of Directors has gained momentum in the final days before the shareholders vote to determine if the current twelve-member board will remain.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named Bridgette Wilder as its first Chief People and Culture Officer (CPCO), Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy Museum Director and President Jacqueline Stewart announced today.
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger is imploring Disney shareholders to retain his leadership along with the twelve other board members during the annual shareholder vote scheduled for April 3, 2024, and oppose the hedge fund nominees.
Wicked Little Letters, from Sony Pictures Classics, brings to the screen a sordid tale of good verses evil and the power of the pen, as a small English town confronts a scandal of epic and reverberating proportion.
The 2024 Academy Awards have wrapped, but the controversary and dissection of awards voters, has continued throughout the week and here is one last examination of three of the more surprising moments of the 2024 Oscars.
Bleecker Street announced today that it has acquired the U.S. rights to Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter (2014), directed by David Zellner and written by David and Nathan Zellner, in honor of the film's 10th anniversary.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and CBS announce "The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards" will broadcast LIVE Friday, June 7 on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream on Paramount+*.
Knox Goes Away, from Saban Films, brings to the screen a fast-paced mind-bending psychological thriller, as a hit man diagnosed with a degenerative brain disease is given one last chance to help the son he never knew.
The Neon Highway, from Mountain Movies, presents a compelling, feel-good film, as a washed-up country singer meets a young singer-songwriter whose dreams died seven years earlier, after a horrific car crash, just seconds before they took flight.
The 96th Academy Awards have finally arrived and Haute-Lifestyle.com Publisher Janet Walker is live and in the winner's room where more than 300 members of the global media have gathered and are waiting to interview the Oscar winners.
Hollywood's biggest night is one day away, and throughout the week teams of carpenters, builders, painters, and others have worked to create a magical and memorable moment for the year's biggest stars and audiences around the world.
Actor and entrepreneur Vanessa Hudgens and multi-hyphenate Julianne Hough will host "The Oscars® Red Carpet Show," the official lead-in to the 96th Oscars on Sunday, March 10, airing at 6:30 p.m. EDT/3:30 p.m. PDT on ABC.
Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, America Ferrera, Sally Field, Ryan Gosling, Ariana Grande, Ben Kingsley, Melissa McCarthy, Issa Rae, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg, Mary Steenburgen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlize Theron, Christoph Waltz, and Forest Whitaker will present at the 96th Oscars. ®
The concert films Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé were so successful they spawned the return of the concert film, which are expected to fill theaters during the same holiday season 2024.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will host live Oscars® viewing parties in New York and London exclusively for its members and invited film industry guests. Additionally, the Academy Museum will host its viewing party.
Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate McKinnon, Rita Moreno, John Mulaney, Catherine O'Hara, Octavia Spencer and Ramy Youssef were named as presenters for the 96th Oscars®, executive producers announced.
The Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' official post-Oscars® celebration, which will immediately follow the 96th Oscars ceremony on Sunday, March 10, returns for its 65th year. Recipes for libations, food included.
Jon Batiste, Becky G, Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell, Scott George and the Osage Singers, and Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson will perform this year's nominated songs executive producers Raj Kapoor, Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan announced.
Society of the Snow, from Netflix, brings to the screen a recreation of the fateful Flight 571 carrying a Uruguayan soccer team and their companions that crashed in the Andes Mountains enroute to Santiago, Chile in 1972.
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted today to make the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch two distinct branches, the Animation Branch, and the Short Films Branch.
Zendaya, Michelle Yeoh, Mahershala Ali, Al Pacino, and Matthew McConaughey are among the first slate of presenters for the 96th Academy Awards executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan announced.
As the fallout of the pandemic continues to direct studio business, the industry is confronting a new threat, Sora, an AI technology so advanced that it will cause an industry wide revolution, costing thousands of jobs.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the recipients of the 75th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards. The ceremony will take place during the NAB New York media & technology convention.
The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the eight storytellers selected for the 2024 Momentum Fellowship. In its sixth year, Momentum continues its mission of fostering professional growth for mid-career artists, emphasizing professional development opportunities in their creative journey.
Ordinary Angels, from Lionsgate, brings to the screen a true story of ordinary people, a hairdresser looking for atonement, a family crippled by grief, and a town of ordinary people coming together to help a dying child.
Roadside Attractions has acquired the U.S. distribution rights from City Hill Arts to the family adventure, The Penguin & The Fisherman, inspired by the incredible true story of João Perei de Souza and a lost penguin.
The Academy Awards class of 2024 held its annual Academy Awards luncheon this week at the Beverly Hills Hilton, where the nominees in every category gathered to be feted as the celebration to Hollywood's biggest night kicks off.
Rustin, a Netflix Original film, brings to the screen the story of Bayard Rustin, a black gay man, who is credited for organizing the 1963 March on Washington in under eight weeks, a feat all believed was impossible.
Janet Walker, award-winning screenwriter and publisher, and owner of the online boutique luxury lifestyle magazine, Haute-Lifestyle.com, has unveiled a slate of projects, including five award-winning screenplays and three, unscripted, limited series, shows at the European Film Market.
Director, producer, writer, and actor Natasha Lyonne will host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on Friday, February 23, 2024, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. She will present 16 achievemen
May December, a Netflix Original, presents an over top look of two worlds, the process of an actress to inform her character and the subject, an ex-con married to her former student in a headline grabbing scandal.
The Berlin Film Festival has rescinded the opening night invitations to five right-wing members of the AfD party, after a social media campaign opposing their attendance persuaded the governing board to reconsider and after debate made the decision.
The Oscars® executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan announced members of their production team for the 96th Oscars, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and airing live on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
Rain Dogs, from HBO, present a toxic dramady of an unconventional love story in London between a working-class single mum, her 10-year-old daughter, and a privileged gay man and the seedy worlds that won't release them.
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the creation of an annual competitive Academy Award® for Achievement in Casting, beginning with the 98th Academy Awards® for films released in 2025.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has announced category changes to the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, including the elimination of the 'Outstanding Younger Performer in a Daytime Drama' and 'Outstanding Promotional Announcement.'
The Franco-American Cultural Fund (FACF) announced today that The American French Film Festival (TAFFF) will hold its 28th annual edition and awards competition October 29-November 3 at the Directors Guild of America Theater on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.
The Messenger, the latest and most spectacular example of the shifting digital news ecosystem, fell dramatically and has now landed in court as former staffers, the crème de la crème of many former news organizations, were unceremoniously terminated.
We Grown Now, from Sony Pictures Classics, brings to the screen a coming of age story set in 1993 Chicago and Cabrini Green, a public housing project, as two boys are on the edge of an uncertain tomorrow.
The jury and audience award-winning films for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival were recently announced during a ceremony at The Ray Theatre in Park City. The Awards Ceremony occurred two days before the conclusion of the festival.
UK comedian and broadcaster Amelia Dimoldenberg will serve as the face of the 96th Oscars® social media campaign in the role of Social Media Ambassador and Red-Carpet Correspondent. She will participate in key events throughout the awards season.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the 96th Oscars nominations kicking off a firestorm of controversary over the surprises, shocks, and apparent snubs in the selection honoring the year's best in film entertainment.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announces "Oscars Season at the Academy Museum," running January 28-March 31, which invites the public to celebrate the 96th Oscars® and immerse themselves in Academy Awards® history through exclusive Oscar®-centered events.
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival the short film jury awards were announced, for the seven short films selected for awards, during the Shorts Awards Party presented by Argo and WeShort at The Park in Park City.
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival, the nonprofit Sundance Institute and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's joint Science-In-Film Initiative honored Love Me, from filmmaker duo Sam and Andy Zuchero, with this year's juried Feature Film Priz
Actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid announced the 96th Oscars® nominations, live from the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater via a global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org and the Academy's digital platforms, an international satellite feed and broadcast media.
The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the filmmakers selected for the 2024 Merata Mita Fellowship; an annual fellowship named in honor of the late Māori filmmaker to support Indigenous women-identified artists endeavoring to direct their first feature film.
Sports Illustrated magazine, the grandfather of sports reporting, is undergoing major challenges as current owners, Arena Group Holdings failed to make a licensing payment to Authenticate Brands, resulting in widespread layoffs of the iconic magazine.
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he British Academy of Film and Television announced the shortlisted nominees for the 2023 BAFTA awards scheduled to be presented live on February 18, 2024. The shortlist awards had shocks, surprises, and snubs disrupting the expected.
Black Bear announced their management arm has signed screenwriter, author, and essayist Kerry Howley for representation. Howley wrote the script for the Sundance-bound film Winner, a comedic coming-of-age story adapted from her own New York Magazine profile.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced 16 scientific and technical achievements will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony on Friday, February 23, 2024, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
In advance of the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival, the nonprofit Sundance Institute is commemorating four decades of extraordinary independent filmmaking by announcing the survey results of the top ten feature films screened since 1985.
Hollywood's annual awards season is in full swing as the expected and unexpected are picking up steam heading into the final week of Academy Award nominations voting as award pundits are preparing their predictions for Gold Derby.
The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® honoring outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances for the past year were announced by Issa Rae (Barbie, American Fiction) and Kumail Nanjiani (Welcome to Chippendales, The Big Sick) via Instagram Live.
Sundance Institute announced the fellows selected for its 2024 Screenwriters Lab and Screenwriters Intensive programs, which provide emerging artists with a creative and nurturing space to develop their first and second independent features.
The Holdovers, from Focus Features, presents a story of hope as a group of misfits are alone during the holiday break at a boy's boarding school and are chaperoned by a methodical, by the book, emotionally bankrupt, teacher.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has promoted Teni Melidonian to Chief Oscars Officer and MaryJane Partlow to Executive Vice President, Awards Production and Special Events, Academy CEO Bill Kramer announced.
Three hundred twenty-one feature films are eligible for the 2023 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. There are 265 feature films eligible for consideration in the Best Picture category.
The British Academy of Film and Television announced its longlist of film and performance nominations hinting at the upcoming Academy Award nominations. The BAFTA shortlist will be announced January 18, with Oscar nominations following on January 23.
Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the addition of the documentary The Greatest Night in Pop to the 2024 Sundance Film Festival film program and the lineup for the Festival's Beyond Film programming.
The British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) has announced the longlist of films and performers that will advance to the nominating stage of voting. Shortlisted nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 18, 2024.
The Painter, from Paramount Global Content Distribution, presents a riveting, dramatic, Black Ops government covert thriller that forces a retired ex-agent back into service to save himself while being chased by CIA agents and assassination teams.
The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the 16 jurors granting awards for artistic and cinematic excellence at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, along with the five jury members who present the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the shortlists in ten categories this week, providing insight into how members see this year's awards season playing out as the clock winds down to Oscar Nomination Day.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 96th Academy Awards®: Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), and Music (Original Song).
Memory, from Ketchup Entertainment, presents a poignant journey of two lost souls, one who is burdened by distressing memories and the other who is confronting a slow cognitive decline and is unable to recall any emotional connection.
Celebrated journalist Connie Chung presented her husband, legendary talk show host Maury Povich, who has the longest running talk show in history, with the Daytime Emmys® Lifetime Achievement Honor at the Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle ceremony.
Actor Jack Black, the voice of Po from Dreamworks "Kung-Fu Panda," was honored with his first Emmy at the 2nd Annual Children's & Family Emmy® Awards, and voice actor Peter Cullen received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the winners of the 2nd Annual Children's & Family Emmy® Awards from the historic Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles and aired live on The Emmys® apps.
Reacher, from Amazon, Paramount, and Skydance Production, brings to the screen a strong second season that reunites Reacher and his former military team, in a race against time as they investigate the systematic murders of their unit.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) tonight announced the winners of the 50th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards. The ceremony was presented live this evening at 9 PM EDT (delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.
The annual Critics Choice Awards, chosen by the largest group of entertainment, broadcast, radio, and online journalists in the United States and Canada, announced their nominations for the best of in both film and television for 2023.
The Hollywood Foreign Press announced the nominations, this week, for the annual Golden Globe Awards, which are scheduled to air live on January 7, 2024, at 8:00pm PDT, on CBS and Paramount+. The complete list is below.
As the countdown to the Academy Awards announcement on January 23, 2024, approaches the recent Golden Globe Award and Critics Choice Award nominations reveals the entertainment media has clear ideas for the winner's circle of 2023.
Oscar®-nominated producer Jennifer Fox will return to produce the 14th Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President Janet Yang announced today. It is her fifth time producing the event.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the host, performers, and presenters for the 50th Annual Daytime Creative and Lifestyle Awards, the 2nd Annual Children's & Family Emmy Awards, and Children's & Creative Arts Emmy® Awards.
The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the Short Films and 40th Edition Celebration Screenings and Events that will be a part of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival programming. The festival will take place January 18–28, 2024.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film, and International Feature Film categories for the 96th Academy Awards® airing live March 10, 2024.
With only 38% of the union members voting, the negotiated SAG/AFTRA contract has been ratified, with 78% of those who did vote approving the agreement which totaled more than a billion dollars of increases over the 2020 deal.
Abramorama announced they have acquired North American theatrical distribution rights for the feature-length documentary A Storm Foretold, a behind the scenes portrait with Roger Stone, directed by Christoffer Guldbrandsen.
Bleecker Street announced they will release Sasquatch Sunset from directing duo David and Nathan Zellner ("The Curse"). Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg, Nathan Zellner, and Christophe Zajac-Denek star in the film, which is currently in post-production.
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger, who returned to helm what many called a listing ship, is again confronting the possibility of a hostile takeover as Nelson Peltz and Ike Perlmutter team up to demand a seat at the table.
The New York Film Critics Circle voted today at Film at Lincoln Center for their 2023 awards winners. The awards will be handed out during their annual ceremony on Wednesday, January 3, 2023, at Tao Downtown.
Today, ABC announced that "The Oscars®" will air live on SUNDAY, MARCH 10, in a new earlier timeslot (7:00-10:30 p.m. EDT/4:00-7:30 p.m. PDT). A 30-minute pre-show will lead into the live show (6:30-7:00 p.m. EDT/3:30-4:00 p.m. PDT).
Saban Films announced today that they have acquired US rights to thriller Knox Goes Away directed by, and starring, Academy Award®-nominee Michael Keaton (Spotlight) alongside Academy Award®-winner Al Pacino, James Marsden ("Westworld,"), Academy Award®-winner Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River).
Dominic Glynn, Rob Legato, Nancy Richardson, Deborah Scott, Tom Sito and Sharon Smith Holley have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
As the final week of voting for the SAG/AFTRA contract approaches, top names are voicing concerns against ratifying saying it falls short of the protections, around Artificial Intelligence and the replication or exploitation of the talent.
With a new year just six weeks away, and a tumultuous six months of haranguing, arguments, and ultimatums behind them, Hollywood actors and writers are ready to return to work and once again do what they do best: create.
Indian Paintbrush announced today the launch of GALERIE, a new immersive film club that combines curated film collections, original videos, considered writing, and live screenings and discussions into a single destination. Director Wes Anderson will join as curator.
The nonprofit Sundance Institute revealed an additional honoree of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival's fundraiser, Opening Night Gala: Celebrating 40 Years Presented by Chase Sapphire®, which will take place on January 18, 2024, at the DeJoria Center.
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival honors Lily Gladstone, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Greta Lee, Charles Melton as the first group of recipients to receive the Virtuosos Award, created to recognize performances of specific note each year.
Emmy® Award-winning late-night talk show host and producer Jimmy Kimmel will host the 96th Oscars®, and Emmy-nominated Molly McNearney returns for a second consecutive year as executive producer, Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang announced.
The Green Book, from Universal Pictures, Dreamworks and Participant Media, presents the true story of piano virtuoso Don Shirley and his driver, Bronx bouncer Tony Vallelonga, and their encounters as they toured the deep south in 1962.
San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo, Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors), celebrating its 25th Anniversary in continuous operation, has announced the company's 2018 Gala, JUBILATE!, will be headlined by Moon favorite Klea Blackhurst and will feature special guest star Liz Callaway.
How To Cook Everything, twentieth anniversary edition, from culinary expert Mark Bittman, presents a completely revised edition, upgrading, modernizing and offers to his legion of fans the opportunity to follow along as he embarks on this fantastical food journey.
Li Gang, Dlodlo CEO, having entrenched his company as global leader in VR technology research and development, this IT-oriented entrepreneur has ushered in a new high-tech era with the launch of the wireless, portable and fashion-forward "Dlodlo VR Glasses."
Si les manifestations d’opposants emmenées par Alexei Navalny mettent en exergue la confiscation du pouvoir opéré par Vladimir Poutine via un système personnel dédié à son seul profit, cette contestation intérieure ne peut suffire.
“Open Heart,” from HBO Pictures and Producer Abigail Disney, follows eight children diagnosed with Rheumatic Heart Disease as they travel from remote Rwanda to the Sudan to receive high risk life saving medical treatment.
