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.
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.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced that the 33rd edition of AFI FEST presented by Audi will open with the World Premiere of Makeready and Universal Pictures' QUEEN & SLIM on Thursday November 14, 2019.
Recognizing the year's most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image, AFI AWARDS is the American Film Institute's annual stamp of excellence, celebrating works of significance in both film and television and presented at an invitation-only luncheon.
Montclair Film, New Jersey's leading film non-profit, today announced that Stephen Colbert, host of CBS' "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert," will host an evening with eleven-time Emmy Award® winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus, on stage at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC).
Winners for the 45th annual Saturn Awards, honoring motion picture, television, home entertainment and live stage productions, were announced today at an exciting ceremony hosted by Aisha Tyler at the historic Avalon Theater in Hollywood and streamed across 8 online platforms.
A brand-new and timely cut of Francis Ford Coppola's critically acclaimed 1930s period film The Cotton Club Encore will screen at this year's New York Film Festival on October 5, release in select theaters on October 11, 2019.
The Franco-American Cultural Fund has announced that the acclaimed dramedy LA BELLE EPOQUE, which premiered in May at the Cannes Film Festival (Official Selection, Out of Competition), will have its U.S. Premiere and run for the COLCOA Awards.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its fall programming lineup this week for both Los Angeles and New York including hosts and participants. A full schedule and tickets for the screenings can be found here: oscars.org/events.
Highland Film Group announced today that Golden Globe® and Emmy® nominated Dennis Quaid and Madalen Mills (Jingle Jangle) have joined previously announced Academy Award® nominated Queen Latifah in Ray Giarratana’s (John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum) The Tiger Rising.
The Franco-American Cultural Fund has announced the Documentary Competition films presented during the 23rd annual COLCOA French Film Festival. The festival runs from September 23-28 at the Directors Guild of America, as part of Awards Season in Hollywood.
Where'd You Go Bernadette, from Annapurna Pictures, brings to the screen the story of change, as a brilliant architect and her equally creative and talented software developer husband leave sunny Los Angeles for the Seattle suburbs.
TNT, a division of WarnerMedia Entertainment, has renewed its powerhouse drama Animal Kingdom for a fifth season. The popular series continues to grow its fanbase, reaching nearly 18 million viewers this season so far across all platforms.
David Rubin was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Tuesday night (August 6) by the organization's Board of Governors. Rubin is beginning his first term as president and his seventh year as a governor.
Brian Banks, from Bleecker Street films, brings to the screen the story of the Long Beach football star, who spent eleven years fighting a wrongful conviction, and his story from USC committed to convicted rapist to free man.
The Art of Racing Against the Rain, from Fox 2000 and Twentieth Century Fox, presents the story of a formula one driver, his faithful golden retriever, the twists and turns of fate and the art of living.
Shout! Studios, the multi-platform filmed entertainment distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory, has secured North American rights to FEAST OF THE SEVEN FISHES, a warm and affecting comedy-drama from Allegheny Image Factory and Witty Michaels Entertainment.
Amazon Prime Video announced over 60 teams from 30 countries will be competing in World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji. The series is hosted and executive produced by Bear Grylls, Lisa Hennessy, Eric Van Wagenen, and Emmy Award-winning producer Mark Burnett.
Pennyworth, a new streaming series from Epix TV, MGM’s premium cable network on Amazon Prime, brings to the screen the story of Alfred Pennyworth and his introduction into the world of espionage in an emerging modern London.
Today at Amazon Prime Video’s TCA session, the teaser trailer for the highly-anticipated second season of the fan-favorite Amazon Original Series, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan premiered showcasing the higher stakes in season two by taking audiences on an action-packed adventure.
The Franco-American Cultural Fund has announced the programs for the Television section and the films that will be featured in the Shorts section at the 23rd edition of the COLCOA French Film Festival as part of Hollywood Awards Season.
Are we witnessing the emergence of a kinder, gentler Quentin Tarantino? Once Upon a Time in Hollywood introduces Tarantino as a storyteller who doesn’t punctuate each scene, on eight-minute intervals, with squeamish and often gratuitous violence.
Danielle Macdonald, co-star of the upcoming neo-Nazi film, SKIN, from Oscar winning director Guy Nattiv, sat down with select media recently and spoke expressively on reprising her role as wife/mother in the white supremacist cult.
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.
Stuber, from 20th Century Fox Entertainment, presents a comedic drama that pairs the unlikeliest of heroes, an Uber driver and a blind LA detective, in the effort to bring to justice the drug kingpin responsible for his partner’s death.
Acclaimed filmmaker Juan Antonio (J.A.) Bayona (The Orphanage, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) will direct the first two episodes of Amazon Studios' upcoming series based on J. R. R. Tolkien's iconic fantasy novels The Lord of the Rings.
Yesterday, from Universal Pictures, brings to the screen a fun filled summer film of unrequited love, destroyed dreams, friendship, and how we react when miraculously life, through fate, kismet, or chance delivers on every dream we’ve ever believed.
Men in Black International, from Sony Pictures Entertainment, presents the continuing story of the ghost agency that handles unexpected visitors and threats from other galaxies, with the third sequel the story intensifies and kicks it into warp speed.
Late Night, from Amazon Pictures and Entertainment One, presents a funny and unfortunately realistic view of the talk show wars, complete with an over the hill female host, a writer’s room of sophomoric males, and an adversarial TV exec.
Rocketman, from Paramount Pictures, brings to the screen a fantastical biographical journey of Elton John as he finds himself early and the fated ordained meeting with Bernie Taupin, of one of the most prolific singer-songwriting teams in history.
Amidst an extremely competitive landscape, NEON and Hulu have acquired North American rights to Céline Sciamma’s highly acclaimed film, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, at the Cannes Film Festival as part of their exclusive film and content output licensing agreement.
Nearly forty years after their break up, Led Zeppelin is reintroduced to a new generation with a yet untitled feature documentary, now in post-production and directed by Bernard MacMahon, celebrating the world’s best-selling rock band on their fiftieth anniversary.
John Wick: Chapter 3- Parabellum, from Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment, presents the third installment in the assassin trilogy, as Mr. Wick, now banished, must find his way back to the place where he can atone for his mistake.
AFI DOCS, the American Film Institute's annual documentary celebration in the nation's capital, has announced the Opening and Closing Night films and Special Screenings for its 17th annual edition. AT&T returns as Presenting Sponsor for the sixth consecutive year.
TOLKIEN, from Fox Searchlight Films, presents the magical prequel to perhaps the greatest trilogies in British Literature introducing the world to J.R.R. Tolkien and the moments, lives, loves that shaped him and took shape in his imagination.
The Intruder, from Screen Gems, presents the story of an unhealthy obsession and a damaged mind as it manifests in three lives with a gripping, intertwining, inability to let go that culminates in a fight to the death.
Long Shot, from Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment, present a playful romantic comedy as two completely opposite adults reconnect against all odds and barely avoid all the landmines those closest to them plant hoping to derail and manipulate.
Someone Great, a Netflix original film, tells the story of three friends, in a magical city, who for more than a decade were the other’s lifeline and suddenly the hard work paid off, and man was it disruptive.
Recently, Dreamscape Immersive, located at Century City Westfield Mall, introduced members of the local media to the dynamic world of immersive Virtually Reality which allows guests to be transplanted into the middle of a world that doesn't exist.
The Best of Enemies, from STX Films, presents the true story behind school integration in Durham, North Carolina, after a school fire sets an immediate order to integrate in motion and with it forces a showdown, of sorts.
The Highwaymen, a Netflix original, presents the true story of two Texas Rangers and the race against time to capture of Bonnie and Clyde, the most notorious killers in the history of law enforcement, before they kill again.
Five Feet Apart, from CBS Films and Lionsgate, presents a love story that begins in the most unlikely place and even as our lover’s wage war against a disease that devours them, the hopefulness of possibilities propels them forward.
The Aftermath, from FOX Searchlight and Scott Free Productions, presents the story of new beginnings, deep hatred, hope, healing, anguish, and unending heartache against the backdrop of a barren, bombed out, wasteland when a seedling of renewal appears.
Captain Marvel, from Walt Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios presents the newest character in the Marvel Superhero family, a former USAF fighter pilot, kidnapped and trained and given heightened intelligence, advanced mental conditioning and superior strength.
The 91st Academy Awards have wrapped and as many reflect on the surprises and upsets overall Oscar voters broke records, spread the wealth and honored many with a much deserved statuette seeing only performance, effort and achievement.
Director Tara Wood has successfully reclaimed the rights to the authorized Quentin Tarantino documentary feature, "21 Years: Quentin Tarantino". The film, a celebration of Tarantino's works-to-date, looks at the passion behind the worldwide box office dominator.
What Men Want, from Paramount Players and BET Films, presents an hilarious, fun filled trip as super sports agent, Ali Davis becomes enabled, after a bachelorette party gone bad, with the power to hear the thoughts of men.
Alita: Battle Angel, from 20th Century Fox and Producers Jim Cameron and Jon Landau, presents the story of a young girl’s journey as she fights against the odds to learn her past and unlock her future.
Close, an original Netflix film, brings to the screen a contemporary race against time thriller as a complicated heiress and a reluctant bodyguard team up against a team of hired hit men who are determined to kill them.
Close, an original Netflix film, presents a race against time thriller as a female counter-terror expert and bodyguard begins a simple assignment which deteriorates quickly putting her life and everyone around her in imminent danger.
Glass, from Universal Pictures, presents the sequel to 2017 instant hit Split, bringing together a trio of uncontrollable individuals who possess unnatural physical strength and mental power in what becomes an epic cataclysmic battle for ultimate superiority.
I Am the Night, the upcoming TNT limited series directed in part by Patty Jenkins, tells the story of the infamous Los Angeles gynecologist, Dr. George Hodel, his family and the sinister secrets that bind them together.
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, from Netflix and Warner Bros. Pictures, brings a darker tale of Rudyard Kipling's timeless classic to the screen with Mowgli, challenged, broken and returning to protect the only family he has ever known.
Dates for the 2019 COLCOA French Film Festival have been announced by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, creator of the event in 1997. For the first time in 23 years, the showcase will be held in September 2019.
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.
Outlaw King, from Netflix, Sigma Films and Anonymous Content, presents the historical and epic odyssey of bravery, triumph, heartache and separation as the 14th century Scottish King hunted by the English Army used the land they desired to defeat them.
Tom Volf the first time director behind the international sensation Maria by Callas, the documentary from Sony Pictures Classic of the immortal Opera singer, recently sat for an interview as his film completes an unbelievable year of global premieres.
Rupert Everett actor, director writer of the Sony Pictures Classic film, The Happy Prince, recently spoke with media on Oscar Wilde, the film's subject, the idea of directing future projects and New York City in the 1970's.
Bad Times at El Royale, from Twentieth Century Fox, presents a story of deception, illusion, redemption and rescue as seven strangers, each with a deadly secret, are forced into a kill or be killed, life or death final struggle.
A Simple Favor, from Lionsgate and Feigco Entertainment, presents the story of secrets, lies, the buried past, truth, denial, manipulation, a sexy husband, two beautiful women, one sophisticated, powerful, one tenacious, a celebrity vlogger.
The Children Act, from A24, presents the story of life within a power couple’s marriage, of an overloaded and dedicated High Court Children's Judge her equally high achieving husband, the demands of profession, of martial expectations, of life.
The Predator, from Twentieth Century Fox and TSG Entertainment, brings to the screen a savant child, a unit of unfit veterans, a secret government agency, and an heroic battle as aliens arrive to harvest DNA from the most advanced warriors.
The Last Ship, airing on TNT Networks, returns this fall with Admiral Tom Chandler leading in what appears to be a time of peace after the pandemic of flu and famine, took its toll on friends and family.
Glenn Close, the star of the recently released The Wife, has been nominated for an Oscar six times, more than any other actress without a win, and as time escapes no one, the meaty performances that woo Academy voters are slower in arriving.
Papillon, from Bleecker Street Media, presents the story of Henri Papillon Charriere, Paris' most famous jewel thief, and Louis Dega, an equally famous counterfeiter who become friends during their imprisonment in the harsh French Guinea penal system.
The Wife, from Sony Pictures Classic and Anonymous Content, presents the story of marriage and compromise, of how one compromise for the greater good becomes a life of choices, of literary passions, of fulfilment, of acceptability and tolerance.
Armie Hammer, who's star power is seriously on the rise, is becoming quite well known and after his award nominated performance in Call Me By Your Name, is their anywhere on the planet where he isn't recognized?
Dennis Quaid stars in the faith based I Can Only Imagine, which opens this weekend with the power behind the belief that faith can transform, and captivates from the opening scenes giving a tour de force performance.
In the Fade, the Golden Globe nominated foreign film from Magnolia Pictures, staring Diane Kruger winner of the 2017 Cannes Best Actress and directed by Fatih Akin recently held its Los Angeles media day at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons.
From the portfolio of Janet Walker: The Walt Disney Studios behind-the-scenes look at the making of TRON LEGACY including interviews with Jeff Bridges, Michael Sheen, Garret Hedlund, Director Joseph Kosinski, writers Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis, and the VFX team.
Brentwood Newsstand is being evicted by Whole Foods Market on October 1, 2017. The newsstand has been an exemplary tenant for more than 28 years. Of historic significance, the newsstand is the last of its kind on the Westside of Los Angeles.
Iain Glen, the versatile Scottish actor known to American audiences as Jorah Mormont, in the wildly successful HBO series Game of Thrones, is starring with Rachel Weisz in the psychological drama My Cousin Rachel directed by Roger Michell.
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.
Debbie Reynolds actress and screen sweetheart of the 1950's and 1960's was rushed to the hospital after suffering a medical emergency while she planned her daughter's, actress Carrie Fisher's, funeral. Ms. Reynolds passed away. She was 84.
Carrie Fisher, the celebrity daughter and actress of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, has died following an in-flight massive heart attack that caused the actress to stop breathing. She never regained consciences. Fisher was 60.
In Order of Disappearance, from Magnet Releasing and Paradox, presents a devastated father as he comes to grips with his son's murder and inadvertently begins an inter-cartel slaughter in a revenge filled contemporary dark, Eastern European, drug smuggling comedic-drama.
The Enchanted Sonata, from Heather Dixon Wallwork, and published by The Wallworkshop, brings to life the holiday classic The Nutcracker Ballet adding a musical twist as the timeless tale is gently modernized with a young girls aspirations.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, the newest film from the collaborating team of Nic Cage, Jerry Bruckheimer and Jon Turtletaub, held its World Premiere at the historic New Amsterdam Theater located at the cross roads of the World, Times Square New York, New York.
March is National Reading Awareness Month, a time when literacy issues are addressed as substantial, when reading issues come to the forefront and everyone is encouraged to pick their favorite book and for the love, and value, read.
Ivanka Trump, the power-hungry daughter of President-elect Trump, flew commercial this week, along with husband Jared Kushner and their three children only to be heckled, harassed and lambasted by fellow passengers still angry over the election.
One Douglas County Sheriff deputy is confirmed dead, four other deputies and two civilians are hospitalized with gunshot wounds resulting from a domestic disturbance call where responding officers were pinned down wounding the suspect in the early morning exchange.
Griffin Technology, one of the world’s foremost creators of innovations for everyday life, has announced the immediate availability of Kiosk, a secure display mount for all iPad models.
PARANORMAN, from Focus Features films and LAIKA Productions, brings to the screen a spooky festival of fun and hi-jinks in this ghoulish animated action adventure.
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), deaths caused by drug overdose have hit an all-time high in the United States, jumping 7% in just one year and killing over 40,000 Americans in 2014.
Lefebvre & Fils, the renowned contemporary ceramic gallery of Paris, is pleased to announce FOUNTAIN, the first exhibition of ceramic work by the American artist Jasmine Little from 14 December 2017 to 20 January 2018.
LION, from The Weinstein Company, presents a powerful story of a boy lost in one of the most dangerous cities in the world for children, of escape, of and finally finding hope again decades later.
Gifted, from Fox Searchlight Pictures, presents the story of balance, of finding the right place, of love, passion, hope, the cruelties of predestination, the mysteries of fate, the pursuit of betterment, and what to do when the worlds collide.
Five employees at the Capital Gazette Newspaper were murdered when a lone white male entered the media building at approximately 2:40EST and began randomly shooting at anyone on the first floor of the four story multi-use building.
A double funeral service scheduled for Thursday, January 5, has been announced for the actress, legend and author Debbie Reynolds and her daughter, Carrie Fisher who passed away within a day of each other this past week.
France, who liberated Libya in 2011, is struggling to resolve the current conflict and is finding its diplomatic influence stunted and the inability to mediate an end, in spite of itself, confirms its status as an average world power.
President Trump hosted Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway this week discussing a number of issues including the allegiance the two nations share, NATO commitments, economic developments and topics as diverse as Crimea and the Russian Election probe.
