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.
AFI CEO & President Bob Gazzale and AFI Conservatory Dean Susan Ruskin welcomed the incoming class to campus, admitting 137 First Year Fellows to their two-year filmmaker training with remarks by Quibi Founder Jeffrey Katzenberg.
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.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the full slate of films for the 2019 AFI Latin American Film Festival, which will take place September 12–October 2 at the historic AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, MD.
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.
The Academy voted 16 students as winners of the 46th Student Academy Awards® competition. This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received a total of 1,615 entries from 255 domestic and 105 international colleges and universities.
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.
SeriesFest, the nation's premier episodic festival, has announced the dates for its sixth season, opening June 18 and closing on June 24, 2020. The festival has also opened its competitions and spotlight submissions through its website at seriesfest.com.
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.
Saban Films announced they have acquired U.S. rights to Steven C. Miller’s “Line of Duty.” Penned by Jeremy Drysdale, the action thriller stars Golden Globe® nominee Aaron Eckhart, Courtney Eaton, Dina Meyer, Emmy® nominee Giancarlo Esposito and Ben McKenzie.
Kino Lorber has acquired the U.S. rights to Kantemir Balagov's Beanpole. The film was produced by Academy Award® nominated producer Alexander Rodnyansky of AR Content and stars Viktoria Miroshnichenko and Vasilisa Perelygina in their debut performances.
Culmination, the fully integrated film production and sales company, today announced that Alexandra Daddario (Baywatch) and Diego Boneta (Terminator: Dark Fate) will star in Collin Schiffli's Die In A Gunfight alongside Olivia Munn (The Predator).
Amazon Prime Video announced the second season of the fan-favorite, action-thriller Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, co-produced by Amazon Studios, Paramount Television and Skydance Television and starring John Krasinski will premiere globally on Friday, November 1, 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.
Cinedigm has announced that it will release horror picture Karma on demand, digital, and DVD on October 1, 2019 and Gothic Harvest on demand and digital on October 15, 2019, with a DVD release to follow on November 5.
Oscar®-nominated producer Jennifer Fox will return to produce the 11th Annual Governors Awards, which will be presented on Sunday, October 27, 2019, for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President David Rubin recently announced.
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.
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.
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.
The Writers Lab co-founders Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon and New York Women in Film & Television announced the 12 screenwriters to participate in the 5th year of The Writers Lab, supported by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman.
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 Transparent "Musicale Finale" takes the beloved Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning series to new heights as a dazzling movie fantasia inspired by the classic musicals that shaped a culture while artfully exploring boundaries and grief.
Amazon Prime Video today announced it has ordered a fifth season of the fan favorite science fiction series The Expanse, ahead of its fourth season premiere. Season Four will premiere on Friday, December 13, 2019.
Amazon Prime Video today announced it has ordered a second season of Carnival Row, the one-hour Amazon Original fantasy drama series from Amazon Studios and Legendary Television, starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne premiering Labor Day Weekend.
Amazon Studios announced today that it has ordered an eight-episode season of the exciting new series The Banker's Wife, based on the best-selling novel by Cristina Alger. Meredith Stiehm (Homeland) will write all eight episodes,
Bill Pullman, Eddie Izzard and Diplo are the latest to join the cast of Covers, the upcoming comedy from Focus Features and Working Title. These performers join the previously announced Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross and Ice Cube.
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.
Amazon Prime Video announced the fourth season of the Hugo Award-winning series The Expanse will premiere on Friday, December 13. Fans packed the Indigo Ballroom at Comic-Con International, where cast and creators debuted the first footage from the upcoming season.
Women Texas Film Festival presented by Methodist Dallas Medical Center today announced the official selections for the fourth year of the critically-acclaimed Dallas-based film festival which focuses solely on the work of female filmmakers (August 15-18).
APV announced the fourth and final season of the Emmy Award-winning series The Man in the High Castle will premiere Friday, November 15. In Room 6A, at the San Diego Convention Center, opening minutes of the epic final season debuted.
Amazon Prime Video announced at San Diego Comic-Con International that it has picked up a second season of its highly anticipated subversive superhero series "The Boys" debuting July 26 in more than 200 countries and territories exclusively on APV.
The 45th annual Saturn Awards, the sole event honoring Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror entertainment, will take place on Friday, September 13, 2019 at the historic Avalon Theater in Hollywood, California.
Internationally recognized and renowned martial artist and action star Paul Mormando (Bound By Debt, Justified Vengeance) has been cast as Benny Blades in SILENT PARTNERS, an exciting new pilot based on real-life mafia boss Dave Iacovetti.
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.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is proud to announce commitments from 28 partner companies in its third year of Academy Gold, an entertainment industry internship enhancement and mentorship program for students and young professionals from underrepresented communities.
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the appointment of producer and educator Susan Ruskin as Dean of the AFI Conservatory. She will lead AFI's world-class, graduate film-training program, bringing decades of academic and professional experience to renowned film program.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC today announced the 2022 Oscars® show date and confirmed the 2021 date. Upcoming Oscars show dates are as follows, with future years to be evaluated based on preset programming.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected 2019–20 Board of Governors. They will assume their posts July 1. A run off election is necessary for the Film Editors Branch.
Longtime multi-hyphenate actor/writer/producers Cece King, Elyse Russell and Devon Ogden have attached Annette Haywood-Carter to direct DEAR JACK, based on the memoir Dear Jack: A Love Letter, by Barbara Bates Conroy and Jackson Scott Conroy.
New Regency, Film4 and Warp Films' EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE reunites the original creative team behind the stage production: director Jonathan Butterell, writer Tom MacRae, composer Dan Gillespie Sells and choreographer Kate Prince. Filming will begin June 24.
The Academy announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Honorary Academy Awards to David Lynch, Wes Studi and Lina Wertmüller, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Geena Davis at the Academy's 11th Annual Governors Awards.
Cinelatino, the nation's leading Spanish-language movie channel, proudly announces the winners of three prestigious filmmaker awards—including the Cinelatino & DishLATINO Audience Choice award, the Cinelatino Best Director award, and the Cinelatino Tomorrow's Filmmakers Today Best Short award.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced it will confer Doctorate of Fine Arts degrees honoris causa upon Academy Award®-nominated director/producer Lesli Linka Glatter (alumna, AFI Directing Workshop for Women) and Academy Award®-nominated writer/director Paul Schrader (AFI Conservatory Class of 1969).
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that producer and Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has been elected Chair of the AFI Board of Trustees. Kennedy will lead the AFI Trustees to set the Institute's priorities and guide its national education programs.
Middle East distributor and producer Front Row Filmed Entertainment and preeminent international filmed entertainment company Rocket Science have entered into a joint venture to form YALLA YALLA, a Dubai based film and television company focused on Arabic language entertainment.
Highland Film Group has today announced they have come on board to handle international sales for Karen Maine's comedy, Yes, God, Yes, which will commence at Cannes next week. Endeavor Content handles the US rights for the film.
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.
Academy Award®-winning actor Michael Caine (The Dark Knight) will star in Best Sellers, which will mark Lina Roessler's (Little Whispers: The Vow) directorial debut. Foresight Unlimited will handle foreign sales and introduce buyers in Cannes.
Saban Films announced today that they have acquired North American rights to director, screenwriter/author and musician Raymond De Felitta's (City Island, "Madoff") Bottom of the 9th. The heartfelt baseball drama will hit theaters on July 19th.
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.
Saban Films announced today that they have acquired US rights to producer Ant Timpson’s directorial debut Come to Daddy, starring Elijah Wood, which made its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last month.
Le Cinéma Club, the essential, highly curated global streaming destination for film lovers around the world, will relaunch on June 14, 2019 with a brand new, redesigned site and expanded editorial content, with support from CHANEL.
RT Features announced at Cannes that they will be re-teaming with director James Gray (The Immigrant, The Lost City of Z, upcoming Ad Astra) on his next feature film, Armageddon Time, a memoir about Queens New York in the mid 1980's.
Highland Film Group announced today that Academy Award® winner Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise, "Feud,") will star in John Krokidas' (Kill Your Darlings) Tunnels. The screenplay is written by Victoria Rose (The Time Capsule, Brimming with Love).
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.
Rocket Science have come on board to finance and handle international sales for the dark comedy Queenpins, starring Leslie Jones (“Saturday Night Live”) and Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall). Sales will commence in Cannes next week.
Rocket Science announced today that award-winning German filmmakers Michael Wech and Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns will direct official feature documentary 'SCHUMACHER' on the most successful formula one driver of all time, Michael Schumacher. Rocket Science to launch sales at Cannes.
Highland Film Group announced today that Jake Manley (Roland Emmerich’s upcoming Midway) has joined Bella Thorne in writer/director Joshua Caldwell’s Southland. Highland Film Group is handling worldwide sales continuing in Cannes. Principal Production is set to commence in September.
Academy Award winner Russell Crowe (L.A Confidential) will star in Unhinged, a psychological thriller which will start production July 15 in New Orleans. The film, which is the first Solstice Studios movie to go into production.
Academy Award® nominees Annette Bening (American Beauty) and Michelle Pfeiffer (Ant Man and The Wasp) have signed on to star in director Gideon Raff's ("Homeland" and the upcoming The Red Sea Diving Resort and "The Spy") thriller Turn of Mind.
Box-office powerhouse Chris Pine is set to star in the upcoming non-stop action-thriller Violence of Action from Thunder Road Films and 30WEST. Tarik Saleh (The Nile Hilton Incident) will direct from a script written by J.P. Davis.
KUNG FU Panda 3, from DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century FOX, presents a high flying, beautifully animated, and perfectly crafted story of family, redemption, hope and unity while re-introducing ancient cultures and treating audiences to fun, hijinks, laughter and delight.
“Paradise,” from RLJ Entertainment and Mandate Pictures, is filled with misconceptions, extremism and clichés from the small town radical Christian right to the sin filled left on the Las Vegas Strip.
The sixty-fourth edition of the Taormina FilmFest, produced by Videobank and taking place July 14-20 under the new artistic direction of Silvia Bizio and Gianvito Casadonte, has unveiled its full program and attending talent from America, France, Italy and the UK.
There are many appealing aspects of luxury cars, including the prestige of ownership, the superior craftsmanship and exceptional performance. However, for prospective buyers, the main detriment with luxury models concerns their hefty price tags.
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.
Sky News, the British News Agency, has announced a former Islamic State Fighter has leaked tens of thousands of documents revealing the names and global locations of at least 22,000 recruited members of the terrorist organization.
The Only Living Boy in New York, an intimate relationship drama starring Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, Kate Beckinsale, Cynthia Nixon and Thomas Callum is about to premiere and the film's director Marc Webb has agreed to an interview.
After a sixteen-year hiatus for deeply personal reasons, Jocelyn Moorhouse, the director of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful dark comedy, The Dressmaker, has triumphantly returned and sat down for a surprisingly forthcoming and real interview.
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.
Rich-Rey Productions LLC has announced the Bay Area Premiere of HATTIE MCDANIEL…WHAT I NEED YOU TO KNOW! starring Vickilyn Reynolds as Hattie McDaniel, the trailblazing Gone with the Wind Academy Award-winner will open for an exclusive limited engagement.
Scott McMillan, the toddler murdered by his mother and her lover of one month, was buried one week ago in a tiny casket supplied by a local mortuary in a graveside service attended by his remaining family members, aunts, uncles, grandmother.
Molly's Game, from STX Entertainment and Entertainment One, brings to the screen the true story of competitive Skier, Molly Bloom, who after losing a spot on the U.S. Ski team, she heads to sunny L.A. for a change.
In the summer of 2015, as Memphis exploded with protests over the police killing of a 19-year-old man, activists began hearing on Facebook from someone called Bob Smith. The name was generic, and so was his profile picture: a Guy Fawkes mask, the symbol of anti-government dissent.
Now taking center stage as my favorite “it” footwear is Tosaly’s “Kamaria” heel. Conceived by the “well-heeled” luxury British designer, Toyin Salami, the Kamaria is a tried-and-true statement shoe handmade by master artisans using modern techniques.
Otto Warmbier, the University of Virginia college student sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in a sham North Korean trial died at the University of Cincinnati Trauma Center six days his release from captivity. He was 22.
