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.
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.
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.
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.
Robin Williams, who committed suicide a year ago, in addition to leaving behind a devastated adoring fan base, friends, colleagues and equally devastated family members he also left a very large estate, the majority of which he gifted traditionally.
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.
The Infiltrator, from Broad Green Pictures, presents the true story of DEA agent Robert "Bob" Mazur who along with Emir Abreu infiltrates the highest levels of the Medellin Cartel taking down senior lieutenants and collapsing the seventh largest global banking institution.
Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast states obliterating the landscape leaving in its wake unimaginable destruction and ruin, and then barreled across the mid-west and up the eastern seaboard, leaving a trail of death, damage and devastation.
"Squawk on the Street" host Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s Mad Money, interviewed Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson who explained recent gains in Starbucks shares, beta testing Starbucks Delivers, java growth in China, Alibaba partnerships and the long game.
Smithsonian affiliated, Aquarium of the Bay is being awarded the 2019 Experts’ Choice Award by TripExpert announced today on the eve of the Aquarium’s 23rd anniversary of serving the San Francisco community and a beacon for travelers world wide.
Bob Iger, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Walt Disney Company, let the proverbial cat out of the bag explaining in ever so veiled language his strategic intent to retain his current position for at least two more years.
Crazy. Sexy. Cool. No, I’m not referring to the gals of the famed pop music trio TLC, but rather Scottsdale’s hottest new haunt—The Second Story Liquor Bar. This eclectic eatery is trending as the see-and-be-seen Old town Scottsdale hotspot, and with good reason. The vintage-inspired vibe and visionary victuals at this intimate dining and imbibing venue are as distinctive as they are delightful.
A.M.X. is a multi-talented R&B artist whose star is rising fast in the music industry with fans starting to take notice of his original sound. A.M.X., also known as Andre Mieux, is a singer, songwriter and music producer who has talent, charm and uniqueness as an artist.
Echo Products, from the London based Technology Company and newest British invasion, has finally created a line of very cool, ultra-sleek, distinctive looking collectible and portable power docking stations for Apple and Android Products.
President Obama announced targeted airstrikes in a new wave initiative that directs American bombers to assist the Iraqi Minster of Defense as they fight the advancing ISIL/ISIS terror organization dedicated to the annihilation of the Iraqi people.
Vive Le France! The beauty, the romance, the delicious delicacies, France is a dreamer’s escape, from the North to the South, ancient cities beckon, countryside welcome with winding roads through the most enchanting country in the world.
After an exhausted archaeological expedition, covering two continents and spanning seven sites, geneticist Viviane Slon and her team collected seven samples which they believed would lead to a new discovery on the existence of prehistoric mammals.
Uma, the leading innovator in semantic web technology today announced that it has appointed Michael Schneglberger as chief operating officer.
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.
