Due to the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the Franco-American Cultural Fund (FACF) has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2023 edition of The American French Film Festival (TAFFF), scheduled to take place in Los Angeles.
The countdown to the 2024 Sundance Film Festival starts now! With the 40th edition of the festival just months away — taking place from January 18-28 in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah and online from January 25-28.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted 14 students as winners of the 50th Student Academy Awards® competition. The ceremony will be held October 24, 2023. All winning films are now eligible for the 96th Oscars.
AFI FEST 2023 has announced the World Premiere of MAXINE'S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY as the Centerpiece Screening, a designation that speaks to the significance of the film as a pivotal part of the festival's programming.
As the SAG/AFTRA and WGA strikes continue the financial toll is bordering on disastrous and as the striking actors and writers feel the pinch, many recognizable names have donated to the industry's charitable organizations to provide assistance.
Janet Walker, the publisher of Haute-Lifestyle.com, and a successful crime thriller screenwriter was recently interviewed for Paris' leading entertainment and award-winning magazine, Parisfilmawards.net. The interview is reprinted below.
Talks between The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the striking Hollywood unions have appeared to have stalled with each side hopeful but realistic as an expectation of starving the rank and file into submission is predicted.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced Bradley Cooper's MAESTRO will close AFI FEST 2023. MAESTRO is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Carey Mulligan).
The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the recipients of the 2023 Latine Fellowship and Collab Scholarship, launched last year to meaningfully expand Latine representation in independent media. The program will provide fellowships and scholarships these Latine artists.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 14th Governors Awards will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The ongoing entertainment strike may be the motivation
Today, the American Film Institute (AFI) announced that the World Premiere of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND, written and directed by AFI Conservatory Alum Sam Esmail (AFI Class of 2004), will open the 37th edition of AFI FEST.
The striking SAG/AFTRA union are moving toward a second-strike authorization as the Interactive Agreement negotiations have stalled, forcing the union to announce the national board has voted unanimously to send a strike vote to the membership.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has announced the 2023 Gold and Silver Circle Inductees who will be feted at the 44th Annual News & Documentary Awards on September 27 and September 28 in New York.
The Dog Days of August have arrived in Hollywood; temperatures are soaring, and tempers are flaring as striking SAG/AFTRA and WGA unions hold firm putting a pause on the entertainment industry and the AMPTP is dishing out dirty deeds.
Janet Walker, the publisher, and owner of the online boutique luxury lifestyle magazine, Haute-Lifestyle.com, and a successful crime thriller screenwriter was recently featured in Italy's leading entertainment and award-winning magazine, Wildfilmmaker.com.
AFI FEST, the American Film Institute's annual celebration of the best in global cinema, announced that festival passes go on sale today. The 37th edition of the film festival will take place on October 25-29, 2023.
Hollywood's striking creatives are gaining some momentum from the Trustees of the New York City Pension Fund who have urged studios executives to bring the strike to an end of possibly risk losing investor confidence.NYC Comptroller Brad Lander,
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger, who has emerged as the taunting goliath hurling unrealistic messages at the striking SAG/AFTRA and WGA Unions, announced during the earnings call his "desire to quickly find solutions to the issues."
SAG/AFTRA and the WGA remain at an impasse 95 days into what is becoming a battle of wills, as both the studio official negotiating reps, AMPTP, and the unions reps are hopelessly deadlocked over many issues.
As creative unions SAG-AFTRA and the WGA continue striking for better conditions and livable wages, the heat dome driving temperatures to a shocking 110-degrees in New York City, organizers suspended the picket lines for safety concerns.
Janet Walker, writer of the award-winning screenplay, "The Wednesday Killer" and publisher, and owner, of the online boutique luxury lifestyle magazine, Haute-Lifestyle.com, was recently interviewed by Germany's Filmtage Der Nationen Magazine.
"Barbenheimer" has exploded the box office with the force of an atomic bomb, as movies theaters around the country are celebrating the first real big weekend comeback with a range of equally attractive choices for film goers.
Less than a year after The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors brought back former Chairman of the Board Bob Iger, after two dismal years of pandemic related disasters, the board has extended his contract until 2026.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 10 distinct scientific and technical investigations have been launched for 2023 in the lead-up to the Scientific and Technical Awards on Friday, February 23, 2024.
Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, from Paramount Pictures, the IMF super spy team as they fight global terror across several continents, determined to stop the sale of an advanced technology, that will give the owner world domination.
Father of the Bride, from Warner Bros., and HBOMax, presents an innovative twist on a classic film as it moves to the Miami heat and introduces the story through the fiery passion of the Latin American culture.
Theater Camp, from Searchlight Pictures, presents a fun summertime comedy as the AdirondACTS theatrical summer camp is missing their fearless leader and success of the season and survival of the camp is left to her ill-equipped son.
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, streaming on Prime, presents an explosive and globetrotting final season as the CIA team works to intercept and disband the newest threat to national security, which exposes involvement at the highest levels.
The White Lotus, from HBOMax, presents a racy and provocative dramady that introduces a new cast of players, each arriving at the stunning White Lotus resort located on the intoxicating Mediterranean Sea, for a week of adventure.
The Last of Us, from HBOMax, brings to the screen a post-apocalyptic world initiated by the fungi Cordyceps, that gained access to the global food supply and within a day infected civilizations turning mankind into monsters.
Maggie Moore[s], from Screen Media, presents an unpredictable murder mystery, as one bad choice creates a domino effect and snowballs into an insidious rash of violence, the local sheriff, and his deputy work to find the killer.
Kandahar, starring Gerard Butler and directed by Ric Roman Waugh, remains one of the top ten theatrical movies, taking on tentpoles and alt-universe fan favorites, as "adult driven action" films continue to make a box office comeback.
The Lazarus Project, from TNT, brings to the screen an intriguing, contemporary, science fiction, series that introduces a secret global organization who can turn back time each time the world confronts the threat of extinction.
White House Plumbers, a limited series from HBO MAX, takes on the infamous Watergate Scandal and unpacks the treasure trove of government secrets, the truth behind the lies, and provides just enough clues to reawaken sleeping theories.
Kandahar, from Open Road Films, presents a post-Afghanistan espionage action thriller, as a former MI6 operative on loan to the United States uses technology to infiltrate the Iraqi nuclear program and destroys the facility.
The Tower, steaming on Brit Box, a fresh crime drama from London focuses on unraveling the conspiracy surrounding the death of a police veteran and a local Muslin teen, and the rookie who witnesses the crime.
The countdown begins to the 2024 Sundance Film Festival! Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute unveils the dates for the upcoming Sundance Film Festival taking place on January 18–28, 2024 in Park City, Utah and the surrounding area.
TEMPLE S2, from Topic Studios, continues the shocking and intriguing story of Daniel Milton and Lee Simmons, who once operated an underground clinic, and slowly erased all ethical boundaries as they desperately tried to hide their actions.
Daisy Jones & The Six, from Amazon Prime, presents a rock and roll musical drama based loosely on the rock band Fleetwood Mac, and tells a fictionalized story of life as a music star in the 1970s.
On a Wing and a Prayer, from MGM and Prime video, presents the story of Doug White and the miraculous and traumatic journey of flying the plane with his family on board, after the pilot suddenly dies mid-flight.
Silent Road, from Topic Studios, presents every parent's nightmare, a mysterious man kidnaps a school bus of children from the city's most affluent neighborhood, demanding an impossible ransom, while the police work to track the kidnappers.
The Lost King, from IFC Films, presents the story of an unlikely hero, as an amateur archeologist armed with only research, determination, and feelings, believes she has discovered the location of the remains of King Richard III.
The 95th Academy Awards have finally arrived and Haute-Lifestyle.com's Publisher Janet Walker is live and in the winner's room where 300 members of the global media have gathered and are waiting to interview the Oscar winners.
TEMPLE, from Topic Studios, presents an intriguing limited series, as desperation causes lives to collide and ideas that were once inconceivable become reality and with that a cascading chain of events erases all established limits.
You Hurt My Feelings, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, presents a dramady about a long-married couple whose marriage is in trouble after she overhears her husband's explaining his real feelings about her newest novel.
Marlowe, from Open Road Films, brings to the screen the newest installment in the famed detective series as the gumshoe takes on a missing lover case and becomes entangled in the shady side of the studio business.
Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival, presents a story of changes and challenges as life interferes and throws a serious curve into the best made plans.
Janet Walker, the publisher, and owner of the online boutique luxury lifestyle magazine, Haute-Lifestyle.com, and a successful crime thriller screenwriter was recently featured in Los Angeles' leading entertainment and award-winning magazine, LA Weekly.
Emily, from Bleeker Street, brings to the screen the sizzling story of the creative inspiration behind the ground-breaking novel "Wuthering Heights," and the fight for artistic freedom, the madness of mediocrity, and the allure of the unknown.
Fair Play, recently purchased after its Sundance 2023 premiere, presents a riveting psychological drama, where a coveted promotion changes the course of two lives in the ultra-powerful, and equally cutthroat, world of New York City finance.
The Pod Generation, screening at Sundance Film Festival, presents an intriguing and comical look at the options couples hoping for pregnancy will confront in the ultra-modernized world as AI takes over nearly all aspects of life.
Haute-Lifestyle.com, the online boutique luxury lifestyle magazine, helmed by Publisher Janet Walker, has continued to distinguish itself among the world of digital publications, any way it is searched, earning the top spot in Google search engine results.
Everything Everywhere All at Once, from A24, presents a multi-verse adventure as a mild mannered Chinese laundromat owner is chosen to save the world and travels through different universes encountering herself and what she could have been.
Last Resort, from Saban Films, presents a fast action heist triller as a mercenary sets out to rescue his family held hostage by a team of killers hired to secure a mysterious cache locked in a bank vault.
Causeway, from Apple Original Films and A24, brings to the screen a story of hope, and loss in an intimate portrait of a soldier struggling to adjust to her life after returning home to New Orleans.
Bones and All, from MGM, presents a contemporary love story, as two young carnivores meet and begin a cross country road trip learning about each other and the bizarre genetic trait that leaves them disenfranchised from society.
Janet Walker, publisher, and founder of Haute-Lifestyle.com, is ending the year celebrating the success of her four original riveting, fast action, screenplays which continue to earn global raves from Cannes to Toronto and Los Angeles to Chicago.
Dough, from Topic Studios, brings to the screen a Swedish crime series about a botched robbery, five million euros, a failing bakery and two women, who through happenstance, meet and are ready to grab the second chance.
She Said, from Universal Pictures, presents the story two New York Times investigative journalists who worked to expose Harvey Weinstein who, for decades, was known to sexually assault, rape and then destroy anyone who challenged the status quo.
The Son, from Sony Pictures Classics, presents a dramatic heartfelt look into the challenges of life after divorce, co-parenting, hurt, rejection, and a family struggling to cope as they navigate what has become the new normal.
Janet Walker, publisher, and founder of Haute-Lifestyle.com, is celebrating the success of her original murder-thriller "The Wednesday Killer" which has won a total of eight top screenplay awards from film festivals around the world.
White Sands, from Topic Studios, an original limited series, presents a light crime drama as two undercover detectives pose as a married couple while investigating the unsolved murder of the brother of a German politician in the seaside village.
Sprung, from Amazon's Freevee, written and directed by Greg Garcia, tells the story, across nine-episodes of an unlikely group of formerly incarcerated people who received early pandemic release, and decide to use their criminal expertise for good.
A Love Song, from Bleecker Street and Stage 6 Films and directed by Max Walker Silverman, is receiving serious critical acclaim and features Wes Studi, co-starring as Leto the romantic interest, in the quiet compelling love story.
A Love Song, from Bleecker Street and Stage 6 Films and directed by Max Walker Silverman, is receiving serious critical acclaim and features Dale Dickey, star of stage and screen, in the lead role of Faye.
Mothering Sunday, Compartment 6 and Nine Days are a few of the newest SONY Pictures Classics Blu-Ray/DVD releases, and for those who prefer more insightful films, recent documentary releases include The Human Factor and Who We Are.
Monstrous, 11th Hour Cleaning and 9 Bullets are a few of the newest Screen Media Blu-Ray/DVD releases, and for those who prefer feel-good films, recent releases include Off the Rails and Brian Wilson – Long Promised Road.
Actress Andie MacDowell's appeal is in her ethereal glow. From her crown of dark cascading curls to her porcelain complexion and delicate features, MacDowell's sweet yet sultry sensuality has captivated movie-going audiences for decades.
Janet Walker, publisher, and founder of Haute-Lifestyle.com and The-Entertainment-Zone.com, has released the first look poster for her exciting, plot twisting, cryptic murder mystery, "The Wednesday Killer."
The Phantom of the Open, from Sony Pictures Classics, presents the true story of Maurice Flitcroft, affectionately known as the world's worst golfer who through an epiphany or lunacy determined he would play in the British Open Golf Championship.
After 12 years of killing zombies and capturing viewers' hearts on AMC's The Walking Dead, Norman Reedus has a new book coming out this month, The Ravaged, a story of three personal quests with abnormally parallel outcomes.
The Survivor, from HBO Pictures, presents the story of Harry Haft, an Auschwitz survivor, and one of the first survivors to tell of the horrors as a prisoner, and his effort to find life after unspeakable tragedy.
Janet Walker, publisher, and founder of Haute-Lifestyle.com and The-Entertainment-Zone.com, has released the first look poster for her riveting, fast-action suspense thriller, The Manhattan Project.
The Phantom of the Open, from SONY Pictures Classic, weaves a heartwarming true story of Maurice Flitcroft, an unrelenting optimist, who in a moment of either genius or madness sets his sights on playing in the British Open.
Janet Walker, publisher, and founder of the luxury lifestyle digital Haute-Lifestyle.com and The-Entertainment-Zone.com, has unveiled the pitch deck for her award-winning cerebral espionage thriller, The Six Sides of Truth as the film moves into the funding phase.
Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes, a three-part series from Netflix and Joe Berlinger, presents a shocking portrayal of John Wayne Gacy, and discusses how he was unable to shake the details of this case.
Conversations With a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes, a three-part series from Netflix and Director Joe Berlinger, presents an intimate portrayal of an American serial killer, his victims, and the police ineptitude that enabled him.
Conversations With a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes, an intimate three-part series from Netflix and Joe Berlinger, presents a shocking portrayal of one of America's most notorious serial killers, his victims, and how he escaped justice.
The Invisible Pilot, an HBO original three-part documentary series a tale of a charismatic, daredevil husband and father who unexpectedly jumped off a bridge in 1977, despite a seemingly happy home life and a lucrative career as a pilot.
Reacher, from Amazon Prime, brings to the screen a binge worthy television series that introduces audiences to a new Jack Reacher, built and ready for action only to be suddenly arrested and framed for attempted murder.
Clint Bentley, director, producer and co-writer of Jockey, the shockingly authentic film, from Sony Picture Classics, along with Greg Kwedar, co-writer and producer recently spoke with Haute-Lifestyle.com Publisher Janet Walker at the film’s media day.
The Novice, from IFC Films, presents the story of a collegiate female rowing athlete, driven, dedicated, obsessive, determined to be the best, who undertakes an intense physical and psychological journey to make the varsity team.
Janet Walker, publisher, and founder of Haute-Lifestyle.com and The-Entertainment-Zone.com, is celebrating a season of success as her debut screenplay, The Six Sides of Truth, has secured three "Best Screenplay" Awards and received 19 official film festival selections over the past six months.
French Exit starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, and a cast of spellbinding characters has received critical acclaim and accolades worldwide. Director Azazel Jacobs took some time recently, via Zoom, to talk about the film, his cast and the process.
The Investigation, from HBO and Warner Media, presents a harrowing story into the investigation of the murder of Kim Wall, the Swedish Journalist slaughtered while on assignment, and the team of detectives dedicated to finding the truth.
Red Table Talk, a web-series hosted by actress Jada Pinkett-Smith, invited Olivia Jade Giannulli, one of two daughters in the center of the Varsity Blues collegiate scandal that landed her famous parents, Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, in prison.
Made In Italy, staring real life father-son Liam Neeson and Michael Richardson, has been released to rave reviews. Taking time from production in Rome, Director James D'Arcy, talks on getting the film made, his writing process and upcoming projects.
Haute-Lifestyle.com, the online boutique luxury lifestyle magazine solely owned by Ms. Janet E. Walker, was recently targeted by individuals attempting to impersonate ownership of the digital magazine and present themselves as business partner, broker or authority.
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.
The Oscar bound film Judy, starring Renee Zellweger, recreates the legendary story of Judy Garland during her London Talk of the Town performances, adding to the authenticity were the iconic costumes created by famed costumer Jany Temime.
Pearl Amanda Dickson, the young adult actress cast opposite Natalie Portman in the just released Lucy in the Sky, recently participated in the media day and sat down with Haute-Lifestyle.com Publisher, Janet Walker, for a one on one chat.
Gavin Hood, co-writer and director of Official Secrets, the contemporary espionage thriller chronicling the leak of a top-secret memo, the subsequent arrest and trial of British Spy Katherine Gun recently spoke with Haute-Lifestyle.com Publisher Janet Walker.
Julianne Moore and Abby Quinn stars of the indie drama After the Wedding along with director Bart Freundlich recently participated in the media day for the film that is receiving raves for its emotional performances and brilliant directing.
Aldis Hodge, the star of the just released true story of vindicated USC bound footballer Brian Banks, took time out of his packed schedule during the recent media day to sit down with Haute-Lifestyle.com Publisher Janet Walker.
Doug Atchison, screenwriter for the recently released film, Brian Banks, which tells the story of a wrongly conviction and the attempts to clear his name, recently participated in the media day and spoke with Haute-Lifestyle.com Publisher Janet Walker.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SALT, the espionage thriller from Sony Entertainment and Columbia Pictures, starring Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor is savoring a summer of sweet success as it retains its box office flavor.
THE PIRATES! Band of Misfits, a Sony Pictures Animation, Columbia Pictures and Aardman Animation film, recently hosted a Media Day Sneak Peek at Culver City Studios in Culver City, California.
Jon Landau, executive producer of James Cameron’s phenomenally successful film AVATAR and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, recently hosted a press day introducing the soon-to-be released AVATAR Blu-ray edition.
7 Prisoners, a Netflix original program, presents a twist on the story of human trafficking as four young men are duped into believing they are receiving employment, only to be held captive and forced into slave labor.
COVID-19 has been, in all probability, active for six months in Wuhan, China, before any global disease investigation team mobilized to confirm the onset of the new coronavirus, which becomes day one for the issuance of interim procedural guidelines.
After buying Lucasfilm for $4 billion in 2012, The Walt Disney Company had to wait three years for its investment to begin paying tangible dividends. If, however, the initial box-office performance of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is a sign of things to come, then the wait was well worth it.
Luxury wines, picturesque views, and five-star cuisine—the U.S. is home to many locations that offer these delights. To help you plan your 2023 trip, here is a list of top luxury wineries you must visit.
Birdland, the legendary Manhattan Jazz Club, played host for two nights only to celebrate, one of Broadway's best and Hollywood's hottest talents, composer and musical genius Ron Abel.
Joan Severance, the former Supermodel and actress, is adding author to her list of accomplishments with the recent release of her first book "Manifest Your Mate: A Journey for Attraction" proving that a classic never goes out of style.
