Discovery+, the definitive non-fiction, real-life subscription streaming service, announced the acquisition and global launch of the award-winning documentary CITIZEN PENN, featuring the original song Eden (To Find Love) performed by Bono and co-written by Bono and Linda Perry.
The Oscars® show producers Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher and Steven Soderbergh announced that veteran director Glenn Weiss will return to direct the 93rd Oscars. The Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide Sunday, April 25, 2021.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the campaign art for the 93rd Oscars® which will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
MTV Entertainment Studios announced during today's ViacomCBS Streaming Event presentation that Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, Wind River) has been tapped as the lead in the highly anticipated drama Mayor of Kingstown exclusively for Paramount+.
Amazon Prime Video announced that the highly anticipated Amazon Original limited series The Underground Railroad, from Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins, will premiere on May 14 exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
NEON is partnering with Letterboxd, the global social network for film discussion and discovery, across its slate of documentary and international films short listed for the 93rd Academy Awards® in an exclusive deal starting this Monday, March 8, 2021.
IMDb TV announced the premiere date for the original true-crime docu-series Moment of Truth, directed by Matthew Perniciaro and Clay Johnson. The series tells the never-before-seen story behind the murder of NBA Superstar Michael Jordan's father, James.
Rocket Science announced today that Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe will play Mark Rothko in director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Rothko, alongside with a star-studded award winning ensemble including Aisling Franciosi, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jared Harris.
Saban Films has taken North American, UK and Irish rights to CJ ENM's Joel David Moore directed horror/thriller "Hide and Seek" starring Golden Globe® winner stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jacinda Barrett, Joe Pantoliano, and Mustafa Shakir.
DECAL, a full-service home entertainment distributor, is acquiring North American rights to Jaco Bouwer’s Gaia from XYZ Films, which is set to debut in the Midnight section of the upcoming virtual SXSW later this month.
Apple TV+ released the trailer for the new genre-bending thriller "Calls," which will premiere globally with all nine episodes of the first season on Friday, March 19, 2021. Based on the CANAL+ French series of the same name.
Saban Films announced today that they have acquired North American rights to Long Story Short written, directed by and co-starring Academy Award® nominee Josh Lawson (The Little Death, Bombshell, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues).
AARP The Magazine has unveiled the winners for the annual Movies for Grownups® Awards, which features honorees from The United States vs. Billie Holiday, The Life Ahead, The Father, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and more.
Director Ariel Vromen has set his next film, signing on to direct Sacha Penn's thriller April 29, 1992. Vromen is fast-tracking the project and plans to shoot in June, with an expected release set for the April 2022.
Women Texas Film Festival, the first full-fledged female-focused film festival, has announced today that they have ceased operations with no plans for subsequent film festivals, having achieved many of its goals during its five-year run from 2016-2020.
The American Film Institute (AFI) wrapped its celebration of AFI AWARDS 2020 with a virtual benediction delivered by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Morgan Freeman, which premiered on AFI's YouTube channel and AFI.com/MovieClub.
Three hundred sixty-six feature films are eligible for the 2020 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. Nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards will be announced on Monday, March 15, 2021.
AFI AWARDS celebrates HAMILTON with brand new content featuring the creator and actors of the filmed performance. Creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the story to the audience.
Abramorama announced Brickell & Broadbridge International ("BBI") has signed on to sell and distribute Season One of THE CON, a groundbreaking 5-part financial crime documentary series that provides an in-depth documentary investigation into the 2008 financial crisis.
AFI AWARDS celebrates THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT with new content featuring the creator and star of the series. Actress Anya Taylor-Joy accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show to the audience.
Topic, the new streaming service from First Look Media, announced they have acquired the exclusive rights to season three of the French political drama "BARON NOIR," a suspenseful epic drama developed by Eric Benzekri and Jean-Baptiste Delafon.
Focus Features and FilmNation Entertainment announced they will begin production on the crime drama The Outfit which marks the directorial debut of Academy Award® winner Graham Moore, who will direct from his own screenplay co-written with actor/writer Johnathan McClain.
AFI AWARDS celebrates THE MANDALORIAN with new content featuring the creator and star of the series. Actor Pedro Pascal accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show to the audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates LOVECRAFT COUNTRY with new content featuring actress Jurnee Smollett and creator Misha Green. Smollett accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates SOUL with brand new content featuring actress Tina Fey and director Pete Docter. Fey accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the film to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates "The Good Lord Bird" with new content featuring actor Joshua Caleb Johnson and creator and star Ethan Hawke. Johnson accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show.
AFI AWARDS celebrates SOUND OF METAL with brand new content featuring the director and star of the film. Director Darius Marder accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the film to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates MANK with new content featuring the creators of the film. Actor Gary Oldman accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the film to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates "Better Call Saul" with new content featuring the star and co-creators. Bob Odenkirk accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI… with new content featuring the director and stars of the film. Director Regina King accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the film to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI Awards celebrates "Mrs. America" with new content featuring Uzo Aduba, Dahvi Waller, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Aduba accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates BRIDGERTON with new content featuring the creator and star of the series. Actress Phoebe Dynevor accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates Judas and The Black Messiah with new content featuring the director and star of the film. Actor Daniel Kaluuya accepts the AFI AWARDS honor and introduces the film to the AFI Movie Club audience.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced talent participating in its second annual Global Movie Day, a fan appreciation which allows movie loves worldwide to celebrate their favorite movies, will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2021.
AFI AWARDS celebrates NOMADLAND with new content featuring the creators of the film. Actor and producer Peter Spears accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the film to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates THE CROWN with brand new content featuring stars from the show. Gillian Anderson accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show to the AFI Movie Club audience.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in nine categories for the 93rd Academy Awards® scheduled to air live Sunday, April 25, 2021, on ABC and in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
AARP The Magazine has announced the nominees for the upcoming Movies for Grownups® Awards, with Minari, Nomadland, One Night in Miami, The Trial of the Chicago 7, and The United States vs. Billie Holiday contending in the Best Picture/Best Movie category.
Giant Pictures, a boutique digital distributor, announced today the acquisition of digital & DVD/Blu-ray rights to science documentary BLACK HOLES | THE EDGE OF ALL WE KNOW, directed by Harvard physicist/historian and filmmaker, Peter Galison (Secrecy, Containment).
The Athena Film Festival (AFF) at Barnard College announced its opening night film and lineup of programming for the 2021 festival today. The 11th annual festival will take place virtually from March 1st through March 31st.
Participant, dedicated to entertainment that inspires positive social change, has partnered with NEON for the North American distribution of Jonas Poher Rasmussen's Flee, which received raves following its World Premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced 17 scientific and technical achievements represented by 55 individual award recipients, and two companies, will be honored in a virtual Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on Saturday, February 13, 2021.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature, and International Feature Film categories eligible for consideration for the 93rd Academy Awards®. Nominations will be announced on Monday, March 15, 2021.
Principal photography has begun on SPENCER, which focuses on one weekend in the life of Princess Diana, as she spends the Christmas holiday with the royal family at the Sandringham estate and decides to divorce Prince Charles.
Screen Media, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company, announced the acquisition of worldwide distribution rights to Giorgio Serafini's comedy SENIOR MOMENT, starring William Shatner, Jean Smart, Christopher Lloyd, Esai Morales and Katrina Bowden.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the recipients of AFI AWARDS 2020. AFI's movie club to showcase official selections with new and exclusive content featuring filmmakers and stars. Honors culminate with a virtual benediction on February 26, 2021.
As the countdown begins, the Ojai Film Festival introduces a specially curated selection of six of the official submissions in the international feature film and live action shorts categories for this year's Awards which will be offered virtually.
The New York Film Critics Circle announced today the presenters for this year’s special, pre-recorded virtual awards ceremony. Last year’s winners Martin Scorsese (Best Film, The Irishman) and Bong Joon-Ho (Best Foreign Language Film, Parasite) will present,
Searchlight Pictures announced four additional films, The Night House, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and Antlers and Nightmare Alley both produced by horror maestro Guillermo Del Toro, to its theatrical release slate schedule for July 2021.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named Fernando Garcia as its Executive Vice President, Member Relations and Awards. Garcia will lead engagement and outreach initiatives for the organization's worldwide membership and oversee the Academy Awards® submission process.
The Academy announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards to filmmaker Tyler Perry and to the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF). The Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the 93rd Oscars®.
Quiver Distribution announced it has acquired the U.S. rights to writer and director Nicholas Jarecki's dramatic thriller "Crisis." Academy Award-winner Gary Oldman (Mank) and Golden Globe-nominees Armie Hammer (The Social Network) and Evangeline Lilly (The Hurt Locker) star.
Zachary Quinto's Before The Door Pictures has partnered with Topic Studios, Vespucci Group, Spoke Media, and writer Rafael Moraes to develop "Secret Court", a scripted podcast series based on the story of a clandestine purge of gay students from the Harvard class of 1920.
Screen Media, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq: CSSE) company, announced today the acquisition of all US AVOD rights to the true-crime documentary thriller After The Murder of Albert Lima, from director and producer Aengus James (Scandalous.)
Canyon Creek Films announced today Wyatt Oleff ("I Am Not Okay with This,"), Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects), Janeane Garofalo (Ratatouille, Wet Hot American Summer) will star in writer/director Mark Rosman's (A Cinderella Story) In My Life.
The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) announced a new annual tribute this year, the Ensemble Tribute at the 2020 IFP Gotham Awards and in its inaugural year the award will be presented to THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7.
The New York Film Critics Circle names the winners of its 2020 awards. Voting was conducted via Zoom for the first time. Top picks included First Cow, Nomandland, Never Rarely Sometimes Always and the Da 5 Bloods.
Emmy®-nominated producer Jesse Collins, Oscar®-nominated producer Stacey Sher and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh will produce the 93rd Oscars®, Academy President David Rubin announced today. A first for each, the program will broadcast worldwide on Sunday, April 25, 2021.
The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is an international screenwriting competition established to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters. Each of the winners receives a $35,000 prize and will complete a feature-length screenplay within their fellowship year.
Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has acquired for release Ace Spectrum Productions timely investigative documentary feature film "The Friendliest Town," the directorial debut from award winning journalist with The Real News Network, and author Stephen Janis.
The Art of Political Murder, based on Francisco Goldman's award-winning book and executive produced by Oscar® winners George Clooney and Grant Heslov, tells the story of the 1998 murder of Guatemalan human rights activist Bishop Juan Gerardi.
The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center announced the complete slate of films being presented online for the 33rd edition of the 2020 AFI European Union Film Showcase, which will take place December 2–20.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today a new licensing partnership with TechRow. A curated selection of AFI Conservatory thesis films from a diverse team of filmmakers will become part of TechRow's immersive learning platform.
The Academy Film Archive gives an exclusive look into the lives of classic Hollywood figures with its annual "Hollywood Home Movies: Treasures from the Academy Film Archive" event available for streaming online for the first time.
AFI DOCS, the American Film Institute's annual documentary celebration in the nation's capital, has opened submissions and announced the dates for the 2021 edition of the festival. Now in its 19th year, AFI DOCS will be held June 22-27, 2021.
Linda Borgeson, Lois Burwell, Teri E.Dorman, Greg Hedgepath, Ujwal Nirgudkar, Helena Packer and Amy Vincent have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Actors Stephanie Beatriz, Michael Peña, Lou Diamond Phillips and Taylor Russell will appear in a table reading of selected scenes from this year's five winning scripts at the 2020 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards.
The American Film Institute (AFI) has appointed Syreeta N. Greene, Ed.D. as its new Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Greene holds a Doctor of Education and Master of Social Work, both from the University of Southern California.
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), unveiled a new public service campaign featuring beloved global superstar Mindy Kaling as the official brand ambassador for November's annual Pancreatic Cancer Awareness campaign to raise awareness of the world's toughest cancer.
The Denver Film Festival (DFF) has announced the recipients of its annual Audience Awards and Festival Juried Awards following the conclusion of its 43rd annual event. Winners Include Minari, Beyond Zero, Nomadland, Atlantis, The Reason I Jump, and Hudson Geese.
The combined wealth of Forbes’ 2015 ranking of the richest people in America,“The Forbes 400”(p. 130 of the October 19, 2015 Forbes magazine issue), is $2.34 trillion, up from $2.29 trillion in 2014 and the highest ever.
The 19th annual Golden Eagle film award ceremony for outstanding achievements in the field of cinematography as voted on by the National Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences of Russia took place in the legendary Mosfilm studio.
Les polémiques entourant la rémunération des grands chefs d'entreprise ont encore rebondi à l'occasion de l'affaire Carlos Ghosn. Mais ces polémiques ne répondraient-elles pas à des réactions épidermiques où se mêlent Histoire et sentiments humains ?
Developing a home interior design style that mixes elements and influences while feeling consistent and thought out is more than color boards, swatch themes and fabrics, and should reflect the homeowners’ personal taste, style, and bravura.
LOOKING FOR LIFE ON MARS, a one-hour special from PBS science series NOVA, a production of GBH Boston, will follow NASA's Mars 2020 mission, perhaps the most ambitious search yet for traces of ancient life on the red planet.
Summer has officially begun, but for most, the quest to get that summer body has been in the works for some months. To help with that flat tummy maintenance, we’ve rounded up the most unique, healthy and delicious salads.
President Obama has remained steadfast in his determination, despite continued opposition from Republican congressional leaders, to fulfill his constitutional duties and nominate and seat a Supreme Court Justice to fill the recently vacated seat held by Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.
Aimee Friberg of CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions is pleased to announce that she will oversee curatorial programming for fused space, taking the baton from gallerist Jessica Silverman, beginning January 2020 with an ambitious thematic exhibition schedule.
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.
In Israel, temporary border closures have been used for days and even weeks at a time, and nobody complains! Moreover, as Israeli’s head to the polls in the most contentious election in recent history border control isn’t a factor.
AirAsia Flight 8501, originating from Surabaya, Indonesia, with 162 passengers and crew on board disappeared from radar nearly mid-way into its flight after encountering a wall of severe and volatile thunderstorms somewhere over the Java Sea.
The four U.S. Markets, Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ, S&P 500 and Russell 2000, after suffering a mid-week meltdown and rallied on the Bureau of Labor Statistics job announcements which generated investor confidence and sent global markets soaring.
American Assassin, from Lionsgate and CBS Films, presents a fast action, contemporary thrill ride through the inner sanctums of the CIA, Special Forces, and Black Ops Units, with an authentic solid, global terror, story line.
Marguerite, from Cohen Media Group and Fidelite Films, brings to the screen Paris in the 1920’s, the combination of French aristocracy and bourgeoisie, the artist and the lover, desire for self-determination and the courage to live.
Hollywood has launched a thousand careers, and among them are the many extremely talented character actors and comedians whose nuanced performances knock us on our asses every time we see them. Just the sight of them elicits responses like, “I love that guy! Wasn't he in that one movie? You know the one. What is that guy's name?”
