In this brief featurette, the team behind Rocketman discusses Elton John’s journey from prodigy to icon in a special look at the film that features John himself along with his husband and producing partner David Furnish, the film’s director Dexter Fletcher, stars Taron Egerton with Jamie Bell and Bryce Dallas Howard. “Because of the nature of who Elton is, the …
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MTV’s Sway Calloway and British DJ Trevor Nelson host LIVE 30-minute conversation, video world premiere and fan Q&A from London; collaborator Maluma to join live from Miami with additional premiere events in New York, Milan and São Paulo on April 24 Madonna will exclusively unveil the world premiere of her video and single “Medellín” with Maluma, during a globally televised MTV music event, …
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Emma Thompson as Katherine Newberry in Amazon Studios’ Late Night (Photo: Emily Aragones, Courtesy of Amazon Studios) Amazon Studios has released a short clip of two-time Academy Award winner Emma Thompson from the upcoming Late Night, written by Mindy Kaling. In the clip, Thompson, late-night television host Katherine Newberry (Thompson) is approached by one of her male writers asking for …
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Jurors include Angela Bassett, Tig Notaro, Kal Penn, Mira Nair, Steve Zaillian, Cory Hardrict and dozens more The Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, today announced the 2019 jury members who will select the winners in the film and immersive competition sections. The jurors will award work in ten different categories and honor new voices and prominent members of the …
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Meryl Streep is ready to cause waves on the peninsula in season two of Big Little Lies After a huge wave of social media clamoring, HBO’s Big Little Lies – initially a single limited series event – is back for a second season and bringing with it not just Emmy winners Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon plus Zoë …
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“Every generation has a legend” Left to right; Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo), BB-8, D-O, Rey (Daisy Ridley), Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) and Finn (John Boyega) in STAR WARS: EPISODE IX (Courtesy of Lucasfilm Ltd.) Today, Director/Writer J.J. Abrams and Producer Kathleen Kennedy were joined by stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Oscar Isaac, Billy Dee Williams, Naomi Ackie, Joonas Suotamo …
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Winners will be eligible for Oscars® LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy is now accepting entries for its 2019 Student Academy Awards® competition. All Student Academy Award® winners become eligible for Oscars® consideration. The entry deadline for submissions is June 1, 2019. The U.S. competition is open to all full-time undergraduate and graduate students whose films are made within the curricular structure of an eligible …
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American Horror Story: Apocalypse (photo: Kurt Iswarienko/FX); The Sinner (photo: Peter Kramer/USA Network), American Vandal (photo: Scott Patrick Green/Netflix) The Television Academy announced yesterday that the anthologies American Horror Story, The Sinner and American Vandal won’t be allowed to compete in Limited Series and will be eligible in Drama Series and down the line in the Drama categories, or possibly …
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Inspired by the books of Armistead Maupin, the new Netflix limited series Tales of the City begins a new chapter in the beloved story. Mary Ann (Laura Linney) returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter Shawna (Ellen Page) and ex-husband Brian (Paul Gross), twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife …
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From left; Zhao Shuzhen, Awkwafina and director Lulu Wang on the set of The Farewell The San Francisco International Film Festival, the longest running film festival in the Americas, is about to embark on its 62nd year and with it brings one of its strongest lineups of female-directed and female-led films ever. 72 women directors in all (including co-directors) make …
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