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Oscars: 366 feature films eligible for 93rd Academy Awards

Erik Anderson February 25, 2021

366 feature films are eligible for the 2020 Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today, an increase from the 344... Read More

Golden Globe predictions, Motion Picture: ‘Trial’ and error as the HFPA is once again mired in controversy

Erik Anderson February 25, 2021

Eyebrow-raising inclusions, questionable exclusions and new scandals continue to plague one of Hollywood’s oldest organizations at the kickoff of awards season No doubt this is... Read More

‘Ma Rainey,’ ‘Promising Young Woman,’ ‘Better Call Saul’ among Music Supervisors Guild nominees

Erik Anderson February 25, 2021

The Guild of Music Supervisors announced today the nominees of their 11th annual award ceremony celebrating outstanding achievement in the craft of Music Supervision in film,... Read More

Official teaser and release date for Barry Jenkins’ Amazon Limited Series ‘The Underground Railroad’

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Official teaser and release date for Barry Jenkins’ Amazon Limited Series ‘The Underground Railroad’

Erik Anderson February 25, 2021

Amazon Prime Video announced today that the highly anticipated Amazon Original limited series The Underground Railroad, from Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), will premiere on... Read More

Elliot Page, Joaquín Bondoni, Laverne Cox top ‘Queerties’ Awards

Erik Anderson February 25, 2021

Elliot Page, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, Sarah Paulson, Schitt’s Creek, The Prom and Putting On were top winners at this year’s Queerties, the only awards show that that exclusively... Read More

Teaser: Pixar’s Italian seaside coming of age story ‘Luca’

Erik Anderson February 25, 2021

Set in a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, Disney and Pixar’s original feature film Luca is a coming-of-age story about one young boy... Read More

‘Mulan,’ ‘Tenet,’ ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ lead Art Directors Guild (ADG) nominations

Erik Anderson February 25, 2021

The 25th Art Directors Guild nominations were announced on Thursday for outstanding production design in film and television. Mank, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Mulan... Read More

Jeremy Renner to star in Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Mayor of Kingtown’ for Paramount+, Antoine Fuqua to exec produce

Erik Anderson February 24, 2021

MTV Entertainment Studios announced during Wednesday’s ViacomCBS Streaming Event presentation that Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, Wind River) has been tapped as the lead in... Read More

RLJE Films and Netflix to distribute David Oyelowo’s feature directorial debut ‘The Water Man’

Erik Anderson February 24, 2021

David Oyelowo’s family adventure film, The Water Man, has been acquired by RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, for North America, and by... Read More

Interview: Adarsh Gourav (‘The White Tiger’) on working with Ramin Bahrani and his detailed preparation for the role of Balram

Interviews (Film)

Interview: Adarsh Gourav (‘The White Tiger’) on working with Ramin Bahrani and his detailed preparation for the role of Balram

Reyzando Nawara February 24, 2021

The story of class divide is not entirely new anymore in movies. Yet in Ramin Bahrani’s crime drama The White Tiger, it feels rejuvenated, mostly... Read More

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