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Toronto Film Festival announces digital details; reveals new festival ambassadors Hirokazu Kore-eda, Tatiana Maslany, Brie Larson, Gael García Bernal and more

(Shutterstock/1520473574) TIFF Media Inclusion Initiative returns for its third year, offering connection and access for under-represented journalists TIFF announced today the… Read More

July 23, 2020

Oscars: Academy’s Board of Governors elections begin; here’s who’s running

(Shutterstock / Jaguar PS) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), who put on the Oscars, have revealed… Read More

May 29, 2020

TV Review: ‘Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker’

Octavia Spencer as the titular role in SELF MADE: INSPIRED BY THE LIFE OF MADAM C.J. WALKER Madame C.J.  Walker,… Read More

March 18, 2020

Trailer: Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer as haircare millionaire Madam C.J. Walker in ‘Self Made’

Octavia Spencer in SELF MADE: INSPIRED BY THE LIFE OF MADAM C.J. WALKER "I didn't come here to make sandwiches,… Read More

February 25, 2020

Interview: ‘Harriet’ director Kasi Lemmons and producer Daniela Taplin Lundberg on bringing a never-told tale to the big screen

(l-r) Director Kasi Lemmons and producer Daniela Taplin Lundberg on the red carpet for the premiere of HARRIET at the… Read More

November 4, 2019

Toronto Review: Not even Cynthia Erivo’s performance can save the deeply formulaic ‘Harriet’

Courtesy of TIFF Kasi Lemmons’ latest is a disappointing, uninspired biopic that fails to engage and whose subject deserves better… Read More

September 12, 2019

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (August)

Director Marielle Heller and Tom Hanks on the set of TriStar Pictures’ A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD (Photo by:… Read More

August 16, 2019

Cynthia Erivo is rebel and hero Harriet Tubman in first ‘Harriet’ trailer

Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman in Harriet (Focus Features) The same day the film was announced to world premiere at… Read More

July 23, 2019

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (July)

Lulu Wang (r) with Shuzhen Zhou (l) and Awkwafina on the set of The Farewell (A24) Having a hard time… Read More

July 19, 2019

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (June)

James Mangold, Ford v Ferrari (20th Century Fox) Best Director holds very steady with the exception of James Mangold moving… Read More

June 12, 2019

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