Oscars: Only diverse films will be considered for best picture
Oscars: Only diverse films will be considered for best picture
The Academy says at least one main actor must be from an underrepresented racial group.
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Dan Stevens To Star In German-Language Film ‘I Am Your Human’ From ‘Unorthodox’ Director Maria Schrader
Dan Stevens To Star In German-Language Film ‘I Am Your Human’ From ‘Unorthodox’ Director Maria Schrader
EXCLUSIVE: After the critical success of Netflix’s Unorthodox, series director Maria Schrader is teaming with Dan Stevens on Ich bin dein Mensch (I Am Your Human). The film, which recently wrapped production in Berlin and Denmark under strict conditions adapted in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, was shot entirely in German. Stevens has spoken German […]
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Television Academy Honors: ‘Watchmen’ Creator Damon Lindelof Urges Hollywood To Spotlight “Hidden, Buried, Camouflaged” Stories
Television Academy Honors: ‘Watchmen’ Creator Damon Lindelof Urges Hollywood To Spotlight “Hidden, Buried, Camouflaged” Stories
In 1986 Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons brought the world of Watchmen readers across the globe. More than 30 years later and the comic book creators’ questions of power remain relevant, says Damon Lindelof. “They upended the conventional wisdom of what a superhero story could be and begin to ask how we should feel about […]
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Former THR Labor Reporter Jonathan Handel Joins SAG-AFTRA As Outside Special Counsel
Former THR Labor Reporter Jonathan Handel Joins SAG-AFTRA As Outside Special Counsel
SAG-AFTRA has engaged Jonathan Handel, The Hollywood Reporter’s former labor reporter, as an outside special counsel to work on special projects. Handel, a practicing attorney who covered the industry for a decade at the trade paper, left his post at THR but will continue to practice entertainment and technology law for other clients that do […]
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Netflix Shakeup: Cindy Holland Exits As Bela Bajaria Is Named Global Head Of TV
Netflix Shakeup: Cindy Holland Exits As Bela Bajaria Is Named Global Head Of TV
It’s an end of an era at Netflix as Cindy Holland, who led the streamer’s foray into original programming and helped turn the DVD-by-mail company into an original series powerhouse, will be leaving. A month and a half after longtime Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos was named co-CEO, he is shaking up the streamer’s […]
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Oscar Shakes Up Best Picture Eligibility Standards; Strict New Diversity Requirements Take Full Effect In 2024
Oscar Shakes Up Best Picture Eligibility Standards; Strict New Diversity Requirements Take Full Effect In 2024
As promised when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its Academy Aperture 2025 initiative in June, new standards of representation and inclusion have been announced by AMPAS today that will gradually be put in place for the 94th (2022) and 95th (2023) Oscars but in full effect beginning with the 96th Academy […]
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Apple Countersues Epic Games, The Latest Shot In ‘Fortnight’ Fracas
Apple Countersues Epic Games, The Latest Shot In ‘Fortnight’ Fracas
Apple on Tuesday countersued Fortnite creator Epic Games in California federal court, the latest move in the companies’ contentious battle over the uber-popular video game. At issue is the 30% of revenue that Apple and Google take from all downloads on their app stores. Epic integrated a feature that enabled users to pay directly through […]
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‘Black-ish’ Spinoff ‘Old-ish’ Starring Laurence Fishburne & Jenifer Lewis In Works At ABC
‘Black-ish’ Spinoff ‘Old-ish’ Starring Laurence Fishburne & Jenifer Lewis In Works At ABC
The Black-ish franchise continues to expand with another ‘Ish’ offshoot in the works. ABC has put in development Old-ish. It would be the third spinoff from Kenya Barris’ flagship series Black-ish, with Laurence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis reprising their Black-ish roles, Deadline has confirmed. Written by Barris, Old-ish follows Dre Johnson’s (Anthony Anderson) parents, Ruby […]
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Tracee Ellis Ross, Regina King, Alfre Woodard To Star In One-Time All-Black Reimagining Of ‘The Golden Girls’
Tracee Ellis Ross, Regina King, Alfre Woodard To Star In One-Time All-Black Reimagining Of ‘The Golden Girls’
For one night only, Regina King, Tracee Ellis Ross, Alfre Woodard and Sanaa Lathan will be the iconic ladies of The Golden Girls. Playing Rose, Dorothy, Spophia and Blanche, respectively, the actresses will kick off the Zoom Where It Happens series, a weekly live table read program centered on informing and raising awareness around voting […]
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UMC Acquires ‘The Available Wife’; Dawn Richard Joins Dove Cameron In ‘Issac’; AAFCA Sets Date For 12th Annual AAFCA Awards – Film Briefs
UMC Acquires ‘The Available Wife’; Dawn Richard Joins Dove Cameron In ‘Issac’; AAFCA Sets Date For 12th Annual AAFCA Awards – Film Briefs
UMC, the first-to-market, Black-targeted streaming subscription service launched in 2014, picked up The Available Wife out of the recently wrapped American Black Film Festival. The romance pic, which will hit the streamer on December 17, was directed by Jamal Hill and stars KJ Smith, who currently stars on the Tyler Perry BET series, Sistas. Written by Tressa Azarel […]
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CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus Says NFL Ad Sales Matching 2019 Pace; Social Justice Issues To Get Airtime But Balance Is The Goal
CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus Says NFL Ad Sales Matching 2019 Pace; Social Justice Issues To Get Airtime But Balance Is The Goal
With the start of an NFL season like no other just days away, CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said advertising sales are on pace with the 2019 season, with a sizable chunk of Super Bowl inventory sold out. On a Zoom call with the media lasting an hour and a half, McManus acknowledged that broadcasts […]
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Coronavirus: gatherings of more than six to be banned in England
Coronavirus: gatherings of more than six to be banned in England
Government will announce emergency action to strengthen rules and aid police enforcementWhat are you allowed to do from Monday?Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government has announced emergency action to try and stem a feared autumn resurgence of coronavirus, tightening laws to ban virtually all gatherings of more than six people in England.Amid concerns that the current rules are both widely misunderstood and too difficult for police to implement, Boris Johnson will hold a hastily-arranged Downing Street press conference on Wednesday to outline the new restrictions. Continue reading...
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Senior Tories urge ministers to scrap ‘illegal’ Brexit rule plan
Senior Tories urge ministers to scrap 'illegal' Brexit rule plan
Government ignored legal advice over proposed withdrawal agreement changesSenior Conservative MPs and a raft of legal experts have urged the government not to go ahead with plans to drive through a change to the Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland after a minister conceded it would break international law.The remarkable admission by Brandon Lewis, secretary of state for Northern Ireland, followed the resignation of the most senior legal civil servant and has raised questions over the future of justice secretary, Robert Buckland, and attorney general, Suella Braverman, both of whom have taken oaths to uphold the rule of law. Continue reading...
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Police losing legitimacy among people of colour, top officers say
Police losing legitimacy among people of colour, top officers say
Forces in England and Wales ‘decades behind’ in serving ethnic minoritiesPolice are losing legitimacy in minority ethnic communities because many believed they are biased against them, two police leaders have said.The remarks represent a significant shift in tone after policing was convulsed by the Black Lives Matters protests, controversy about stop and search, and the use of police force. Continue reading...
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Man, 27, charged with murder after Birmingham stabbings
Man, 27, charged with murder after Birmingham stabbings
Zephaniah McLeod also charged with seven counts of attempted murder, West Midlands police sayA 27-year-old man has been charged with murder and seven counts of attempted murder after a series of stabbings in Birmingham.Zephaniah McLeod, of Nately Grove, Selly Oak, Birmingham, will appear at the city’s magistrates court on Wednesday, West Midlands police said. Continue reading...
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NHS misses target of having half its top jobs held by women
NHS misses target of having half its top jobs held by women
Some NHS trusts in England showing only 15.4% of senior board roles occupied by women, finds care bodyThe NHS has missed its own target of ensuring that half of its top jobs be filled by women by 2020. Although it has made progress it is still falling short with just 44.7% on NHS trusts’ boards in England being female.In some trusts the percentage is just 15.4% of the most senior roles in women’s hands, though in others it is as high as 77.8%. Continue reading...
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Daniel Prude death: Rochester police leaders step down
Daniel Prude death: Rochester police leaders step down
Rochester's police chief says he will not sit by while critics "attempt to destroy my character".
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Belarus protests: Opposition leader ‘tore up passport’ to avoid expulsion
Belarus protests: Opposition leader 'tore up passport' to avoid expulsion
Maria Kolesnikova was driven by officials to the border with Ukraine but managed to halt her expulsion.
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Charlie Hebdo trial: Artist recalls being forced to let gunmen into offices
Charlie Hebdo trial: Artist recalls being forced to let gunmen into offices
"There was a silence of death," an artist who was seized by the attackers at gunpoint tells a court.
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Website Crashes and Cyberattacks Welcome Students Back to School
Website Crashes and Cyberattacks Welcome Students Back to School
With many districts across the country opting for online learning, a range of technical issues marred the first day of classes.
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BAFTA LA’s Britannia Awards Postponed Until 2021
BAFTA LA’s Britannia Awards Postponed Until 2021
The Britannia Awards, organized by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, has been postponed. The event, which last year was held on October 25 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, has been shelved until 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is the latest, and likely not the last, physical film and […]
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‘The Goldbergs’: Carrie Wampler Joins ABC Comedy Series In Recasting
‘The Goldbergs’: Carrie Wampler Joins ABC Comedy Series In Recasting
EXCLUSIVE: Carrie Wampler (Big Little Lies) has joined the upcoming eighth season of ABC comedy series The Goldbergs in a major recurring role in a recasting. Wampler will play Ren, a stylish, artsy, rebellious and effortless Manhattan NYC prep school girl who Erica (Hayley Orrantia) befriends at college. She’s also Barry’s (Troy Gentile) new girlfriend. […]
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Orange County’s Movie Theaters Can Reopen, Potentially Growing ‘Tenet’s California Footprint
Orange County’s Movie Theaters Can Reopen, Potentially Growing ‘Tenet’s California Footprint
Good news for those in Los Angeles: Going to see Tenet just got closer. Orange County, Calif. has moved from the purple to the red tier in the state’s coronavirus monitoring system, which means that movie theaters and restaurants for indoor dining can reopen at 25% capacity as well as churches for indoor worship. Shopping […]
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Forrest Fenn Dies: Santa Fe Author and Creator Of Rocky Mountains Treasure Hunt Was 90
Forrest Fenn Dies: Santa Fe Author and Creator Of Rocky Mountains Treasure Hunt Was 90
Santa Fe Author Forrest Fenn, most known for his 2010 book Thrill of the Chase which inspired a popular treasure hunt in the Rocky Mountains, died on Monday. He was 90. Fenn passed of natural causes in his Santa Fe home. The writer and former U.S. Air Force pilot rose to notoriety after a poem his […]
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‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ Sets Premiere Date & Guest Lineup As Host Says She Will Address Controversy
‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ Sets Premiere Date & Guest Lineup As Host Says She Will Address Controversy
The Ellen DeGeneres Show will kick off its Season 18 on Monday, Sep. 21. As previously announced, the daytime talk show will resume filming from the Ellen stage on the Warner Bros. lot without an in-studio audience. Since DeGenres and her crew left the studio in March amid a surge of coronavirus cases across the […]
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Disney Stock Returns To February Levels As Streaming Prompts Analyst Upgrade
Disney Stock Returns To February Levels As Streaming Prompts Analyst Upgrade
On a downbeat day for most stocks, Disney shares have posted solid gains after a resoundingly positive verdict on the company’s streaming progress by an analyst at a major Wall Street firm. The stock was up 3% in mid-day trading, at around $136 a share, on track for its highest closing price since February 21. […]
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Lupita Nyong’o Writes Emotional Tribute To Chadwick Boseman: “His Power Lives On”
Lupita Nyong’o Writes Emotional Tribute To Chadwick Boseman: “His Power Lives On”
Lupita Nyong’o has released an incredibly soul-stirring, inspirational and thoughtful tribute to her friend and Black Panther co-star Chadwick Boseman, who passed away on August 28, causing a shock and an outpour of emotion in Hollywood and beyond. The actress took to Instagram to share her feelings and thoughts about the late actor. She posted a […]
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Paramount Takes Home Entertainment & TV Rights To Three Romulus Movies, Including Margot Robbie’s ‘Dreamland’
Paramount Takes Home Entertainment & TV Rights To Three Romulus Movies, Including Margot Robbie’s ‘Dreamland’
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has acquired the home entertainment and TV licensing rights to three Romulus Entertainment features films: Dreamland starring Margot Robbie, the Charlie Hunnam and Jack O’Connell boxing movie Jungleland, and the Amber Heard-Jonathan Majors-Terrence Howard LA crime pic Gully. All three movies will be released in select theaters by Vertical Entertainment in conjunction with their release on […]
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Broadway General Manager Nathan Gehan Launches ShowTown Theatricals Firm
Broadway General Manager Nathan Gehan Launches ShowTown Theatricals Firm
Veteran Broadway general manager Nathan Gehan is opening his own New York City general management firm, ShowTown Theatricals, with a roster of clients including the international musical production of Notre Dame de Paris at Lincoln Center in 2022, the Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol (Broadway, National Tour), American Prophet (Arena Stage), Anne of Green Gables […]
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‘American Ninja Warrior’ Season Premiere Tops Monday; ‘Bachelor: Greatest Seasons’ Wraps Steady
‘American Ninja Warrior’ Season Premiere Tops Monday; ‘Bachelor: Greatest Seasons’ Wraps Steady
The Season 12 premiere of American Ninja Warrior set the bar Monday night, delivering a 0.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.50 million viewers. The NBC athletic competition was down from its Season 11 average but ticked up a tenth from last week’s all-stars special. NBC ended the night with a repeat of […]
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