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11/15/2022

George Harrison playing sitar. -Matt-

11/15/2022

Monday here at Remembering George '1943 - 2001' getting ready for another great week! -Matt-

11/14/2022

Banksy unveils Ukraine gymnast mural on building shelled by Russia

Banksy unveils Ukraine gymnast mural on building shelled by Russia

01/16/2022

Farewell to Stephen Sondheim

Farewell to Stephen Sondheim

His legacy is one that will be debated and argued over as long as people care about musical theatre.

12/20/2021

These Are the 78 Best Documentaries of All Time

These Are the 78 Best Documentaries of All Time

See the list here.

12/12/2021

‘Six Feet Under’ Follow-Up Series Eyed By HBO

‘Six Feet Under’ Follow-Up Series Eyed By HBO

A follow-up series to Alan Ball’s Six Feet Under is being explored by HBO, Deadline has learned. The project is in its very early stages; I hear the premium network has commissioned a script,…

10/11/2021

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

https://www.landmarktheatres.com/film-info/the-velvet-underground

09/23/2021

Roger Michell, acclaimed film and stage director, dies aged 65

Wonderful director, Roger Michell, gone, and so young. RIP.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/23/roger-michell-acclaimed-film-and-stage-director-dies-aged-65

The director, who made films including Notting Hill, Enduring Love and My Cousin Rachel, has died

08/31/2021

Austin Winners

Austin Winners

Let Us Take You There

08/26/2021

‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Frank Marshall (‘The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart’)

‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Frank Marshall (‘The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart’)

One of the most artistically and commercially successful producers in Hollywood history reflects on breaking into showbiz 53 years ago with Peter Bogdanovich, the chance encounter that resulted in his longtime collaboration with Steven Spielberg, marriage to Kathleen Kennedy and what inspired him to...

08/26/2021

‘Lilly’: Josh Lucas Joins Patricia Clarkson And Thomas Sadoski In Political Thriller

Congratulations J. Todd Harris!

EXCLUSIVE: Josh Lucas (Ford v Ferrari) will join Oscar nominee Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects) and Tony winner Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom) in the political thriller Lilly, which is entering pro…

08/26/2021

Abby McEnany on Vision for ‘Work in Progress’ Season 2: “This Show is Really About How People Get Through Life”

Abby McEnany on Vision for ‘Work in Progress’ Season 2: “This Show is Really About How People Get Through Life”

The star, co-creator and executive producer joined Julia Sweeney, Armand Fields and Brendan Dowling on Saturday for an Outfest premiere presented by Showtime in partnership with The Hollywood Reporter.

08/25/2021

Barry Jenkins Honors the Legacy of His Ancestors in Moving Epic

Barry Jenkins Honors the Legacy of His Ancestors in Moving Epic

At a time of unprecedented interest in sorting out America’s tortured racial past, Amazon Prime Video’s “The Underground Railroad” offers a unique contribution to the conversation. The adaptation …

08/24/2021

Magnificent Musical Mayhem in Allan Murray’s Layers of Tom Lehrer | TheTVolution

Go see Allan’s show!!!

By Ernest Kearney - In the brief 20-year period in which Tom Lehrer recorded, he established himself as the greatest musical satirist of the 20th century inspiring the likes of Tim Minchin, Weird Al Yankovic and Randy Newman.

08/24/2021

Meet the archivist who saved the historic footage that became ‘Summer of Soul’

Wow!!

How Joe Lauro of Historic Films uncovered the trove of 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival footage for the Sundance Festival winner.

08/17/2021

Funko Games Announces The Rocketeer: Fate Of The Future

Funko Games Announces The Rocketeer: Fate Of The Future

Funko Games revealed a brand new board game collaboration with Disney this morning as we're getting The Rocketeer: Fate Of The Future.

08/10/2021

Director Frank Marshall on Revisiting Bee Gees in HBO Doc: “Their Story Was One About Survival”

Director Frank Marshall on Revisiting Bee Gees in HBO Doc: “Their Story Was One About Survival”

The helmer of 'The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart' explains the enduring musical legacy of the Gibb brothers, a trio that defined the sound of an era and influenced a generation of pop stars.

08/09/2021

Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures Acquires Jewell Parker Rhodes Novel ‘Ghost Boys’; Amy Baer And Michael Besman To Produce

Congratulations!!!

EXCLUSIVE: Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures has acquired global rights to Ghost Boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes’ 2018 novel for young readers that weaves genres to explore…

08/09/2021

The 10 greatest rock and roll movies of all time

Thanks Orian!

An essential list of classic films.

07/29/2021

HBO Developing ‘If You Lived With Me You’d Be Home By Now’ From Annabelle Gurwitch, Bill Maher & Artina Films

Congratulations!!

EXCLUSIVE: HBO has put in development If You Lived With Me You’d Be Home By Now, a half-hour series inspired by Annabelle Gurwitch’s Los Angeles Times article and corresponding chapter …

07/23/2021

Sundance Institute Sets 10 Producers For 2021 Lab & Summit, Unveils Advisors & Industry Participants

Sundance Institute Sets 10 Producers For 2021 Lab & Summit, Unveils Advisors & Industry Participants

On Wednesday, Sundance Institute named the fellows selected for its 2021 Producers Lab and Summit. Producers and projects selected on the feature film side include Katie White (Caity), Deidre Backs…

07/23/2021

Starlings Entertainment Takes Stake In UK Producer StoryFirst & Preps Eric Clapton-Inspired 1970s Music Biz Drama ‘The Manager’ As Part Of Joint Development Fund

Congratulations Brendan Foley!

EXCLUSIVE: Starlings Entertainment has taken a financial stake in Lord Michael Grade-backed British drama producer StoryFirst as part of a wide-ranging deal that will see the two companies team up …

07/21/2021

NFT & Blockchain - New Ways to Raise Film Financing and Make Movies

NFT & Blockchain - New Ways to Raise Film Financing and Make Movies

With Emmy-Winning Producer Cindy Cowan

07/20/2021

7 Examples of How Great Dialogue Can Reveal Character - The Script Lab

7 Examples of How Great Dialogue Can Reveal Character - The Script Lab

As writers, we love the characters we create and they deserve to express themselves in the most impactful ways possible....

07/19/2021

7 Examples of How Great Dialogue Can Reveal Character - The Script Lab

7 Examples of How Great Dialogue Can Reveal Character - The Script Lab

As writers, we love the characters we create and they deserve to express themselves in the most impactful ways possible....

07/13/2021

What Amazon's $8.45B Deal for MGM Means for LA's Real Estate

What Amazon's $8.45B Deal for MGM Means for LA's Real Estate

Amazon is buying MGM Holdings — parent company of Beverly Hills-based MGM Studios — and its expansive catalog of content for $8.45 billion.

07/13/2021

What’s Coming to Netflix in June 2021

What’s Coming to Netflix in June 2021

Get your laptop ready.

07/10/2021

Blackstone Publishing Taps Brendan Deneen To Run New Film-TV Division

Congratulations!

EXCLUSIVE: Oregon-based Blackstone Publishing has brought on former Miramax and Macmillan executive Brendan Deneen as the company’s Director of Media, TV & Film. Deneen will spearhead this new …

07/07/2021

Starlings Entertainment Partners With U.K.’s StoryFirst For Drama and Family Entertainment Development Fund

Starlings Entertainment Partners With U.K.’s StoryFirst For Drama and Family Entertainment Development Fund

Starlings Entertainment and StoryFirst have partnered for a drama and family entertainment development fund, with Starlings also taking a financial stake in StoryFirst. The joint venture will enabl…

07/01/2021

Scott Weiland's Memoir Will Be Adapted Into 'Paper Heart' Film

Congratulations to Orian Williams!!

Movie will be based on late Stone Temple Pilots frontman’s 2011 book, Not Dead and Not for Sale

06/22/2021

Breaking good

Hooray Brendan Foley and Shelly Goldstein too!

As filming begins on the series adaptation of Finnish novel The Man Who Died, author Antti Tuomainen and screenwriter Brendan Foley tell DQ how they have created a drama from this darkly comic story about a dying man who falls in love with life. Finnish streaming platform Elisa Viihde is continuing....

06/21/2021

Oscars: Elections Turn Film Academy Board Majority-Female for First Time

Congratulations to Howard Rodman, the best choice!!

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 54-person board of governors will look considerably different when it next meets in July, the result of this year’s Academy board electi…

06/08/2021

‘Snowfall’ writer and producer Walter Mosley on exploring a part of American history that has been kept quiet [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW]

‘Snowfall’ writer and producer Walter Mosley on exploring a part of American history that has been kept quiet [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW]

“It’s really important to create a story and a cast of characters that speak to moments in American history that other people have never spoken to,” says “Snowfall” wr…

06/01/2021

More People Should Be Like This...

More People Should Be Like This...

05/20/2021

What an Obscure Childhood Experience Taught Me About the Nature of Memory

What an Obscure Childhood Experience Taught Me About the Nature of Memory

Passing through a desolate stretch of North Texas, I set an anchor in the sea of time.

05/20/2021

A new film studio is coming to Hollywood — and not a moment too soon for eager creators

A new film studio is coming to Hollywood — and not a moment too soon for eager creators

PC: Bob Hale / Rios

05/04/2021

Wow!

Here’s a look at a page from a 15 year-old Satyajit Ray’s diary listing the films he watched in 1936 with his personal ratings of each film.

05/01/2021

Eli Broad, billionaire who poured wealth into reshaping L.A., dies at 87

Eli Broad, billionaire who poured wealth into reshaping L.A., dies at 87

Eli Broad, a billionaire philanthropist and art collector, played a central role in building such Los Angeles institutions as Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Museum of Contemporary Art before building his own museum, the Broad.

04/30/2021

04/30/2021

6 Things You Can Learn from Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Chloé Zhao - WeScreenplay

6 Things You Can Learn from Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Chloé Zhao - WeScreenplay

Chloé Zhao is changing the game for diverse screenwriters and filmmakers by making her mark in Hollywood history. She’s the first Asian woman to win Best Director at the Golden Globes, the Directors Guild of America Awards, and the BAFTA...