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Hollywood Writers Urged to Back Democratic Senate Candidates
Members of the Writers Guild of America West are being urged to donate to the union’s political action committee, as Hollywood vents its outrage about Republican senators’ move to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the …
Netflix Unveils ‘Dream Home Makeover’ Trailer (TV Roundup)
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix released a trailer for “Dream Home Makeover,” and Law & Crime Network set a premiere date for “Prime Crime Tonight.” DATES Law & Crime Network will premiere “Prime Crime …
‘Nomadland’ to Open Middleburg Film Festival, ‘One Night in Miami’ Announced as Spotlight Film
Virginia’s eighth annual Middleburg Film Festival has announced Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” as its opening night film. Lee Isaac Chung’s critically acclaimed family drama “Minari” will be the festival centerpiece film and “Concrete Cowboy” starring Idris …
Yara Shahidi to Play Tinkerbell in Disney’s Live-Action ‘Peter Pan and Wendy’
Yara Shahidi is getting her wings. The actor is set to play Tinkerbell in Disney’s “Peter Pan and Wendy,” the studio’s latest live-action adaptation. Shahidi joins a cast that features Jude Law as Captain Hook, …
Marvin Davis’ Grandson in Family Feud Over Palantir Stock
A grandson of Marvin Davis, the onetime owner of 20th Century Fox, is embroiled in a family dispute over an investment in Palantir Technologies, which is due to go public next week. Davis, a Denver …
Al Jazeera Announces Deal at San Sebastian Documentary Co-Production Forum
African heroes, the plunder of the Amazon, death-defying mountain climbers and 19th-century spiritualists were just some of the subjects filmmakers are tackling in new projects pitched on Thursday at San Sebastian’s Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-Production …
San Sebastian 2020: Security, Biz, Buzz, Streamer Quotas, What Was Missing
Early September’s Venice Festival celebrated the restart of cinema theater attendance. Opening six days after Venice ended, as second-wave COVID-19 forced parts of Madrid back into semi-lockdown, 2020’s on-site San Sebastian Festival, normally a convivial, …
San Sebastian New Director Grigory Kolomytsev Talks ‘Chupacabra’
A singular entry in San Sebastian’s prestige New Directors section this year, Grigory Kolomytsev’s “Chupacabra” was put through its Ikusmira Berriak residency program in 2019. “Spikes protruding from its sides, a dog-like snout, a massive …
‘Mangrove’ Review: Steve McQueen’s British Courtroom Drama Does Justice to a Landmark Case Against Black Activists
Ask yourself: What do the words “Black Power” signify to you? That’s the question several of the Mangrove Nine — nine Black activists arrested when a public demonstration against London police harassment on Aug. 9, …
Megan Thee Stallion Lawyer Slams Tory Lanez’s Team Over ‘Smear Campaign’ to Discredit Her Shooting Allegations
Barely half a day after Tory Lanez refuted Megan Thee Stallion’s allegations that he shot her via the lyrics in his surprise album “Daystar,” Megan’s team fired back with a claim that representatives for Lanez …
