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'White Dudes for Harris' is the latest in a series of Zoom gatherings backing the vice president
Read full article: 'White Dudes for Harris' is the latest in a series of Zoom gatherings backing the vice presidentOn a โWhite Dudes for Harrisโ virtual call, it was probably fitting that โThe Dudeโ dropped in.
Hollywood crews, studios reach tentative contract deal, making another big strike unlikely
Read full article: Hollywood crews, studios reach tentative contract deal, making another big strike unlikelyThe union that represents most behind-the-scenes film and television crews has reached a tentative deal with studios for about 50,000 of its members, making another production-stopping strike unlikely after a year of labor turmoil in Hollywood.
Georgia legislators want filmmakers to do more than show a peach to earn state tax credits
Read full article: Georgia legislators want filmmakers to do more than show a peach to earn state tax creditsTop Georgia lawmakers say moviemakers should be required to do more than just show a peach at the end of the credits to get the top benefit from Georgiaโs lucrative film tax credit.
SAG Awards nominate 'Barbie,' 'Oppenheimer,' snub DiCaprio
Read full article: SAG Awards nominate 'Barbie,' 'Oppenheimer,' snub DiCaprioThe 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards heaped nominations on โOppenheimer,โ โBarbieโ and โAmerican Fiction,โ while snubbing Leonardo DiCaprio for best actor.
Stars converge in Palm Springs to celebrate year's best films, Emma Stone's career
Read full article: Stars converge in Palm Springs to celebrate year's best films, Emma Stone's careerEmma Stone reflected on her career highlights and Meryl Streep praised Billie Eilish and โBarbieโ with saving the movie industry Thursday during one of the first stops of Hollywoodโs awards season.
'Killers of the Flower Moon' named best film of 2023 by National Board of Review
Read full article: 'Killers of the Flower Moon' named best film of 2023 by National Board of ReviewโKillers of the Flower Moonโ was named the best film of the year by the National Board of Review, adding to the early awards-season haul of Martin Scorseseโs Osage epic.
Shawn Levy talks about 'All the Light We Cannot See' and his friendship with Wolverine and Deadpool
Read full article: Shawn Levy talks about 'All the Light We Cannot See' and his friendship with Wolverine and DeadpoolShawn Levy made the decision to direct the new Netflix limited series โAll the Light We Cannot Seeโ when he read a scene between the show's protagonist, a young woman named Marie, and her father played by Mark Ruffalo.
Todd Haimes, who led a theater company to Broadway, dies
Read full article: Todd Haimes, who led a theater company to Broadway, diesTodd Haimes, who led the Roundabout Theatre Company from an off-off-Broadway company teetering on the edge of bankruptcy into a major theatrical force with works on five stages โ including three Broadway theaters โ and dozens of Tony Awards, has died.
New this week: 'House of the Dragon,' Lakers doc and Lovato
Read full article: New this week: 'House of the Dragon,' Lakers doc and LovatoThis weekโs new entertainment releases include fresh music from Demi Lovato, a documentary about Princess Diana that uses only archival footage and the โGame of Thronesโ prequel finally arrives on HBO.
Brazil's Bolsonaro says he will seek audit of voting system
Read full article: Brazil's Bolsonaro says he will seek audit of voting systemBrazilโs President Jair Bolsonaro says his political party will seek to audit the electronic voting system before the upcoming election amid concerns he is actively sowing distrust in its eventual results.
New this week: 'Turning Red,' Ryan Reynolds and Mooski album
Read full article: New this week: 'Turning Red,' Ryan Reynolds and Mooski albumThis weekโs new entertainment releases include albums from Canadian rocker Bryan Adams and a Stephen Sondheim tribute from Betty Buckley, Ryan Reynolds starring as a time-traveling pilot in Netflixโs โThe Adam Projectโ and a small-town murder case gets some big-star wattage in NBCโs โThe Thing About Pamโ with Renรฉe Zellweger.
Clooney, 'Billie Holiday' among AARP movie award honorees
Read full article: Clooney, 'Billie Holiday' among AARP movie award honoreesThis image released by Paramount Pictures shows Andra Day in "The United States vs Billie Holiday." (Takashi Seida/Paramount Pictures via AP)โThe United States vs. Billie Holiday,โ โMinari,โ โDa 5 Bloodsโ and โOne Night in Miamiโ are among the films AARP is honoring at its annual Movies for Grownups Awards, the nonprofit organization said Thursday. Director Lee Danielsโ โThe United States vs. Billie Holiday,โ starring Andra Day as the jazz singer, was named best picture, while the Korean American family drama โMinariโ got best intergenerational film. โWe focus on films made by and for grownups,โ said Tim Appelo, the film and television critic for AARP. Catherine OโHara took best actress for โSchittโs Creek,โ Mark Ruffalo got best actor for โI Know This Much is Trueโ and โThis Is Usโ was named best series.
Even more chaotic than usual, Globes still had their moments
Read full article: Even more chaotic than usual, Globes still had their moments(NBC via AP)In the opening moments of a Golden Globes night even more chaotic and confounding than usual, co-host Tina Fey raised a theoretical question: โCould this whole night have been an email?โ Only the next three hours would tell. Or Chloรฉ Zhao, making history as the first woman of Asian descent to win best director (and the first woman since 1984.) AdOf course, there were the usual confounding results and baffling snubs, compounded here by some epic Zoom fails. ZHAO MAKES HISTORYWhen Zhao won best director for her haunting and elegant โNomadland,โ she was the first woman of Asian descent to win that award. It was updated on March 3, 2021, to correct the nationality of director of โNomadland.โ Chloe Zhao is Chinese, not Asian American.
The glam was back at the Golden Globes, albeit at a distance
Read full article: The glam was back at the Golden Globes, albeit at a distanceAnd they were ready, style wise, as the Globes split hosts, with Amy Poehler at the Beverly Hilton and Tina Fey at the Rainbow Room in New York. Backstage after the show, Sudeikis told reporters he owns a multitude of hoodies but chose the one emblazoned with โForwardโ on the front and โListen + Leadโ on the back as fitting for the unusual night. โI wanted to feel festive and go for it,โ she told NBC. Sarah Paulson held her little black pooch on screen and Emma Corrin's fluffy white cat grabbed a moment for itself. AdLydia Marks, a New York set decorator, told The Associated Press the evening's technical challenges were many.
The 'Pandemmys' were weird and sometimes wonderful
Read full article: The 'Pandemmys' were weird and sometimes wonderful(The Television Academy and ABC Entertainment via AP)It was Regina King, winning her fourth career Emmy on Sunday, who perhaps summed up the proceedings the most succinctly โ and accurately: โThis is freaking weird." Nobody was more thrilled than Daniel Levy, son of best actor winner Eugene Levy; the younger Levy won the award for comedy writing, shared a directing award and captured the supporting actor trophy. A CALL TO THE BOOTHLevy used some of his considerable mic time to urge viewers to vote in November. โI know this seems like a really weird time to be celebrating,โ Zendaya said. Sterling K. Brown gave out the showโs final award, best drama, in a Black Lives Matter shirt.
The Latest: 'Succession' swipes the crown for best TV drama
Read full article: The Latest: 'Succession' swipes the crown for best TV dramaThe HBO series won best television drama series at the Emmy Awards on Sunday night for its second season. It also won the best actor trophy for Jeremy Strong along with best writing and best directing. She won best actress in a drama for her role on HBOโs โEuphoria,โ scoring one of the few long shot victories in a Sunday night full of wins from favorites. Star Regina King won best actress, her co-star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II won best supporting actor and the showโs creator Damon Lindelof won for writing. Eugene Levy won best actor, Catherine OโHara won best actress, Annie Murphy won best supporting actress, and Levyโs son, Dan Levy, claimed three: for best supporting actor, writing and directing.
Celebs join Instagram 'freeze' to protest Facebook inaction
Read full article: Celebs join Instagram 'freeze' to protest Facebook inactionFILE - This Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 file photo shows the Instagram app icon on the screen of a mobile device in New York. Celebrities including Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry and Leonardo DiCaprio are taking part in a 24-hour freeze Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 on Instagram to protest against the failure of the social media platform's parent company, Facebook, to tackle misinformation and hateful content. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Celebs join Instagram 'freeze' to protest Facebook inaction
Read full article: Celebs join Instagram 'freeze' to protest Facebook inactionFILE - This Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 file photo shows the Instagram app icon on the screen of a mobile device in New York. Celebrities including Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry and Leonardo DiCaprio are taking part in a 24-hour freeze Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 on Instagram to protest against the failure of the social media platform's parent company, Facebook, to tackle misinformation and hateful content. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)LONDON โ Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry, Leonardo DiCaprio and other celebrities are taking part in a 24-hour Instagram โfreezeโ on Wednesday to protest against what they say is parent company Facebook's failure to tackle violent and hateful content and election misinformation. The movement asks people to put up a message highlighting what they called the damage Facebook does but otherwise refrain from posting on Instagram for a day. With 188 million followers, Kardashian West is one of the most influential people on Instagram and support from her and other big names for the boycott saw Facebook shares slide in aftermarket trading late Tuesday.
Shock, grief, and gratitude after death of Chadwick Boseman
Read full article: Shock, grief, and gratitude after death of Chadwick BosemanGod bless Chadwick Boseman. Denzel Washington, via a statement. During the premiere party for Black Panther, Chadwick reminded me of something. My friend and fellow Bison Chadwick Boseman was brilliant, kind, learned, and humble. We are devastated by the tragic loss of Chadwick Boseman. From Black Panther to Da 5 Bloods, Chadwick Boseman brought strength and light to the screen, every time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, via Twitter.
Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84
Read full article: Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2014 file photo, playwright Larry Kramer attends Acria's 19th Annual Holiday Dinner Benefit in New York. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK Larry Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen raised theatergoers consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to militant protests in the early years of the epidemic, has died at 84. Bill Goldstein, a writer who was working on a biography of Kramer, confirmed the news to The Associated Press. Kramer's husband, David Webster, told The New York Times that Kramer died of pneumonia on Wednesday. But for many years he was best known for his public fight to secure medical treatment, acceptance and civil rights for people with AIDS.
Larry Kramer used voice, pen to raise consciousness on AIDS
Read full article: Larry Kramer used voice, pen to raise consciousness on AIDSFILE - This May 12, 2014 file photo shows playwright Larry Kramer at the premiere of HBO Films' "The Normal Heart" in New York. Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen raised theatergoers consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to militant protests in the early years of the epidemic, died Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in Manhattan of pneumonia. Please know that AIDS is a worldwide plague. Kramer, whose angry voice and pen raised consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to action, died Wednesday at 84. As support for AIDS research increased, he found some common ground with health officials whom ACT UP had criticized.
Mark Ruffalo smashes Boris Johnson's Hulk comparison
Read full article: Mark Ruffalo smashes Boris Johnson's Hulk comparisonCNN VIdeo(CNN) - Mark Ruffalo, the actor who plays the anger-prone Hulk in the "Avengers" movie franchise, has struck out at UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson for suggesting Britain could break free of the EU's "manacles," like the Marvel superhero. Ruffalo took to Twitter on Sunday to remind the Prime Minister about aspects of Hulk's character he had overlooked. Hulk always escaped, no matter how tightly bound in he seemed to be -- and that is the case for this country." Johnson's message was that, in a Hulk-esque maneuver, the UK would leave the EU by Oct. 31. Alastair Campbell, former Labour party spin doctor, tweeted: "If Ruffalo was a town Johnson just got run out of it."