Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the LA Film Festival and Film Independent at LACMA, announced nominations for the 2016 Spirit Awards this morning. Film Independent President Josh Welsh presided over the press conference held at W Hollywood, with actors John Boyega and Elizabeth Olsen presenting the nominations. Nominees for Best Feature included Anomalisa, Beasts of No Nation, Carol, Spotlight and Tangerine.
Film Independent has announced the nominees for the 31st Independent Spirt Awards, which will take place Saturday, February 27 at 2:00pm PT / 5:00pm ET.
The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation's premier member organization of independent storytellers, announced today the presenters for the 25th Anniversary IFP Gotham Awards. The ten competitive awards to be presented include Best Feature, Best Documentary, Best Actor, Best Actress (presenting sponsor euphoria Calvin Klein), Best Screenplay, Breakthrough Actor, the Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award, the Gotham Audience Award, Breakthrough Series - Long Form, and Breakthrough Series - Short Form. In addition to the competitive awards, Gotham Award Tributes will be given to actors Helen Mirren and Robert Redford, director Todd Haynes, and producer Steve Golin. As the first major awards ceremony of the film season, the Gotham Awards provide critical early recognition and media attention to worthy independent films.
Three-time Emmy® nominee Amy Schumer ('Inside Amy Schumer') stars as a commitment-phobic journalist in Trainwreck, the film Fandango calls 'the funniest movie of the year,' is out on Digital HD, Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand today, November 10, 2015, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Following Legendary's and Warner Bros. Pictures' 2014 success with the global reinvention of the Godzilla franchise, the companies have come together to create an epic, new shared cinematic franchise. All-powerful monsters become towering heroes for a new generation, revealing a mythology that brings together Godzilla and Legendary's King Kong in an ecosystem of other giant super-species, both classic and new. Monarch, the human organization that uncovered Godzilla in the 2014 film, will expand their mission across multiple releases.
Dick clark productions announced today that Academy Award-winning director Tom Hooper will be honored with the 'Hollywood Director Award,' for 'The Danish Girl'; Academy Award-winning actor Benicio Del Toro will receive the 'Hollywood Supporting Actor Award,'
The Toronto International Film Festival® today announced award winners from the 40th Festival, which wraps up this evening. TIFF held a free screening of Room, the winner of the Grolsch People's Choice Award, Sunday, September 20 at 8pm.
According to Variety, Brie Larson is in talks to play Billie Jean King in the upcoming tennis movie BATTLE OF THE SEXES, after Emma Stone departed the project due to scheduling conflicts.
Deadline reports that Legendary Pictures' Thomas Tull is moving his untitled SKULL ISLAND King Kong film to Warner Bros Pictures. This move will mean that King Kong will be united with Legendary's other famous monster Godzilla.
Three-time Emmy® nominee Amy Schumer (“Inside Amy Schumer”) stars as a commitment-phobic journalist in Trainwreck, the film Fandango calls “the funniest movie of the year,” is coming to Digital HD October 20, 2015, and Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand on November 10, 2015
The HFPA will grant more than $2 million in funds to non-profit entertainment-related organizations and scholarship programs, topping last year's contributions of more than $1.9 million.
Sony is working on bringing a movie about emojis to the big screen. Jimmy Kimmel knows people are skeptical about the project but he got an early look at the rough script and thought it would be fun to read a scene from it.
Amy Schumer stars in the new comedy film TRAINWRECK. Directed by Judd Apatow and written by Amy Schumer, TRAINWRECK follows the story of a commitment-phobic, career-driven woman who may have to face her fear of love when she meets a nice guy.
Universal Pictures and CrowdRise today announced the launch of the upcoming 'The Trainwreck Comedy Tour,' presented by Live Nation, a tour of some of the greatest comics of this generation, which kicks off at Boston's The Wilbur on June 14, and concludes in Los Angeles at The Wiltern on June 21.
MTV today announced that Jessie J will bring her signature style and unmatchable sense of cool to burn up the red carpet of the '2015 MTV Movie Awards' as she hosts the spectacular Pre-Show airing LIVE tonight, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. ET.
MTV today announced that Amy Schumer will host the 24th annual "2015 MTV Movie Awards" live tonight, April 12, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT from Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California.
