According to the Daily Mail, actor Steve Coogan took a moment at this evening's London Critics' Circle Film Awards to pay tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman, who passed away Sunday afternoon from a suspected drug overdose in his apartment in Manhattan's West Village.
Should Thornton sign, he would 'play a billionaire cowboy turned film financier who puts up money for the Dracula movie and sends his 20-something son to L.A. to keep an eye on his investment.'
YALE REPERTORY THEATRE presents the world premiere of THESE PAPER BULLETS!, a modish ripoff of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, adapted by Rolin Jones, with songs by Billie Joe Armstrong, and directed by Jackson Gay, March 14-April 5 at the University Theatre (222 York Street). Opening Night is Thursday, March 20.
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company today announced the Keen Teens, the educational theatre partnership between Off-Broadway's Keen Company and the theatrical publishing company Samuel French, has selected the writers for the program's eighth season: Kristoffer Diaz, Halley Feiffer, and Kenny Finkle, who have been commissioned to write thirty-minute, large cast plays, which will be produced with student actors Off-Broadway.
FX has announced that it will debut its limited series FARGO, based upon the Coen Brothers' hit 1996 film, on Tuesday, April 16 at 10 p.m. The news was announced at today's TCA event, according to Deadline.
Catch The EE British Academy Film Awards on BBC AMERICA the same day they air in the UK. Hosted by Stephen Fry and sponsored by EE, the awards will be broadcast exclusively in the U.S. on BBC AMERICA
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced the nominations for the 2014 EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) and Gravity leads with 11 nominations, while 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle each received 10 nominations.
Woody Allen and Joel and Ethan Coen are among the nominees in the original screenplay category of the Screenwriters Choice Awards. The nominations were announced today, Thursday, December 19th.
The nominations for the 34th London Critics' Circle Film Awards were announced today, with British director Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave topping members' ballots with 9 nominations.
Film Comment's annual end-of-the-year survey of film critics, journalists, film section editors, and past and present contributors was released today with Joel & Ethan Coen's INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Steve McQueen's 12 YEARS A SLAVE and Richard Linklater's BEFORE MIDNIGHT taking the top spots among films released in 2013. Among films that made appearances at film festivals or special screenings worldwide, but haven't been picked up for stateside distribution as of yet, Philippe Garrel's JEALOUSY, Tsai Ming-liang's STRAY DOGS and Joaquim Pinto's WHAT NOW? REMIND ME received the top rankings.
David O. Russell's AMERICAN HUSTLE dominated the field of nominations for this year's Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) international awards.
On September 29th in New York City, a cross generational gathering of some of the brightest stars and biggest names in folk music gathered in Town Hall for a one-night only concert performance.
SHOWTIME announced today that the network has just acquired exclusive television rights to film and air the one-night only benefit concert ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER TIME: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF 'INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS,'
Among this year's Golden Globe nominations were Tom Hanks for 'Captain Phillips,' Judi Dench, 'Philomena', Amy Adams, 'American Hustle', Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts for the big screen adaptation of Tracy Letts' 'August: Osage County', Idina Menzel's 'Let It Go' from Disney's 'Frozen.'
This morning the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the Golden Globe Awards 2014 ceremony. The awards honor the year's best in film and television, and are divided into the genres of comedy (or musical) and drama.