John Ridley News

Felicity Huffman has signed on for the female lead in an upcoming ABC drama from 12 Years a Slave scribe and Academy Award winner, John Ridley.

Below get a first look at Andre 3000 as legendary rocker Jimi Hendrix in John Ridley's upocming biopic ALL BY MY SIDE. The film makes its U.S. debut on March 12 at SXSW.

Just days ahead of its premiere at South by Southwest, the first clip from the upcoming biopic ALL IS BY MY SIDE, featuring OutKast's Andre Benjamin (Andre 3000) as Jimi Hendrix, has been released. Check it out below!

Fresh off its win as 'Best Picture' at this year's Academy Awards, the historical drama '12 YEARS A SLAVE' is set to make a major expansion into U.S. theaters beginning this Friday, March 7th

The 86th Annual Academy Awards, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, are tonight, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live on the ABC Television Network.

Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to 12 Years a Slave, Dallas Buyers Club and Nebraska at this afternoon's 29th Film Independent Spirit Awards. Blue Jasmine, Fruitvale Station, Blue is the Warmest Color, Short Term 12, This is Martin Bonner and 20 Feet From Stardom also received awards at the ceremony, which is held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.

The BAFTA Awards -- the EE British Academy Film Awards took place on 16 February at The Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden. Stephen Fry returned to host this year's ceremony, which was broadcast on BBC One in the UK and in all major territories around the world. Scroll down for the full list of winners!

On the heels of his first Oscar nomination, director Steve McQueen joined Arsenio Hall last night on the couch. The '12 Years A Slave' director took the opportunity to respond to critiques made by recently ousted New York Film Critics member, Armond White. Watch his interview below!

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced the winners for the 19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards tonight, live from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced the winners for the 19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards tonight, live from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. The show aired on The CW Network at 8:00PM ET/PT and was hosted by Aisha Tyler. Scroll down for the full list of winners!

Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley previously announced that the company will re-release director Steve McQueen's Golden Globe Award nominated film 12 YEARS A SLAVE in select cities for a special return engagement today, January 17.

ABC has picked up a pilot from 12 YEARS A SLAVE screenwriter John Ridley. Titled AMERICAN CRIME, the drama “examine the personal lives of the players involved in a racially charged trial as their worlds are turned upside down.”

This Weekend The Forum presents the Golden Globe Best Motion Picture For Drama, 12 YEARS A SLAVE, on Friday @ 7:30 Saturday @ 5pm & 7:30 Sunday @ 4pm.

The telecast kicks off at 8 p.m. EST, and BroadwayWorld will be bringing you live-updates of the winners all night!

Actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the 86th Academy Awards nominations this morning, Thursday, January 16. Boone Isaacs and Hemsworth unveiled the nominations at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, where hundreds of media representatives from around the world gathered.

The nominees for THE 45TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS were announced today during a live press conference at the TV One presentation to the Television Critics Association during its Winter 2014 Press Tour in Pasadena, CA. David Oyelowo ('Lee Daniels' 'The Butler'), Joe Morton (ABC's 'Scandal'), Keke Palmer (VH1's 'CrazySexyCool'), Bresha Webb (TV One's 'Love That Girl') and Gina Torres (USA's 'Suits') announced the categories and nominees with NAACP Image Awards Committee Chairman, Leonard James and President and CEO of TV One, Alfred Liggins.

The authors and screenwriters of five films from 2013 have been named finalists for the 26th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award.

Film Life, Inc., the organization that produces the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) today announced the nominations for The ABFF Hollywood Awards an online platform created to recognize the work of persons of African descent in the motion picture industry and outstanding films portraying the Black experience

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.

Audra McDonald (Porgy & Bess, Ragtime, 110 in the Shade), who portrayed Mother Abbess in NBC's live broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC has received a 2014 Black Reel Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Mini-Series.