Leonardo News

From executive producer Leonardo DiCaprio, THE IVORY GAME is an epic documentary feature that goes undercover into the dark and sinister underbelly of ivory trafficking.

Fresh off its successful debut at the fourth annual SOLOCOM Festival, Stephanie Gould's solo show, Walk With Me, will return to the Peoples Improv Theater (The PIT) in 2017.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced today that it will honor Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams with the Cinema Vanguard Award on Sunday, February 5, 2017.

NYC has SPAMILTON, and now Chicago is getting in on the HAMILTON parody game!

Nominations for the 23rd Annual SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS were announced live today from the Pacific Design Center. Sophia Bush (Chicago P.D., One Tree Hill) and Common (Suicide Squad, Selma) joined SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris to reveal this year's announce the nominees.

Nanci Ryder, founding partner of B|W|R Public Relations, will receive the President's Award at the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) 54th Annual 54th Annual Publicists Awards Luncheon to be held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on February 24, 2017.

I'm so thrilled to say that on Thursday evening one of my biggest inspirations, Gavin Creel, along with Seth Rudetsky will be presenting a concert at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. I'm even more thrilled to say that I had the unique opportunity to hold him hostage on the phone for nearly half an hour to talk about his life, career, and some burning questions that I just had to have answered.

The beginning of 2017 sees the debut of Rowee in the electronic music scene as the new alias of prolific Italian DJ and producer Leonardo Gonnelli.

The Mizner Park Cultural Center is presenting two performances of what has been called "the best jazz show in town" - Django Festival All-Stars - at the state-of-the-art entertainment venue located at 201 Plaza Real at the South End of Boca Raton's premiere shopping and dining destination, Mizner Park.

Lookingglass Theatre Company continues its Season with Mr. and Mrs. Pennyworth, written and directed by Ensemble Member Doug Hara. Mr. and Mrs. Pennyworth runs December 7, 2016 - February 19, 2017.

During the next five months, Museum of the Moving Image will present a comprehensive retrospective devoted to the films of Martin Scorsese, in conjunction with a major exhibition about the director's work, life, and passion for cinema.

MILAN and LAS VEGAS, Dec. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ A public exhibit featuring the only sculpture known to exist today from the hand of Leonardo da Vinci opened November 24 th at Milan's Palazzo delle Stelline, Institut Francais, adjacent to the Santa Maria delle Grazie, home of Leonardo's The Last Supper.

Battles Musical, LLC will present the world premiere of Ned Massey's (Four Messages) Battles in a workshop production, January 27 - February 4 at Gym at Judson (243 Thompson St, New York, NY 10012).

Madonna's evening of music, art, mischief and performance raised over 7.5 million dollars for the superstar's Raising Malawi foundation during Art Basel on Friday, December 2, 2016 at the Faena Forum in Miami Beach, FL.

Last night, on Tuesday, November 29th, the National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) kicked off its Miami Art Week programming with the debut of two visual arts exhibitions: When We Were Young, which features rarely seen contemporary masterworks from the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection paired with newly created works by YoungArts Visual Arts alumni; and Roots, an immersive, site-specific installation of new work by Cuban-American artist Jose Parla. 

Amphibian Stage Productions is proud to announce its 2017 Season, featuring regional and world premieres of work by award-winning playwrights, a New Play Festival highlighting women playwrights, and the return of the Phib Comedy Series with an all-star cast of comedians curated by Baron Vaughn, as well as the National Theatre Live screenings in partnership with The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

Today it is too easy to get down on our frail featherless friends. We are birds of a unique ability to fly. It is easy to dis, but deserves much more that's not to missed from our fellow monkeys who have elevated our canopy to reach closer to our internal gods above and inside. I will celebrate the best of humankind and try to write a pictorial story with no direction in sight. It will be an image game.

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The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 44th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year's best in the field of animation. For a complete list of nominations, please visit www.annieawards.org.

Flm icon Samuel L. Jackson, long-celebrated as one of cinema's most talented and intuitive actors, will be the recipient of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).