Paris Barclay News

The winners of the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards for 2018 were announced tonight during the 71st Annual DGA Awards at the Hollywood & Highland Center's Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood. Alfonso Cuarón won the DGA's Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Roma.

“Station 19” has been given a full-season order, Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment, announced today.

Delivering best-ever lead-in retention out of “Grey's Anatomy” at 9:00 p.m. on Thursday (87%) against increased competition from a stronger “Thursday Night Football” game (Eagles-NY Giants) on Fox, “Station 19”'s crossover episode with “Grey's” made ABC the entertainment leader in the hour among Adults 18-49 (1.3/5), beating out comedies on CBS by 8% (“Mom”/”Murphy Brown” = 1.2/5) and on NBC by 86% (“Will & Grace”/”I Feel Bad” = 0.7/3).

Outfest, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization promoting equality by creating, sharing, and protecting LGBTQ stories on the screen, announced today that it will honor the producers and cast of FX Networks “POSE” at the 2018 Legacy Awards on Sunday, October 28th. Outfest will also honor writer/director Justin Simien (Dear White People), as well as 39-time Academy Award® winner, Sony Pictures Classics.

Actors Co-op Theatre Company (Ovation Award-Winner 2017 Best Play, Intimate Theatre for 33 Variations) presents the first show in its 27th Season with the thriller ROPE, written by Patrick Hamilton, directed by Ken Sawyer, produced by Kevin Shewey.  ROPE will preview on Thursday, September 20 at 8pm and will open Friday, September 21 at 8pm and run through Sunday, October 29 at the Actors Co-op Crossley Theatre, 1760 N. Gower St. 90028 (on the campus of the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood) in Hollywood.

Since 2014, the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) has been exploring and promoting virtual reality (VR) as an emerging medium for cinematic storytelling. As part of the NEXT program stream, VIFF will expand its commitment to immersive storytelling–a rapidly evolving sector made up of VR, augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR)–with the inaugural VIFF Immersed conference and public exhibition. This initiative is designed to bring together the creative and technology sectors in order to develop a global destination event that will focus on immersive, entertainment-based storytelling and promote sector growth within BC and across Canada.