Ryan Piers Williams News

CBS announced today a new one-hour entertainment special, EVERY VOTE COUNTS: A CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY, to be broadcast Thursday, Oct. 29 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on CBS All Access.

A new coalition of artists, Black Theatre United, has been announced to influence widespread reform and combat systemic racism within the theatre industry and throughout the nation.

America Ferrera (Superstore, Ugly Betty) and Danai Gurira (The Walking Dead, Black Panther) will announce the nominees for the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards(R) on Wednesday, December 11 at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, producers for the SAG Awards(R) announced today. The nominations announcement will be carried live on TNT, TBS, truTV, tntdrama.com/sag-awards, truTV.com and sagawards.org at 10 a.m. (ET) / 7 a.m. (PT). The Actor(R) Nominations also can be viewed via TNT's Facebook, Twitter (@TNTdrama) and YouTube channels and TBS's Facebook, Twitter (@tbsnetwork) and YouTube channels.

Last night, the 13th Annual NBCUniversal SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, which celebrates diverse stories while finding the next generation of storytellers, honored its six finalist films and filmmakers with a finale screening and awards ceremony at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood.

Comedian-actor Zainab Johnson (“Late Night with Seth Meyers,” HBO's “All Def Comedy”) is set to host the finale screening and awards ceremony of the 13th Annual NBCUniversal SHORT FILM FESTIVAL on October 24, 2018 at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood. The festival which is part of the network's talent infusion programs (NBC TIPS) celebrates diverse stories while finding the next generation of storytellers. Festival alumni include Steven Caple Jr. (“Creed 2”), Hasan Minhaj (“The Daily Show”), Randall Park (“Fresh Off the Boat”) and Simone Missick (“Luke Cage”).

Following the announcement of their Opening Night Film, Yen Tan's award-winning AIDS drama 1985, NewFest today announced the full lineup of their 30th annual celebration of the year's best LGBT films from around the world. The program of more than 140 narrative features, documentaries, episodic series and shorts runs from October 24-30 at the SVA Theatre, Cinépolis Chelsea, and The LGBT Community Center in New York City.

The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals announced the features lineup and opening night film for the 25th edition of the Film Festival, running March 9-18, 2018 in Austin, Texas. The acclaimed program draws thousands of fans, filmmakers, press, and industry leaders every year to immerse themselves in the most innovative, smart and entertaining new films of the year.

Last night, the 12th Annual NBCUniversal SHORT FILM FESTIVAL honored its nine finalist films and filmmakers with a finale screening and awards ceremony at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood.

Comedian-actor Kym Whitley ( Young & Hungry ) will act as host for the finale screening and awards ceremony of the 12th Annual NBCUniversal SHORT FILM FESTIVAL which celebrates diverse stories while finding the next generation of storytellers, on October 18, 2017

On Saturday, April 19, the cast of the film X/Y - including America Ferrera, Ryan Piers Williams, Jon Paul Phillips, Dree Hemingway, and Melanie Diaz - gathered at the Heineken Official After-Party at Parlor to celebrate the world premiere of the film. Scroll down to see some pictures of the event!

The 2014 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by AT&T, today announced the World Narrative and Documentary Competition film selections

Amber Tamblyn is teaming up with UGLY BETTY. According to Deadline, Tamblyn has officially signed on to co-star with America Ferrera in her husband's, Ryan Piers Williams, upcoming independent film X/Y.

Today the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) announced 2012's Michael Powell Award Competition Jury and the four other juries who will deliberate over the Festival's seven awards. Two of the jurors will also be the subjects of In-Person events that have been newly added to the EIFF programme. Jim Broadbent, Elliott Gould, Gerald Peary and Ewen Bremner are among those chosen to judge awards.

Yesterday, July 11, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows premiered at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Daniel Radcliffe, starring on Broadway in How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, was joined at the premiere by co-stars Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Alan Rickman and more! Below BroadwayWorld brings you red carpet coverage of the premiere.

According to EW.com, stage veteran America Ferrera married movie director Ryan Piers Williams on June 27. The couple met at the University of Southern California where they both atteded college.

Stars from the stage, and the big and small screen were in attendance at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. on April 30, 2011 and we were there to capture the star studded arrivals!

Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Matt Weaver & Scott Prisand, two of ROCK OF AGES' lead producers and co-owners of the LA-based Corner Store Entertainment, have two films in the top dramatic category at Sundance Film Festival. The films, which star a host of stage stars, are SYMPATHY FOR DELICIOUS (Mark Ruffalo, Laura Linney, Orlando Bloom and Juliette Lewis) and HESHER (Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon Levitt).