Samuel Goldwyn News

The deadline for U.S. student filmmakers to submit their films for consideration in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 36th Student Academy Awards is Wednesday, April 1. The Student Academy Awards is a national annual competition designed to recognize and encourage promising new filmmakers.

The quirk-fest 'Quake' and the inter-generational study of three women 'Eleemosynary' are being staged this weekend at The University of the Arts. Special guests in attendance will include 'Quake' writer Melanie Marnich and 'Eleemosynary' writer Lee Blessing, who just happen to be husband and wife. After taking in their plays, they will take center stage with an open forum and post-show discussions.

An African-American teenager is fatally shot on his front porch in a crime-ridden neighborhood of New York City. Hysterical and wrought with grief, the boy's mother accuses the police of murdering her son. A woman of Persian ancestry, whose job it is to investigate police misconduct, begins to find contradictions in the stories presented by both the mother and various eye-witnesses, including an African-American policeman on the scene.

Nominations for the 81st Academy Awards will be announced on Thursday, January 22, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis and Oscar-winning actor and Academy member Forest Whitaker. Ganis and Whitaker will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 award categories at a 5:30 a.m. news conference at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, where hundreds of media representatives from around the world will be gathered. Nominations information for all categories will be distributed simultaneously to news media in attendance and via the Internet on the official Academy Awards Web site, www.oscar.com. In 2006 Whitaker took home the Leading Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Idi Amin in 'The Last King of Scotland.' He recently completed work on 'My Own Love Song' and will be seen next in 'Hurricane Season.' Whitaker is not only an accomplished actor, he is also director of several films, including 'First Daughter,' 'Hope Floats' and 'Waiting to Exhale.' His other acting credits include 'Vantage Point,' 'The Great Debaters,' 'Phenomenon,' 'Smoke,' 'The Crying Game,' 'Bird,' 'Good Morning, Vietnam' and 'Platoon.'

The 5,810 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must return their completed Oscar nominations ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, January 12th.

An African-American teenager is fatally shot on his front porch in a crime-ridden neighborhood of New York City. Hysterical and wrought with grief, the boy's mother accuses the police of murdering her son. A woman of Persian ancestry, whose job it is to investigate police misconduct, begins to find contradictions in the stories presented by both the mother and various eye-witnesses, including an African-American policeman on the scene.

Two hundred eighty-one feature films are eligible for the Academy Award? for Best Picture of 2008, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.

Alan Hruska's NEW HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION receives World Premiere production at 59E59 Theaters 59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Victory Theater Company, with Rock and a Hard Place and Red Horse Productions with the World Premiere production of NEW HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, written and directed by Alan Hruska.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Victory Theater Company, with Rock and a Hard Place and Red Horse Productions with the World Premiere production of NEW HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, written and directed by Alan Hruska.

Alan Hruska's NEW HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION receives World Premiere production at 59E59 Theaters 59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Victory Theater Company, with Rock and a Hard Place and Red Horse Productions with the World Premiere production of NEW HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, written and directed by Alan Hruska.

Shuler Hensley ('Young Frankenstein: The New Mel Brooks Musical'), Keir Dullea ('The Good Shepherd') and other actors will read the Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'They Knew What They Wanted,' written by Sidney Howard and directed by Joanne Woodward, on Monday, November 10, 7 p.m., at Westport Country Playhouse

Shuler Hensley ('Young Frankenstein: The New Mel Brooks Musical'), Keir Dullea ('The Good Shepherd') and other actors will read the Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'They Knew What They Wanted,' written by Sidney Howard and directed by Joanne Woodward, on Monday, November 10, 7 p.m., at Westport Country Playhouse

The Irish Repertory Theatre is hosting a free 'New Works Reading Series' to support new plays and emerging playwrights starting April 25.

Based on the turbulent and triumphant life of Danny Kaye, this intimate musical portrayal chronicles Kaye's career and his relationships on and off the stage…

SECRETS OF A SOCCER MOM, a new play by Kathleen Clark directed by two-time Tony Award winner Judith Ivey, will be hosting two talk backs & book signings with critically acclaimed authors Nancy Star, Adriana Trigiani, Meg Wolitzer and Jill A. Davis respectively, to kick-off the spring soccer season.

Today, April 14th, 2008 Academy President Sid Ganis announced that the 81st Annual Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday February 22nd, 2009 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA. ABC will be broadcasting the event.

Samuel Goldwyn Films and Red Envelope Entertainment - NetFlix's original content division - announced today that the two companies have jointly acquired Peter Askin's Trumbo, a unique, star-studded film about Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and his heroic journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner.

Farley Granger, a popular leading man from the Golden Age of Hollywood, will appear in Los Angeles next month to celebrate the release of his new memoir.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences screened the 1979 Best Picture nominee and Bob Fosse film 'All That Jazz' May 7 as part of the 'Great To Be Nominated' series. Cast and crew members including actors Deborah Geffner, John Lithgow and Kathryn Dody and associate producer-assistant director Wolfgang Glattes, who joined in on a post-screening discussion...