Spike Lee will serve as jury president for the upcoming 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival.The writer/director/actor/producer is the first black person to hold the prestigious position in the festival's history."In this life I have lived, my biggest blessings have been when they arrived unexpected, when they happened out of nowhere," Lee said in a statement. "When I got the call that I was offered the opportunity to be President of Cannes Jury […]
Randy Newman also extended his own Oscars streak with nominations for his 'Toy Story 4' original songs. The 2020 Oscar nominations for best original score were a family affair when Randy Newman and cousin Thomas Newman received nods for their work on Marriage Story and 1917, respectively. On Monday morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the nominations for the 2020 Oscars. Marriage Story and 1917 were […]
It’s official, American singer Billie Eilish is recording the theme for James Bond pic No Time To Die. Eilish teased earlier today on her Instagram that she may be working on the movie, and the news has now been confirmed by the official James Bond twitter account: The #NoTimeToDie title song will be performed by @billieeilish. Billie has written the song with her brother @finneas and is the youngest artist in history to […]
Homeland‘s forthcoming final season will bring Carrie and Brody back together, cosmically at least. At the Television Critics Assoc. winter press tour, showrunner Alex Gansa teased that Season 8 — which picks up several months after Carrie’s release from Russian captivity (watch trailer) — harkens back to the Showtime drama’s inaugural season, when Carrie was unsure if Brody was friend or foe. This time around, Carrie is the one under suspicion. […]
The Producers Guild of America awards are often a bellwether for the Oscars, and this year’s list of 10 nominees offer the usual suspects from recent awards groups. The notable entry is Rian Johnson’s hit holiday comedy “Knives Out,” which also landed a nomination from the Writers Guild this week. Left out of the PGA running are Oscar hopefuls “The Farewell,” “Bombshell” and “The Two Popes,” which may have to […]
Best film 1917The IrishmanJokerOnce Upon a Time in HollywoodParasite Best British film 1917BaitFor SamaRocketmanSorry We Missed YouThe Two Popes Outstanding debut nomination … Only You, starring Josh O’Connor and Laia Costa. Photograph: Curzon Artificial Eye Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer Bait – Mark Jenkin (writer/director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (producers)For Sama – Waad Al-Kateab (director/producer), Edward Watts (director)Maiden – Alex Holmes (director)Only You – Harry Wootliff (writer/director)Retablo – […]
Searchlight Pictures has closed a deal with Ford v Ferrari helmer James Mangold to direct Timothée Chalamet as the young Bob Dylan, during the period when he was poised to become folk music’s most seminal figure. When Dylan instead embraced rock ‘n’ roll and traded his acoustic guitar for an amp and an electric guitar, it created a huge outcry. And it cemented the status of rock music. Jeff Rosen, his longtime manager, is working […]
When you're in the ballroom at the Golden Globe Awards, you're not subjected to commercial breaks, you don't hear the censor's bleeps and you aren't beholden to a cameraperson. Instead, you're able to roam about the Beverly Hilton ballroom as you wish; stop by the bathroom, smoking deck and open bar as often as you'd like; and rub elbows with celebrities who you're so used to watching on a big screen that even […]
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Thursday that for the first time ever, the 2020 Golden Globes ceremony will serve only vegan food to guests at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom, where the event is held every year. “New this year! We’re working toward a more sustainable #GoldenGlobes by serving an all-vegan menu on January 5th,” the HFPA said in a tweet. Matthew Morgan, executive chef at the Beverly Hilton, told The Hollywood Reporter that […]
