Awards Season’s Most Acclaimed Filmmakers Reveal Their Challenges
For going on two decades, it is an event that has become an anticipated awards season tradition, shining a spotlight not only on the creators of the most acclaimed films of the year but also upon the cultural and societal landscape of which they become part and parcel. Last year’s Beyond Words panel discussion with the Writers Guild Award-nominated screenwriters was set smack dab in the middle of the raging #OscarsSoWhite controversy....
‘Arrival,’ ‘La La Land’ and ‘O.J.’ Top ACE Eddie Awards, Abrams Honored
It would be difficult to find a group of professionals that is more supportive of each other than the members of the American Cinema Editors. So it was no surprise that the mood in the room was ebullient as they gathered for the 67th annual ACE Eddie Awards presented in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton on January 27. 67 years ago, it was noted off the bat by ACE President Stephen Rivkin, Ronald Reagan, then starring in...
Kim Coates Honored with ACTRA National Award of Excellence
From his humble beginnings in Saskatoon theater to the bright lights of Broadway and then, inevitably, on to Hollywood, Kim Coates now has another career highlight in his diverse repertoire. The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists— the Canadian counterpart to SAG-AFTRA–honored Coates for his career achievements, contributions to fellow performers and to Canada’s entertainment industry at a festive...
Dancing and Diversity Mark 2017 Oscar Nominations
Mr. Pool will surely have something to say about the Oscar nominations. Despite a flurry of other prestigious nominations from entertainment industry awards-granting bodies, “Deadpool” did not make the cut when the list of contenders for the 89th annual Academy Awards was revealed early this morning. It was clearly obvious going in that “La La Land” would be a primary contender, but perhaps not that it would tie the record of most...
Tom Ford Googled ‘White Trash’ in Adapting ‘Nocturnal Animals’
It was a blustery night in Los Angeles and Tom Ford had a bad cold. But that did not stop him from appearing for a Q&A after his film “Nocturnal Animals” screened at the Writers Guild Theater. After all, Ford is WGA-nominated for best adapted screenplay– as well as receiving a slew of other honors during this awards season– and voting is still open. He also, of course directed the picture, which stars Amy Adams, Jake...
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