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by jazztangcay on 2020-10-25 in Awards, News, Newfest film festival, Welcome to the USA

“Cowboys and “Welcome to the USA” were awarded the top prizes at the 32nd annual NewFest LGBTQ Film Festival. Top honors went to writer and director Anna Kerrigan for “Cowboys,” who took home the Grand Jury Prize for narrative feature, while director Assel Aushakimova’s “Welcome to the USA” won the Grand Jury Prize for international

by Ellise Shafer on 2020-10-25 in News, Julien’s Auctions, Robert Evans

The estate of Robert Evans, the late producer and Paramount Studios executive, sold over 600 items this weekend, with some individual items costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. The event was held by Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills and online. Evans produced films like “The Godfather,” “The Godfather II,” “Chinatown,” “Rosemary’s Baby” and more, and

by Dave McNary on 2020-10-25 in Box Office, Honest Thief, Tenet, The Empty Man, The War With Grandpa

Liam Neeson’s thriller “Honest Thief” repeated as the winner of a subdued domestic box office with $2.4 million at 2,502 locations. The Open Road release declined 44% from its opening frame and has taken in $7.5 million in its first 10 days in North America. The distributor added screens in New York state following New

by Brian Steinberg on 2020-10-25 in News, Cnn, Jason Kilar, Jeff Zucker, WarnerMedia

Jason Kilar sat in a darkened conference room in 2007, telling anyone who came to visit about the wonders of a new video-on-demand service called Hulu. Kilar was the outlet’s first CEO, and the room in which he was perched stood in the headquarters of NBCUniversal, one of Hulu’s two original co-owners. Another worker in

by Leo Barraclough on 2020-10-25 in Global, News, Leszek Bodzak, Piotr Domalewski, Polish Film Institute

Polish director Piotr Domalewski, whose film “I Never Cry” screens this week in El Gouna Film Festival’s Out of Competition section, is facing a growing controversy surrounding his next project. It centers on the Nangar Khel incident, when Polish soldiers fired mortar shells into a wedding party in an Afghan village in 2007, killing six

by nvivarelli on 2020-10-25 in Global, News, beIN Media Group, SundanceTV, Uma Thurman

The first Middle East and North Africa edition of the SundanceTV Shorts competition, held in partnership with beIN Media Group and the Doha Film Institute, has received more than 300 submissions from across the Arab world, as the deadline closes today. The SundanceTV initiative to foster indie filmmaking in the Middle East and North Africa

by Leo Barraclough on 2020-10-25 in Global, News, El Gouna Film Festival, Najwa Najjar

Leading Arab filmmaker Najwa Najjar has announced that her next film project will be “Kiss of a Stranger,” from an original script she wrote during the lockdown. “Kiss of a Stranger” is a musical set during the Golden Age of Egyptian cinema in the 1930s. Taking place in the cosmopolitan city of Alexandria, where strangers

by Jem Aswad on 2020-10-25 in News, Adele, Saturday Night Live

Despite multiple assurances that she would focus on acting instead of singing for her debut as host on “Saturday Night Live,” Adele burst into song several times during a spoof on “The Bachelor” about half an hour into the show. The skit found Adele, who was introduced as her superstar self, interrupting every bachelor-dating scenario

by Danielle Turchiano on 2020-10-25 in News, John Mulaney, Saturday Night Live, The Strokes

John Mulaney is set to return to “Saturday Night Live,” with the Strokes as the musical guest, for the Oct. 31 episode. This episode, taking place on Halloween, is also the last one before the 2020 presidential election. Mulaney, a former writer for the NBC late-night sketch comedy series, last appeared on the show in

by Danielle Turchiano on 2020-10-25 in News, Alec Baldwin, Jim Carrey, Kate McKinnon, Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live

With the second presidential debate leading the “Saturday Night Live’s” Oct 24 show, that meant both Alec Baldwin and Jim Carrey were once again in the spotlight. But, in a fun twist, so were Maya Rudolph and Kate McKinnon. The former cast member now known for her portrayal of Sen. Kamala Harris took on the