Hollywood Film Awards® Announces 2013 Date and Sets Pace for Awards Race
For a 17th consecutive year, the Hollywood Film Awards® continues its mandate of celebrating Hollywood cinema and recognizing excellence in Hollywood, both in-front and behind the camera. This year the Hollywood Film Awards® Gala ceremony takes place on October 21, 2013, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills. In the last 10 years, a total of 96 Oscar® nominations and 34 Oscars® were given to ...
Jon Fitzgerald Tapped As Exec Director for Hollywood Film Festival
The Hollywood Film Festival announces the appointment of Fest veteran Jon Fitzgerald as Executive Director of the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Festival. "Jon's experience in the online, film festival, and worldwide film communities will be a great asset to the growth and new direction of our Festival," said Carlos de Abreu, founder of the Hollywood Film Festival. As a co-founder and former executive director of Slamdance, ...
BULLY News: Powerhouses David Boies and Ted Olson spoke out against the MPAA’s R rating
A few nights ago the Paley Center for Media legal powerhouses David Boies and Ted Olson spoke out against the MPAA's R rating of the documentary film BULLY, at a special screening. In front of a high-profile audience including cohost Meryl Streep and legendary activist Billie Jean King, Boies stated, "How ridiculous and unfair and damaging it is to have a film of this power ...
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Hollywood Film Fest injects new talent into the heart of the filmmaking industry
4/13/13 - (0)The 17th Annual Hollywood Film Festival (HFF), hailed by “Variety” as “the ultimate networking opportunity” and by The New York Times as “the first mandatory [...]
Hollywood Film Awards® Announces 2013 Date and Sets Pace for Awards Race
3/28/13 - (0)For a 17th consecutive year, the Hollywood Film Awards® continues its mandate of celebrating Hollywood cinema and recognizing excellence in Hollywood, both in-front and behind [...]
Jon Fitzgerald Tapped As Exec Director for Hollywood Film Festival
3/24/13 - (0)The Hollywood Film Festival announces the appointment of Fest veteran Jon Fitzgerald as Executive Director of the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Festival. “Jon’s experience in [...]
BULLY News: Powerhouses David Boies and Ted Olson spoke out against the MPAA’s R rating
3/23/12 - (0)A few nights ago the Paley Center for Media legal powerhouses David Boies and Ted Olson spoke out against the MPAA’s R rating of the [...]
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- Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Great Gatsby’ Dazzles With $51MBaz Luhrmann’s ‘Great Gatsby’ dazzles with $51M but Iron Man 3 is the No.1 film in the world for the third consecutive weekend with an estimated weekend gross of $161.8 million from 56 markets acccording to Rentrak. The current worldwide total now stands at $949 million. Also, Star Trek Into Darkness opened internationally to $31.7 million from only 7 market […]
- “The Great Gatsby” soundtrack is a hit. Currently, it’s blazinup the iTunes chart.But what’s keeping “Gatsby” from he top spot on amazon? None other than TV star Zooey Deschanel’s new album with partner M. Ward. They call themselves “She and Him.” It’s their third edition of songs together. Interesting–that the likeable Deschanel is holding Jay Z and friends back. In physical sales of CDs, amazon has “Gatsby” at number 12. Combined with i […]
- Steven Spielberg Calls Robert DeNiro for AdviceRobert DeNiro ran the Cannes Film Festival jury in 2011. He told me that when Steven Spielberg was named the head of this year’s jury, the “Lincoln” director called him for advice. “I told him, Have fun with it. It’s hard work but he’ll enjoy it.” DeNiro also says Spielberg will not be able to screen the movies on his yacht anchored off of Cannes that resemb […]
- Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby” is busy busy busyFor its first two thirds, Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby” is busy busy busy with nary a minute to avoid an onslaught of stylized metaphors. People keep asking me Is it like “Moulin Rouge”? Well no, it’s not nearly as unruly because Luhrmann has to stick– more or less- to the F. Scott Fitzgerald text. He has a structure and a story and at some point he has […]
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- Carol Burnett to receive top honor for American comedians(Reuters) - Actress and comedienne Carol Burnett will be honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the top award for American comics, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said on Tuesday. […]
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- Liberace film throws spotlight on gay rights at Cannes festivalCANNES (Reuters) - The relationship between the flamboyant pianist Liberace and his young lover dazzled at the Cannes film festival on Tuesday and threw the spotlight on gay rights at the movie industry's largest annual gathering. […]
- Singer George Michael under observation for head injuriesLONDON (Reuters) - British singer George Michael remains in hospital under observation for head injuries, five days after a car accident, his publicist said on Tuesday. […]
- Justin Bieber's monkey 'Mally' becomes German state propertyBERLIN (Reuters) - A monkey which belonged to popstar Justin Bieber has become German national property after the singer failed to provide authorities with the documents needed to reclaim the pet seized by customs officials. […]
- Dutch author Bakker wins Booktrust foreign fiction prizeLONDON (Reuters) - Dutch author Gerbrand Bakker has won the 2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize awarded by Britain's Booktrust charity for "The Detour", a tale of infidelity, exile and isolation. […]
- Kelly Rowland, Paulina Rubio join U.S. 'X Factor' judges panelLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singer Kelly Rowland and Mexican singer-actress Paulina Rubio have signed onto "The X Factor" judging panel replacing Britney Spears and music mogul L.A. Reid, the Fox television talent competition produced by Simon Cowell said on Monday. […]
