Berlinale Unveils Full Panorama, Forum & Generation Line-Ups With New Films By Nathan Silver, Levan Akin, André Téchiné & Bruce LaBruce

(scroll down for full list) Panorama will showcase 31 titles including one series and 25 world premieres. The Generation line-up will showcase 32 works, including seven debut films and 22 world premieres. Yet they remain in limbo, haunted by memories of the war in Kosovo. Crossing(c) Haydar Tastan Combining raw realism and staged performance,Afterwaris a meditation on the long-term repercussions of war. Years later, she questions her view of him....

January 17, 2024 · 7 min · 1405 words · Andrea Miranda

BFI’s Global Screen Fund Unveils Latest Round Of Cash Award Recipients

Check out the full list of awardees below. The UK producer is The Bureau who will co-produce with Norwegian Eye Eye Pictures and Swedish Garagefilm International. Birthday Party A minority UK co-production with Greece, Spain and Belgium, made under the European Convention. British Film InstituteJonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images Butterfly A minority UK co-production with Norway, Sweden and Germany, made under the European Convention. Confirmed cast include Norwegian actors Helena Bjrnebye and Renate Reinsve....

January 17, 2024 · 2 min · 347 words · Michelle Schneider

Black Reel Awards Reveals Winners Of Film And Television Categories; ‘American Fiction’ And ‘The Color Purple’ Took Home Top Honors

Cord JeffersonsAmerican Fictiontook home top honors at the 24th AnnualBlack Reel Awards. Jefferson was the biggest single winner of the night. Jefferson also became the first person to sweep all the directing and writing awards in the same year. Black Reel Awards Wright became the thirteenth actor to win awards for Lead and Supporting Performances in their career. Fantasia became the second American Idol alumni to win a Black Reel Award for acting....

January 17, 2024 · 1 min · 152 words · Krista Daniel

Breaking Baz: ‘The Holdovers’ Da’Vine Joy Randolph Pays Homage To Isabel Sanford’s ‘Weezy’; And How She Sacrificed Her Private Life To Her Career

Didnt want her to be too mean and silent. I smile admiringly at the level of exacting detail. So shes still wearing this cute little middle-class working bun, and I thought it was so sweet. Da’Vine Joy RandolphFocus Features Randolph was just as attentive regarding what Mary wore in the schools kitchen. Her eye was drawn to Leah Chase who for decades ran the Dooky Chase Kitchen in New Orleans....

January 17, 2024 · 3 min · 506 words · Connie House

Build-A-Bear Characters Inspire Animated Series ‘Kabu’ Based On Kawaii Culture; Mike Mariano Among Writing Team

EXCLUSIVE:Build-A-Bears stuffed animal characters have inspired development of animated seriesKabu. The ensemble cast will include actors voicing popular and new Build-A-Bear characters. Diamond White (Moon Girl,Boo! Build-A-Bear Entertainment, Foundation Media Partners, Laughing Dragon Studios Diamond White is represented by Objectively Good and CESD Talent Agency. Brec Bassinger is represented by Work Management and Industry Entertainment. Lilah Fitzgerald is represented by Premiere Talent Management. Sean Giambrone is represented by Thruline and CESD Talent Agency....

January 17, 2024 · 1 min · 152 words · Jacob Ruiz

CNN CEO Mark Thompson Unveils New Strategy With Focus On Digital And Subscriptions, Combining News Units To Serve All Platforms

As far as possible we want single integrated teams to cover stories for all platforms, he wrote. MacCallum, who recently departed The Washington Post, will start in the position in March. Perhaps thats not surprising: the CNN of today is no longer that buccaneering outsider but a tenured incumbent. Mark ThompsonRoberto Ricciuti/Getty Images He added, You still see our strength when big stories break. But, despite all these strengths, theres currently too little innovation and risk-taking....

January 17, 2024 · 4 min · 695 words · Jorge Jensen

Critics Choice Awards Broadcast Musters 14% Uptick In Viewership On The CW

TheCritics Choice Awardsbounced back a bit this year onThe CW. The audience peaked toward the end of the show with 1.14M viewers. That ceremony took home 1.1M viewers. Paul Giamatti at the Critics Choice AwardsKevin Winter / Getty Images Viewership is still down from 2020, when the show put up around 1.3M viewers. The Critics Choice Awards has managed to recuperate from the historic lows it reached during the pandemic, though....

January 17, 2024 · 1 min · 96 words · Kyle Carrillo

Independent Artist Group Signs Shuchi Talati, Director Of Sundance-Bound ‘Girls Will Be Girls’

EXCLUSIVE:Independent Artist Grouphas signed filmmakerShuchi Talati, ahead of the world premiere of her first feature,Girls Will Be Girls, at theSundanceFilm Festival. Premiering in World Cinema Dramatic Competition, the romantic drama written and directed by Talati is set at an elite boarding school in a small Himalayan hill town in northern India and follows the story of Mira, a 16-year-old girl whose rebellious sexual awakening is hijacked by her mother who never got to come of age....

January 17, 2024 · 2 min · 294 words · Adrienne Hurst

Judge Threatens To Remove Donald Trump From Courtroom During E. Jean Carroll Damages Trial

His accuser, writerE. Jean Carroll, has been testifying today that Trump ruined her reputation. She sued him after he denied that he ever sexually abused her. Former President Donald Trump leaves a press conference at 40 Wall Street on January 17, 2024 after leaving the second day of his defamation trial involving E. Jean Carroll.Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images Cameras and audio were barred from the proceedings. Carroll said, I know you would like it....

January 17, 2024 · 1 min · 163 words · Elizabeth Brown

Lil Nas X Apologizes To Christians After ‘J Christ’ Video Backlash

Lil Nas Xis reflecting on his controversial song and music videoJ CHRISTand offering an apology following backlash. I know I messed up really bad this time. Im not some evil demon guy trying to destroy everybodys values and stuff like that. Lil Nas XEugene Gologursky/Getty Images But I also didnt mean to mock this wasnt a f you to the Christians. It was literally me saying Im back like Jesus, he said....

January 17, 2024 · 1 min · 154 words · Chase Martin

Nearly A Decade After ‘Selma’s Bumpy Release, David Oyelowo Says Brad Pitt Was Right To Point To ‘Fight Club’ And Urge Patience

Its global box office total was a muted $67.8 million. You dont know what your film is until 10 years after its been made. And I remember him saying that and me thinking, Yeah, youre Brad Pitt. Clockwise from top left: David Oyelowo, ‘Selma’ and ‘Fight Club’Michael Buckner; Everett Collection you’re free to say that. I dont know about that. But he used the example of one of my favorite films of all time, which isFight Club....

January 17, 2024 · 1 min · 137 words · Jorge Chambers

Richard Simmons Disavows Biopic Starring Pauly Shore Currently In Development – Update

You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore. I have never given my permission for this movie. So dont believe everything you read,Simmons wrote. Pauly Shore, Richard SimmonsGetty I no longer have a manager, and I no longer have a publicist. I just give a shot to live a quiet life and be peaceful. Thank you for all your love and support. Read more about both Simmons-focused film projects below....

January 17, 2024 · 1 min · 209 words · Suzanne Ortiz

‘After Midnight’ Premiere On CBS: See Who Won The First Installment Of The Comedy Central Reboot

After Midnightfinally made its debut January 16 in the timeslot formerly held by James Corden. For those who didnt see the original version, imagine a combination ofWhos LineIs It Anyway? It is rare but winnable. Taylor TomlinsonRamona Rosales/CBS Its a game show but the points are fake. After each joke, Tomlinson grants a certain amount of points to whoever makes her laugh. Next up was a game called hashtag wars....

January 17, 2024 · 1 min · 138 words · Brandon Williams