Category: Hollywood
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More stress, why not: THE TOMORROW WAR is coming
by Screenmancer Staff Yeah so, 30 years in the future you get drafted retroactively from the past to save the world? Such is the plot of THE TOMORROW WAR from Amazon Prime if you are Chris Pratt and company. This impending battle for mañana will have a “global premiere” on July 2. Just in time…
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Rita Moreno lived #MeToo before it erupted
by Screenmancer Staff Who doesn’t love Rita Moreno? Over the span of seventy-plus years, Hollywood legend Rita Moreno defied both her humble upbringing – in the face of relentless racism – to become a celebrated and beloved actor, one of the rare EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) Award Winners in performance history. Saddled with…
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West Side Storytellers: TCM Film Fest 2021 on deck
Curated by Screenmancer StaffLOS ANGELES, CA: Calling all film fans – Turner Classic Movies (TCM) today released the extensive lineup of talent, films, and exclusive content for the 2021 TCM Classic Film Festival, airing from Thursday, May 6 through Sunday, May 9 at two virtual venues: the TCM network and the Classics Curated by TCM…
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Sorkin’s Ricardos, Kidman’s Lucy, Bardem’s Desi, adds Alia Shawkat & more
Curated by Screenmancer Staff HOLLYWOOD, CA: Amazon Studios started principal photography on writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s drama Being the Ricardos this week in Los Angeles. Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem star as real-life couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the stars behind the groundbreaking and classic 1950s television sitcom I Love Lucy, that focused on a happily married though…
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Award Season’s first salvo is Gary Oldman’s Oscar-worthy MANK
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent “Times are changing, Mr. Mankiewicz,” says GOT’s Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst in the Gary Oldman starrer MANK, but have they really changed? Hearst is TPTB or the powers that be, paying half the salary of CITIZEN KANE screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz without his knowledge. And that’s the…
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Borat backlash: Turkish Americans & Kazakh Cultural Media blows into Hollywood
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Has the cultural-appropriation boom finally been dropped on the BORAT franchise? If you are Sacha Baron Cohen right now, you might be wondering. Remarkably, the Association of Turkish Americans of Southern California and the Kazakh Cultural Media Association have teamed up for a public pillorying of the most recent release,…
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Chao Bella: Rosalind Chao was inspired by MISERY for AFI Movie Club
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent There’s a certain frequency on a cellular level that Kathy Bates hits among all women, and men too, but especially for anyone under-represented, discounted, or written-off. Bates own story, which is mostly unknown to viewers, is about how a feisty manager named Susan Smith literally forced her from stage…
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AFI & Universal: FREE BLACKKKLANSMAN, GET OUT, GIRLS TRIP, LOVING, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON thru August
Curated by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: The American Film Institute (AFI) and Universal Pictures today announced the launch of a week-long AFI Movie Club event called “Black Stories Matter,” spotlighting diverse and unique narratives from celebrated Black films. “For decades, Universal has supported thought-provoking stories and powerful perspectives that have served to enlighten, enrich and entertain,”…
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La-tee-dah: Saban runs with Dennis Dugan’s LOVE, WEDDINGS & OTHER DISASTERS fronted by Diane Keaton
Curated by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: In a competitive situation, Saban Films is closing on North American distribution rights to Dennis Dugan’s (Just Go with It, Happy Gilmore) Love, Weddings & Other Disasters. The romantic comedy stars Academy Award® winner Diane Keaton (Book Club, Something’s Gotta Give), Academy Award® winner Jeremy Irons (Justice League), Maggie Grace…
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FARE Cinema in Cahoots With HFPA for Fellini Moments Up to June 21
Curated by Screenmancer Staff Los Angeles, CA: FARE CINEMA, a free initiative to promote Italian cinema and film industry in the world by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Italy, is virtual for the third edition since June 15 until June 21, 2020 and is available for free on RaiPlay…
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YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT Lands This June From Director David Koepp, Stars Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Writer David Koepp became a Director years ago, but his freshest scarer is YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried from Universal Pictures. PANIC ROOM’s Koepp will fry Bacon and toast Seyfried, no doubt, in this nailer-biter for Blumhouse Productions. You have only to peruse their…
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MGM Loses Its Mind, Lets Sly Stallone Live-Host ROCKY & FREE Watch Party for You
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Suddenly everyone is Robert Osborne online – if you don’t remember him, he was a Turner Classic Movies Host who literally brought back “old movies” to a new generation – but now there are so many liner-note commenters. You’ve got a cinema ga-lazy of Blogstars and Podcast heroes, so it’s unremarkable…
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Russell Crowe Brings Next Level Road Rage to UNHINGED for July 1, Yes, to Open Wide
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent So there’s a poll, source may have some bias, that has determined that “80 percent of Americans want to go out to the movies in July.” We thank our friends at DDAPR for that stat, and with it comes the first movie out of the Pandemic box. UNHINGED starring…
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Nancy Kwan Co-Hosts Asian Americans In Film for TCM in May
by Screenmancer Staff Actress Nancy Kwan from classics as the 1961 film FLOWER DRUM SONG will team up with TCM Host Dave Karger to look at the range of Asian actors who have found a home in Hollywood movies. The Spotlight series will include a pan-Asian selection from DAUGHTER OF SHANGHAI (1937) to JOY LUCK…
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May Day: LA LA LAND For All Streaming & Jamie Lee Curtis, Fundraiser on Lionsgate Live!
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Heck those cute kids, they literally tap-danced their way into stardom in LA LA LAND. What? Okay, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling were already big stars, but this pairing made them huge. Emma Stone even won the Best Actress (she would prefer ‘actor’) award that year… But wait, a…
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