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About Last Night: Tom Cruise, His Oscar, Debbie Allen & Wynn Thomas
LOS ANGELES, CA: The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) held the 16th Governors Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood last night (11/16). Honorary Awards were presented to Debbie Allen by Cynthia Erivo, Tom Cruise by Alejandro González Iñárritu and Wynn Thomas by Octavia Spencer. The…
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Paul Anka is LA Press Club’s 2025 Legend Awardee
LOS ANGELES, CA: Paul Anka will be honored with the Los Angeles Press Club’s Legend Award for Career Achievement and Contributions to Society. The ceremony takes place at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala on Dec. 7 at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. “For over 70 years, Paul Anka’s golden voice…
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Mystique of Movie Make-up: Donald Mowat’s Top 12
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent When you realize Academy Award-nominated Make-up Artist Donald Mowat hand-painted the giant glowing pink face of Ana de Armas in Blade Runner 2049, which most audiences think is a digital special effect, you begin to realize the enormity of a gift like his. While his credits include Dune (2022)…
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Hollywood: The “Je Penske, Donc Je Suis” Era?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent It’s 4:03 am in Hollywood, most of Malibu on the PCH is unrecognizable after the fires, and it could be argued that the Town itself is in a “Je Penske, Donc Je Suis” Era. What does that even mean? Roger Penske’s son Jay Penske (born 1980) now owns, or…
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To Live and Die in LA: Vidiots turns 40
Los Angeles, CA: Vidiots, the beloved Los Angeles video store and non-profit film organization will kick-off a year of 40th Anniversary Celebrations this November, featuring over a dozen films from 1985, many special guests, restoration premieres, audience favorites, and a special 40th Birthday Bash and Benefit on Thursday, Nov. 13, to keep Vidiots alive and…
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Brooke H. Cellars’ THE CRAMPS & Witch List for 2025
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent In honor of Halloween, Filmmaker Brooke H. Cellars aka “a horror-obsessed filmmaker known for blending dark humor and genre play since 2018” has just returned from a September world premier of she/her film “THE CRAMPS: A Period Piece” during the run at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX, to give…
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It’s Time to Talk About GROK Imagine: Part Two
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Today you are going to become Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, or simple George Méliès, the French magician turned filmmaker who gave the world “A Trip to The Moon,” complete with rocket-induced black eye. Of course if we think rockets, we think Rocketman, formally known as Elon Musk who bought Twitter, dubbed…
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It’s Time to Talk About GROK Imagine: Part One
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Whether you like or loath Elon Musk and his many-hatted empire from X to cars and tunnels to rockets, it’s beyond time to talk about his GROK and Grok Imagine as a disruptor that may upend Hollywood more than Netflix or the other streamers. This is Part I of…
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SCREENMANCER CANADA: VIFF 2025 RECAP
by Zoran Dragelj, Screenmancer Canada As seen from the perspective of Screenmancer Canada, Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) which ran from Oct. 2 to Oct. 12, 2025, had some spectacular highlights this year. The notables drew from the majors to the indies. Here’s our coverage from Producer Zoran Dragelj. Vancouver Office Report — October 2025…
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Let’s Remember Diane Keaton Her Way, Okay?
By Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Three days since Diane Keaton died at age 79 on Oct. 11, 2025, it’s been a long sad holiday weekend to process this passing so expect some typos. Al Pacino, who starred with Diane Keaton in THE GODFATHER, tells the best story about her, and how that first meeting…
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GLAFF Brings Del Toro’s Whizzbang Frankenstein
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO: Your Guadalajara Film Festival in Los Angeles (GLAFF) proudly celebrates its Quinceañera this year with a dynamic program that highlights boundary-pushing storytelling and visionary filmmakers from across the United States and Latin America. Running Nov. 6–8, 2025. The festival is proud to share this year’s Official Selection is composed of directors ranging from…
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Yes, Jack Black is awesome and 40 Watts from Nowhere
By Chad Aiggia, Screenmancer Staff Yes, Jack Black (“School of Rock, “A Minecraft Movie,“ “Kung Fu Panda,” ”Jumanji”) is a real musician, beyond awesome, and now signs on as executive producer for badass rock and roll documentary “40 Watts From Nowhere.” Since you asked, this tasty project comes from filmmaker and OG Pirate Radio Queen…
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Top 20 Ways Women Owned Film
by Chad Aiggia, Screenmancer Staff If you’re back here again after my Brad Pitt-dominated, maybe male-skewed Top 100 list for Cinephiles, you might be shocked at my next trick here at Screenmancer, Hollywood’s only Female-run site since 1997. That would be the Top 20 Ways Women Owned Film. These are breakout, stand-out, get the crowd…
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Screenmancer’s Top 100 Films: Exquisite Flicks for Cinephiles Only
by Chad Aiggia, Screenmancer Staff Screenmancer has tasked me, Chad Aiggia newest staff member with a daunting assignment. Overnight deadline to pull together a Seminal Top 100 list that aligns with our mandate as a female-run film site. So my count might be off due to the rush. Of course, not being female, this adds…
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Mexican Mothers Fight Radioactive H2O in AGE OF WATER
MICHOACAN, MEXICO: POV, the multi-Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning documentary, presents The Age of Water, the revealing debut feature from sibling co-directors Isabel Alcántara Atalaya and Emmy®-winning producer and cinematographer Alfredo Alcántara. Produced by acclaimed Emmy®-nominated filmmakers Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster (American Promise, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, The Changing Same), along with…
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