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Pre-Oscar Influencers Brunch hosted by Anthony Anderson, Chris Spencer is back 3/26
NEWS: Tarek “Terk” Stevens and Tricky Montgomery will present the comeback of their Pre-Oscar Annual “Influencers Brunch” on March 26 in Los Angeles. A collaboration between Tarek “Terk” Stevens, Tricky Montgomery, Chris Spencer, and Anthony Anderson, the Influencers Brunch brings together the transformative influencers of Black Hollywood. Hosted by Anthony Anderson and Chris Spencer, this year’s Influencers Brunch…
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One to Watch: WME just signed Multitalented Miranda Kwok
NEWS: Multitalented Miranda Kwok (Fox Network’s “The Cleaning Lady,” The CW Network’s “The 100” and Starz Network’s “Spartacus: Blood & Sand”) has just signed with WME. Kwok is best known as the creator/series developer and executive producer of the 2022 hit U.S. television series “The Cleaning Lady,” based on the Argentine series “La Chica Que Limpia.” Produced by Warner Bros Television and Fox Entertainment, she wrote the pilot script and season finale and developed…
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Lucille Ball was more than just I Love Lucy, BEING THE RICARDOS, she made careers
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent This Oscar season so much attention is focused on those who have departed, from Princess Diana to Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Their fans think they knew them best, and yet? With a hot Best Actress front-runner race between Kristen Stewart (Princess of Wales) and Nicole Kidman (Lucy), among…
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Film Independent’s 6 filmmakers for first-ever directing intensive announced
LOS ANGELES, CA: Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, announced today the 6 filmmakers that were selected for the inaugural Episodic Directing Intensive that took place online February 15-17, 2022. The three-day program welcomed veteran directors, showrunners, and executives to share their experiences and knowledge of the episodic directing landscape. The…
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Film Fest 919 fetes NC’s own Ariana DeBose, her Oscar nom & Contenders
by Screenmancer Staff Film Fest 919 (FF919) lived up to its “Catch the Films Before They Catch On” motto with advance buzz on films featured at their 2021 Festival that have received Oscar nominations, including Audience Favorite winner King Richard, plus Flee, Spencer, The Hand of God, The Lost Daughter, The Worst Person in the…
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Lucy Liu is here for Colin K. Gray’s housing crisis “UNZIPPED,” a venice 90291 exposé
LOS ANGELES, CA: Award winning actress Lucy Liu has signed on as executive producer for the insightful and timely documentary “UNZIPPED: An Autopsy of American Inequality,” a searing exposé of the growing affordable housing crisis in America. Written and directed by Colin K. Gray, this intimate and often heartbreaking film focuses on one of the country’s…
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Encore: Diane Warren brings smash-hit feel to open Film Fest 919 in Chapel Hill
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Smoke machines opened last night’s 2021 Spotlight Award for Diane Warren in advance of the 12-time Best Song Oscar nominee’s arrival at the Caraway Village Drive In. Then, against the eerie artificial atmosphere, a sky-wide laser show tore open Warren’s lyrics sung by Celine Dion, Cher, Lady Gaga, Steven…
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Space Tourism: Captain Kirk aftermath from Bezos BO Rocket, hey not bad for 90
by Screenmancer Captain James T. Kirk actor William Shatner, 90, lit out for “Space the final frontier” for real on Oct. 13, 2021, a Wednesday afternoon, courtesy of Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, owner of the Amazon empire. For approximately 11 minutes, the pop culture Captain went far enough into the stratosphere to “see Earth”…
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Valley Relics Museum nabs Ellen Havre Weis’ Museum of Modern Mythology critters & more
LOS ANGELES, CA: The Valley Relics Museum of Van Nuys, California, has acquired a collection of 3,000 advertising characters once housed in the galleries of the Museum of Modern Mythology in San Francisco, founder Tommy Gelinas announced today. The unique collection, featuring display versions of the Jolly Green Giant, Mr. Clean, Elsie the Cow, Tony…
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Screenmancer’s 25th Anniversary: Screenwriter Scott Sublett’s interview
by Robinson Rea, Screenmancer Producer Educator/Screenwriter Scott Sublett’s interview first appeared on Screenmancer.com as part of ScreenTalk. During Screenmancer’s 25th Anniversary, top ranked content will rerun as part of the marking of twenty-five years live online. Scott Sublett, MFA UCLA in Screenwriting, teaches at San Jose State University. Robin Rea: What common mistakes or misconceptions…
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A look-back on OBAMA: IN PURSUIT OF A MORE PERFECT UNION from HBO
by Screenmancer Staff Former President Barack Obama (b. 1961) turns 60 on Aug. 4, and HBO’s three-part documentary, OBAMA: IN PURSUIT OF A MORE PERFECT UNION, will debut Aug. 3, from 9 pm and 10:40 pm ET/PT, with additional parts airing Weds. to mark the birthday, and on Thurs. This look-back chronicles a personal and political…
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Indigenous leaders mourn Cecelia B. Finona, ongoing Missing & Murdered
ALBUQUERQUE, NM: The Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women sends its condolences to the family of US Army MSG Cecelia B. Finona as she was laid to rest July 19. A 31-year veteran of the US Armed Forces, Finona went missing in May of 2019 and the search for her was seemingly endless, over a two-year…
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HB209 NM State Indian Child Welfare Act Passes First Round
Curated by Screenmancer Staff ALBUQUERQUE, NM: Today House Bill 209, The NM State Indian Child Welfare Act (SICWA), passed its first committee – State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs. SICWA looks to codify and expand upon the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) into New Mexico state law. Federal ICWA was passed in 1978 in response to…
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Harry & Meghan land on Spotify for a meaningful HNY 2021 pod-moment
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Ever since the word “Megxit” was coined off the back of the anxiety-provoking term Brexit, Royal Family ex-pat Prince Harry, 36, and Meghan Markle, 39, have been tested by the slings and arrows of derisive social media from the UK. The Daily Mail, which has routinely pilloried Meghan and slated…
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Screenmancer signs on to Johnny Depp’s return as Jack Sparrow & more
by Screenmancer Op-Ed Okay, even though the High Court in London has made its opinion known that Johnny Depp, who began his career as a musician and rolled over into “21 Jump Street” on TV as a segue to movies, is a so-called monster, we beg to differ. Because there are real monsters in Hollywood, ask…
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