Tag: Hollywood
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Arts & Faith: Top 25 Spiritually Significant Films Directed by Women
CHAPEL HILL, NC: The Arts & Faith Community has announced their Top 25 list of spiritually significant films directed by women. Project leader Lindsey Dunn explains, “After releasing the most recent edition of the Top 100 list in 2025 and realizing that only eight films had female directors, our next priority became clear: shine the…
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What will we remember from the 98th Oscars?
Op-Ed by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You couldn’t make up the backstory to the 98th Oscars, the black cloud of the Reiner murders with a night-before party at comedian Conan O’Brien’s house where Rob and Michelle Reiner’s now-jailed son had a run-in, then the actual Ides of March (March 15) show date, complete with…
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Why SINNERS is the only unicorn Oscar nom this year?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent What if SINNERS, a vampire movie boasting a record 16 Best Picture nominations, actual bites down hard this 98th Oscar ceremony and sweeps on Sunday, March 15th, on ABC – not because of the critical acclaim only, but because it has one quality all the other noms do not?…
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Turns out The Academy Gov Ball has a Wnning Puck too
LOS ANGELES, CA: The Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ official post-Oscars® celebration, which will immediately follow the 98th Oscars ceremony on Sunday, March 15, returns for its 67th year. Celebrated mega-chef Wolfgang Puck is back with his gold-standard winning culinary ways, keeping it fresh for more than three decades for…
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Mile 11 is where Oscars meet LA Marathon March 8
LOS ANGELES, CA: The ASICS Los Angeles Marathon, produced by The McCourt Foundation, partners with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to bring the magic of the Oscars® directly to the course on race day, Sunday, March 8. At Mile 11, on the famed Hollywood Boulevard, the marathon route will be transformed into a…
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Hwood 2025: The Year of the Cat… in the Hat?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent On the night of Dec. 14, 2025, by about 8:44 pm on that fateful Sunday night before Hanukkah, 99% of Hollywood knew or believed that Rob Reiner had been a victim of parricide. Texts have been flying since. But in those crucial hours post-slaying, in a small town like…
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Prod. Lynette Howell Taylor now Academy President
LOS ANGELES, CA: Producer Lynette Howell Taylor has been elected President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) by the Board of Governors. Academy CEO Bill Kramer said, “Lynette has been a vital part of the Academy Board of Governors for many years, most recently revitalizing our awards work as chair of…
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Academy taps Tom Cruise, Dolly, Debbie Allen & Wynn Thomas for Gov Awards
LOS ANGELES, CA: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise and Wynn Thomas, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Dolly Parton. The four Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 16th Governors Awards event…
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Yes, LA, The Oscars must go on, noms here…
By Screenmancer Staff With all the fire events in Los Angeles, you wonder why the Oscars must go on? Because we love the movies, those emotional landscapes as real as our dreams for some… and made by the creatives who power the collective imagination of our culture. Here are the 97th Oscar Nominations with an…
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Hollywood: Two strikes & almost everybody is out of gaslight, except AI
With the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes since May 2, 2023 and just past 100 days, we asked ChatGPT what it thought about AI replacing actors and screenwriters.
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The 28TH Annual Screen Actors Guild winners on hand at SAG AWARDS®
Last night the Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented the prestigious Actor® statuettes for the outstanding motion picture and television performances of 2021* at the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, held Sunday, Feb. 27 at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The telecast aired on TNT and TBS Feb. 27, and is available today on HBO Max.…
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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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Artificial script readers hit Hollywood, wait, it’s just Largo
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent When an exclusive invite to try new a AI breakthrough for screenplays popped up from Largo.ai, of course we had to try this new service. Here’s an excerpt of the pitch: “You can watch our workshop in Cannes to get an idea on the usage of AI during a…
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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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Big Boy of Alloy: The 93rd #Oscar Noms & Oscartini Recipe FYI
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent It’s not enough that this Award Season 2021 went virtual right out of the gate due to the Pandemic? But the Academy actually decided that the foreboding Ides of March, or March 15, would be an auspicious date for the Nominations Announcement for the 93rd Oscar Presentation. Who knows…
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