Tag: Steven Spielberg
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DISCLOSURE DAY, June 12: Your Alien 101 Primer?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor have been cast with the task to shoulder Steven Spielberg’s return to his alien obsession in DISCLOSURE DAY, from Universal Pictures, set for Summer Blockbuster season on June 12, 2026. Most people probably have a few Star Trek and Star Wars ideas about the…
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Watch: Spielberg revisits a Joan Crawford moment to “fish movie” for TCM
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent If you missed last night’s TCM Classic Film Festival opener, where Steven Spielberg held court with Host Ben Mankiewicz, watch this clip we have from the event. It is a very private look into Hollywood’s highest-grossing director’s foray into filmmaking. “Walking a mile and a half to the theater”…
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Get Ready: Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Spielberg open TCM Fest with E.T.
NEWS: Turner Classic Movies (TCM) today announced actors Drew Barrymore and Henry Thomas will appear at the 40th anniversary screening of the beloved family sci-fi film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial during the 2022 TCM Classic Film Festival. They will join director Steven Spielberg and producer Kathleen Kennedy on the red carpet during Opening Night of the Festival, held in Hollywood April 21 – 24, 2022. Henry Thomas played Elliott, the young boy who…
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Hey, not saying Spielberg phoned SBIFF in, but PTA and Branagh showed
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Not to say that Steven Spielberg phoned it in last night, but the WEST SIDE STORY teller had to appear by video link at the 37th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) due to what Executive Director Roger Durling said was? “They tested positive for Covid.” Did he mean…
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Spielberg Challenge: 32 Movies, plus 1971’s DUEL, ranked Best to Good, Your Turn?
by Screenmancer West Side Story marks Director Steven Spielberg’s latest Academy Award nomination bonanza at 7 noms, but the real record-holding stat is that he has been nominated in various categories for say (first at Cannes) 47 years? But wait, there’s more, and more specific stats, to amaze. Which is why we are throwing down…
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WEST SIDE STORY glory at NYC premiere
by Screenmancer Staff What do you need to know about the remake of 1961’s WEST SIDE STORY? While the original film was directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise, this new WEST SIDE STORY has the power of the great Steven Spielberg and the late Stephen Sondheim, and the New York Premiere speaks for the…
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Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs Digs JURASSIC PARK, Yeah, #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You’ve heard of the Broadway smash “Hamilton” from showbiz reframer Lin-Manuel Miranda? Did you know the original cast once included the extremely talented Daveed Diggs as the titular character? #AFIMOVIECLUB just drafted this Broadway-star-turned-feature-phenom to pull back the curtain on the Spielberg box-office crusher JURASSIC PARK. This is the film that…
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Et Tu, Halle Berry? Nooo, That’s Her as E.T. Fan for AFI Movie Club
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Mod-hatted, awesome Oscar winner, Halle Berry has it going on at-home-fashion-wise in her touching introduction to the Spielberg family classic, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL for #AFIMOVIECLUB. Berry earned her place in Hollywood History for the MONSTER’S BALL Academy Award, but Halle earned her place in our hearts as the superstar…
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Steven Spielberg Kicks Off AFI MOVIE CLUB for COVID-19 Shut-Ins, Sheltered, Everybody
Curated by Screenmancer Staff from AFI Los Angeles, CA (03/31/2020): The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the launch of AFI Movie Club – a daily virtual gathering to leverage our collective love of film on behalf of optimism in this time of global uncertainty. AFI Trustee Steven Spielberg introduced the inaugural film, THE WIZARD OF OZ, in…
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Taylor Swift Gets Her Kitty On With Andrew Lloyd Webber For CATS Movie
Curated by Screenmancer Staff Yesterday, Los Angeles, CA: Universal Pictures just announced that global music icon Taylor Swift and legendary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber have collaborated on a new, original song written for Universal Pictures’ film Cats, based on Lloyd Webber’s record-shattering stage musical. The song, “Beautiful Ghosts,” will feature in both the film and in the…
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