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Tuesday, May. 14, 2024
Cannes Film Fest Unveils Greta Gerwig's Jury; Palme d'Or Presented To Meryl Streep
Beneath intermittent rainy skies, the Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday with the presentation of an honorary Palme d'Or for Meryl Streep and the unveiling of Greta Gerwig's jury, as the French Riviera spectacular kicked off a potentially volatile 77th edition. A 10-day stream of stars began...
Tuesday, May. 14, 2024
SUPERLATIVE Signs Directorial Duo Jerk Store For Spots, Branded Content
Jerk Store--the directing team consisting of Ben Weinberg and Pat Andrews--has signed with SUPERLATIVE, the production company under the aegis of managing director David Kwan, EP Pia Clemente and creative manager Stefan Dezil. Jerk Store’s body of work includes humorous spots for such brands as...
Monday, May. 13, 2024
Moxie Pictures Signs Director Sean Durkin For Commercials and Branded Content
Director Sean Durkin has joined Moxie Pictures for global representation spanning commercials and branded content. Durkin's directorial debut, Martha Marcy May Marlene , which he also wrote, made a major splash at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival where he won the Best Director Award in the Dramatic...
Monday, May. 13, 2024
Director José Padilha Joins Taking Over NY For Commercials and Branded Content
Filmmaker José Padilha--known for his work on films and series such as Elite Squad, Narcos, RoboCop , and Bus 174 --has joined Taking Over NY, a POC-owned production company, for global representation spanning commercials and branded content. The director, whose film career is managed by WME and...
Monday, May. 13, 2024
Unilever Named Cannes Lions' Creative Marketer of the Year
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced Unilever as the 2024 Creative Marketer of the Year. The honorary accolade is presented to a marketer that has amassed a body of iconic, Lion-winning work over a sustained period of time, with Unilever establishing a reputation for...
Monday, May. 13, 2024
Cannes Film Festival Is Set To Unfurl With "Furiosa," "Megalopolis" and a #MeToo Reckoning
The Cannes Film Festival rarely passes without cacophony but this year's edition may be more raucous and uneasy than any edition in recent memory. When the red carpet is rolled out from the Palais des Festivals on Tuesday, the 77th Cannes will unfurl against a backdrop of war, protest, potential...
Sunday, May. 12, 2024
BAFTA TV Awards Tally: "Happy Valley," "Top Boy," "The Sixth Commandment" Land 2 Honors Apiece
BAFTA has unveiled the winners of the BAFTA Television Awards at a star-studded ceremony in London. Topping the competition with two honors apiece were Happy Valley, Top Boy and The Sixth Commandment . Sarah Lancashire won the BAFTA for Leading Actress for her role in Happy Valley , her second...
Sunday, May. 12, 2024
"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" Reigns At Weekend Box Office With $56.5 Million
"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" reigned over the weekend box office with a $56.5 million North American opening, according to studio estimates Sunday, giving a needed surge to an uncertain season in theaters. The film from 20th Century Studios and Disney that built on the rebooted "Apes"...
Saturday, May. 11, 2024
Hollywood Mentor Roger Corman, The King of B Movies, Dies At 98
Roger Corman, the "King of the Bs" who helped turn out such low-budget classics as "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Attack of the Crab Monsters" and gave many of Hollywood's most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98. Corman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, California...
Thursday, May. 9, 2024
Peabody Awards Tally: 34 Winners Topped By HBO/Max With 7; PBS Scores 5
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors unveiled the 34 winners elected to represent the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2023. The winners were chosen by a unanimous vote of 32 jurors from over 1,100 entries spanning television, podcasts/radio,...