Monday, Sep. 12, 2022

"Untitled Amblin Film," read Gabriel LaBelle's audition sheet. Director "TBD."

LaBelle, a 19-year-old actor from Vancouver with a handful of credits in TV and film, taped his audition and sent it off, not thinking too much about it. A couple days later, he began to hear whispers. That...

Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2022

Universal Pictures’ and Amblin Entertainment’s The Fabelmans, directed by American Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement Award recipient and Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg, will close AFI Fest 2022. The film is co-written by Spielberg and Academy Award-nominated...

Monday, Apr. 18, 2022

Classic film lovers know the importance of a grand entrance and the folks at Turner Classic Movies are pulling out all the stops for the return of the TCM Classic Film Festival this week in Hollywood.

After two years of virtual editions because of the pandemic, the festival kicks off...

Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2022

Rita Moreno told her "Enjoy it, honey!" and that's what Ariana DeBose has been doing this awards season.

The actor, who has been sweeping every accolade for her fiery portrayal of Anita in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" — the same role that won Moreno the Academy Award in 1962 — is...

Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022

The field of feature film nominees for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards is set. Nominees for the DGA honor for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2021 are: Paul Thomas Anderson for Licorice Pizza; Kenneth Branagh for Belfast; Jane...

Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021

Despite critical acclaim and two years-worth of anticipation, Steven Spielberg's lavish "West Side Story" revival made little noise at the box office, debuting with $10.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday — a worrisome result for a movie industry struggling to...

Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021

We're so rife with reboots and remakes today that it can take a moment to gauge just what Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" is. It isn't a papered-over modernizing or a thinly disguised retread. It's a feat of reconstruction. Spielberg, Tony Kushner and Steven Sondheim have taken the original...

Monday, Jun. 21, 2021

Steven Spielberg, a filmmaker synonymous with big-screen enchantment, has set a new deal with Netflix in which his production company, Amblin Partners, will make multiple feature films per year for the streaming giant. 

The partnership, one long courted by Ted Sarandos, Netflix chief...

Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019

As the streaming wars near a fever pitch and viewers are targeted from every vantage point — Disney Plus has the Marvel and Star Wars brands! HBO Max counters with "Game of Thrones" and DC superheroes! — Apple TV Plus could be cast as the highly pedigreed and improbable underdog.

While...

Monday, Mar. 25, 2019

Apple announced a new streaming service, Apple TV Plus, which will house its original shows and movies and could compete with Netflix, Amazon and cable TV itself. The new subscription platform with original programming is scheduled to bow this fall in 100 countries.

Apple made this and...

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