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  • Monday, Aug. 22, 2016
BAFTA to launch VR Advisory Group
Roy Taylor
LOS ANGELES -- 

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is inviting individuals to participate in its new Virtual Reality Advisory Group. The group will be spearheaded out of Los Angeles and its insights will be used to inform BAFTA’s global activities in the US, UK and beyond.

The independent advisory group will be tasked with exploring the impact that VR will have on the current landscape of the film, television and games industries, and the opportunities for the next generation of storytellers to work within a new medium.

The group will also explore the most appropriate ways to incorporate VR into BAFTA’s broader remit to celebrate, develop and promote the art forms of the moving image.

It will be chaired by Roy Taylor, AMD’s corporate VP for Technology and Content, and will be comprised of individuals representing both the technology and creative sectors. “I am thrilled that BAFTA has invited me to lead this advisory panel,” More

  • Friday, Aug. 19, 2016
"American Idol" Named Recipient of TV Academy's Governors Award
In this April 7, 2016 file photo, Dalton Rapattoni, from left, Sonika Vaid, Avalon Young, Mackenzie Bourg, Olivia Rox, Gianna Isabella, Lee Jean, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson, and Ryan Seacrest appear at the "American Idol" farewell season finale in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, FIle)
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- 

The Television Academy has announced American Idol - which recently ended its unprecedented 15-season run on FOX - as the recipient of the 2016 Governors Award in recognition of its game-changing impact on the medium.
 
The award honors an individual or organizational achievement in the television arts and sciences that is so exceptional and universal in nature, it goes beyond the scope of annual Emmy® Awards recognition.
 
"American Idol wasn't just a hit show. With its successful integration of social media, dominance of the pop-culture conversation and legions of imitators, it changed television in a profound way," said Governors Award Selection Committee Chair Michael Levine. "You could meaningfully divide the history of television into 'before American Idol' and 'after American Idol'."
 
Simon Fuller created the wildly popular singing competition, which ran from June 11, 2002 to More

  • Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016
Health campaigners critical of UK failure to restrict junk food ads
Drinks are on display at a supermarket in London, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. Britain has unveiled a plan to battle rising child obesity by urging food manufacturers to cut down on sugar and getting primary schools to make pupils do more exercise. But health campaigners have slammed the government for failing to restrict junk food advertising aimed at children. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
LONDON (AP) -- 

Britain unveiled a plan Thursday to battle rising child obesity by taxing sodas, urging food manufacturers to cut down on sugar and getting schoolchildren to exercise more.

But health campaigners slammed the government for failing to restrict junk food advertising aimed at children.

The British population is one of the fattest in Western Europe. According to Public Health England, almost 62 percent of adults and 31 percent of children aged 2 to 15 are overweight or obese.

The government wants manufacturers to cut the amount of sugar in cereals, yoghurts, candy, breads and desserts by 20 percent by 2020. The target is voluntary, but the government said it will consider "alternative levers" if it isn't met.

Primary schools are being asked to help pupils get at least 60 minutes of exercise a day — 30 minutes in gym class or active play, and 30 minutes outside school.

The government has already announced a "sugar tax" on More

  • Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016
Jared Leto boards "Blade Runner" sequel 
In this Aug. 3, 2016 file photo, actor Jared Leto poses for photographers at the European Premiere of Suicide Squad, at a central London cinema. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Fresh off a divisive turn as the Joker in "Suicide Squad," Jared Leto is set to take off on new adventure in the sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 dystopian cult classic "Blade Runner."

The Oscar-winning actor will play a never-before-seen character, according to an announcement from Alcon Entertainment Thursday.

He'll star alongside Harrison Ford, who is reprising his role as Rick Deckard, in addition to Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis and Barkhad Abdi.

"Sicario" and "Prisoners" helmer Denis Villeneuve is set to direct the still-untitled film, set several decades after the original, with a script from Hampton Fancher and Michael Green. Scott is an executive producer.

Warner Bros. has dated the film for an Oct. 6, 2017 release.

  • Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016
Gawker.com dies next week, killed by an unhappy subject 
In this Friday, March 18, 2016, file photo, Gawker founder Nick Denton walks out of the courthouse in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Eve Edelheit/The Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)
By Tali Arbel, Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Gawker.com, the brash New York website that broke new ground with its gossipy, no-holds-barred coverage of media, culture and politics, is shutting down after 14 years, brought low by an unhappy, but deep-pocketed, subject.

The news - appropriately enough, broken by Gawker itself - follows the sale of the site's parent company to Univision. Founder Nick Denton reportedly told staffers Thursday afternoon that Gawker.com will come to an end next week. Twitter immediately went berserk in an unholy mélange of shock, sadness and Schadenfreude.

Univision, the Spanish-language broadcaster, is buying the parent company, Gawker Media, for $135 million; the sale follows Gawker's loss in a major invasion-of-privacy case brought by the former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan. Gawker had published a video of Hogan having sex with a friend's wife.

A Florida court awarded Hogan, whose lawsuit was secretly backed by an aggrieved Silicon Valley billionaire More

  • Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016
Gawker sold to Univision in aftermath of Hulk Hogan case 
In this Wednesday, March 16, 2016, file photo, Gawker Media founder Nick Denton arrives in a courtroom in St. Petersburg, Fla. Spanish-language broadcaster Univision has bought Gawker Media in an auction for $135 million. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius, Pool, File)
By Tali Arbel, Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Spanish-language broadcaster Univision won an auction Tuesday for Gawker Media, which was put on the block in the aftermath of a $140 million judgment against it in the Hulk Hogan invasion-of-privacy case.

Univision is paying $135 million for the online gossip and news publisher, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because the deal had not been formally announced.

Expanding from its Spanish-language base, Univision has been investing in media properties aimed at young people, including taking a stake in satirical website The Onion in January. In April, it said it was taking full control of Fusion, a TV channel and website aimed at English-speaking young people it had launched with ABC in 2013.

Univision outbid Ziff Davis, the owner of tech and gaming sites, in the auction for Gawker Media. They were the only two bidders, according to a person familiar with the bankruptcy auction. A judge More

  • Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016
"A Star is Born" remake to feature Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper 
n this Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016 file photo, singer Lady Gaga attends Tony Bennett's 90th birthday celebration at the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Plaza in New York. Warner Bros. announced Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, that Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are starring in a remake of "A Star is Born." (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are starring in a remake of "A Star is Born."

Warner Bros announced Tuesday that the film will mark the singer-actress' first leading role in a movie and the directorial debut of the "American Sniper" actor-producer. Gaga will compose and perform new songs for the musical drama.

The "Bad Romance" and "Applause" singer recently appeared in the fifth season of the FX series "American Horror Story." Her other acting credits include filmmaker Robert Rodriguez's movies "Machete Kills" and "Sin City: A Dame to Die For."

Cooper is best known for starring roles in such films as "American Hustle," ''Aloha" and "The Hangover." He served as on a producer on his movies "Silver Linings Playbook," ''Limitless" and "War Dogs."

The original "A Star Is Born" was released in 1937 and featured Janet Gaynor as a budding actress entangled in a relationship with an established Hollywood star played by Fredric March. More

  • Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016
Director Alison Maclean joins Robber's Dog for Australasian representation
Alison Maclean
AUCKLAND, NZ -- 

Production company Robber’s Dog, headquartered in Auckland, has signed director Alison Maclean for Australasian representation. She continues to be handled by Park Pictures in the U.S. and Europe.

Canadian-born but New Zealand-raised, Maclean burst onto the scene in 1989 after her short film, Kitchen Sink, won eight awards at festivals worldwide as well as securing a Golden Palm nomination at the Cannes Film Festival.

Maclean followed Kitchen Sink with two feature films: Crush, which was an official selection at Cannes, and Jesus’ Son, which won the Little Gold Lion at the Venice Film Festival, as well as securing a Best Director nomination.

Since then Maclean’s work has grown to include TV, commercials and shorts. Her TV fare includes episodes of the series Sex and the City, Carnivale, The Tudors, The L-Word, and Gossip Girl. In the commercialmaking arena she has directed for clients More

  • Monday, Aug. 15, 2016
MPC LA moves to expanded studio
MPC LA's Film and Advertising team (photo by Jeremy Goldberg)
CULVER CITY, Calif. -- 

After eight years in Santa Monica, MPC LA is moving to a 25,000-square-foot digital studio in Culver City. The innovative new space is twice the size of MPC LA’s old home.

MPC Advertising will see its creative firepower ramp up with more space and resources dedicated to innovative VFX, color and finishing. The space also plays host to a purpose built VR/AR infrastructure and the company’s content production arm, MPC Creative.

MPC Film will offer filmmakers the opportunity to inspire and collaborate with MPC’s creative talent to support the pre-production phase of development. Creative services will include concept and production design, previs and visual development, preliminary bidding and budgeting and VFX supervisor representation.

MPC’s global CEO, Mark Benson, explained: “We continue to be inspired by crafting the very best visual experiences in collaboration with the finest creative, production and technology minds. Moving More

  • Monday, Aug. 15, 2016
Larry Wilmore-hosted "Nightly Show" axed by Comedy Central 
In this Jan. 10, 2015, file photo, Larry Wilmore speaks at the Viacom 2015 Winter Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
By Frazier Moore, Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Comedy Central's "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore" is coming to an end.

The late-night humor and talk show, which premiered in January 2015, will conclude its run Thursday, the network announced Monday.

The program, which filled the slot vacated by Stephen Colbert when he jumped to CBS, sought to explore current events and larger life issues as presided over by Wilmore, who previously had served as "senior black correspondent" on "The Daily Show."

But audience acceptance of "The Nightly Show" never approached its "Daily Show" lead-in, neither during the regime of Jon Stewart nor that of his successor, Trevor Noah, who took over last September.

Comedy Central president Kent Alterman praised Wilmore and his team for "crafting a platform for underrepresented voices." He said the show had steadily improved, "but unfortunately it hasn't resonated with the audience in a way that it would need to for us to continue."

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