The 49th Annual Nashville Film Festival Announces The 2018 Animated Feature Competition, Special Presentations
by Macon Prickett - April 04, 2018 The 49th Annual Nashville Film Festival continues its expansion of film screenings with an international roster of twenty-eight Special Presentations, Animated Feature, Spectrum and Spectrum Q films including the world premiere of BENCHED, produced by Robert Deaton and George Flanigen, ON CHESIL BEA...
2018 Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab Fellows Announced: Diverse Group of Writers, Advisors Convene to Develop Timely Projects
by Tori Hartshorn - December 13, 2017 Sixteen emerging screenwriters will come together at Sundance Institute's 2018 Screenwriters Lab, an immersive five-day writers' workshop announced today and taking place at the Sundance Resort in Utah, January 12-17, 2018. The Lab brings independent screenwriters together with accomplished writers,...
VIDEO: Daveed Diggs Shares Details of His New Film BLINDSPOTTING On THE TONIGHT SHOW
by Macon Prickett - July 19, 2018 Tony winner Daveed Diggs visits The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to discuss his upcoming film Blindspotting, now in theaters. Check out the appearance below!...
AAFCA Awards Winners & Top Ten List Announced, BLACK PANTHER Wins Best Film
by Tori Hartshorn - December 11, 2018 Ryan Coogler's “Black Panther” was named the year's Best Film today by the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), the world's largest group of black film critics comprised of leading film critics from across the country. The groundbreaking blockbuster also won Best Director (Ryan Coogle...
Keeping Up with Daveed Diggs: Five Upcoming Projects You Should Know About
by A.A. Cristi - August 22, 2017 Daveed Diggs stole the hearts of audiences when he leapt into the spotlight in the original cast of 'Hamilton.' Earning instant acclaim and nabbing a Tony for Best Performance by a Featured actor in a musical, the Oakland-born rapper shot to stardom throughout his run as Marquis de Lafayette and Tho...
MARY POPPINS RETURNS Nominated for 9th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 10, 2019 The Guild of Music Supervisors unveiled the list of nominees for its 9th annual award show taking place on Wednesday, February 13th at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The event will celebrate the highest achievements in music supervision, recognizing exemplary work in 18 categories...
Sundance ASCAP Music Caf Presents Its 20th Anniversary Lineup
by Stephi Wild - January 08, 2018 ASCAP, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the world leader in performing rights and advocacy for music creators, announces its music lineup for the Sundance ASCAP Music Caf at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The 20th annual SundanceASCAP Music Caf - runn...
AXIS Dance Company Closes Out 2018 With A Flourish & Announces Collaboration With Arthur Pita
by A.A. Cristi - October 16, 2018 Following a successful 4-city tour of Florida that included a well-received appearance at the Forward Motion Physically Integrated Dance Festival in Miami, the company brings its vaunted skill set back to the Bay Area with select performances that include a newly reconceived staging of Robert Dekker...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Feature Films Announced
by Tori Hartshorn - November 29, 2017 Sundance Institute showcases bold, independent storytelling at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, beginning with today's announcement of feature films selected across all categories. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort, from January 18 28....
Tony Award Winner Daveed Diggs to Star in Upcoming Film BLINDSPOTTING
by A.A. Cristi - July 18, 2017 Deadline has reported that Tony Award winner Daveed Diggs will star alongside Rafael Casal in Snoot Entertainment's upcoming film Blindspotting,...
Lin-Manuel Miranda Joins Utkarsh Ambudkar on His New Single 'Rufio'
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 14, 2018 Renaissance man Utkarsh Ambudkar follows up single “Vanity” with “Rufio,” an epic collaboration with Lin- Manuel Miranda, Dante Basco, and The Olympicks. “Rufio” plays with raw and melodic hip-hop that addresses race, the first generation immigrant experience, politics, Hollywood and more from a fr...
VIDEO: Jake Gyllenhaal and Daveed Diggs Star in the Trailer for VELVET BUZZSAW
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 10, 2019 Netflix has released the trailer for its new film, Velvet Buzzsaw, launching on Netflix and in select theaters February 1, 2018....
Lin-Manuel Miranda Joins Utkarsh Ambudkar on His New Single 'Rufio'
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 14, 2018 Renaissance man Utkarsh Ambudkar follows up single “Vanity” with “Rufio,” an epic collaboration with Lin- Manuel Miranda, Dante Basco, and The Olympicks. “Rufio” plays with raw and melodic hip-hop that addresses race, the first generation immigrant experience, politics, Hollywood and more from a fr...
AXIS Dance Company Closes Out 2018 With A Flourish & Announces Collaboration With Arthur Pita
by A.A. Cristi - October 16, 2018 Following a successful 4-city tour of Florida that included a well-received appearance at the Forward Motion Physically Integrated Dance Festival in Miami, the company brings its vaunted skill set back to the Bay Area with select performances that include a newly reconceived staging of Robert Dekker...
VIDEO: Check Out the New Trailer for Upcoming Daveed Diggs Film BLINDSPOTTING
by Macon Prickett - April 19, 2018 Tony Award winner Daveed Diggs stars alongside Rafael Casal in Snoot Entertainment's upcoming film Blindspotting,...
Hip-Hop Orchestra & Theater Bring Healing During Cultural Divide
by A.A. Cristi - October 25, 2018 Three established Bay Area performance organizations are coming together to create a new immersive multidisciplinary experience, offering a future vision of catharsis, engagement, and optimism, so needed in this cultural moment. The powerful storytelling of Crowded Fire Theater and playwright Star F...
Utkarsh Ambudkar Releases Electrifying New Single 'Kane' Out Now Via HipHop DX
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 11, 2018 Utkarsh Ambudkar drops his newest single 'Kane,' produced by long time friend and collaborator Chuck Wild aka Captain Planet, today via Hip Hop DX. Of the track, Utkarsh describes itas a “most exuberant frolic into the nether-regions of dope.” Utkarsh's electrifying lyrics flow effortlessly through ...
2019 Sundance Film Festival: Amid Record High Submissions, Announcing New Hires, Talent Forum, Data-Driven Demographic Initiatives & Critic Stipends
by Tori Hartshorn - November 19, 2018 With less than two weeks until the program is announced, and less than three months until Day One, Sundance Institute today announces new hires on its programming team and new initiatives to deepen support for independent storytellers and broaden access to the Festival. The 2019 Festival will showca...
VIDEO: Check Out the New Trailer for Upcoming Daveed Diggs Film BLINDSPOTTING
by Macon Prickett - April 19, 2018 Tony Award winner Daveed Diggs stars alongside Rafael Casal in Snoot Entertainment's upcoming film Blindspotting,...
Daveed Diggs, Sheria Irving, and Zoë Winters Lead The Public's WHITE NOISE
by Julie Musbach - December 17, 2018 The Public Theater announced initial casting today for the world premiere of WHITE NOISE, written by Public Theater Master Writer Chair and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. ...
Daveed Diggs, Sheria Irving, and Zoë Winters Lead The Public's WHITE NOISE
by Julie Musbach - December 17, 2018 The Public Theater announced initial casting today for the world premiere of WHITE NOISE, written by Public Theater Master Writer Chair and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. ...
VIDEO: Jake Gyllenhaal and Daveed Diggs Star in the Trailer for VELVET BUZZSAW
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 10, 2019 Netflix has released the trailer for its new film, Velvet Buzzsaw, launching on Netflix and in select theaters February 1, 2018....
Bradley Cooper, Alfonso Cuaron Nominated for DGA Film Awards
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 08, 2019 Directors Guild of America President Thomas Schlamme today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2018. ...
The 2018 Nashville Film Festival Announces 2018 Feature Award Winners
by Macon Prickett - May 21, 2018 The 49th Annual Nashville Film Festival concluded its 10-day festival of can't miss events with a sold-out screening of hillbilly. On Friday, May 18, the highly-anticipated announcement of the 2018 Feature Award Winners were announced. Winning films were selected from a jury from industry representa... |