Lightyear Acquires A-HA: THE MOVIE & WE WERE ONCE KIDS
Both films are about established, legacy brands – A-ha: The Movie celebrates the 40th anniversary of the irresistible pop song and music video Take on Me, revealing the band’s ability to overcome personal differences. We Were Once Kids delves into the lives of the kids who were featured in the 1995 Larry Clark Miramax classic Kids.
AMC Studios Inks Multi-Year Overall Deals With Rolin Jones, Gina Mingacci And Ray McKinnon
AMC Studios announced today that it has entered into separate exclusive, multi-year overall deals with Rolin Jones (Friday Night Lights, Weeds), Gina Mingacci (Killing Eve, Orphan Black) and Ray McKinnon (Rectify, Deadwood) to develop and produce new series for AMC Networks' Entertainment Group as well as other content companies. The deals expand AMC Networks' ongoing or previous creative partnerships with Jones, Mingacci and McKinnon.
United Talent Agency Appoints Arthur Lewis as Creative Director of UTA Fine Arts and UTA Artist Space
United Talent Agency (UTA), one of the world's leading talent and entertainment companies, today announced the appointment of Arthur Lewis as Creative Director of UTA Fine Arts and UTA Artist Space. In overseeing these two UTA programs, Lewis will help guide the careers of artists represented in UTA's Fine Arts group and oversee exhibitions, programming, and partnerships with the LA and national art communities through UTA Artist Space in Beverly Hills.
New Film Series Featuring Swizz Beatz, Carrie Mae Weems, Terence Nance, Arthur Jafa, And More Launches Today
UTA Artist Space and Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean are pleased to announce the launch of a one-on-one interview series that puts distinguished creatives across contemporary art, music, and film in conversation and in front of the camera. The series launches today, March 22, 2019, and features Swizz Beatz, Carrie Mae Weems, Troy Carter, Terence Nance, Arthur Jafa, and more.
UTA Artist Space & Kasseem 'Swizz Beatz' Dean Present DREAMWEAVERS
UTA Artist Space and Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Deanare proud to present DREAMWEAVERS, a group exhibition curated by Nicola Vassell that contemplates the surreal in society against a vigorously shifting 21st century. The exhibition opens February 13, 2019, 6-8 PM, at UTA Artist Space.
Shamir Releases RESOLUTION LP
2017's Revelations reestablished Shamir's position in music as an indie rock figurehead. On that album, and its follow-up 7', Room, Shamir prospected a new avenue of guitar driven hooky anthems that his previous, more dance-oriented work, had never explored. By delving into outsider music, country and punk, Shamir created raw and vulnerable tunes, stripped down to their emotional core. This new direction was vivdly acclaimed and he has spent the last year on tour demonstrating this new direction to assuming and unassuming fans alike. In typical Shamir butterfly fashion, never sitting still for more than a moment, he followed these releases, with an intentionally under-the-radar, self-released masterpiece, entitled Resolution.
The Tribeca TV Festival Features the Season Premieres of TRACEY ULLMAN'S SHOW, RAY DONOVAN, the 20th Season of LAW & ORDER
Calling all TV fans, the Tribeca TV Festival is back on the big screen bringing audiences together to discover new series and be the first to see favorite new season premieres. The 2nd Tribeca TV Festival will celebrate unforgettable storytellers who have shaped what 'peak TV' is today and introduce new voices in episodic storytelling. Over four days at Spring Studios in New York City, each event will feature a conversation with the stars and creators of favorite and soon-to-be-favorite shows. The 2018 Tribeca TV Festival will take place September 20-23. Tickets go on sale today, August 22, at 11am ET at tribecafilm.com/TVFestival.
ROUGH TRADE: Art And Sex Work In The Late 20th Century Opens 8/2
ClampArt and Ward 5B are proud to present 'Rough Trade: Art and Sex Work in the late 20th Century.' The exhibition explores a little-known history at the crossroads of the sexual underground and popular culture. The show is organized to coincide with "David Wojnarowicz: History Keeps Me Awake at Night" at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and includes work by David Wojnarowicz, along with John S. Barrington, Mark Beard, Kenny Burgess, Larry Clark, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Fred Halsted, Peter Hujar, Mark Morrisroe, Joe Parker, Tomata du Plenty, Bill Rice, John Sex, Jane Sherry, Pedro Slim, Samuel Steward, and Tommy Vallette, as well as a rich array of related ephemera.
BAMcinématek Presents 'Say It Loud: Cinema In The Age Of Black Power, 1966"1981'
From Friday, August 17 through Thursday, August 30 BAMcinematek presents Say It Loud: Cinema in the Age of Black Power, 1966-1981. A cinematic companion to the Brooklyn Museum's exhibit Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, the series explores revolutionary and relevant records of a struggle that continues to this day. As black consciousness spread across the globe in the mid-1960s, it gave rise to a radical cinema that both reflected and worked to further the cause of African-American liberation. "These films are confrontational, experimental, and ripe for (re)discovery, powerfully evoking their own time, and unarguably speaking to today's fractious social and political climate," explains series programmer Ashley Clark.
United Talent Agency Opens New Artist Space in Beverly Hills
United Talent Agency (UTA) is pleased to announce its new UTA Artist Space home in Beverly Hills. UTA Artist Space will take over a former warehouse that has been redesigned with the internationally renowned artist and UTA client Ai Weiwei. The 4,000 square foot space was originally constructed in 1940 to house a diamond-tooling facility. As UTA Fine Arts grows into its third year, the space will provide an expansive new outpost for exhibitions and programming opportunities. The new UTA Artist Space, located within walking distance of UTA's Los Angeles headquarters, will open in July 2018.
Photo Flash: Melanie Griffith Stars in THE GRADUATE at Laguna Playhouse
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE is thrilled to announce that due to overwhelming demand, the fifth show in its 97th season, Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner MELANIE GRIFFITH starring as Mrs. Robinson in THE GRADUATE, adapted by Terry Johnson, based on the novel by Charles Webb and the screenplay by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, directed by Ovation Award-winner Michael Matthews (Twelve Angry Men, Billy & Ray) is EXTENDING through SUNDAY, MARCH 25 at the Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Drive in Laguna Beach. THE GRADUATE will begin previews on Wednesday, February 21 and will open on Sunday, March 4 at 5:30pm.
Laguna Playhouse Extends THE GRADUATE Starring Melanie Griffith
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE is thrilled to announce that due to overwhelming demand, the fifth show in its 97th season, Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner MELANIE GRIFFITH starring as Mrs. Robinson in THE GRADUATE, adapted by Terry Johnson, based on the novel by Charles Webb and the screenplay by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, directed by Ovation Award-winner Michael Matthews (Twelve Angry Men, Billy & Ray) is EXTENDING through SUNDAY, MARCH 25 at the Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Drive in Laguna Beach. THE GRADUATE will begin previews on Wednesday, February 21 and will open on Sunday, March 4 at 5:30pm.
Melanie Griffith Will Lead THE GRADUATE at Laguna Playhouse
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE just announced the fifth show in its 97th season, Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner MELANIE GRIFFITH starring as Mrs. Robinson in THE GRADUATE, adapted by Terry Johnson, based on the novel by Charles Webb and the screenplay by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham and directed by Ovation Award-winner Michael Matthews (Twelve Angry Men, Billy & Ray). Executive Director Ellen Richard comments, We are just thrilled to welcome Melanie Griffith to the Laguna Playhouse in one of the most iconic roles of all time Mrs. Robinson. Adds Artistic Director Ann E. Wareham. We have been trying to seduce Melanie to perform on our stage for quite some time. We are overjoyed that she has said yes and know our subscribers and audiences will be utterly mesmerized by her return to the stage under the inspired direction of Michael Matthews! THE GRADUATE will begin previews on Wednesday, February 21; will open on Sunday, March 4 at 5:30pm and perform through Sunday, March 18, 2018 at the Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Drive in Laguna Beach.