American Cinemas Editors has cut together the nominees for its 74rd annual ACE Eddie Awards, which will be handed out next month. See the list of all 13 film and TV categories below.
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Steven Gaydos Executive VP of Content “Do you guys ever think about dying?” asks the titular toy at the center of Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach’s inventive and ambitious screenplay for the mega-hit comedy “Barbie.” In their yarn, the virus of death awareness is planted in Barbie World by a daydreaming Mattel employee named Gloria, who randomly sketches Thoughts of Impending Death Barbie at work one day, thus triggering the tale of the famed doll’s journey from plastic prop to self-empowered woman. I wasn’t daydreaming, but I was casually musing out loud on X, formerly known as Twitter, after my first viewing of “Barbie” about how the film seemed heavily influenced by a book I first read 50 years ago: Ernest Becker’s 1974 Pulitzer Prize winner, “The Denial of Death.” For the uninitiated, Becker’s central thesis is summarized in “Death” as “the idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity — activity designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny for man.” I quickly got a private message from documentary filmmaker Laura Dunn.
Dunn not only saw the straight line from “Barbie” to Becker, but also wanted me to know that along with her life and directing partner, Jef Sewell, she had just made a feature documentary, “All Illusions Must Be Broken,” which will have its world premiere in the True Stories section of the Palm Springs Film Festival Jan. 10.
“Illusions” is all about Becker, his life and his potent message of human liberation from fear, anger and the violence that all but defines our species. Soon, I was on the phone with Dunn and Sewell from their east Tennessee home where they’re
.American Cinemas Editors has cut together the nominees for its 74rd annual ACE Eddie Awards, which will be handed out next month. See the list of all 13 film and TV categories below.
James Haskell stepped out to enjoy a night out at a VIP launch of a London hotspot just days after his ex Chloe Madeley opened up about the 'real reason' behind their shock split. The former rugby player, 38, looked dapper and all smiles as he posed for photographers at the evening event. His appearance comes just days after his ex, fitness trainer Chloe, 36, revealed the 'real reason' that she split from her husband and detailed how his hectic DJing schedule means she has so much alone time with their daughter.
EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of Focus Features‘ February 23rd release of Drive-Away Dolls, the road-trip caper marking her first collaboration with Academy Award winner Ethan Coen, Margaret Qualley has been set to star in Honey Don’t!, the filmmaker’s latest for the same studio.
Chris Wallace just found out Jon Hamm almost played his father Mike Wallace in a film.
Abdallah Sima will be assessed by Senegal after picking up a hip injury during the African Cup of Nations.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Be For Films, an independent film sales company based in Brussels, has acquired international rights to German filmmaker Michael Fetter Nathansky‘s “Every You Every Me,” which has been selected in the Panorama section of the Berlinale. “Every You Every Me” won two Work-in-Progress Awards, under its previous title “Mannequins,” at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
It looks like Kendall Jenner is changing up the look inside her house.
Love Island star Hannah Elizabeth returned to the iconic villa this week in the hopes of finding love for a second time in a special All Stars edition of the smash hit ITV dating show.The 33 year old former Playboy bunny shot to game on the show back in 2015 when she only narrowly missed out on winning the coveted cash prize with boyfriend Jon Clark, 34. However despite a promising romance on the show, it soon fizzled out once the series had ended, with the star now hoping to find her perfect Mr.Right with a little help from the show.
Ooh, that’s a little shady…
Fall Out Boy brought out surprise guest Mike Shinoda to perform ‘Dance Dance’ at ALTer EGO – watch the footage below.The band were announced as last-minute headliners just days before the festival after it was revealed Paramore dropped out of performing. iHeartRadio’s ALTer EGO, presented by Capital One, was held on January 13 at the Honda Centre in Anaheim, California.Fall Out Boy did not disappoint when taking to the stage, bringing out Linkin Park‘s Shinoda on stage to perform ‘Dance Dance’.
Dua Lipa has made an appearance at Chelsea’s Premier League match with Fulham this afternoon (January 13) as part of a promotion campaign for her new movie Argylle.Fans have been posting pictures of the singer, who stars in the forthcoming spy thriller alongside Henry Cavill and Bryce Dallas Howard, on social media.One fan wrote: “Dua Lipa at Stamford Bridge, we’ve won despite the result,” while another added: “dua lipa at stamford bridge this is my roman empire.”Dua Lipa at Stamford Bridge, we’ve won despite the result.
To the surprise of no one, it sounds like Vincent Gallo is still a creep. Or he’s still interested in the most extreme forms of method acting possible—or some combo of the two.
controversial book “Endgame” released in November, the star-studded ceremony will see the Duke of Sussex be honored in Beverly Hills on January 19.Scobie wrote on X, “Prince Harry is to be inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation Hall of Fame, joining other aviators who have made “significant contributions in the aerospace industry.”The Duke of Sussex is being honored as an aviation legend due to his experience flying as a pilot in the British Army, according to reports.Harry has 10 years of military experience under his belt and has completed two tours of Afghanistan where he flew in combat missions.The exiled royal, who rose to the rank of Captain during his time in the military, famously spoke of his time in the army in his protocol-shattering memoir, “Spare,” in which he called his victims “chess pieces taken off a board, bad guys eliminated before they kill the good guys.”The father of two is also the founder of the Invictus Games, for which he is also set to be honored at the ceremony, which will be hosted by John Travolta as the “Official Ambassador of Aviation.”It’s unclear if Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, will attend the ceremony.Harry’s name will be called out among a slew of others, including Jeff Bezos, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman, Elon Musk, and Saudi Prince Sultan bin Salman Al Saud.Other space legends such as US Navy pilot Fred George and former world speed record holder Steve Hinton will also be inducted.It wasn’t long until social media users rushed to slam the decision, as they questioned if the Duke of Sussex was deserving of the honor.“I look forward to every other military pilot in the world being given the same award based on his accomplishments in that field,” one person
Well, it’s that time of year again, isn’t it? The Sundance Film Festival hasn’t even happened, the Berlin Film Festival line-up is not even out or complete, and we’re already looking ahead to March and the SXSW Film & Television Festival. There’s no rest for the wicked.
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has Paul Thomas Anderson set to direct Oscar winners Leonardo DiCaprio & Sean Penn and Oscar host Regina Hall in an untitled film that will begin production January 21 in California. Anderson wrote the script, and he will produce the film with Sara Murphy.
Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer‘s historical drama that was inspired loosely by Martin Amis’ 2014 novel of the same name set outside the walls of Auschwitz during the Holocaust.
Police are investigating the possible sighting of an Edinburgh woman who vanished two months ago.
Fat Dog have released their latest energetic single ‘All The Same’ and have shared new tour dates in the US.The track marks the band’s second release under their new label, Domino. Co-produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Geese, Shame, Blur) and the band’s frontman Joe Love, ‘All The Same’ features a retro beat reminiscent of old 80s-90s video games.
EXCLUSIVE: MindRiot Entertainment, the transatlantic indie behind Danielle Deadwyler’s Parallel and the upcoming OceanGate pic Salvaged has locked the rights to adapt former pro skater Josh Swindell’s memoir into a feature film.
Derek Draper said he had "fallen in love all over again" with his wife Kate Garraway - just months before his life tragically changed and became not only his wife but one of his full-time carers. The Good Morning Britain presenter announced on Friday (January 5) that her husband had tragically died.