Football great Colin Kaepernick has entered the ballooning word of SPACs, or special purpose acquisitions companies, and will be co-chairman of a new one called Mission Advancement Corp.
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Spotify has added another top filmmaker to its podcasting ranks. The music streaming giant has inked a deal with Ava DuVernay and her ARRAY arts and social impact collective.
Under the exclusive, multi-year deal, the Selma director is expected to produce scripted and unscripted podcasts in collaboration with Spotify-owned studio Gimlet, which is run by former HuffPost editor-in-chief Lydia Polgreen. ARRAY Filmworks president Sarah Bremner is overseeing the relationship for the company.
.Football great Colin Kaepernick has entered the ballooning word of SPACs, or special purpose acquisitions companies, and will be co-chairman of a new one called Mission Advancement Corp.
Pilot season at The CW is happening after all.
The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) announced its 2020 award-winners Monday morning, Feb.
For the first time in the history of the Golden Globe awards, more than one woman has been nominated in the best director category in any one year. Chloe Zhao (Nomadland), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) and Regina King (One Night in Miami) were all nominated in the category.
Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, and One Night in Miami.This year's Golden Globe in general are a huge step forward. Past shows didn't even include two female directors in the Dest Director category.
The Black List founder Franklin Leonard kicked off the virtual Sundance panel “ARRAY 10: A Decade of Disruption” by chatting with ARRAY founder and Emmy-winning Ava DuVernay, President Tilane Jones and VP of Public Programming Mercedes Cooper about the origin of the narrative change collective which puts shine on creators and artists of color as well as women filmmakers.
Chloe Sims has been spotted out with her rarely-seen daughter Madison in Tulum, Mexico.The Only Way Is Essex star Chloe, 38, and her 15 year old daughter Madison were seen leaving the Kin Toh restaurant in Tulum, Mexico. Chloe and her daughter were accompanied by Chloe’s cousin Frankie Essex, 33, as they dined out in the picturesque eatery.
Refresh for updates: The death of Cicely Tyson today saw a profuse outpouring of praise and reminiscence across the generations for the regal Roots and Sounder star.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDirector Fernando Frias new film, Mexican Oscar hopeful “I’m No Longer Here,” gives audiences a look into the American dream, and his deconstruction of it.Rather than cast well-known actors, Frias relied on his casting director to find non-actors to help tell the story of Ulises, played by Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño who goes on a journey from Monterrey, Mexico to New York for a new life, except his American dream isn’t all it’s expected to be.Frias teamed with
Ava DuVernay has boarded Oscar contender A Concerto Is A Conversation as executive producer. Co-directed by Emmy-winning composer Kris Bowers and Emmy-winning filmmaker Ben Proudfoot, the 13-minute short subject documentary follows Bowers as he tracks his family’s lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather Horace Bowers from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Angelique Jackson Ava DuVernay is reuniting with “When They See Us” composer Kris Bowers for the documentary short “A Concerto Is a Conversation.”DuVernay will executive produce the film, which was co-directed and produced by Bowers and Ben Proudfoot. “A Concerto Is a Conversation” was selected to premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which has shifted to a virtual model amid the ongoing pandemic.
Oscar-winning filmmaker and producer Ava DuVernay’s Array is expanding its imprint when it comes to inclusive storytelling. The Selma director and her social impact collective has partnered with Spotify for a multi-year partnership to produce exclusive scripted and unscripted original audio programming.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify and filmmaker Ava DuVernay signed a multiyear deal for a slate of exclusive podcast shows, the latest high-profile podcast pact for the audio streamer.Spotify and DuVernay will develop and produce exclusive original audio programming through Array, DuVernay’s multiplatform arts and social impact collective, in concert with Spotify’s Gimlet studio.
James McCoy Taylor, who was once a contestant on The Bachelorette, shared a tweet this week and publicly thanked ABC for having his back as he was involved in the Capitol Riots that took place last week in Washington, D.C.