British actress Cynthia Erivo to receive top film festival prize

By Jake Kanter

British actor Jeremy Irons, who plays Ozymandias in the HBO series “Watchmen” and won an Oscar in 1991 for “Reversal of Fortune,” will serve as president of the International Jury at the 70th Berlin Intl. Film Festival, the event revealed Thursday.

Premieres of a film starring Eva Green as an astronaut and an adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s How To Build A Girl will open and close the Glasgow Film Festival.

The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) announced today it would award “Queen & Slim” writer Lena Waithe and Academy Award-winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr. for their outstanding achievements in entertainment at the 2020 ABFF Honors on Feb. 23 in Los Angeles.

Lena Waithe and Louis Gossett Jr.

It’s a lesser known corner from American history, yet one of its most inspirational stories. The life of the extraordinary Harriet Tubman arrives in British cinemas on Friday in the shape of Kasi Lemmon’s Harriet, the story of an escaped slave who went on to free hundreds more like her in the Southern states of America during the second half of the 19th century. Her determination and tenacity ultimately helped change the course of history.

Since seeing Brad Pitt be ridiculously charming on Sunday night while accepting the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2020 Golden Globes (he would've shared the raft!), we can't stop thinking about Brad. 

In the Golden Globes battle that pitted film studios vs. streamers, the result was a win for the studios.Netflix headed into Sunday evening with 34 total nominations, leading in both the film (17 noms) and TV (also 17 noms) categories.

Hubba hubba! Ricky Martin, 48, gave men half his age a run for their money when he showed off his glistening abs in the British Virgin Islands on January 3. The “Nobody Wants To Be Lonely” singer left little to the imagination in the set of Instagram snaps he posted where he only wore a pair of pale blue board shorts that barely covered his toned legs.

The love of a lifetime. Jennifer Lopez praised her fiancé, Aaron Rodriguez, while accepting the Spotlight Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Film Awards Gala on Thursday, January 2.

New Kids On The Block star Donnie Wahlberg gave a diner waitress a great start to 2020 when he handed her a $2,000 tip.

Three cheers for the 2020 awards season! 

In the mood to give back. Donnie Wahlberg started the new year right, giving his server at IHOP a $2,020 tip to commemorate the beginning of 2020.

Donnie Wahlberg is all about giving back.