California Film Commission Presser Zoom Bombed During Introduction Of Dee Dee Myers, New Director of State’s GO-Biz

Naman Ramachandran “Curtain Call,” starring starring Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, Paapa Essiedu and Simon Russell Beale, has sold to several major territories.To be directed by “Shopgirl” filmmaker Anand Tucker, the film will commence production later this year in the U.K.Culmination Productions has sold to Squareone Entertainment (German-speaking Europe), Notorious Pictures (Italy), California Filmes (Latin America), Cineart (Benelux), Tanweer (Greece), Lusomundo (Portugal), Sena (Iceland),

Preparing for the worst…

Bee Vang was born in Fresno, California. He is Hmong and his parents are immigrants from Thailand. He is best known for his role in Clint Eastwood’s 2008 drama Gran Torino, a film that follows a racist Korean War veteran that develops a relationship with a Hmong family.

Richard Bracken, a four-time Emmy-nominated film editor with credits including Ironside, Columbo, Rich Man, Poor Man and three Wes Craven movies, has died. He was 90.

California announced late Monday that Blue Shield had been chosen as the state’s third party administrator for vaccine distribution. Governor Gavin Newsom has been promising for weeks to release details of the contract. Those details were made public yesterday, a holiday, the same day no-bid contract went into effect.

Cara Delevingne and was spotted with a star kid this weekend! The British model was seen with Jaden Smith on a Valentine’s Day date. The 28-year-old model and actress and the 22-year-old actor, who is the son of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, were seen stepping out for a date on Sunday night in West Hollywood, California.  What made it clear that it was a date was, Jaden had a giant bouquet of roses that he presented to Cara upon seeing her outside of the restaurant.

Primus‘ Les Claypool has shared a western movie-inspired short film in which he appears alongside Metallica‘s Robert Trujillo – you can watch it below.The five-and-a-half-minute Precious Metals, which landed on Primus’ official YouTube channel yesterday (February 10), is described as a “Northern California Gold Rush story [with] a surprise twist you didn’t see coming.“Thrills, chills, suspense, and groove that won’t quit.

Natalie Oganesyan editorLegendary Korean star Yuh-Jung Youn will receive the 2021 Spotlight Award, Actress for her role in the critically-hailed “Minari” at the Palm Springs International Film Awards.“In her first-ever American feature film, ‘Minari,’ Yuh-Jung Youn wonderfully portrays a feisty and foul-mouthed grandmother whose Korean American family has suddenly moved from California to a hardscrabble farm in Arkansas.

California Governor Gavin Newsom was half an hour late to his own party on Monday. Scheduled to speak at a Covid-19 news conference at 11:30 pm, he didn’t appear until noon. That’s unlike the governor, but this is an unusual time for him.

While police are still looking for the suspect who assaulted an eldery man, Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu are stepping up and offering a reward “for information leading to the arrest and conviction of this man and his accomplices.”

Okay you guys — it’s official. Prince Harry not only lives in California now, but as of February 5 he’s also been indoctrinated into the James Corden Carpool Karaoke list of guest members. Pretty cool, right?!

NEW YORK -- The global pandemic was not about to stop filmmaker Sam Levinson without a fight — literally.The creator of HBO's “Euphoria” found his hit series shuttered so he pivoted to writing and directing “Malcolm & Marie,” a film about an epic lovers’ quarrel starring John David Washington and Zendaya — who also stars in the HBO show.Set in a luxury California beach house, Washington's Malcolm — an up-and-coming director — and Zendaya's Marie — an out-of-work actress — have returned after a

Bring Your Own Brigade isn't the first cinematic report on the Camp Fire that destroyed Paradise, California, in 2018, or even the first one to screen at Sundance (Ron Howard's Rebuilding Paradise played at the festival in 2020). It almost certainly won't be the last film about the devastation wrought by uncontrolled wildfires, particularly in California, by a long shot.

Movie theater advertising network National CineMedia has inked a deal with Harkins Theatres, expanding its foothold in the Southwestern U.S. as it hopes movie-going will pick up this year.

Pack it up! Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson are ready to start the next chapter of their lives in their joint Malibu pad.

The industry groups that recommended a production pause amid California's COVID-19 surge in early January have lifted it. SAG-AFTRA, the Producers Guild of America and theJoint Policy Committee —the bargaining group that represents commercial advertisers and advertising agencies — have agreed that effective Feb.

UCLA’s Nia Dennis chats with Ellen DeGeneres about her show-stopping gymnastics routine during an appearance on her show on Thursday.

Legendary actor Sidney Poitier has leant his name and reputation to Arizona State University's Sidney Poitier New American Film School amid plans to establish campuses in three cities across Arizona and California.