Director Travon Free Calls Diddy To Celebrate After ‘Two Distant Strangers’ Oscar Win

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My dad was the best human I ever met. He was the happiest, healthiest and loveliest man who was proud of me for everything – he’d applaud me for just crossing the road.

Janey Godley has claimed she was forced to call police after allegedly being bombarded by 'unionist death threats'. The Scots comic told how officers arrived at her home after trolls accused her of 'being a drug dealer in the IRA'.

Travon Free is setting the record straight. The director of the Oscar-winning short film “Two Distant Strangers“addressed recent allegations that his work copied another short film about police brutality in an op-ed for The Washington Post.

Travon Free is setting the record straight. The director of the Oscar-winning short film addressed recent allegations that his work copied another short film about police brutality in an op-ed for . On April 30, filmmaker Cynthia Kao posted a video to TikTok in which she drew connections between her four-minute short film titled  and Free's project.

Heather Stewart, the long-time British Film Institute executive, will step down from her role as Creative Director at the organization in September 2021 and will take up a new position as BFI Director Emeritus.

Alyssa Milano is calling out celebrities who don’t use their large followings and platforms to further social change out of "fear" of negatively impacting their careers. The "Charmed" actress, 48, said as much during an interview with The Bump – and said she certainly feels she has a critical role to play due to her celebrity status and often-brash approach to internet activism.

Writer-director Travon Free has signed a first-look producing deal with Endeavor Content after, along with co-director Martin Desmond Roe, winning the Oscar for best live-action short for Two Distant Strangers. “Over the last year, I’ve developed some great creative relationships with some wonderful people at Endeavor Content, who I’ve found to be as committed as I am to making art that is not only entertaining, but challenges our society, our culture and the world we live in.

colorful, matching suits were even made to be a statement and tribute to victims of police brutality attacks. “Over the last year I’ve developed some great creative relationships with some wonderful people at Endeavor Content, who I’ve found to be as committed as I am to making art that is not only entertaining but challenges our society, our culture and the world we live in.

EXCLUSIVE: Hot off of winning the Best Live Action Short Film Oscar for Two Distant Strangers, Travon Free has inked a first look producing deal with Endeavor Content.

Soul picked up its second Oscar win of the night for Original Score and Jon Batiste called out Duke Ellington, Bach and Nina Simone in a stirring celebration speech.

During the opening of the Oscarson Sunday, Regina King made mention of the recentDerek Chauvin verdict. "It has been quite a year, and we are still smack-dab in the middle of it," King began.

Academy Awards alongside his co-director, Martin Desmond Roe, and pleaded for people to not be indifferent to the pain caused by police killings. is about a man trying to get home to his dog, who gets stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop.

Award shows are no stranger to politics and this year's Oscars was no different. When "Two Distant Strangers" filmmaker Travon Free took to the stage to accept his award for best live action short film, he addressed the recent spate of police killings that have dominated headlines for several weeks now.

Tonight, at the 93rd Academy Awards, Two Distant Strangers directors Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe won the Oscar for Best Live-Action Short.