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Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsSpace Jam can’t make a fresh return in 2021 without new basketball uniforms that are as equally vibrant and eye-catching as the original’s cartoon cast.LeBron James, who will star in the sequel to the 1996 animated classic, teased the revamped Tune Squad jersey on Twitter. The follow up to Michael Jordan’s uniform from the original Warner Bros.

David Robb Labor EditorLeaders of the Art Directors Guild are blaming management’s AMPTP for the delay in finalizing procedures for a safe return to work amid the coronavirus pandemic.On July 24, the Art Directors Guild – IATSE Local 800 – released its own protocols “in the absence of an industry-wide agreement” with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, and in a letter to his members last week, Chuck Parker, the guild’s national executive director, said that “there is still

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentLiverpool’s Cavern Club, best known as the launchpad for The Beatles, is in a fight for survival.The club used to host about 800,000 visitors a year, but it has been standing empty since the coronavirus lockdown in March.Bill Heckle, one of the club’s directors, said it had lost £30,000 ($39,300) a week.“We went five months before unfortunately we had to make about 20 people redundant.

Beyoncé fans received a big treat with the debut of her new visual album “Black Is King”.

Matthew Carey For more than a year and a half the documentary American Factory has been on the kind of awards run that dreams are made of.It’s now in contention for three Emmys, earning nominations late last month for directing, cinematography and editing. At the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where American Factory premiered, it won the documentary directing award for filmmaking couple Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert.

Lauren Conrad to practically break the internet by unexpectedly launching a clean beauty line on an average Wednesday. The 34-year-old’s cosmetics line has apparently been in the works for years — and now it’s finally available for all!The business mogul took to her Instagram feed on Wednesday, August 12, to share the news with her 6 million followers that it’s already available.

Annie Bradley has been elected as the first female chair of the executive board at the Director Guild of Canada's Ontario division, after a virtual vote on Aug. 8.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTikTok is facing an uncertain future — and the popular app may be effectively banned in a few weeks by the Trump administration in the U.S. — but it’s still plowing ahead as if all systems are go.Last month, TikTok announced the formation of a new Creator Fund to support creators who are building careers on the short-form video platform.

Animated music videos are not a new trend in music, but because of the current health crisis, more and more artists are turning to cartoon or emoji-inspired visuals to accompany their new singles.

coronavirus, a number of creatives have spoken to NME about what it takes to put on a monetised virtual gig.Most live shows have not been possible for some months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Busy Philipps, 41, is proving summer 2020 isn’t cancelled! The actress posed in a stunning red bikini and light wash denim shorts in an Instagram snap posted August 5. She has been quarantined at home in Los Angeles with her husband Marc Silverstein and their two daughters Birdie Leigh, 11, and Cricket Pearl, 7 — and Busy shared a sweet interaction she had with her youngest.

Emiliano De Pablos Suzanne Lindon’s “Spring Blossom,” João Paulo Miranda María’s “Memory House” and Grigory Kolomytsev’s “Chupacabra” will vie for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival, the Basque Country event announced Tuesday.This year, the New Directors competition takes in 11 films from Brazil, China, France, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Russia, the U.K. and Vietnam.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVBefore embarking on their multi-year journey to document the plight of immigrants under the Trump administration, filmmakers Christina Clusiau and Saul Schwarz entered into a contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.While this did not given the agency approval over the final product, which is a six-episode docuseries entitled “Immigration Nation” launching on Netflix Aug.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorActors and directors took to social media to pay tribute to British director Alan Parker, who died  Friday. The filmmaker behind “Evita, “The Commitments” and “Bugsy Malone” was 76.Parker’s first feature film was 1976’s “Bugsy Malone.” He directed over 25 films, and his last film was “The Life of David Gale” starring Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterDirectors UK – the association of UK screen directors that counts 7,500 members – has made a quaratet of board appointments.Joining are directors Jan Genesis (Love Island) Christine Lalla (Hollyoaks), Deborah Stones (who has 30 years experience in copyright and collective management) and successor representative Lisi Russell (wife of the late Ken Russell and director of Ken Russell Productions).The appointments have been made following the org’s wide-ranging

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaFemale filmmakers are behind nearly half of the films that will screen at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, representing a high-water mark for the annual celebration of the best in movies and pushing the gathering tantalizingly close to achieving gender parity.The lineup includes new works by ​Roseanne Liang​ (“Shadow In The Cloud​”), Tracey Deer​ (“Beans”), Sonia Kennebeck​ (“Enemies of the State”), Chloé Zhao​ (“Nomadland”), as well as the feature

Cheryl Dunye in ‘Watermelon Woman.’ (Photo courtesy of First Run Features)