Filmmakers Attribute Growing Demand for Documentaries to Streaming Sites

Stephanie O’Keefe has been elected president of the American Federation of Musicians Local 47, becoming the first woman president in the union’s 123-year history. John Acosta, who served three two-year terms as president, did not seek re-election. In the local’s other elections, Danita Ng-Poss has been elected secretary-treasurer – the first person of Asian descent to serve as a titled officer of the union – and Rick Baptist has been re-elected to a fourth term as vice president.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor [SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers specific to Marielle Heller’s character, Alma Wheatley, in “The Queen’s Gambit.”]Marielle Heller insists she never imagined that “The Queen’s Gambit” would be such a huge hit.“I had no idea how the chess was going to play out,” Heller, who plays Alma Wheatley, the mother of a 1950s female chess prodigy (Anya Taylor-Joy), in the Netflix series, says on today’s episode of the Variety and iHeart

Georgia’s Senate runoff races on Tuesday will determine control of the chamber, a hugely important vote that could determine the extent to which President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris can enact their agenda.

Wonder Woman 1984 is only the latest in a long line of movies that have ventured into the District of Columbia to capture the backdrop of monuments and neoclassical architecture. But the mega pic is relatively rare in that is uses locations in the DMV — the moniker used to denote the greater metro area of the district and parts of Maryland and Virginia — so extensively. Rather, D.C. typically is used for establishing shots and much of the rest of principal photography is shot elsewhere.

reporting for Wired magazine. I had completed a day of interviewing and was strolling alongside the Mediterranean when I came to a blues bar, Mike’s Place, with a Guinness sign out front.

With David Fincher’s film Mank reviving the legend of screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, a descendant of the Citizen Kane scribe and his equally fabled brother, Joseph, will have his dual biography published next summer by Knopf.

Let the rumors start swirling — Khloe Kardashian was spotted wearing a giant diamond right on her left hand ring finger and fans think that she might be engaged to Tristan Thompson. The Good American mogul, 36, was seen wearing the huge rock during a December 22 outing with Tristan, 29, and their two-year-old daughter, True, in Boston, where Tristan has relocated to play for the Boston Celtics.

Growing up in Oregon, Ty Burrell remembers his dad’s career as a social worker and the impact it had on him. "He was a caseworker in the foster care system," says the actor.

Joel Dommett has left fans hot under the collar as he appeared topless on his interview on Lorraine on Wednesday 23 December. Comedian Joel, 35, was due to chat to Ranvir Singh, who is stepping in for Lorraine, via video link to discuss the upcoming series of The Masked Singer.

direct to your inboxLorraine viewers, and host Ranvir Singh, were in for a surprise this morning. The Good Morning Britain and Strictly star is currently filling in on the ITV show for Lorraine Kelly who has headed off on her Christmas break.

Good times never seemed so good!