George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy to Receive Milestone Award From 2022 PGAs

Steven Spielberg, Jane Campion and Paul Thomas Anderson, this year’s Oscar race is proving unusually difficult to call. Here’s what you need to know about the Oscars 2022 nominations process.

Patrick Swayze and actress Demi Moore, and initially for portraying Celie Johnson in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple (1985). Now, Whoopi is regularly seen debating on talk show The View and has made headlines for her controversial and "offensive" comments on the Holocaust. She has since apologised and been suspended for two weeks by ABC to show support for the Jewish communities.

Meghan and Harry's "easier way of life" will offer future King George a different future, an anti-monarchy group says. Graham Smith, CEO of Republic, said Megxit could tempt George away from tradition. He told the Express: "George has to play the role of future king for his entire life, probably until what everyone else would consider retirement age - that’s not a particularly exciting prospect for a young man.

The 2022 nominees for BAFTA’s Rising Star Award have been revealed, including actors from James Bond pic No Time To Die, Jane Campion’s awards contender The Power Of The Dog, and Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story.

George Lucas decided to re-release the original in theaters, he didn’t just want to insert deleted scenes and add more elevators to Cloud City. Putting his space opera trilogy back in cineplexes was also a gift to the new generation of fans who were too young or perhaps not even born yet when debuted. “If you do want to see it with the emotional impact that it was meant to have… you have to see it on a big screen,” Lucas explained to ET’s Leonard Maltin at Skywalker Ranch in January of 1997.

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) turns back the clock to 1969 when a series of concerts by Black artists transfixed Harlem. Under different circumstances, the director thinks the film would have turned out very differently.

Prince William has shared how Prince George “loves gaming” but that he tries to regulate screen time as its “something you have to be careful about” The Duke of Cambridge, 39, made the admission during a visit to the headquarters of BAFTA, which the Duke is president of, in London on Thursday 27 January. Speaking about his children - Prince George, Princess Charlotte, six, and Prince Louis, three, - that he shares with wife Kate Middleton, 40, he explained: “We're trying to regulate their gaming, that's the thing at the moment”.

A day after “Succession” dominated the television nominations, the Directors Guild of America announced the key film nominees for the 2022 DGA Awards. To no surprise, “The Power of the Dog’s” Jane Campion, “Dune’s” Denis Villeneuve, and “Belfast’s” Kenneth Branagh made the list.

Ethan Shanfeld Dave Chappelle’s 2021 standup comedy special “The Closer” nabbed two major nominations Thursday morning, from both the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and Producers Guild of America (PGA).Stan Lathan, who directed “The Closer,” was recognized by the DGA for TV directing in the variety, talk, news or sports specials category. Chappelle himself received a PGA nomination in the category of outstanding producer of live entertainment, variety, sketch, standup and talk television.“The Closer,” Chappelle’s sixth special for Netflix, ignited a media firestorm, as viewers criticized it for what they felt were transphobic and homophobic remarks.

The Producers Guild has pulled back the curtain on the nominations for its 33rd annual PGA Awards, which cover theatrical motion pictures, animated features, TV series and specials and televised/streamed motion pictures. See the full list below.

Best Picture Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” seems to have taken pole position in the best picture race. Campion won a screenplay Oscar at the 1994 ceremony for “The Piano,” which was also nominated for best pic (it lost to “Schindler’s List.”). Early front-runner “Belfast” should also make the ballot.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaFernanda Urrejola and Julio Cesar Cedillo will star alongside Josh Lucas in “The Black Demon.” The survival thriller is the latest film from Adrian Grünberg, the director of “Rambo: Last Blood” and “Get the Gringo.”The film centers on an oilman who finds himself and his family stranded on a rig where he is targeted by a megalodon, a prehistoric shark.Urrejola is best known for her work in “Narcos: Mexico,” the “Party of Five” reboot and Clint Eastwood’s most recent drama, “Cry Macho.” Cedillo played the title role in “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” and also appeared in “All the Pretty Horses,” “Cowboys & Aliens” and “Sicario.” He recently starred in Netflix’s acclaimed film “The Harder They Fall.” Also joining the cast are Jorge A. Jimenez (“Machete Kills”), Héctor Jiménez (“Nacho Libre”), Raúl Méndez (“Narcos”), Edgar Flores (“Sin Nombre”), Venus Ariel (“DMZ”) and Carlos Solórzano (“Flamin’ Hot”).Written by Boise Esquerra, the film will wrap principal photography at the end of January on location in the Dominican Republic.Developed by Mucho Mas Media and Silk Mass, “The Black Demon” is co-financed by Highland Film Group (HFG), which is representing worldwide rights to the film.

The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild has announced that it will honor Doug Jones with the inaugural The Chair Award at its annual awards ceremony taking place at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 19.

LOS ANGELES -- ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus is launching a radio show on Apple Music, with hopes of figuring out why his songs like “Mamma Mia” and “Dancing Queen” have stayed stuck in the heads of so much of the world for so many decades.The guitarist, singer and co-songwriter from the Swedish supergroup will host the “Björn from ABBA and Friends’ Radio Show” on Apple Music Hits starting Monday.The limited series includes music and conversations with Ulvaeus' friends and collaborators, starting in the first episode with his fellow producer, songwriter and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Nile Rodgers.Ulvaeus and Rodgers talk about the secrets of hit-making and why ABBA's music has remained in the public consciousness.“I have long wanted to ask some emotionally intelligent as well as intellectual people who know about ABBA about why they think our songs have lasted for such a long time — almost 40 years — because I don’t understand it myself,” the 76-year-old Ulvaeus said.The show comes amid a major ABBA renaissance. Ulvaeus and bandmates Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, and Benny Andersson released their first new music together in four decades in November on the album “Voyager.” And in May, a series of holographic live shows are set to begin, created by the group and George Lucas’ special-effects company, Industrial Light & Magic.Ulvaeus' other guests on the radio show include Catherine Johnson, the British playwright who wrote the stage play of “Mamma Mia!” and the screenplay for the subsequent film.Johan Renck, the creative director of the forthcoming concerts, guests on another episode, all of which air at 3 p.m.

Martin Dale ContributorBrad Pitt has teamed up with Emmy-award winning music producer Damien Quintard to relaunch the historic Miraval Studios, where Pink Floyd, Sting, The Cure and AC/DC recorded their albums. It is being redesigned as an exclusive film and music production and post-production facility in a beautiful setting.The studio is located in a majestic vineyard estate, Château Miraval, that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie leased in 2008, purchased in 2011 and held their wedding there in 2014.

EXCLUSIVE: The Santa Barbara Film Festival will be getting a touch of Lucy and Desi by way of honoring another pair of major stars.

Rolling Stones legend Mick Jagger. And Lucas Jagger channeled his rockstar roots donning a suave striped suit as he arrived for the Louis Vuitton's Fall/Winter 2022 menswear show held at the Le Carreau Temple for Paris Fashion Week on Thursday. The 22-year-old oozed confidence as he paired his navy suit with a Louis Vuitton turtle neck.

Mary Parent, the producer of “Dune” with Legendary Entertainment, will receive this year’s David. O Selznick Achievement Award from the Producers Guild of America.

J. Kim Murphy Mary Parent will be honored with the David O. Selznick achievement award at the upcoming Producers Guild Awards.

Spike Lee will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Motion Picture Direction at this year’s DGA Awards, Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter announced today.