HBO Announces 5th Annual APA Visionaries Short Film Competition Finalists

Filmmaker Ry Russo-Young turns to her own family for inspiration in HBO’s new documentary series “Nuclear Family.” The project is an in-depth exploration of what it meant to be lesbian parents during the ‘70s and ‘80s. For Russo-Young and her sister, their lives were just like any other American family.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaJeff Daniels is ready to welcome audiences back to Broadway.The producing team behind “Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird,” a box office juggernaut that already ranks as the most successful American play in Broadway history, unveiled a new video on Thursday intended to celebrate the return of the Great White Way after a year of pandemic-related closures.

The brand new trailer for Scenes From A Marriage, starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, has been unveiled.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar and Emmy Award-nominated POV Shorts, from American Documentary, is set to premiere its fourth season via PBS and streaming at POV.org on Sept. 6. This season will feature 13 new diverse, short nonfiction films across 7 episodes tackling the complexities of family, identity, and community.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Films has acquired North American rights to “Huda’s Salon,” a drama written and directed by Hany Abu-Assad, the award-winning filmmaker behind “Paradise Now” and “The Mountain Between Us.”The film is described as a “feminist thriller,” one that unfolds against the backdrop of geopolitical conflict. It follows Reem, a young mother married to a jealous man, who goes to Huda’s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear.

Laetitia, the first French series to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, is heading to HBO.

Ethan Shanfeld Byron Bowers and Tom Sturridge have joined the cast of HBO and A24’s “Irma Vep.”The limited series follows Mira (Alicia Vikander), an American movie star who’s disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup.

Three finalists for HBO’s fifth annual Asian Pacific American Visionaries short film competition have been announced, and include filmmakers Jess X. Snow (Little Sky), Jesse Gi (Neh), and Urvashi Pathania (Unmothered).

Forty years after the first case of HIV was reported in the United States in 1981, a “cure” has remained elusive so far. Now, HIV/AIDS researchers across the world are keenly awaiting the results of two new trials that are scheduled to start in Melbourne.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMore than a year after HBO Max debuted, LG Electronics USA and WarnerMedia reached a deal to distribute the HBO Max app on recent-model LG smart TVs in the U.S.The arrival of HBO Max on LG smart TVs in the States comes after the streaming service went live on certain models of LG internet-connected televisions in select territories in Latin America and the Caribbean in June.LG Smart TV owners in the U.S.

cast Latina Sasha Calle to play Supergirl in “The Flash,” this will be the first stand-alone title to feature a Latino lead. Also of note, “In the Heights” breakout star Leslie Grace, who is Dominican American, has won the role in “Batgirl” and will star as crime fighter Barbara Gordon in the upcoming film set at HBO Max.According to the MPAA, in 2017, Hispanic/Latino audiences had the highest per-capita attendance at the movies, going to the movie an average of 4.5 times a year.

There is no new baby on the way for George and Amal Clooney.

According to reports, George Clooney, 60, and his wife Amal, 43, are expecting their third baby together, four years after the pair welcomed twins Alexander and Ella.

Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, has acquired North American rights to This Is Not a Pity Memoir, the first book by award-winning screenwriter and playwright Abi Morgan. The book, part of collaboration with the publishing arm of Michael Sugar’s Sugar23, is set to be published June 2022.