HBO Names Finalists for 4th Annual Asian Pacific American Visionaries Short Film Competition (Exclusive)

American audiences might not be very familiar with Ester Exposito, but she’s a huge international star thanks to her hit Netflix series Elite!

American audiences might not be very familiar with Ester Exposito, but she’s a huge international star thanks to her hit Netflix series Elite!

Janet W. Lee HBO’s Asian Pacific American Visionaries winners will premiere their work on Sept.

Manori Ravindran International EditorHBO has acquired award-winning documentary short “The Undocumented Lawyer,” which showcases the fight for immigrant rights through the perspective of an American lawyer on the front lines. (Check out a trailer for the film above.)Directed by Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci, the film world premiered in the short competition at the Tribeca Film Festival and won best documentary at the 2020 Boston Short Film Festival.

The world needs something to lift its spirits. 2020 has been rough, to say the least, with a global pandemic leaving so many people tragically dead, political turmoil in governments around the world, and civil unrest as systemic racism becomes headline news.

, comes an all-new exploration of youth and identity in the HBO limited series,. Starring breakout star Jack Dylan Glazer and newcomer Jordan Kristine Seamón, the eight-part series tells the story of two American teenagers living on a U.S.

“Nomadland” is the winner of this year’s People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Jessica Alba has become a master of TikTok as she often partners with her eldest child, Honor.

David Bowie in Stardust has been released – check it out below.The film, an unauthorised biopic about Bowie in 1971 mapping his infamous US tour and the creation of the Ziggy Stardust persona, has set a UK premiere date at Raindance Film Festival.The first screening will take place at a socially-distanced opening night gala in London on October 28 with the film’s director Gabriel Range in attendance.Check out the new image here:Stardust will not include any of Bowie’s songs, as the musician’s

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmThrough the Clooney Foundation for Justice, and the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights, George and Amal Clooney have made a pledge to closely monitor the upcoming trial of Paul Rusesabagina in Rwanda, as part of CFJ’s TrialWatch initiative. Rusesabagina’s actions to save lives during the Rwandan genocide were dramatized in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda.

Chris Rock has defended Jimmy Fallon over a Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch in which he imitated the comedian while wearing blackface.

Naman Ramachandran Film and television studio and independent AVOD streamer FilmRise has acquired exclusive North American theatrical and digital rights to award-winning feature documentary “Deep In Vogue.”Voguing is a stylized dance form that originated in the late 1980s that harks back to the Harlem ballrooms of the 1960s. Interestingly, it has enjoyed renewed popularity in the north of England, spawning a movement known as Northern Vogue.

Peter White Television EditorStarz is doubling down on shows with 50 Cent – developing two more scripted series with the rapper and Power co-creator.The network has put into development a female sports agent drama, inspired by the life of Nicole Lynn, and a hip hop anthology series.The untitled female sports agent drama comes from Raising Kanan and Snowfall writer Tash Grey, who will exec produce alongside Lynn.

By Dan FastenbergNEW YORK (Reuters) - It started out as just a plastic prop from a party shop but the gold colored crown that American rapper Biggie Smalls wore on the last photo shoot before his death could fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars at Sotheby's first-ever hip-hop auction.After highlighting sneakers and handbags in recent years, Sotheby's in New York is dedicating its September auction to hip-hop culture, featuring some 120 lots that will include boomboxes, photos of Snoop Dogg and

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Rodney Barnes, the television writer and comic book author whose credits including Hulu’s Wu Tang: An American Saga and Marvel’s Runaways, has signed an overall deal with HBO.Deadline understands that the deal is for two years.This comes as Barnes is working with the premium cabler as a writer and executive producer on its upcoming untitled Lakers drama. He is working on the series, which stars John C.

Also Read: Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn to Star in Holocaust Biopic 'One Life'The first movie released under the new stand-alone distribution banner is “Jiu Jitsu,” a martial arts and sci-fi film that stars Nicolas Cage and Frank Grillo. The film is directed by Dimitri Logothetis and will be released on November 20.

NEW YORK -- Playwright-novelist Ayad Akhtar has been named the new president of PEN America, the human rights and literary organization.Akhtar, who assumes the presidency Dec. 2, succeeds novelist Jennifer Egan.“PEN America has its work cut out for it in an era when the quest for truth is challenged as never before,” Akhtar said in a statement Tuesday.

Netflix! Just one day after returned with an all-new season dedicated to the smoke-filled cooking method, ET has the exclusive first official look at the streaming platform’s brand new culinary competition,, and the backyard masters vying for the title of American Barbecue Champion.Hosted by Rutledge Wood () and Lyric Lewis () and judged by barbecue legends Kevin Bludso and Melissa Cookston, the savory reality show sees eight smokers and barbecuers facing off in weekly challenges, from the

Akon is moving forward with plans to build a “real-life Wakanda.”