IFP Rebrands in Concert With Gotham Awards’ 30th Anniversary

NEW YORK -- Isabel Wilkerson's “Caste,” an acclaimed biography of Malcolm X and fiction by Martin Amis and the late Randall Kenan are among this year's finalists for National Book Critics Circle prizes.The critics circle announced five nominees in each of six competitive categories Sunday, and seven finalists for an award for best first book.

On Sunday, iconic filmmaker Spike Lee was honored by the New York Film Critics Circle with a special award for his short New York New York, which was filmed during the pandemic. After fellow filmmaker Martin Scorsese presented him with the award, Lee did not mince words during his acceptance speech which was pre-recorded on January 6, the day when Donald Trump supporters invaded the Capitol.

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Netflix has dominated the Oscar documentary race in recent years, winning best feature in both 2020 and 2018. But this year it could be Amazon Studios’ to shine.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn the wake of Hipgnosis Song’s blockbuster growth, former Geffen Records president Neil Jacobsen, who launched his own songwriter-producer management firm in 2019, is lining up a $200 million IPO on the New York Stock Exchange for a new company called the Music Acquisition Corporation.

The 36th annual IDA Awards are getting underway now in a virtual ceremony that should help bring clarity to a documentary race crowded with an unprecedented number of Oscar contenders.

Stars of ABC’s classic daytime dramas All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital will reunite next month to present a streaming concert of their past musical performances benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

In an unusual time, the 2021 Gotham Awards presented an unconventional live and virtual hybrid event from New York on Monday night.

The Gotham Awards are typically a glitzy star-studded event in New York, but this year, like so many awards shows over the past 10 months, the event is deploying a mix of live and virtual elements in light of the coronavirus pandemic. But fans will still be able to watch the action unfold online, starting at 8 p.m.

Black Panther actor’s behalf.Taylor Simone Ledward shared a tribute last night (January 11) during the online ceremony, in which Andre Holland, who starred opposite Boseman in 42, also gave a speech.“He was the most honest person I ever met, because he didn’t just stop at speaking the truth: he actively searched for it in himself and those around him and in the moment,” Ledward said, in the speech shared by New York Times journalist Kyle Buchanan on Twitter.“The truth can be a very easy thing

Also Read: Women Dominate Gotham Awards Nominations, 'First Cow' Leads All FilmsThe ceremony, which had been delayed from its normal late-fall date, took place at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, with a small group of presenters and a skeleton crew in the room, guests occupying virtual interactive tables and winners experiencing the usual array of sound and video problems.

The newly rebranded Gotham Film and Media Institute announced the winners of the 30th Annual Gotham Awards on Monday night and it was a bit of a bumpy zoom ride. While some presenters were on hand at the award show’s traditional locale, Cipriani’s New York, the nominees were entirely live on zoom.

The Gotham Film and Media Institute’s 30th annual Gotham Awards is underway with the virtual ceremony streaming live from Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

Natalie Oganesyan editorThe 2020 Gotham Awards have already made history, with all of this year’s best feature nominees directed by women. The ceremony, which will livestream on the Independent Filmmaker Project and Variety’s Facebook pages beginning at 8 p.m.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said live entertainment venues, including movie theatres and concert halls, could reopen some time this fall, according to The New York Times.

Indie producer Jeffrey Sharp, whose credits include You Can Count on Me (2000), was preparing to celebrate his one-year anniversary as executive director of the Independent Film Project when the coronavirus struck. IFP is host of the Gotham Awards, the first major awards show of the season and an Oscar bellwether — Moonlight, Spotlight and The Hurt Locker are among the handful of films named best feature by both IFP and the Academy Awards.

The IFP has rebranded as The Gotham Film and Media Institute on the eve of the 30th annual Gotham Awards.

The filmed London production of the David Bowie musical Lazarus starring Michael C. Hall will stream for three performances this weekend to mark both the late singer’s Jan. 8 birthday and the fifth anniversary of his Jan. 10 death.

NEW YORK -- Roger Berlind, a producer of more than 100 Broadway plays and musicals and the winner of 25 Tony Awards, has died. He was 90.He died Dec.

Roger Berlind, a producer of more than 100 Broadway plays and musicals and the winner of 25 Tony Awards, has died. He was 90.