Karlovy Vary Film Fest Sets 54 1/2th Edition for November

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThis one goes all the way to 11.The central “Fast and Furious” franchise will come to a conclusion after the 10th and 11th films, Variety has confirmed.

Gwen Stefani is giving the world a chance to hear what No Doubt tunes would have sounded like with a country music twang. The songstress joined Jimmy Fallon for a fun sketch on Monday’s “Tonight Show”, and she embraced her Blake Shelton-inspired love of country.

Gwen Stefani is giving the world a chance to hear what No Doubt tunes would have sounded like with a country music twang.

The Social Justice Now Film Festival has announced its lineup, including drive-in screenings ofJust Mercy and Fruitvale Station.The films will act as the festival's opening night, which will take place at the Paramount Drive-In and is sponsored by Amazon Studios. Spotlight screenings will be docs 40 Years a Prisoner, Us Kidsand SNCC, along with narrative feature REEFA.

Dino-Ray Ramos editorThe Film Life Foundation’s inaugural Social Justice Now Film Festival (SJNFF) has unveiled its robust program including its spotlight screenings including the documentaries 40 Years A Prisoner from HBO, Us Kids, and SNCC executive produced by Pharell Williams as well as I Am Other. and the narrative feature REEFA.

Scatting is the perfect way to get through the pandemic.

Jake Kanter International TV Editor‘A Perfect Planet’ Goes Global BBC One and Discovery’s latest David Attenborough epic, A Perfect Planet, has secured a raft of international sales. The natural history series has pre-sold to Australia (Nine), Croatia (HRT), Czech Republic (Czech TV), Denmark (DR), Lithuania (LRT), New Zealand (TVNZ), Norway (NRK), Russia (Friday! and United Media Group), Spain (Movistar+), Slovenia (RTVS) and Sweden (SVT).

Will Tizard ContributorThe Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the Czech Republic’s premiere industry event, announced Wednesday it will launch in abridged form Nov.

Meg Zukin One of the keys to the longevity of Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous,” a love letter to 1970s rock and roll, is the film’s effortless cool. The iconic image of corkscrew-curled Kate Hudson in bell-bottoms and faux fur tossing up a peace sign was so emblematic of the era that it made the then-unknown actress into a movie star.

Millie Bobby Brown paid a virtual visit to “The Tonight Show” on Friday.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorNewFest is hosting a reading of Ang Lee’s groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain at its New York LGBTQ Film Festival on October 18, employing an all-trans cast for the event that commemorates the film’s 15th anniversary.The cast features Leo Sheng (The L Word) as Ennis, Brian Michael Smith (911: Lone Star) as Jack, Jen Richards (Tales of the City) as Alma, Alexandra Grey (Empire) as Lurleen and Disclosure director Sam Feder as the narrator.The original film

The Nordic Film Festival, the largest Scandinavian film showcase outside Europe, has unveiled the lineup for its mostly virtual 6th edition from Oct. 15-20 in New York.

The 64thBFI London Film Festival said Friday that George Clooney will speak during an exclusive Screen Talk event. The actor and filmmaker will discuss "his illustrious and varied career, as well as his latest feature The Midnight Sky," which Netflix will release in December.

Night 4 of “BTS Week” went off in style.

"We've become a good place to launch your campaign and make sure Oscar and Emmy notice," says Chuck Todd, the moderator of NBC's Meet the Press, host of MSNBC'sMTP Daily and NBC News' political director, as we discuss the upcoming fourth annual 'Meet the Press Film Festival at AFI,' a documentary shorts focused sidebar of the American Film Institute's AFI Fest, which will be all-virtual this year and run from Oct. 15 through Oct.

Ava DuVernay will be among the big names joining this year's 64th BFI London Film Festival industry program, which promises to focus on "key learnings and experiences that have emerged during a tumultuous and historical 2020, a year in which creatives seek new ways to collaborate across fractured media, cultural and social landscapes." Talks and panel events will explore themes arising from the coronavirus pandemic, changing business models and "demands to tackle systemic bias in the cultural

The American Black Film Festival has unveiled plans for a Remembering Chadwick Boseman Film Retrospective on Oct. 3 and 4, via its newly launched streaming platform ABFF Play.

The 64th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express on Tuesday unveiled its lineup of Screen Talks and events that will be available for free via YouTube and the fest's social channels, including sessions withLetitia Wright and Riz Ahmed. Among filmmakers, this year's virtual event will feature the likes of Michel Franco, Miranda July, Tsai Ming-liang, Christian Petzold, musician and performer David Byrne and artist Es Devlin discussing their careers.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorFollowing a backlash within its membership ranks and the resignation of its board of directors and president earlier this year, France’s Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma has set new leadership. At a general assembly today, the Académie, which hands out the country’s César Awards, elected former CNC and Arte chief Véronique Cayla as president and Intouchables co-director Éric Toledano as vice president.