Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering’s Jane Doe Films Elevates Ryan Mazie To VP Development And Communications

The San Diego Unified School District last week approved a major overhaul to its grading system as a part of a larger effort to combat racial discrimination. The new changes came in response to data that showed disparities between the percentage of white and minority students who received D or F grades, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.  A racial disparity in failing grades has prompted the San Diego Unified School District to overhaul its entire grading system.

Variety has written at length about animation’s uninterrupted production workflow amid the coronavirus pandemic, while the rest of Hollywood has suffered with shutdowns and outbreaks. To discover how the magic of animation happens remotely, and in celebration of our annual 10 Animators to Watch list, we recruited writing-directing-editing animation team Todd Hansen and Doug Nicholas to let us in on their process.

Janet W. Lee When the coronavirus pandemic hit California in March, San Diego Film Festival artistic director Tonya Mantooth briefly considered canceling this year’s program.

David Robb Labor EditorFemale independent filmmakers made historic gains in 2019-20, according to a report released today by Dr. Martha Lauzen, executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe percentages of women working as directors and writers on independent films reached recent highs in 2019-2020, according to a report released Thursday.Dr. Martha M.

Christopher Vourlias Chile’s Oscar-winning Fabula Films (“A Fantastic Woman”), the company co-founded by producer Juan de Dios Larraín and director-producer Pablo Larraín (“Jackie,” “No”), is producing “The Sorcerers,” which will be presented this week during the Rome-set film and TV market Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (MIA).

Lucy Mecklenburgh and Ryan Thomas enjoyed some quality mum and dad time as they went on a mini date without their son Roman. Leaving their seven month old with his grandparents, the reality star and her former Coronation Street actor fiancé had a two course Sunday lunch at the Felix Warley restaurant in Brentwood, Essex.The pair showed off their mouthwatering plates of food, and Lucy tucked into a cocktail as they spent some time together.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorThursday marked the end of the Chinese National Day holiday with the world’s second largest box office market significantly tightening the gap between its turnstiles and those of North America. Takings for the period are estimated at RMB 3.95B ($589M).

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRome’s MIA market, the growing showcase for international TV series, feature films and documentaries, is on track to hold its sixth edition both physically and online on Oct.14-18 in the Italian capital.

Savage X Fenty Instagram. “I would more importantly like to apologize to you for this honest, yet careless mistake.”“We understand that we have hurt many of our Muslim brothers and sisters, and I’m incredibly disheartened by this! I do not play with any kind of disrespect toward God or any religion and therefore the use of this song in our project was completely irresponsible!” she continued.

John Krasinski is getting back to work.

Rihanna has issued an apology to the Muslim community for a “careless mistake” during her fashion show.

Rihanna is speaking out after sparking some controversy. The 32-year-old singer took to her Instagram Story on Tuesday to apologize for using Coucou Chloe's song, «Doom,» during her recent Savage x Fenty fashion show.The track, which was released in 2016, includes remixed Hadith narration about the end of the world and the afterlife.

Last week, Rihanna's second Savage x Fenty fashion show premiered on Amazon Prime. One of the songs played during the show, "DOOM" by producer Coucou Chloe, contains a recording of a hadith, or a sacred Islamic text.

Rihanna is issuing an apology.