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Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorABC has set 9/11 Remembered: The Day We Came Together, an hour-long dedication special filmed on May 15, 2014, marking President Barack Obama’s opening of the 9/11 Memorial Museum at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerAmerican Black Film Festival (ABFF) wrapped its 24th annual celebration with The Best Of The ABFF Awards.

John Travolta and his daughter, Ella, danced together to honor his late wife, Kelly Preston, who died in July after secretly battling breast cancer.“My daughter @ella.travolta and I dancing in memory of momma,” the Pulp Fiction actor, 66, captioned a video on Instagram on Friday, August 21. “One of Kelly’s favorite things, dancing with me.”The video showed Travolta wearing a black shirt and white pants as he twirled his 20-year-old in a restaurant while piano music played.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDirector Davis Guggenheim is no stranger to shooting films for the Democratic National Convention, the “An Inconvenient Truth” helmer has worked on campaign biofilms as far back as 2008 with then-candidate Barack Obama.He has since filmed segments for the 2012 and 2016 campaigns, but in 2020 things were different. There was a global pandemic and the Democratic National Convention was going virtual.

for the second season of “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” The syndicated series is heading back to the Universal Studios lot to start filming episodes for Season 2 at the beginning of September. The second season will premiere on Sept.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorSony Pictures Classics has scheduled Azazel Jacobs’ drama French Exit for a Feb. 21, 2021 release in time for Oscars.

When We All Vote, founded in order to "increase participation in every election and close the race and age voting gap." This afternoon, August 20, Meghan will appear in a livestreamed "Couch Party" titled "When All Women Vote," to commemorate the centennial of the 19th amendment.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorDamien Navarro’s first day on the job as the executive director of Outfest LA was the day after the festival’s closing night last year. Of course, no one could have imagined that this year’s edition of the LGBTQ festival would be taking place during a pandemic.Navarro and his team quickly pivoted to putting together a virtual event.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsEXCLUSIVE: Nature-loving cinephiles can catch David Cross and Debra Messing in their Robert Pyle-inspired The Dark Divide next month thanks to Strike Back Studios, REI Co-op and the National Wildlife Federation.The Public House and TBVE film, directed by Spirit Award winner Tom Putnam, will make its virtual theatrical release on Sept. 18.

Charles Dance would be onboard with a remake of the final season of Game Of Thrones.The 73-year-old actor, who played Tywin Lannister until season five of the eight-season long series, opened up on the fan campaign for a revised season eight during a chat with PopCulture.“I mean, I saw it. I continue to watch the whole series even after I’d been killed off in the lavatory,” he shared.

Also Read: Steve McQueen's 'Lovers Rock' Set as New York Film Festival Opening Night Film“We’ve been watching New York filmmaker Azazel Jacobs for more than a decade, since his film ‘Momma’s Man’ screened in our New Directors/New Films festival in 2008,” New York Film Festival director Eugene Hernandez said in a statement.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAzazel Jacobs’s “French Exit,” the story of a New York socialite who jettisons her old life for a new one in Paris, has been selected as the closing night feature of the 58th New York Film Festival.The film, which stars Oscar-nominees Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges, will make its world premiere at the festival, which is expected to be a mixture of physical and virtual events due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ted Johnson Barack and Michelle Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton each will have speaking slots at next week’s Democratic National Convention, which, because of the coronavirus pandemic, will be almost entirely virtual from locations across the country.Also speaking will be Bernie Sanders, Biden’s chief challenger for the nomination, and John Kasich, the Republican former governor of Ohio.

Outfest is going online. Los Angeles' LGBTQ film festival is shifting to a virtual event this summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic with a roster that includes more than 160 films including 35 world premieres, 10 North American premieres and four U.S.

Porsha Williams shared an important message with her fans on social media. She offered her gratitude for being able to be a part of a special event recently.

Beyoncé has shared very limited looks at her three-year-old twins Sir and Rumi Carter's lives on her social media. But the twins' stylist (yes, they and their older sister Blue Ivy Carter have a stylist) Manuel A.

Porsha Williams shared am important announcement for her fans. Check out what she shared on her social media account.

was forced to scrub this year’s edition due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tribeca Film Festival has announced it will return in 2021.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterMontreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival (August 20 – September 2), being held digitally this year due to the pandemic, has unveiled its final line-up.The fest has also announced that revered genre filmmaker John Carpenter will be the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award and will host an online masterclass as part of its virtual events.New pics selected include Kiel McNaughton’s Indigenous action-comedy The Legend Of Baron To’a, which closes the