‘Mank’ Costume Designer Trish Summerville On Turning Color Into Black & White [Interview]

Apple Original Films has picked up Number One on the Call Sheet, two documentary features about pioneering Black actors and actresses, with backing from Jamie Foxx, Kevin Hart, Angela Bassett and Halle Berry. Apple will debut the companion films globally on Apple TV+.

Jamie Foxx and Kevin Hart will produce a pair of documentary films for Apple Studios that will focus on the challenges faced in Hollywood by Black actors and actresses. “Number One on the Call Sheet” will be two companion films: one specifically focused on what it takes for Black leading men to find success in entertainment, and another that will focus on the challenges faced by Black leading women.

Erik Messerschmidt's black-and-white lensing of Mank—David Fincher's '30s set biopic aboutCitizen Kane screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz— collected the feature film trophy during the35th American Society of Cinematographers Awards, which were presented during a virtual ceremony from the historic (and expertly lit) ASC Clubhouse in Hollywood.

Amongst the highly-awaited movies up for release next year is Lost City of D, starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe American Society of Cinematographers handed out its top prize in feature film visual storytelling to Erik Messerschmidt, ASC for “Mank.”Other winners included “The Crown,” “The Mandalorian,” “The Truffle Hunters,” “Two of Us,” “Motherland: Fort Salem” and “The Queen’s Gambit.”Turner Classics Movies host Ben Mankiewicz served as the emcee for the ceremony, presenting the awards from the ASC clubhouse in Hollywood.

Internationally renowned actress Viola Davis has opened up about Hollywood’s treatment of people of colour, particularly Black artists in a recent interview with Variety. The star has expressed her thoughts about inclusivity in the film industry countless times in the past.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, shared her thoughts on inclusivity and casting in a new interview with Variety.“It’s so hard to get films made that don’t fit a certain box of how they see us,” Davis said on the publication’s Awards Circuit Podcast.“Inclusivity cannot be a hashtag.

Clayton Davis As accomplished as Academy Award winner Viola Davis is in the industry, she still feels the unfair comparisons and judgments for the roles she chooses. “It’s so hard to get films made that don’t fit a certain box of how they see us,” Davis tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast.

The Matrix Revolutions (2003).Of course, this pressure is hardly ever felt by male actors, who don't endure the same ageism in Hollywood and continue to play the “sexy” lead well into their 50s and 60s. "I had heard that at 40 everything changed," Moss .

Carrie-Anne Moss is describing the ageism she has faced in Hollywood.

Oprah Winfrey is sitting down with Eddie Murphy.

Leading Irish designer Paul Costelloe has said Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made the right decision to escape life in the British royal family. And he said Buckingham Palace simply ‘couldn’t handle’ the force of Ms Markle’s celebrity and personality.

a study released by film researcher Stephen Follows revealed out of 7,303 movies released between 2000-2016, women made up less than 15% of stunt professionals. That percentage is even smaller when race is factored in.

Tiffany Haddish is focused on the bigger picture and “being better” for the younger generation.  “I wish there were more Tiffany Haddish’s that were better than me. I meet young girls who say, ‘I want to be the next Tiffany Haddish,’ and I am like, ‘Be better than me, do it bigger, be better,'” the Girls Trip actress, 41, told HollywoodLife in an exclusive interview while discussing her new commercial with Cadillac (seen below).

It’s been over a week since the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards were unveiled. The Academy has revealed the ceremony will take place at both Union Station in Los Angeles and the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.