Michaela Zee editorThe African American Film Critics Association held its fourth annual AAFCA Awards on Saturday to honor outstanding work in television. During the ceremony, Courtney B.
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Carson Burton NewFilmmakers Los Angeles has renewed the NewNarratives talent development program that it launched last year with Warner Bros. Discovery’s OneFifty content banner.The NewNarratives program identifies emerging global artists by tapping into the community of international content creators that NFMLA has cultivated over the past 15 years.“OneFifty is a long-standing partner of NewFilmmakers LA,” said Axel Caballero, head of OneFifty.
“The NewNarratives collaboration has yielded exciting new talent from around the globe and we look forward to the unique voices that will emerge this year.”The program launched in 2021 and received 200-plus entries from more than 40 countries, leading to substantial funding to support projects from creatives such as Jim Vendiola, Gabriela Ortega, Set Hernandez Rongkilyo and the duo of Nora Mariana Salim and Rami Kodeih. NewNarratives aims to be a fully global program, open to any kind of storyteller and material.
From episodic genres to shorts to feature films, the program aims to discover unconventional styles of storytelling that creates real impact. “As NFMLA celebrates our 15-year anniversary, it’s incredibly exciting to look back and see how far the artists we’ve supported have come,” Larry Laboe, NFMLA’s executive director, and Bojana Sandic, programming director, said in a joint statement.
“Working with OneFifty in this curatorial and developmental capacity fosters the same kind of creativity and opportunity that NFMLA has fought so hard to advocate for.”This season, NewNarratives will award a grant to a minimum of one artist to support the development of a new project. The material will also be introduced by OneFifty to the Warner Bros.
Michaela Zee editorThe African American Film Critics Association held its fourth annual AAFCA Awards on Saturday to honor outstanding work in television. During the ceremony, Courtney B.
Vanessa Bryant is taking the stand in her civil suit filed against Los Angeles County after the helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe Bryant and her 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant back in January of 2020.
EJ Panaligan editorStephen P. Neary, the creator of HBO Max animated series “The Fungies!,” tweeted a string of statements Thursday voicing his heartbreak over the show being pulled from the streaming service.“Last night during a figure drawing class I found out that ‘The Fungies!’ was getting pulled from HBO Max this week.
CNN heard the 911 call placed by a neighbor of the house that Anne Heche crashed into, an accident that would ultimately lead to the actress’ death at age 53. The Aug.
The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) announced the call for submissions for its third annual LALIFF Inclusion Fellowship which aims to champion underrepresented filmmakers within the Latino community. With continued support from Netflix’s Fund for Creative Equity, ten visionary self-identifying Indigenous Latino and Afro/Black Latino directors will each be awarded $30,000 for the production of their short films.
Sharing her support. Following Anne Heche’s ongoing road to recovery after her involvement in a fiery car crash, ex Ellen DeGeneres has weighed in.
Zack Sharf “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker went viral during the pandemic thanks to their surprise deepfake video, “Sassy Justice,” which has earned over 2 million views on YouTube since its October 2020 debut. The 14-minute short finds a deepfake Donald Trump, voiced by Peter Serafinowicz, reporting news out of Cheyenne, Wyoming under the eponymous moniker. The project was the first bit of content to come out of Deep Voodoo, Stone and Parker’s deepfake production studio.Stone and Parker said at the time that “Sassy Justice” came about because “we just wanted to make fun of [deepfakes] because it makes it less scary,” but it turns out the project had its roots in a full-length Donald Trump deepfake movie that Parker and Stone were working on and then scrapped because of the pandemic.
Broadcaster Vin Scully will be honored with a commemorative black patch by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the team said today. The black patch will have a microphone and “Vin” on the uniforms.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterGigi Saul Guerrero is set to direct “Jenni,” a movie about the life of Mexican American singer Jenni Rivera.The biopic, which is authorized by the late artist’s estate, will be produced by Los Angeles-based multimedia company Mucho Mas Media and De Line Pictures.Developed by Guerrero and screenwriter Shane McKenzie, the movie follows Rivera’s rise as a Spanish singer who successfully crossed over to U.S. and global audiences, as well as her work as a women’s rights activist.
A staggering loss. Vin Scully, who was the voice of Dodgers baseball for 67 seasons, has died at age 94.
pic.twitter.com/FloR9dBhZjScully's 67-year career as the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers began in 1950 when the team was still in Brooklyn. He soon became the team's lead announcer, a position he held for the rest of his career.He followed the Dodgers after they left Brooklyn for Los Angeles in 1957 and it was in L.A.
died on Tuesday at age 94 from natural causes, 6 years after he formally retired from his longtime role. And even nearly a decade later, for his admirers no time had passed at all, nor was his loss felt any less deeply.Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti called Scully “our dear friend, the Voice of LA,” and said “he united us, inspired us, and showed us all what it means to serve.”“No one was better at any job than Vin Scully was at his,” Jimmy Kimmel said, calling Scully “a lovely man on top of that.”“There will never be another Vin Scully. Our most heartfelt condolences to the Scully family, the Dodgers organization, and baseball fans everywhere,” the Minnesota Twins organization said on its official Twitter page.“You are more a part of Los Angeles History than sunshine and palm trees.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has said that City Hall will be lit up on Wednesday night to honor legendary broadcaster Vin Scully, the radio and TV voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers who died Tuesday at the age of 94.
Vin Scully, the radio and TV voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers for 67 years who in the process became synonymous with the city, died Tuesday, the Dodgers organization said. He was 94.
pic.twitter.com/FloR9dBhZj“He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more,” the team wrote. “He was their conscience, their poet laureate, capturing their beauty and chronicling their glory from Jackie Robinson to Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson to Clayton Kershaw.”Scully’s longevity is almost hard to process. He began calling Dodgers games in 1950, when the team was still in Brooklyn.
Jon Weisman Vin Scully, the longtime Dodgers play-by-play announcer considered by many to be the king of his profession, died Tuesday. He was 94.The Los Angeles Dodgers confirmed Scully’s death through its official social media.“He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more,” the organization wrote.
Clayton Davis Disney and Warner Bros. topped the 22nd annual Golden Trailer Awards nominations, announced on Tuesday.Disney picked up a massive haul of 85 nominations, which includes Walt Disney Motion Pictures, Disney+, National Geographic, Marvel Studios, ABC, Hulu and 20th Century Studios.