No Oprah? No problem: 'On the Record' Doc Gets Standing Ovations at Sundance

Double Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo took the stage at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday night to perform her song, "Stand Up," from Harriet.Clad in gold floor-length gown with a thigh-high gap, Erivo belted the powerful lyrics she wrote alongside Joshuah Brian Campbell for the best original song nominee against the a sunset backdrop.The 2020 Oscar double nominee was joined by a group of singers in gold and silver outfits.

Cynthia Erivo certainly proved she's EGOT-worthy during tonight's 2020 Oscars!

Adam Sandler won best male lead for his role in Uncut Gems at the 2020 Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday.Putting on the gruff voice he's used while accepting honors throughout the 2020 awards season, Sandler used his speech to liken his Oscars snub to getting passed up for the high school yearbook superlative of "best looking" for "best personality.""A few weeks back when I was, quote-unquote, snubbed by the Academy it reminded me when I briefly attended high school and was overlooked for

For Marcelito Pomoy, singing is a breeze. It’s such a cinch, he sings in dual voices.

Following a thunderstorm of Oprah Winfrey-related controversy and a successful Sundance Film Festival premiere, “On the Record” has secured domestic distribution at HBO Max.

By Anthony D'Alessandro

“On The Record,” a harrowing documentary about the burden of women of color in the #MeToo movement, has been upstaged for nearly a month by the departure of former executive producer Oprah Winfrey.

It's easy to see why documentary and TV director Andrew Cohn's first narrative feature, The Last Shift, was at one time considered as a project for Alexander Payne, who remains on board as executive producer. Empathy for aging men navigating complicated crossroads in their unfulfilled lives has often shaped Payne's films and very much applies to the terminal under-achiever played here with characteristic dimension and heart by the ever-reliable Richard Jenkins.

Connie Talbot stole hearts back in 2007, when her incredible voice flung her into the finals of Britain's Got Talent. The now-19-year-old is bringing her vocal abilities to America's Got Talent: The Champions, and she didn't come to play.On Monday night's (Jan.

In a night full of emotional and poignant performances, Demi Lovato's return to the Grammys stage on Sunday night was something truly special to behold. The singer marked her first trip back to the awards show following her 2018 hospitalization for an apparent drug overdose, and it was clear from the start of her set that the weight of the moment — and perhaps the heaviness that already blanketed the show — was fully realized by her right then and there.

During the premiere of On the Record—previously known asUntitled Kirby Dick/Amy Ziering Film —filmmakers and the subjects received several standing ovations at the first public screening of the film.Ahead of the screening Dick and Ziering received a standing ovation from the audience and addressed the Marc theater, with a tearful Ziering offering: "You are going to bear witness to some of the most extraordinary people we have been privileged to work with over the past couple of years."As the

“On the Record,” a devastating look at many of the women who came forward to accuse music mogul Russell Simmons of rape and harassment, premiered to not one, but two thunderous standing ovations at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday. The warm reception came as the film has become engulfed in a media firestorm, one sparked by Oprah Winfrey’s decision to remove herself from the project as executive producer.

After two days of buzzy cameos out and about in Park City, Hillary Clinton finally took the main stage at the Sundance Film Festival.

By Anthony D'Alessandro

“On the Record,” a documentary that presents the former music executive Drew Dixon’s accusations of sexual harassment and rape against the hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons (it includes several other Simmons accusers as well), is the fourth major documentary of the #MeToo era to offer an incendiary indictment of men who have used their power within the entertainment industry to commit and cover up patterns of abusive behavior.

Some people might come to a Go-Go’s documentary wanting a purely fun, bubbly experience, based on the effervescence the group projected at its breakthrough peak in the early ’80s. Others might want a sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll tell-all, if they’re aware of the tensions and bad habits that led the all-female band to acrimoniously break up in the mid-’80s (before many off-again, on-again reunions that have followed).

By Joe Utichi