Oscar Winner Kristof Deak Starts Shooting Feature Debut ‘The Grandson’ (EXCLUSIVE)

You’ll be hard-pressed to find Anthony Weiner on a ballot again. The disgraced ex-congressman guaranteed in an interview on Monday that his comeback won’t extend to politics.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu has come aboard to direct Paramount Player’s feature adaptation of New York Times bestselling author Angie Thomas’ second novel, On The Come Up. The director behind the 2018 Cannes Film Festival premiere Rafiki is stepping in for George Tillman Jr. who was originally attached to On The Come Up.

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.

Christopher Vourlias Alex Rodrigo, a director on the acclaimed Netflix drama series “Money Heist,” is making his feature film directorial debut with “The Last Shot,” one of 16 film projects being pitched to prospective buyers this week during Rome’s MIA market.“The Last Shot” is a biopic about the late Spanish photographer and humanitarian Luis Valtueña (pictured), who was killed in Rwanda in 1997.

Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya passed away on Thursday, October 15, in Mumbai. Athaiya was known for her contributions towards many films, including Gandhi.

Naman Ramachandran Bhanu Athaiya, the costume designer who became the first Indian to win an Oscar, for Richard Attenborough’s “Gandhi” (1982), died at her home in Mumbai Thursday after a prolonged illness. She was 91.Athaiya was suffering from a brain tumor for the last eight years, her daughter Radhika Gupta told news agency PTI.Athaiya was born in Kolhapur, western India, in 1929.

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.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterSony Pictures Animation has plucked the first feature film from Academy Award winner Matthew Cherry, Variety has learned exclusively.After winning the Oscar for his acclaimed short “Hair Love,” Cherry is at work on the tentatively-titled “Tut,”  an afro-futuristic, coming-of-age story of the boy king Tutankhamun.Based on an original idea from Cherry and Monica A.

Just when it seems the world can’t get any more horrible, Tori Spelling gets caught in an active shooter situation! WTF?!

Tori Spelling is opening up about a harrowing experience she and her family witnessed.

#developing Oscar Grants family reading a statement from Nancy O’Malle just as they learned the DAs office will reopen the case. #kpix5pic.twitter.com/h2DpBuHjBz“We’re not holding our breath, but we definitely will be praying that she sees the truth in this issue,” said Bobby Johnson, Oscar Grant’s uncle, after the announcement was made by the DA’s office.The slaying took place in the early morning hours of January 1, 2009.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticEXCLUSIVE:  With the West Coast still threatened daily by raging wildfires, an Oscar -contending documentary is planning to try to help the cause.National Geographic Documentary Films announced today the commercial-free broadcast premiere of Rebuilding Paradise, from director Ron Howard and Imagine Documentaries, on National Geographic Sunday, Nov. 8 at 9/8c,  the second anniversary of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California.

San Diego Loyal SC just scored a major goal — for shutting down homophobia!

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Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, BET announced that “Sacrifice” has been picked up for 10 episodes following the same characters as in the 2019 film.BET announced that “Sacrifice,” the legal thriller film starring Paula Patton, has now been picked up to series. The movie released in 2019 as the first original film on the BET Plus streaming platform.

Kate Middleton and Prince William have released new photos of their three children—Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.The Cambridges can be seen posing with Sir David Attenborough in the new snaps, which were taken in the gardens of Kensington Palace earlier this week. Attenborough visited the palace to show Prince William his forthcoming feature film, David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, in an outdoor screening, which was also captured on camera.

Jake Kanter International TV Editor‘Dancing With The Stars’ Heads To MongoliaDancing With The Stars is waltzing into its 60th territory after BBC Studios sold the dance competition format to Mongolia’s Mongol TV. The 13-part series goes into pre-production this month and is set to air in early 2021.