William Earl This awards season’s premier contending filmmakers, talent and artisans will gather for exclusive panels at Variety FYC Fest on Dec. 6 in Los Angeles from 9 a.m.
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Canadian Broadcast Corporation feature on the singer-songwriter has led to accusations that Sainte-Marie is a “pretendian” — the term coined for people who fake having Indigenous ancestry. Sainte-Marie, 82, claimed that she was born on a Piapot Cree reservation in Canada and was adopted by white parents as part of the country’s infamous Sixties Scoop in which Indigenous children were removed from their families and adopted by white families in a government policy of forced assimilation.But the recent CBC report cites a birth certificate that states the singer was born “Beverly Jean Santamaria” in Stoneham, Massachusetts to parents of European lineage.
It also quotes several family members who claim “her story is an elaborate fabrication.”Sainte-Marie shared her Cree culture with youths across the nation when she appeared on Sesame Street in the 1970s and she has won numerous awards including an Oscar in 1983 for co-writing the song “Up Where We Belong” — for which she became considered the first Indigenous person to win the prestigious award. She rose to success among other folk singers in the early 1960s and has reappeared in pop culture in recent years thanks to exhibits, podcasts and documentaries on her life legacy and work fighting for Indigenous people.
In 2021, Sainte-Marie’s face even appeared on a Canadian stamp. The significance of her role within Indigenous communities, especially those in Canada, made her potential fraud all the more shocking and hurtful to members of those communities who feel their heritage, pain and history were stolen for her advantage.
“It’s theft of opportunities, resources. It’s theft of our stories,” Indigenous scholar Kim TallBear, a professor of Native studies at the University of
.William Earl This awards season’s premier contending filmmakers, talent and artisans will gather for exclusive panels at Variety FYC Fest on Dec. 6 in Los Angeles from 9 a.m.
Michaela Zee Henry Kissinger, the secretary of state for Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford who shaped U.S. foreign policy for decades, has died. He was 100.
Henry Kissinger, one of the key diplomats of the Cold War and a controversial National Security Advisor and Secretary of State for Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, died tonight in his home in Connecticut at the age of 100.
Henry Kissinger, the former secretary of state and national security advisor under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and advisor to George W. Bush, has died, according to a release from his Kissinger Associates. He was TK.
EXCLUSIVE: Boutique distributor Juno Films has picked up North American and UK rights to This World is Not My Own, a documentary portrait of the folk artist Nellie Mae Rowe from filmmakers Petter Ringbom and Marquise Stillwell, which premiered earlier this year at SXSW. The award-winner will be released in theaters in the summer of 2024.
An award-winning Ayrshire journalist and crime writer is set to captivate fans with the first new collection of short fiction he’s penned in a decade.
Alyson Hannigan looked like no time had passed since the finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a whopping 20 years ago, as she arrived for rehearsals for the US version of Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing With the Stars. The actress, 49, who played Willow in the hit TV show, looked exactly the same as she had back then, as she arrived sporting a purple mandala dress and some black Converse shoes. She was later snapped wearing the dance gear, having swapped the dress for a grey t-shirt and green leggings.
The family of Emmy winning filmmaker Ross McDonnell has confirmed his death after remains were discovered on a beach in New York City.
Buffy Sainte-Marie says a CBC News investigation that questioned her Indigenous heritage is an attack on her character, life and legacy.
Brendan Fraser has lined up his next role!
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Brendan Fraser, a newly minted Academy Award winner, is set to star in the Searchlight Pictures comedic drama “Rental Family.” Japanese filmmaker Mitsuyo Miyazaki, who goes by Hikari and worked on Netflix’s “Beef,” is directing and producing the film. She’s also co-writing the script with Stephen Blahut, whom she collaborated with on the docu-drama “37 Seconds.” Principal photography will begin this spring in Japan, with release plans to be announced at a later date.
EXCLUSIVE: After taking his time in finding his next big role after winning this years best actor Oscar, Brendan Fraser looks to have zeroed in on that role as sources tell Deadline he is set to star in Searchlight’s Rental Family. Beef helmer Hikari will direct from a script she co-wrote with Stephen Blahut. Hikari has been developing the project since 2019 and will produce along with Shin Yamaguchi as well as Eddie Vaisman and Julia Lebedev of Sight Unseen Productions.
A spicy first look teaser for Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine‘s new limited series Mary & George has been released!
disinformation. As a self-proclaimed proud Cree woman, the Oscar-winning singer-songwriter and social activist has spent her entire career fighting for and focused on the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada.But a new blockbuster investigation by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation claims that Sainte-Marie is nothing but a fake.
Mary and George, which stars Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine, has a new U.S. home.
Oliver Anthony has announced a run of UK and Ireland live dates for 2024.The ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ singer will make stops in Glasgow, Manchester, London, Belfast and Dublin between February 7 and 13 – see the full details below. Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT this Friday (November 17), and you can order them here.The dates will be part of the Virginia singer-songwriter’s first international headline tour, which is also set to take in Europe and Australia.‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ became a viral sensation in August, reaching Number One in the US Charts, making Anthony the first artist to debut at that spot without any previous chart entries.
Britney Spears‘ manager Cade Hudson has criticised Saturday Night Live over their comedic sketch of the singer’s new memoir.It comes after the sketch opened with Chloe Fineman impersonating the star before a parody for the auditioning process to act as the narrator for Spears’ memoir The Woman In Me followed.According to Hudson, the singer herself was also invited to appear on the show.“Wow. The writers of SNL are getting worse and worse.
Guneet Monga Kapoor (“The Elephant Whisperers”) and Michelin-starred chef and filmmaker Vikas Khanna (“The Last Color”) have boarded Oscar-qualified animated short “American Sikh” as executive producers. The film tells the true story of an American-born, turban-wearing Sikh illustrator, writer, performance artist, diversity speaker and creator of Sikhtoons.com, Vishavjit Singh, who after a lifetime of facing prejudice, self-doubt and violence, finally finds acceptance in a superhero costume.
Valerie Wu Intern Disney Branded Television has acquired first-generation Taiwanese American filmmaker Sean Wang’s award-winning documentary short, “Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó.” “Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó” features dialogue in both Mandarin and English and is a “multigenerational story” that celebrates Sean Wang’s two grandmothers, one on his father’s side and the other on his mother’s side. The film premiered at the SXSW film festival, where it took home the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award.
Mario Lopez had X, formerly known as Twitter, ablaze this week. The actor and TV host shared a video in September on TikTok enjoying mariscos, which made its way onto Twitter.