Patton Oswalt To Host Sundance Awards Ceremony Featuring Diego Luna, Alison Brie, Cynthia Erivo

(CNN)Cynthia Erivo is putting on the crown of the Queen of Soul in the new trailer for National Geographic's "Genius: Aretha." The Emmy award-winning series is set to return March 21 with a new installment that focuses on the life of Aretha Franklin.

Cynthia Erivo wears her crown high as she becomes the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, in the new trailer for Genius.

Aretha Franklin’s story is finally coming to television via the third installment of National Geographic’s anthology series,.

Genius series is returning with a season about the Queen of Soul, . and nominee plays the legendary singer whose music and politics inspired a generation.The rest of the cast includes David Cross as music journalist and producer Jerry Wexler, Courtney B.

CODA has won the top award at the Sundance Film Festival, taking this year's U.S. Grand Jury prize.

Refresh for updates: The 2021 Sundance Film Festival awards are happening right now and you can watch them below, with this year’s virtual edition hosted by Patton Oswalt, or as he called himself tonight “Discount Giamatti”.

Sundance Film Festival director Tabitha Jackson pointed to one unexpected advantage of going virtual with a reimagined 2021 edition during a surging coronavirus pandemic. "I can be a festival director and not wear pants," Jackson joked during an opening online press conference held via Zoom as Sundance kicked off on Thursday.

Bvlgari and Tribeca Studios have recruited Oscar-nominee Cynthia Erivo to host its Female Trailblazers Series focused on highlighting resilient and extraordinary women through short films.

Patton Oswalt is set to host the awards ceremony for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which is largely being held virtually. The awards ceremony, which will be live-streamed on Feb.

Debbie Allen, Cynthia Erivo, Rian Johnson and Lulu Wang, among others — has unveiled its 10 best movies of 2020. Indicative of the year that was, the list is heavy on titles from Netflix, with additional streaming offerings via Amazon Studios, Disney+ and HBO Max.«All of the honored works advance the art of the moving image, inspire audiences and artists alike, enhance the rich cultural heritage of America's art form and make a mark on American society,» reads the press release.

Patton Oswalt is heading back to the Sundance Film Festival, though the comedian won’t need a snow coat this year.

The American Film Institute (AFI) has released its list of the movies and TV shows of the year.

Lip service! Dior’s wildly popular Rouge Dior Couture lipstick relaunches this month and Natalie Portman fronts the gorgeous campaign shot by iconic fashion photographer duo Inez & Vinoodh in Paris, of course.

The Sundance Film Festival has unveiled a host of industry heavy-hitters for its 2021 pandemic-era jury members. Daughters of the Dust director Julie Dash, Harriet star Cynthia Eviro and novelist Hanya Yanagihara will judge the U.S.

There may be slightly fewer films for this year’s virtual 2021 Sundance Film Festival, but most of them are still up for the prestigious honors set to be announced on February 2. Today, Sundance announced 22 jurors who will make up seven juries judging the U.S Dramatic, U.S.

Natalie Oganesyan editorThe Sundance Film Festival announced 22 jurors that will bestow this year’s awards at the digital ceremony taking place Feb. 2.

Also Read: Juno Films Nabs Bjorn Andresen Doc 'The Most Beautiful Boy in the World' Ahead of Sundance“Our jurors have reached a high level of achievement in their individual fields and can bring their unique perspective to the process of analyzing and evaluating films,” Kim Yutani, Sundance’s director of programming, said in a statement.

One of the first novel concepts introduced in Doug Liman’s tossed-off, super slight, and interminably paced “Locked Down” pandemic-set heist/relationship movie that tells you a little bit about the central couple’s status is the “confession avalanche.” The rather unpleasant Linda (Anne Hathaway) and disagreeable, perhaps vaguely mentally-unwell Paxton (Chiwetel Ejiofor) are weeks into the pandemic in London (circa April, at the height of people losing their minds), both are in the throes of

The Mandalorian‘s second season came to an end nearly a month ago, but the buzz and excitement around the finale continues to unfurl well into the new year.