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The 12th Annual Governors Awards is on the move.

slated to occur on January 15 until the Omicron surge scuttled plans for a live event, will present Honorary Oscars to Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Danny Glover.The Academy also announced that the rescheduled event, produced by Jennifer Fox, will be scaled down in size from what had initially been planned.

Clayton Davis The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced a new date for their annual Governors Awards to honor Danny Glover, Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullman.

 Samuel L. Jackson will receive the Chairman’s Award during the 53rd NAACP Image Awards this month.

Academy Award-nominated actor and producer Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight, Pulp Fiction) will be honored at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards with the prestigious Chairman’s Award, the NAACP and BET announced today.

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Taraji P. Henson's itch to sing has been scratched. The Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress is set to star as Shug Avery in, ET has confirmed.The 51-year-old actress will join H.E.R.

Black History Month, and new content celebrating Black stories across television and film is on its way.Over the course of Black History Month, many channels will premiere nonfiction specials and programming that spotlight Black leaders in politics, entertainment and social justice. PBS will premiere specials about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer and singer Marian Anderson, while Starz will premiere a feature length documentary on Congresswoman Barbara Lee.In addition, the Smithsonian Channel will debut a four-part miniseries tracing the origins exploring the legacy of slavery around the world. Aside from new documentaries and docuseries, streaming channels like Tubi will offer hundreds of hours of Black Cinema to watch, as well as original fiction programming.

Manori Ravindran International EditorLouverture Films, the production company founded by actor Danny Glover and Joslyn Barnes, is moving into television as well as animation, gaming and installation works. With two new principal partners in situ, the expansion has enlisted a host of creatives, including directors Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Lucrecia Martel.Co-founded by Glover and Barnes in 2005 — alongside long-time partners Susan Rockefeller and the Bertha Foundation’s Tony Tabatznik — the company has brought on board Sawsan Asfari and Jeffrey Clark as principal partners. Variety understands that the new partners will allow Louverture to access more funding resources.In addition, producer Karin Chien, who on Sunday delivered a rousing Sundance Institute Producing Fellows’ keynote, is becoming a partner and executive VP.

For years, Warner Bros. and director Richard Donner tried to put together a fifth installment of the beloved and influential “Lethal Weapon” franchise.

Tom Cruise made a rare appearance with his son, Connor, 26, over the weekend. The actor was spotted at a baseball game in San Francisco on Saturday.

Los Angeles Dodgers with his son Connor Cruise, 26, joining him. Videos from fans and the stadium's video screens showed Tom grinning ear-to-ear as he took in the game while chatting with fans, and even fellow actor Danny Glover.

EXCLUSIVE: ABC and the Academy have teamed to promote the upcoming launch of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures with a star-studded primetime special hosted by Oscar winners Tom Hanks and Laura Dern, who are also members of the museum’s board of trustees.

told The Hollywood Reporter. “He has left with us amazing memories of his laughter, dynamic acting skills, but most of all his enormous personality and heart of gold.”Johnson boasted roles in a string of hit feature films, including “House Party,” “Menace II Society,” “Lethal Weapon 3” with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, “The Players Club,” “I Got The Hook Up” and “B.A.P.S” with Halle Berry.

Governors Awards ceremony, which is currently scheduled to take place on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer“Paper Empire,” a new series from creator Robert Gillings, has added actors Danny Glover and Richard Grieco.The project, acquired by Hannibal Pictures during this year’s European Film Market, has a previously announced cast Including Wesley Snipes, Denise Richards, Robert Davi, Steve Guttenberg, Michael Nouri, Robert Knepper, and Anne Archer.Gillings serves as writer-director on the project, which follows Laurence Fintch (Davi) of Fintch Wealth Management

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIn the summer of 1992,  “Lethal Weapon 3” was dominating the box office, but audiences didn’t leave the theater talking about the outrageous stunts or Mel Gibson and Danny Glover’s buddy act. Rather, it was Rene Russo, a model-turned actress with a few minor roles in films like “Major League,” who stole the movie right out from under her A-list co-stars.

Ellise Shafer administratorFollowing the news of legendary director Richard Donner’s death, heartfelt tributes are emerging from all over Hollywood, including from Steven Spielberg, Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.Donner, who directed the original “Superman” film, the 1985 classic “The Goonies” and the “Lethal Weapon” series, died on Monday at the age of 91.Fellow director Spielberg, who wrote the story for “The Goonies,” remembered Donner in a statement to Variety.“Dick had such a powerful command

has died. He was 91.Donner died on Monday, according to multiplereports. His death was confirmed to by his production company, although no cause of death was released.Donner was born on April 24, 1930, in the Bronx.

Mel Gibson was broken up by the passing today of longtime Lethal Weapon collaborator Richard Donner. They made four Lethal Weapon films together with Danny Glover, starting with the first in 1987 that made Gibson a superstar.

Danny Glover, who starred in four Lethal Weapon films with director Richard Donner, has weighed in on his passing today, heart heavy with sorrow.

Oscars at the Academy’s Governors Awards next year.Alongside Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann will also be presented with awards, while the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award will go to Danny Glover.The 12th Governors Awards, the first since the 2020 edition was cancelled due to COVID-19, will be held on January 15, 2022.“We are thrilled to present this year’s Governors Awards to four honourees who have had a profound impact on both film and society,” Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Gallery: Celebrities before they were famous (Espresso)He has appeared in multiple Marvel movies as the eyepatch-wearing onetime SHIELD boss Nick Fury, wielded a lightsaber in the Star Wars universe as Jedi master Mace Windu, and delivered an unforgettable line in Snakes on a Plane. Ullmann, 82, was introduced to international audiences in Ingmar Bergman's Persona and would go on to make many films with the Swedish director.

The Academy Awards will present Elaine May, Samuel L. Jackson and Liv Ullmann with honorary Oscars and Danny Glover with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 12th Governors Awards in January.

The Academy Awards will present Elaine May, Samuel L. Jackson and Liv Ullmann with honorary Oscars and Danny Glover with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 12th Governors Awards in January.The film academy announced the honorary awards Thursday.

After a pandemic cancelation, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is bringing the separate Governors Awards ceremony back. It will take place in person on January 15, 2022, in Los Angeles and it will have some living legends to celebrate.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors voted to present Honorary Oscars to Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Danny Glover, the Academy announced on Thursday.The four Honorary Oscars will be presented at the Academy’s 12th Governors Awards on Saturday, Jan.

Academy Awards will present Elaine May, Samuel L. Jackson and Liv Ullmann with honorary Oscars and Danny Glover with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 12th Governors Awards in January.The film academy announced the honorary awards Thursday.

Antonio Ferme editorSamuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann will receive honorary Oscars this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday.

Matthew Chernov The producers of the “Saw” movies have cast plenty of talented actors over the years, including Danny Glover, Cary Elwes, Donnie Wahlberg, and now Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson in “Spiral.” But the true stars of the franchise are the diabolical traps that each new movie offers.

Danny Glover, Matt Dillon, Danny Pudi and Michelle Mylett joined the cast of American Dreamer, the Paul Dektor-directed dark comedy that has just gotten underway in Vancouver. The actors join Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine and Kim Quinn on the Ted Melfi scripted film. Dinklage, David Ginsberg, Quinn, Melfi and Dektor are producing along with Flying Firebird.

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The 2021 Toronto Black Film Festival is here.

The courtroom drama Foster Boy, starring Matthew Modine, Louis Gossett Jr. and Danny Glover, is set to open the virtual Toronto Black Film Festival on Feb.

The 2021 Toronto Black Film Festival lineup is here.

For years now, there have been rumblings about “Lethal Weapon 5.” With “Beverly Hills Cop” getting a new sequel, and other franchises from the ‘80s and ‘90s coming back for “one last” romp, it was only a matter of time that one of the most famous buddy-cop franchises would be revived, even if it’s been 22 years since the fourth feature. But according to filmmaker Richard Donner, not only is “Lethal Weapon 5” happening, but it’s also the end of the franchise.