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There are few people in the film industry that have had the type of early career as Benjamin Cleary. You may not know his name yet, but the filmmaker has already earned an Oscar for his 2015 live-action short film, “Stutterer.” And to kick off his feature filmmaking ventures, with the upcoming “Swan Song,” he’s already signed up two of the best actors working today and partnered with one of the richest studios on the planet.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated actress Naomie Harris is set to reunite with Moonlight co-star and Oscar winner Mahershala Ali in the Apple TV+ original film Swan Song, which hails from Apple Studios and Anonymous Content.Benjamin Cleary, also an Oscar winner for his short film Stutterer, wrote the screenplay and is directing the pic.

Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali has had plenty of success but is always looking to challenge himself in new ways. This year, the Oakland, California, native earned his first Emmy nomination as an executive producer, for Amy Schatz’s documentary We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest.

The slate of programming available on the new streaming service HBO Max continues to expand in unexpected ways, though this recent announcement might be their most peculiar yet. According to Variety, the young streaming service has commissioned a 10-episode run of a new series titled “A World of Calm” which promises to combine “mesmeric imagery with narration by A-list stars” with figures Mahershala Ali, Nicole Kidman and Keanu Reeves already signed on to the new health and wellness show.

During these turbulent times, HBO Max wants you to just … relax. The streamer has ordered “A World of Calm,” a series based on the popular app and narrated by a slew of big names.The 10-episode order co-produced by Calm and Nutopia is HBO Max’s first brush with the health and wellness space.

Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali has signed on to play boxing legend Jack Johnson in a new HBO series.Unruly will be based on the documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, directed by Ken Burns.Ali previously played Johnson, the world’s first black heavyweight boxing champion, in a stage production of The Great White Hope in 2000.Jackson once took part in a boxing match, dubbed “the fight of the century”, in 1910 against James J. Jeffries and ruled the boxing

When you think of boxing, there are a number of fighters that come to mind. Names like Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, and, of course, Muhammad Ali are all near the top of the list of most popular fighters of all time.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVHBO is developing Unruly, a six-part limited series about legendary boxer Jack Johnson to be played by two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali. The project hails from Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone and will be written by Dominique Morisseau based the PBS documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, produced and directed by Ken Burns, and its companion book by Geoffrey C.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorStarzplay has acquired the second season of Ramy Yousseff’s Golden Globe-winning comedy Ramy for the UK, Austria, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. The streaming arm of U.S.

Upon its premiere last spring, Ramy Youssef’s Hulu dramedy was showered with praise for bringing Islam and Arab culture—rarely seen with any nuance on American TV—to the masses in a heartfelt way. It brought Youssef an HBO standup special and a Golden Globe at 28. Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali was such a big Ramy fan that he asked to be written into the new season—which he was, as a sheikh.

Last year’s breakout comedy “Ramy” just added some new star power.

The 2020 Oscars won’t have a host for the second year in a row, but they’ve recruited a small army of A-listers as presenters to give the show some sheen.

The 2020 Oscars won’t have a host for the second year in a row, but they’ve recruited a small army of A-listers as presenters to give the show some sheen.

The 2020 Oscars nixed finding a host for the second year in a row, but they’ve booked a bunch of A-list Oscar winners as presenters to give the show some sheen.

Last year's Oscar winners Mahershala Ali, Olivia Colman, Regina King and Rami Malek are set to present at the upcoming 92nd annual Academy Awards ceremony, it was announced Tuesday."We love the tradition of having the previous year’s Oscar-winning actors on stage to celebrate the achievements of their peers and are thrilled to welcome back these four great talents," said producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain.More presenters will be announced in the upcoming weeks.It was

By Greg Evans

Sam Rockwell snagged the best actor award in a TV movie or television miniseries at the 26th annual SAG Awards on Sunday night.The actor, who portrays legendary Broadway choreographer and director Bob Fosse in Fosse/Verdon, prevailed over fellow nominees Mahershala Ali, Russell Crowe, Jared Harris and Jharrel Jerome.Upon receiving the statuette from Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong'o, Rockwell talked about his dancing skills and lack thereof.

This year’s Oscars will take place on Feb. 9, the earliest date ever in the ceremony’s 92-year history. But for anyone looking for a change in the makeup of nominees from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, that just means we can get this one over with sooner, and look forward (again) to next year.

Stephen Dorff can't wait to see hisco-star, Mahershala Ali, bring to a new generation.