Toronto Fest Nears Gender Equality for Women Filmmakers

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Barack Obama beautifully honored «warrior for gender equality» Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Justice Ginsburg died on Friday, Sept. 18, due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer at age 87.Obama posted a photo of the two at the White House on his social media, along with a brief note before his powerful statement.«Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought to the end, through her cancer, with unwavering faith in our democracy and its ideals.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court Justice who established herself as a trailblazer for women’s rights and gender equality, died on Friday from complications of metastatic pancreas cancer. She was 87.“Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature.

Nine Inch Nails multihyphenates Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won an Emmy on Thursday, making the pair one Tony away from EGOT status. On the strength of their work on Damon Lindelof's HBO limited seriesWatchmen, based on theDC Comics graphic novel,they won an Emmy for original dramatic score for a limited series, movie or special.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Night 4 of the Creative Arts Emmys Awards, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross earned their first Emmy for their Watchmen score, coming that much closer to the coveted EGOT.Two of the artists behind industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, Reznor and Ross previously earned an Oscar in 2011 for their score to David Fincher’s The Social Network.

Jon Burlingame Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross now have an Emmy to add to their Oscar and Grammy awards, having won Thursday night for their score for HBO’s “Watchmen.”The Reznor-Ross team were previously honored with an Academy Award for “The Social Network” and a Grammy for their score for “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” (They are just a Tony Award away from EGOT status, the ultimate show-biz crown.)Accepting remotely — as did all of this week’s Emmy winners — Reznor said: “We’re very proud

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The complexities and ultimate similarities of American life play out in “The Last Shift.” A 2020 Sundance selection, the film became a buzzworthy project thanks to outstanding lead actors along with a carefully crafted storyline for these times. Its overall sensibilities and emphasis on realism is evidence of a director and writer with deep roots in documentary filmmaking.

Hungarian filmmakers Kornel Mundruczo and Kata Weber have a reputation as fabulists. In the surreal opening scene of White God (2014), a young girl cycles through the eerily empty streets of Budapest, pursued by a pack of hundreds of dogs.

Activists took a stand for transgender visibility at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 29, 2018 during game five of the World Series. Near the top of the sixth inning, members of TransLatin@ Coalition dropped a 20-by-15-foot Transgender Pride flag banner reading “Trans People Deserve To Live” from a left field balcony. Photo: Twitter

Eli Countryman McDonald’s staffers unfamiliar with the slang of “Sicko Mode” got schooled on all things Travis Scott as the rapper’s branded meal continues to sell swiftly coast-to-coast.

Last spring, the global coronavirus pandemic had the Toronto Film Festival organizers grappling over some big decisions: go virtual or remain an in-person festival this September. So TIFF co-heads Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey in May turned to Randy Lennox, president and CEO of Canadian media giant Bell Media, to help take TIFF past that fork in the road to where Hollywood and its audiences increasingly live: online.

Change for global film festivals is a constant, but never more than in 2020. This year, the novel coronavirus pandemic has forced major film festivals to take place mostly online to connect with audiences, leaving organizers and programmers to grapple with questions on how to build digital platforms, remain relevant with cinephiles and protect the traditional theatrical experience.

A group of diverse and under-represented storytellers are coming together at the Toronto Film Festival to make the Canadian entertainment industry less white, as their newly-launched Independent Media Producers Association of Cinematic Talent looks to advance Black, Indigenous and People of Color industry professionals.

Viola Davis says taking control of your destiny as diverse talent in Hollywood isn't enough. You need to walk the walk to keep pace with stiff competition.

The Toronto Film Festival on Thursday grappled with the issue of Hollywood co-opting minority cultures for story content as Indigenous filmmakers challenged White directors not to take on the voices of underrepresented communities as their own. "The history of cinema has not valued authenticity.

The Toronto Film Festival has changed its controversial policy on face masks in its theaters on the eve of its virtual 2020 edition. TIFF will now require fest-goers to wear face coverings during all in-person movie viewing at its Bell Lightbox multiplex.

While the Venice film fest and major U.S.