Toronto: Oscar-Nominated Director Adam Benzine at Work on U.S. COVID-19 Crisis Doc 'The Curve'

Clayton Davis The most somber part of the best day of the year — the Oscars — is when the ceremony takes a pause to remember the artists that have left us. This upcoming Academy ceremony will likely be as devastating as ever with the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging our country and industry.

If you’re a person of a certain age, aka anyone that isn’t a Millennial or younger, you may not be super familiar with the work of pop star Billie Eilish. The young singer is one of the biggest names in music and has a devoted fan base that loves everything she does.

It was a Gilmore Girls reunion for Adam Brody and Keiko Agena this week.

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody have been surfing multiple times since their second child’s birth.The Gossip Girl alum, 34, was photographed applying sunblock and carrying a surfboard in Malibu on Friday, September 18. The actress wore a black wetsuit and a matching hat while paddling in the waves.Five days later, the Texas native and Brody, 40, surfed in Malibu again in photos obtained by The Daily Mail.Their outing came one week after the O.C.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorMichael Chapman, a two-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer for Raging Bull and The Fugitive whose dozens of credits also include fellow Best Picture nominees The Godfather, Taxi Driver and Jaws, has died. He was 84.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticMore than two and a half years after Gary Oldman took home the Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the Joe Wright-directed and Anthony McCarten-penned Darkest Hour, a History Channel writer is suing the actor, NBCUniversal and others connect to the movie for allegedly ripping off parts of his script.“[Ben Kaplan] spent years developing, writing and refining Churchill,” says the complaint, seeking a jury trial, filed last week in Los

It has been ten years since Gabourey Sidibe was nominated for an Oscar for her debut performance in Precious and she’s opening up about her career over the last decade. The 37-year-old actress received a Best Actress nomination at the 2010 Oscars when she was just 26.

It has been ten years since Gabourey Sidibe was nominated for an Oscar for her debut performance in Precious and she’s opening up about her career over the last decade.

wanting to use a so-called “heat ray” on peaceful protesters in Washington, D.C.

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson “Yeah, well, I didn’t downplay it,” Donald Trump told an ABC News’ town hall tonight of his response to the deadly coronavirus. “I actually, in many ways, I up-played it, in terms of action,” the incumbent added, citing his bans on some travel to and from China and Europe this spring.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterRana Joy Glickman has produced lots of independent films over the last 20 years. But on her latest project, “The Blazing World,” she did something she had never done before: she did not buy cast insurance.Ordinarily, it’s an essential item.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterVeteran director Kat Coiro is in talks to join Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney Plus series “She-Hulk” as lead director and executive producer, Variety has confirmed.

Canadian director Emma Seligman says a dalliance while in film school at New York University led her to writing and directing Shiva Baby, about a young bisexual woman juggling lox bagels, a sugar daddy, an ex-girlfriend and nagging parents during a frantic family shiva, or post-funeral service. The filmscreened online as part of TIFF's Bell Digital Cinema platform on Sept.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe feature documentary “The Curve,” which examines the decisions that led to America’s COVID-19 crisis, is being shopped around at the Toronto International Film Festival by Jet Black Iris Productions.Directed by Academy Award-nominee Adam Benzine (“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah”) and featuring an original score by Emmy-winning composer Joel Goodman, the film traces the crucial three-month period, from mid-January to mid-April, when the choices made by

Naman Ramachandran Director Adam Benzine, Oscar-nominated in the best documentary short subject category in 2016 for “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah,” is launching COVID-19 documentary “The Curve” to buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival market.Structured as an investigative thriller and made in secret over the last six months, the documentary — also produced by Benzine via his Jet Black Iris Productions — examines the decisions around the pandemic made by America’s leaders

Tom Grater International Film ReporterAdam Benzine, the British filmmaker whose 2015 doc short Claude Lanzmann: Spectres Of The Shoah was Oscar-nominated, is putting the finishing touches to The Curve, a feature documentary examining the decisions that led to American’s COVID-19 crisis.Production co Jet Black Iris Productions is launching the film to the market at TIFF this week, with all territories available.

Emmerdale actor and I'm A Celebrity 2016 finalist says he made the decision after seeing the benefits reaped by his twin.Adam, 32, says he found he wasn't drinking for enjoyment anymore but to escape the 'stress and worries of life.'The Manchester actor, who played Adam Barton in the ITV soap Emmerdale from 2009 until January 2018, explained on his Instagram that former Love Island star Scott was his inspiration.He wrote: "Ok so I’ve been pondering on the idea for quite some time now."Just