Variety to Honor Steve McQueen With Creative Impact in Directing Award at 10 Directors to Watch Virtual Event

Steve McQueen's BBC and Amazon anthology series Small Axe has been racking up awards — along with some confusion. The series that follows West Indian immigrants in London comprises five short films, varying in length from 64 minutes to 128 minutes.

All season long, Steve McQueen’s unique project Small Axe, billed as a collection of five films, has been puzzled over. Not due to quality, of course, since it’s quite good, but as to whether this production with Amazon was a series of movies, or a work of television? For example, the Academy deems it TV, and so has the Golden Globes, various critics groups have recognized it as cinema.

Antonio Ferme editorThe Portland Art Museum and the Northwest Film Center announced the annual Cinema Unbound Awards honorees on Thursday. This year’s honorees include Steve McQueen, Garrett Bradley, Gus Van Sant, Mollye Asher and Alex Bulkley.

Ellise Shafer administratorVariety has announced it will be giving its Creative Impact in Acting Award to Glenn Close as part of their virtual 10 Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards event with the Palm Springs International Film Society on Feb. 26 at 10 a.m.

Ayrshire man have appealed for information on his whereabouts as it nears eight weeks since his disappearance. Jackson Mason was last seen between 4pm and 4.30pm on Saturday, December 19 near the Fenwick Hotel in East Ayrshire – close to the M77.

Lil Yachty has teamed up with a host of rising rappers from Michigan on his new song ‘Royal Rumble’ – scroll down the page to watch the video for it now.The Atlanta rapper has previously worked with the state’s YN Jay, Louie Ray and RMC Mike on his song ‘Flintana’ and has now turned his attention to more MCs from the area.‘Royal Rumble’ features contributions from Detroit rappers Babyface Ray and Icewear Vezzo, Krispylife Kidd and Rio Da Young OG, who hail from Flint, and Dc2Trill.

Eminem‘s influencer daughter Hailie Jade Scott Mathers is getting more comfortable on camera. The 25-year-old Michigan State University graduate shared her first ever IGTV video to her Instagram page on Jan. 29 and it’s absolutely adorable. Not only did her fans get an easy to follow make-up tutorial – she finished the 12 minute video with some hilarious bloopers.

Naman Ramachandran Steve McQueen, currently riding a wave of global acclaim for his BBC/Amazon anthology “Small Axe,” will executive produce two Black-themed documentaries for the BBC.“Black Power,” which originated from an idea McQueen had while filming “Small Axe,” will examine how the Black Power movement came into being in the late 1960s and fought back against police brutality and racism.The films features rare archive of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael’s activities in

Steve McQueen is to executive produce two documentaries for the BBC that were conceived while shooting Small Axe. One will examine Black power in Britain, while the second film investigates how Black children in the 1960s and 1970s were disproportionately sent to schools for the so-called “educationally subnormal.”

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Following a lengthy search, director Baz Luhrmann has tapped up-and-comer Alton Mason to play legendary musician Little Richard in Warner Bros’ Elvis. Sources tell Deadline that even as the film got back into production following suspension due to Covid-19, Luhrmann wanted to make sure he took his time in finding the right American actor to play the part of the iconic showman.

straight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer credited Manchester United's substitutes with a role in Mason Greenwood's equaliser against Liverpool on Sunday.Greenwood ended a run of 10 games without a goal in all competitions against the Premier League champions as he cancelled out Mo Salah's opener following an impressive pass by Marcus Rashford.Rashford picked out Greenwood with a long diagonal ball from the left flank and Solskjaer said United's No.10 was made aware of his

straight to your inbox every day for freeRio Ferdinand has been impressed by Mason Greenwood's mental strength at Manchester United.Greenwood had a huge impact on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team last season, netting 17 goals in 49 matches in an impressive full campaign at senior level, but he has not contributed as much this time around.

Ayrshire dad who has been missing for almost a month have begged anyone with information to point them in the right direction for the search. Jackson Mason was last seen between 4pm and 4.30pm on Saturday, December 19 near the Fenwick Hotel in East Ayrshire – close to the M77.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA Michigan nurse whose informal performance of “Amazing Grace” at a local hospital became an online sensation last year will sing at a memorial for those who have died from COVID-19 on Tuesday (Jan. 19), ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.Lori Marie Key, 29, of Belleville, Michigan is set to sing “Amazing Grace” as part of the tribute ceremony to be held at 5:30 p.m.

Christopher Nolan and Steve McQueen are among the big names to have signed a letter to U.K.Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, appealing for more funding for cinemas amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The letter – a follow-up to the U.K. Cinema Association’s Keep the Magic Alive campaign in December (2020) – states that while the British government has tried to help the struggling sector, it’s not enough to keep them afloat.“There is no doubt that if supported to survive, the sector will recover

coronavirus pandemic.The letter, which appeared in The Sunday Times, was organised by Phil Clapp, Chief Executive of the UK Cinema Association.

A lot of the discussion surrounding Christopher Nolan last year was how he wanted to release “Tenet” in theaters to help provide a spark for the industry to hopefully bring people back to cinemas and help resuscitate an industry that has been hit incredibly hard since the pandemic began.

The Sunday Times, saying that cinemas are now 'on the edge of an abyss' due to the devastating effect of the coronavirus pandemic. Bar a brief period of reopening for some screens over the summer, as lockdown measures in the UK were eased, the vast majority of cinemas were closed for most of 2020.