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Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe fall festival trifecta – Venice, Telluride and Toronto – plus the nearby New York Film Festival, say they are ditching competing this year to focus on collaborating and supporting cinema to help it steer through the pandemic era.Traditionally the first port of call for films intending to launch into awards season, the fests are facing major changes to their 2020 editions due to ongoing virus disruption.
In response, in a joint statement today the event’s
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Also Read: Fall Film Festivals Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York Team Up With 'United Platform'Based on journalist Jessica Bruder’s 2017 nonfiction book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century,” the film follows Fern (McDormand), a woman who, after the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad.
Manori Ravindran International EditorChloé Zhao’s road drama “Nomadland” starring Frances McDormand, will screen at Venice, Toronto and New York as part of the fall festivals’ solidarity pact in the wake of the pandemic. It will also play as part of a special Telluride-hosted drive-in event.Zhao’s third film will world premiere with simultaneous screenings on Sept.
Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorThe full lineup for the Venice Film Festival will be announced tomorrow morning in Rome, but today it was unveiled that Chloé Zhao’s upcoming feature Nomadland has been set to world premiere on September 11 on the Lido.
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported Wednesday that the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 3,400 people in the first six months of this year, making it on track to be the second leading cause of death in L.A. County. From January to June of last year, coronary heart disease was th
Rihanna, Jay-Z, Charlize Theron and other celebrities are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the death of 20-year-old Danroy “DJ” Henry Jr., a Black football player at Pace University killed by a white police officer in New York nearly a decade ago.
Dave McNary Film ReporterMONDAY, JULY 20Sony Pictures Classics will release Michael Covino’s comedy “The Climb” in New York and Los Angeles theaters on Oct. 9 — six months after its original date.Written by Covino and Kyle Marvin, “The Climb” premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Rihanna, Jay-Z, Charlize Theron and other celebrities are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the death of 20-year-old Danroy “DJ” Henry Jr., a Black football player at Pace University killed by a white police officer in New York nearly a decade ago.
, Peter and Kelley shared that they're packing their bags and heading to the Big Apple. "I'm super excited to take this next step with Kell and move to New York and to see what adventures await," Peter said.
Director Oliver Stone isn’t mincing words when it comes to the current state of Hollywood.
Also Read: Fall Film Festivals Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York Team Up With 'United Platform'The news of the online film market follows the Cannes Virtual Market that still produced an active scene for buyers despite online screenings and a lack of in-person negotiating.
Real Housewives of Orange County star Kelly Dodd has really enjoyed the month of July, so far. On July 2, Dodd revealed in an Instagram post that her fiance – Fox News reporter Rick Leventhal – was packing up his New York apartment and moving to Orange County to begin his new life with Dodd.
Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerLongtime ESPN announcer Dave LaMont is apologizing for a comment he made while thinking his phone was on mute during a two-hour conference call with his ESPN college football colleagues.As reported by the New York Post’s Andrew Marchand, a two-hour ESPN college football conference call was held last month. The topic was race in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
Also Read: Sundance 2021 to Extend Beyond Utah, Be Held in 20 Cities Nationwide and OnlineAll four festivals take place within a month and a half of one another in the fall, and they’re the first stepping stone on the road to the Oscars, which for 2021 has already delayed its ceremony to late April.Venice is meant to take place Sept. 2-12, Telluride runs from Sept.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice, Toronto, Telluride and New York Film Festivals have joined forces in an alliance that will see the prominent fall events, all positioned six weeks from each other, collaborate rather than compete in a spirit of post-pandemic solidarity.The statement announcing this alliance provides scant details of what concrete form it will take, beyond saying that they “are offering our festivals as a united platform for the best cinema we can find.” But
Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX and Hulu have partnered to launch the documentary series “The New York Times Presents.”The show hails from the team behind FX’s “The Weekly.” The new show will present standalone documentaries on major stories via the journalists at the New York Times.“The New York Times Presents” will feature 10 individual documentaries that will air on FX and on Hulu on Fridays at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Last week, Ryan Adams, the country singer who was accused of abuse by multiple women in a New York Times exposé last year, returned to the public eye in the form of an apology statement published in the Daily Mail. Without addressing any specific allegations or women, Adams wrote that he feels "bad about the ways [he] mistreated people through [his] life and career," noting that he is now sober and is undergoing therapy for his mental health struggles.
Ryan Adams has issued an apology following allegations of abuse of emotional and sexual abuse which first emerged against him last year.Back in February 2019, the singer-songwriter denied claims from several women – including one who was underage at the time – of emotional and psychological abuse, harassment, inappropriate and manipulative behaviour.These allegations first appeared in The New York Times, in which Adams’ ex-wife Mandy Moore, Phoebe Bridgers and more offered accounts of their