With Socially Conscious Films ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ and ‘Collective,’ Participant Taps Into the Zeitgeist

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Films has nabbed North American rights to “John and the Hole,” an unorthodox coming-of-age story that had its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.Directed by visual artist Pascual Sisto, the film follows 13-year-old John (Charlie Shotwell) who decides to drug his well-to-do parents (Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Ehle) and older sister (Taissa Farmiga).

Salma Hayek had her home country on her mind on Wednesday when she threw an impressive Cinco De Mayo feast.The Frida actress wore an all-black ensemble as she posed at a fabulously decorated dining room table ahead of her celebratory Mexican meal. MORE: Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz wow in white swimsuitsShe captioned the photo: "Thinking of my beautiful and beloved Mexico #happy5demayo." Her fans thanked her for the image and wished her a happy holiday too.  WATCH: Salma Hayek reveals she was

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAdelaide Clemens, Patrick J. Adams, Douglas Smith and Kathleen Turner will star in “The Swearing Jar.”The musical romance will be directed by Lindsay MacKay (“Wet Bum”) from a script by Kate Hewlett (“Malory Towers”), who adapts her play of the same name.

There have been some signs that Paramount Pictures might be taking a different angle with future “Transformers” movies post-Michael Bay as previously seen with Steven DeKnight‘s quirky 1980s-set “Bumblebee” taking a much less noisy approach and allowing audiences to settle in rather than being bombarded with incoherent explosions.

Stacey Solomon is the Queen of all things creative, cleaning and decorating. Since moving into her new home with her three children and fiancé Joe Swash, we have become utterly obsessed with watching the TV presenter transform the house.

When Daniel Kaluuya said he was «going up» after winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at Sunday's Academy Awards for his performance in , he meant it.«I'm so happy to be alive, so I'm going to celebrate that tonight,» he said during his acceptance speech. «I'm going to get back to work Tuesday morning, because tonight I'm going up.

“Fight for You” is taking home Oscar’s best original song at the 93rd ceremony from the Warner Bros. movie Judas and the Black Messiah. 

Daniel Kaluuya has won the award for Best Supporting Actor at this year’s Oscars for his role in Judas and the Black Messiah. The historical drama, directed by Shaka King, tells the story of the betrayal of Illinois Black Panthers chairman Fred Hampton, played by Kaluuya.

In a night of historic Oscar firsts, make sure Daniel Kaluuya’s name is added to the list. By winning the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award Kaluuya became the first British male Actor of African descent to win an acting Oscar.

Ed Meza @edmezavarBelgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez, who examined the ties between the international arms industry and Western political establishments in his recent documentaries, the award-winning “Shadow World” and “Blue Orchids,” is set to explore its impact in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in his new project, “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat.”Grimonprez and producer Daan Milius are presenting the project at the Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival’s CPH:Forum financing and

It was one of those chilly, gray April days in New York that still seems like winter, but Keith and Kenny Lucas, Academy Award nominees this year as part of the Judas and the Black Messiah original screenwriting team, clearly stood out, garbed in some bold and bright formalwear for The Hollywood Reporter's Oscar issue.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThink of it as the boutique label’s boutique label.Super Ltd., the distributor of the Oscar-nominated “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” is an offshoot of “Parasite” producer Neon, and was launched to handle more experimental work.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNevertheless, she persisted.Elaine May, who turns 89 on Wednesday, has enjoyed a late career resurgence, earning a Tony Award for her work in Kenneth Lonergan’s play “The Waverly Gallery” and directing an acclaimed documentary on her friend and frequent collaborator Mike Nichols for American Masters.

Ellise Shafer administratorEven if you haven’t heard of White Dave before, chances are you’ve listened to one of his songs.The Bay Area-born rapper and producer has earned track placements in the critically-acclaimed films “Black Panther” and “Creed,” and is featured in the official “Inspired Album” for “Judas and the Black Messiah,” which is up for best picture at this year’s Oscars.Dave, whose birth name is Noah David Coogler, acknowledges that the placements are a combination of talent and

EXCLUSIVE: Will Berson, who is up for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar as the co-writer of Warner Bros’ Judas and the Black Messiah, has joined A3 Artists Agency for representation.

Amongst the highly-awaited movies up for release next year is Lost City of D, starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum.

Back on December 4, 1969, Akua Njeri was Deborah Johnson, a 19-year old who was more than eight months pregnant with the child of her fiance Fred Hampton, the Chairman of the Chicago Chapter of the Black Panther Party. Through the Shaka King-directed Judas and the Black Messiah, the tragic events of that evening are detailed in a gory scene in which FBI and local law enforcement agents burst through the door where they and 10 others slept.

It took 10 years and the fortuitous meeting of four writers to tell the story of how Fred Hampton, the inspiring leader of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panthers, was murdered by the FBI with the help of William O'Neal, an informant who infiltrated the Illinois chapter of the party.