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Ted Danson, 13-time nominee and three-time winner of Golden Globes, has been named the Carol Burnett Award honoree for 2024. Created in 2019 and initially awarded to its namesake, the Carol Burnett Award is presented to a person who has made outstanding contributions to television on or off screen.

After decades of actresses over 50 seeing diminishing opportunities thanks to Hollywood casting aside older actresses,  television is embracing them more than ever. In September, Kathy Bates took on Andy Griffith’s legacy, starring in the TV remake “Matlock,” which earned CBS its highest rated series launch since 2019.

“The studios have grown their slates into a diet of pure tentpoles, with almost nothing in between.

The Golden Globes has announced that two of Egypt’s most celebrated cinema artists, Yousra and Hussein Fahmy, will be the recipients of the inaugural Omar Sharif Award, to be presented Nov. 20 at a gala dinner at the Nile Ritz Carlton Hotel in Cairo.

The Golden Globes has announced that actress, producer and Golden Globe winner Viola Davis has been named the Cecil B. DeMille Award honoree for 2024.

The DNA of Hollywood films is well identified with cinematic adaptations to some of the greatest novels ever written. Literary legacies such as Little Women, The Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights, The Lord of the Rings, Alice in Wonderland, The Color Purple, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harry Potter and The Godfather have served as formidable source material for the first 100 years of the silver screen.

Kicking off one of the Middle East's most prestigious cinematic events, the seventh edition of the El Gouna Film Festival emphasizes the urgent need for peace amidst global turmoil. As a platform designed to nurture cross-cultural dialogue and enhance the international appreciation of Arab cinema, this year’s festival has assembled an impressive roster of filmmakers, actors, and industry leaders from around the globe, all united in their commitment to the theme of peace.

Three decades after “Forrest Gump,” director Robert Zemeckis has reunited with stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright plus screenwriter Eric Roth, for “Here,” which had its world premiere Oct. 25 at AFI Fest.

When Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, all hell broke loose. Immediately, the former president threatened legal action, a financier then wanted to exit the movie and a domestic distributor was nowhere to be found.

The countdown to the 82nd Golden Globe Awards continued at a star-studded cocktail reception October 13 at the Soho Mews House Mayfair during the 68th edition of the BFI London Film Festival. The newest addition of the Soho Houses was full of film and TV industry people talking about their experiences at the BFI London Film Festival, their current projects, what they are filming now, world politics and places where they have been or would like to visit.