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Amidst their long-running battle for pay equity, the Costume Designers Guild, together with the UCLA Anderson School of Management organized an event that aimed to explore the value and economic impact of costume design in the film industries. Several professionals gathered and shared insights regarding the costume design and identified opportunities to make it more equitable.

“I am sick of writing letters!” Dame Helen Mirren laughed when asked what changes she’d like for her character, Cara Dutton, in the surprise second season of the limited Series, 1923, the prequel to the hit Paramount+ show, Yellowstone and the sequel to 1923’s predecessor, 1883. “Brandon, come home!” She pleaded with a quip reminiscent of Spielberg’s E.

To most film fans, Indian cinema is synonymous with Bollywood, the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) known for its commercial films with melodramatic plots, song-and-dance numbers, star-crossed lovers, mustache-twirling villains, and prostitutes with hearts-of-gold. But South Indian cinema has been thriving for decades even though it has been mostly ignored by Western audiences until the success of the blockbuster RRR cast a spotlight on Tollywood, the Telugu-language film industry based in Hyderabad.

The Irishman is proof that one can remain a character actor even after becoming a superstar. When he lost his license to kill, he started his career anew.

The Black List partnered with Canal+, Vivendi, the Festival de Cannes, the Universite Cote d'Azur and the City of Cannes to bring back the prestigious personalized program to Cannes 2023. This year, the Résidence will host six inspiring filmmakers who have received tailored individual support to write their first screenplay for either their first or second feature film.

As the director of the Cannes Film Festival, Thierry Frémaux can be rightly credited for having championed many emerging international talents over the years, while nurturing veteran filmmakers and, more recently, taking risks by saying no to streamers if they refuse to have theatrical distribution.   A week prior to the opening of the festival, he spoke via Zoom to the Hollywood Foreign Press to explain how this 76th edition will be different.

Legendary actor Michael Douglas will be on hand at the Cannes Film Festival to receive the prestigious Honorary Palme d’Or. To commemorate the Golden Globe and Oscar-winning actor-producer’s career, the documentary Michael Douglas, The Prodigal Son, will be presented at the festival on May 14 and May 16.

Each year the Cannes Film Festival releases an official poster to promote the festivities. The 76th edition, which runs May 16-27, pays tribute to French cinema legend Catherine Deneuve, 79.

Those lovable misfits and outcasts kept a tight guard on the box office champion throne. On its second weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

When in the mid-80s, Disney contemplated the unimaginable and considered closing its animation division after years of living off re-releases of its classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Cinderella (1950) and Peter Pan (1953), and more recent releases like The Fox and the Hound (1981) and The Black Cauldron (1985) that did not bring them great profits, it was imminent that a change was needed to survive. Summoned by the new corporate leadership of Disney studios, led by Michael Eisner and animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg, Ron Clements and John Musker were the animators who brought to the table the proposal on which they would focus their talents and energies to save the division.