SAN DIEGO–The GI Film Festival San Diego will host a virtual panel of filmmakers, “Get to Know the GI Film Festival San Diego: Film Screenings, Filmmakers, and How-To’s” on January 14 in San Diego.  The 1 p.m. event will introduce the festival to potential filmmakers in San Diego county and throughout the state.   The virtual […]

LOS ANGELES–The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present its 6th annual and first virtual Careers in Film Summit on October 24 and October 31.   The two-day event will provide college preparatory boarding schools seniors and college students the opportunity to learn about careers in the motion picture industry from Academy members, Oscar-winning […]

By Danny R. Johnson – Entertainment News Editor LOS ANGELES–First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul’s dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded respect. When the former playwright suited up as Black Panther, he brought cool intellectual gravitas to the Marvel […]

SAN DIEGO–Media Arts Center San Diego will host the 27th edition of the San Diego Latino Film Festival on September 17 to 27 on the virtual screening platform Eventive.  The festival was originally scheduled to open on March 12, but was postponed on its inaugural day due to statewide regulations against mass gatherings due to […]

SANTA MONICA–Entertainment studio Lionsgate is presenting Lionsgate Live! A Night at the Movies, a program of four Fridays of free movies streaming live on YouTube.  Beginning this Friday and continuing every Friday spanning four consecutive weeks, the studio will team with Fandango and YouTube to livestream four of Lionsgate’s most popular library titles – the blockbuster The Hunger […]

After seeing a successful opening during the holidays, Korean hit “Ashfall” will be expanding to multiple additional theaters this weekend.  “Ashfall” opened in the U.S. on December 26 and brought in over $36,000 domestically on opening weekend with a cumulative worldwide gross of over $60,000,000. The film has continued to see solid numbers on just […]

LOS ANGELES–Actor-producer John Cho and producer-actress-writer Issa Rae announced the 92nd Oscars nominations Monday, live from the David Geffen Theater at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Cho and Rae announced the nominees in 8 categories at 5:18 a.m., and the remaining 16 categories at 5:30 a.m. Academy members from each of […]

LOS ANGELES–The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 92nd Academy Awards. The films are listed below in alphabetical order:  “Ad Astra” “The Aeronauts” “Aladdin” “Alita: Battle Angel” “Avengers: Endgame” “Captain Marvel” “Cats” “Dumbo” “Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs […]