#SXSW: SXSW FILM & TV FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2024 JURY AND SPECIAL AWARDS
The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals announced the 2024 Jury and Special Award winners of the 31st SXSW Film & TV Festival. Feature films receiving Jury Awards were selected from the Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature Competition categories, plus all other juried sections, including Shorts, Independent TV Pilots, Music Videos, Design and XR Experience Awards. Special Awards announced included the SXSW Best of Texas Award, the Kickstarter NextGen Award and the ...
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#NEWMUSIC: DUA LIPA ANNOUNCES THIRD ALBUM “RADICAL OPTIMISM”
Today, 3x GRAMMY and 7x BRIT Award-winning global pop powerhouse Dua Lipa announces her highly-anticipated third album, Radical Optimism. The album will be released May 3rd and consist of 11 songs including the euphoric club-ready track “Houdini” and recently released single “Training Season.” You can pre-order/pre-save Radical Optimism here.
Inspired by Dua’s own self-discovery, Radical Optimism is an album that taps into the pure joy and happiness of having clarity in situations ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN PASSES TO AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF “MONKEY MAN”
Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win passes to an Advance Screening of MONKEY MAN! Screenings take place as follows Wednesday, April 3, 2024:
Toronto: Scotiabank Theatre
Vancouver: Scotiabank Theatre
Synopsis:
Oscar® nominee Dev Patel (Lion, Slumdog Millionaire) achieves an astonishing, tour-de-force feature directing debut with an action thriller about one man’s quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and ...
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#NEWMUSIC: CBC ANNOUNCE PROGRAMMING LEADING UP TO 2024 JUNOS
CBC and The Canadian Academy of Arts and Sciences (CARAS) are bringing Canada’s biggest celebration of music to audiences on all platforms at home and around the world with a special lineup of programming that showcases the best in Canadian music leading up to The 2024 JUNO AWARDS. Nelly Furtado hosts The 53rd Annual JUNO Awards, broadcasting live in all time zones across the country from Halifax on Sunday, March 24 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. AT/9:30 p.m. NT/ on CBC, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC ...
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#TIFF: 2024 NEXT WAVE FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING ANNOUNCED
TIFF is excited to announce the highly anticipated return of the Next Wave Film Festival, supported by the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Toronto back for its 13th edition, which invites young audiences and cinephiles for a weekend of exciting new films and special events. This year, TIFF Next Wave will open the weekend with Battle of the Scores, during which four up-and-coming bands score the silent short film Moontime, directed by Julia Harris and Adlyn Gilbert, and compete for a grand ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TEASER FOR “ATLAS” STARRING JENNIFER LOPEZ
Jennifer Lopez is about to take you on a thrilling journey this Victoria Day weekend! ATLAS arrives May 24, 2024. Today a new Teaser arrives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_uFgmH_kfQ
Director: Brad PeytonWriters: Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli ColeiteProducers: Brad Peyton and Jeff Fierson for ASAP Entertainment; Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell for Safehouse Pictures; Jennifer Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, and Benny Medina for Nuyorican Productions; and Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR “RENEGADE NELL”
Today, Disney+ unveiled the action-packed official trailer for upcoming Original series “Renegade Nell”. The eight-part series is written and created by BAFTA-award-winning writer Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley) with lead director Ben Taylor (Sex Education). All episodes will be available to stream on March 29, 2024, exclusively on Disney+.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9OmmeE_gZc
Nell Jackson, a quick-witted and courageous young woman, finds herself framed for murder and ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “MR BATES VS THE POST OFFICE” AND “UNTIL I KILL YOU” COMING TO HOLLYWOOD SUITE
Hollywood Suite is absolutely chuffed to announce the Canadian premieres of two highly acclaimed drama series from ITV Studios, Mr Bates vs The Post Office and the powerful forthcoming drama produced by the award-winning World Productions, Until I Kill You. Hollywood Suite will be the exclusive Canadian home for both titles.
Mr Bates vs The Post Office is ITV’s biggest new drama in over a decade, even beating the launch of Downton Abbey in 2010.
The ITV Studios and Little Gem Media ...
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#SXSW: “STORMY” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
If you hear the name Stormy Daniels, what do you think of? Her career as an adult entertainer in front of and behind the camera, or her involvement in a legal shitstorm with the former President of the United States? STORMY demystifies the woman behind those headlines, and chronicles the immediate fallout from her "hush money" payment becoming international news, the on-going legal saga she remains intrinsically attached to and the turmoil and toll it has taken on her ...
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#SXSW: “A CONVERSATION WITH SYDNEY SWEENEY”
By Mr. Will Wong
Sydney Sweeney has been front and center much of late as Hollywood's new "It Girl". Whether you know her from her powerful performance as Cassie in HBO's EUPHORIA or Olivia in THE WHITE LOTUS; saw her in ANYONE BUT YOU, produced by her own production company Fifty-Fifty Films; are just learning about her from her hosting Saturday Night Live recently, chances are you were smitten by her likeability.
Sweeney is at SXSW '24 this year for both an In-Conversation, and also to ...
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