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Film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Director Davis Guggenheim Asks Who Will Replace The Social Impact Made By Participant’s Movies
Participant founder Jeff Skoll “saw something that even those of us who made ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ couldn’t,” the Oscar-winning director writes after news that the company behind his and other Oscar-winning films like ‘Spotlight’ and ‘Green Book’ had closed its doors for good. “That the dollars-and-cents of investing in a film was only part of the calculus. That a film could land. That the right film at the right moment could make an impact.”
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How The Ho Chi Minh Film Festival Plans To Become Southeast Asia’s Top Event
After wrapping its inaugural edition, the Ho Chi Minh Film Festival (HIFF) has set its sights on becoming the largest film festival in Southeast Asia.
Showcasing more than 100 films over eight days, the festival received over 280,000 visitors, including international guests, over eight days earlier…
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Noah Media Restructures To Focus On International Docs With Small Number Of Layoffs
EXCLUSIVE: Noah Media, producer of Netflix’s 14 Peaks and Sky’s Villeneuve Pironi, has restructured to focus on international docs and laid off a small number of staff.
The London outfit has in the past few months transitioned from a “UK sports-based production company into an international…
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Range Media Partners Secures Minority Investment From Group Including Liberty Global And David Bonderman’s Wildcat Capital Management
Range Media Partners has secured a minority investment from a group including Liberty Global and TPG founding partner David Bonderman’s family office Wildcat Capital Management.
Family entertainment company Playground Productions is also a participant in the new round, terms of which were not…
Jerry Seinfeld Says “The Movie Business Is Over” & “Disorientation Replaced” It
Jerry Seinfeld is making some statements about the movie industry as he makes his feature directorial debut in Netflix’s Unfrosted, the comedy about the creation of Pop-Tarts.
In a new interview, the stand-up comedian reflects on his experience in filmmaking at this point in his career.
“It was…
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‘The Daily Show’: Jon Stewart Calls Out Cable News Networks For How They Cover Donald Trump Amid Hush Money Trial
Jon Stewart led Monday’s episode of The Daily Show with Donald Trump’s hush money trial and dinged news networks for how they cover it.
“This trial will obviously be a test of the fairness of the American legal system, but it’s also a test of the media’s ability to cover Donald Trump in a responsible…
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Anne Hathaway Recalls Audition Where She Had To Make Out With 10 Guys: “It Sounded Gross”
Anne Hathaway is looking back at the start of her career and recalling a particular audition that she thought was “gross” as she had to fake excitement over kissing ten guys.
In a new interview, Hathaway says that in the 2000s, it was “normal” to ask actors to make out with potential co-stars during…
‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Director Davis Guggenheim Asks Who Will Replace The Social Impact Made By Participant’s Movies
Editors note: Filmmaker and producer Davis Guggenheim directed 2006’s An Inconvenient Truth featuring Al Gore. The film won the Oscar and helped put Jeff Skoll’s social-impact-driven production company then known as Participant Media on the map, and also sounded an alarm about climate change that has becom…
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View All What We're WatchingThe CW Renewal Status Report: ‘All American,’ ‘Homecoming’ & ‘Walker’
Fifth in a series on broadcast network series renewals. As the CW transformation’s under new owners Nexstar continues with the addition of sports as well as acquired scripted series and international co-productions, questions are persisting about the fate of the last remaining dramas from the “old” CW…
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‘All American’ Season 6 Expanded By The CW
EXCLUSIVE: This is a rare occurrence in the current strike-impacted broadcast season — a scripted series getting an order for additional episodes. According to sources, the CW’s flagship drama All American is having its current sixth season extended from 13 episode to 15 episodes.
All American’s…
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Bette Midler Wants To Guest Star On ‘Abbott Elementary’ As Melissa’s Mother: “If You See Quinta Brunson, Please Tell Her”
Bette Midler has an idea for Quinta Brunson and wants to guest star on the ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary.
The actress took to social media to express her desire to appear on the award-winning comedy and she wants to be cast as the mother of Lisa Ann Walter’s Melissa.
“Since I’m now using this…
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View All Film Festivals & Photo Galleries‘Days Of Our Lives’ Brings Back Kristian Alfonso For Brief Return To Pay Tribute To Late Bill Hayes
Fan favorite Kristian Alfonso is returning to Peacock’s Days of Our Lives to help bid farewell to the character played by Bill Hayes, who died in January at 98.
Alfonso, whose DOOL character, Hope Brady, was the daughter of Hayes’ Doug Williams, was on set April 22 to shoot the tribute, as reported…
Celine Dion On Living With Stiff Person Syndrome & If She’ll Return To Tour Again
Celine Dion was diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome in 2022 and is opening up about how she’s learning to live with the rare autoimmune neurological disorder.
In a new interview, the Canadian singer discusses her health and says if she’ll return to touring.
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