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Documentary Community Film Project Screening
Sept ’13 MFA Documentary class in Los Angeles On Friday January 22nd, the Sept ’13 MFA Documentary class in Los Angeles presented its two final films as the culmination of their Community Film Project...
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Women and Film Roundup: Disney Announces Latina Princess; Soloway and...
Elena of Avalor A big day of news for women in Hollywood as two female directors who had massive 2014’s land new shows while Disney announced the roll-out of their first-ever Latina princess. Starting...
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SNL Uses Super Bowl to Share Super 40th Anniversary Lineup
Kanye West & Paul McCartney are part of SNL’s 40th Anniversary Lineup Saturday Night Live’s 40th birthday is fast approaching—its Anniversary Special is set to air on February 15. If the...
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Netflix Raising $1.5 Billion; Analysts Don’t Like It
Shortly following an announcement that they want to produce 20 new original shows per year, Netflix announced that they will be raising $1.5 billion worth of corporate debt. This is a half billion...
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Terrence Malick’s New Doc Will Have 2 Versions
Terrence Malick is known for making relatively few films, but films with big ideas and an artistry to them that is worth a thousand lesser movies. His documentary looks like it will be no exception,...
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AACTA International Awards & G’DAY USA Winners Announced in Los Angeles
Scarlett Johansson presents Chris Hemsworth ‘Excellence in Film’ award at G’DAY USA and AACTA International Awards 2015 (Source: Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images North America) It’s starting to feel a lot...
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Ryan Gosling Debuts as a Director
As is the case with so many successful actors with years of experience on major film sets, Ryan Gosling has decided to go behind the camera with his directorial debut Lost River. While the film was...
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Kino Loeber Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Release Anthology of...
As we explored in depth last year, the history of African-American independent film is both extremely rich and often little understood. This year, a number of organizations are already making inroads...
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Military Student Michael Valenzuela Overcomes the Odds
As an extremely talented musician at a very young age, Michael Valenzuela learned to play over 20 instruments. Performing in diverse ensembles comprised of choir, musicals, marching, jazz, rock, folk...
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Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney Release Music Video for...
The internet is abuzz today with news of the release of Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney’s new music video for “FourFiveSeconds.” This video comes out just a month after the release of “Only...
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Lack of Female Directors Revealed as SXSW Announces Films in Competition
Filmmakers Mo Scarpelli and Alexandria Bombach’s Frame by Frame will be in competition at SXSW The annual Austin-based film festival South by Southwest announced its highest-profile films that will be...
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Chairman of the FCC Introduces Proposal to Protect Net Neutrality
After a year-long fight, proponents of Net Neutrality may have found a supporter in the unlikeliest of places: the Chairman of the FCC. In an op-ed published on Wired on Wednesday, Chairman Tom...
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Saved by the Bell Reunites on Tonight Show
This week, on a Wednesday night, a Saturday morning favorite from the 1990s made its triumphant return to NBC when the cast of teen sitcom Saved by the Bell reprised their roles on Jimmy Fallon’s talk...
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The Big Six Studios Reach Agreement with Kodak to Keep Film Alive
Film traditionalists got a victory Thursday as Eastman Kodak Co. will finalize an agreement to keep supplying motion picture film to the studios. The supply agreement includes the big six studios: 20th...
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Film Projection Nearly Finished
Remember the days of projecting actual film onto the screen? It seems those days are coming to an end all across the world. In a recent report, its been concluded that almost 90 percent of theatrical...
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Sony Chair Amy Pascal Resigns After Sony Hack
When Sony was hacked late last year, thousands of emails between studio execs and movie stars were leaked, among other confidential files. One name that started to get a lot of press, despite being...
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BFA Filmmaking Alumnus Wins Student Filmmaker Award
Similar to the NCAA Basketball’s March Madness Tournament, the Student Filmmaker Awards’ Audience Choice Award was created for student filmmakers to compete against other film schools, universities and...
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Lionsgate Wants More Hunger Games; Netflix Developing Legend of Zelda Series
Millennials around the world rejoiced this weekend as Lionsgate announced plans to order further Hunger Games movies as rumors swirled that Netflix is in the process of creating an original series...
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Frozen Keeps Going Strong at the Grammys
Frozen seems to be the gift that keeps on giving for Disney. Although the film was released in 2013, it didn’t make the cut in time for the 2014 Grammy Awards. Instead, it had a strong showing at the...
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Pirates of the Caribbean 5: New Cast, Gold Coast Filming Starts This Week
‘Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ set to start filming in the Gold Coast, Australia this week. Walt Disney Pictures’ Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales has just...
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