Movies
Toronto: “La La Land,” “Lion,” “Queen of Katwe” Win Audience Awards on Road to Oscars
The results are in from TIFF, and the Oscar season begins. Damien Chazelle's "La La Land" took first place, followed by runners up Garth...
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Box Office: Audiences Equally Mildly Interested in Bridget Jones’ Baby and Edward Snowden’s Spying
It was a lackluster weekend at the box office.
"Bridget Jones's Baby" and "Snowden" played in the same number of theaters, roughly, and did the...
Movies
Box Office: Oliver Stone’s “Snowden” Seeks Pardon with $3 Mil Friday Opening, $9 Mil Weekend
Edward Snowden wants President Obama to pardon him, but first he may need some help at the box office.
Oliver Stone's entertaining love letter to...
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Michael Moore Celebrates Anniversary of Meeting “Three Grifters,” May Be Tied to No Alamo Theater Opening in Brooklyn
UPDATE: Quinn and League, but not Janego, have bought an Anne Hathaway horror movie out of Toronto called "Colossal." They still have no name...
Movies
#OscarsSoBlack: 12 or More Possible Choices for 2017 Academy Award Nominees
We've gone from famine to feast with potential black nominees for the Academy Awards. What a terrific turn of events.
After the first flush of...
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“Whiplash” Director Offers Oscar Buzzed Musical Work of Art with “La La Land”
Brace yourselves because everything we heard about Damien Chazelle's "La La Land" is true. The 31 year old director of "Whiplash" has whipped up...
Celebrity
Toronto: Sean Penn Saluted at a Castle, “Their Finest” Film is Actually One of the Finest
Toronto Sunday night: Sean Penn flew in to be saluted for his work in Haiti by Oscar winner Paul Haggis and his Artists for...
Movies
Roasted Turkey: First Ever Hollywood Film About Armenian Genocide Debuts in Toronto, Funded by Dead Billionaire
"The Promise"-- the first ever Hollywood movie about the Armenian genocide of 1915-17-- debuted last night in Toronto to standing ovation. Famed director Terry...