Tag: La La Land
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Amy Adams to Join ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Movie
Amy Adams has joined the cast of Universal Pictures’ “Dear Evan Hansen” and will portray Cynthia Murphy, mother of the characters Connor and Zoe Murphy.“Dear Evan Hansen,” a Tony-winning musical, opened on Broadway in 2016. The story follows a high schooler with social anxiety who gets caught up in a lie after Connor Murphy’s family…
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Damien Chazelle Releases Short Film Shot in iPhone in Vertical Display
Here’s something different: Damien Chazelle, the acclaimed director behind “Whiplash” and “La La Land,” has released a short film shot entirely in vertical display on an iPhone.Titled “The Stunt Double,” the short film stars Tom McComas as the eponymous stunt double — McComas is a professional stunt performer whose credits range from “The Dark Knight”…
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Lionsgate Sues Starline Over ‘La La Land’ Branded Tour
Here’s to the fools who dream — and to the mess they make.Three years ago, Starline Tours dreamed up a branded tour of the locations in “La La Land,” the musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.But now, the Hollywood tour company has ended up in litigation. Lionsgate, which produced the film, filed a lawsuit…
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‘The Eddy:’ Netflix Releases Trailer for ‘La La Land’ Director’s Upcoming Miniseries
“La La Land” director Damien Chazelle’s next project is almost here. Netflix has released the official trailer for “The Eddy,” which hits the streaming service on May 8.Though the eight-episode miniseries, which stars André Holland (“Moonlight”), marks Chazelle’s first foray into television direction, the premise will be immediately welcoming to longtime fans of the Oscar…
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Film News Roundup: ‘Hunger Games,’ ‘John Wick’ and More Set for Free YouTube Showings
In today’s film news roundup, Lionsgate offers four of its biggest films free on YouTube, Bruce Lee gets a Criterion Collection release and the stagecraft union Iatse devises a method for bringing utilities to hospitals.Free StreamingLionsgate has announced that it will stream “The Hunger Games,” “La La Land,” “John Wick” and “Dirty Dancing” for free…
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‘1917’ Wins the PGA Award; Is the Oscar for Best Picture Next?
The Producers Guild Association awards were tonight, and Oscar prognosticators were tuned to what the guild would choose as Best Picture. Since the PGA and the Oscars have expanded the Best Picture category, there have only been two times when the PGA winner didn’t line up with the Oscars: La La Land (the Oscar went…
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PGA Awards Winners: Complete List (Updating Live)
The Producers Guild of America are announcing the winners in the motion picture and television categories for its 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards on Saturday night at the Hollywood Palladium.The PGA Awards has been one of the most reliable bellwethers for the Oscar for best picture, matching award in 21 of its past 30 years,…
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Golden Globes 2020 Predictions: Expect Wins for Scorsese, Tarantino and Bong Joon Ho
Here’s one thing to remember about the Golden Globes: It only has 87 voters, or slightly more than 1% as many as the Oscars do. And those 87 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association bring with them a variety of competing agendas, which makes predicting what they’ll do maddening at times.For the most part,…
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Bharti Airtel, Lionsgate launch Lionsgate Play in India
Initial offering includes Hunger Games, Twilight Saga franchises, La La Land.Indian telecoms company Bharti Airtel, Lionsgate and Starz’s subscription platform Starzplay have launched Lionsgate Play in India.Airtel customers will access the roster of content on the Airtel Xstream app containing more than 10,000 films and shows and 400 TV channels, and via web platforms.Content will…
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New York Film Critics Circle Announces 2019 Winners
The New York Film Critics Circle will be announcing its yearly awards Wednesday morning.The 85th ceremony will be held Jan. 7 at the New York Film Critics’ annual gala.Last year, “Roma” was named best film with Alfonso Cuarón taking the top directing prize. Other best film winners have included “Lady Bird,” “La La Land,” “Carol,”…