By Margeaux Sippell | Variety Variety has announced this year’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch. For the seventh year in a row, the Whistler Film Festival will host the 10 Screenwriters to Watch event in Whistler, B.C. The screenwriters to be honored will share their...
by Amanda N'Duka | Deadline Hollywood Keesha Sharp, who plays Trish Murtaugh on Fox’s Lethal Weapon series, has picked up rights to John Williams’ 2013 biography America’s Mistress: The Life and Times of Eartha Kitt. She and her husband Brad Sharp will develop and...
by Patrick Hipes | Deadline Hollywood The American Film Institute said this morning that Denzel Washington will receive the 47th AFI Life Achievement Award. The honor will be presented to the two-time Oscar winner on June 6, 2019 at the AFI’s annual gala tribute....
By Variety Staff | Variety Variety has announced the honorees for its upcoming Power of Women: Los Angeles. The annual event recognizes some of Hollywood’s most philanthropic women whose efforts have made a significant impact to their chosen charities and causes. The...
By Dave McNary | Variety The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to present Honorary Awards to publicist Marvin Levy, composer Lalo Schifrin, and actress Cicely Tyson, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producers...
by Nellie Andreeva | Deadline Hollywood Rapper, actor and producer Alvin ‘Xzibit’ Joiner has launched production and management divisions at his music label Open Bar Entertainment and has signed with ICM Partners across the board. Joining OBE is manager-producer Eric...
Jordan Simon | Shadow and Act Anyone who has seen the film No Good Deed will know that acclaimed actor (and future James Bond in our heads) Idris Elba is no stranger to playing the villain. With that said, The Fast and the Furious franchise just received a significant...
By Brent Lang | Variety Will Smith and Marc Forster have partnered to acquire Telepool GmbH, a German licensing and distribution company. As part of the deal, the company will become a development, financing, and distribution partner for Smith and Forster’s films....
Shirley Halperin and Justin Kroll | Variety.com Dr. Dre is working on a movie about the late singer Marvin Gaye, Variety has learned. The rapper, whose film credits include 2015’s “Straight Outta Compton,” on which he served as producer and inspiration for the film,...
by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski | Deadline Hollywood Former Real Husbands of Hollywood star Boris Kodjoe is returning to the BET fold, signing an exclusive development deal with BET Networks. Under the pact, Kodjoe will develop ideas and show concepts for all...
ESPN News Services Jack Johnson, the first black man to become world heavyweight champion, was posthumously pardoned Thursday by President Donald Trump for a 1913 conviction for violating the Mann Act. Trump had said in April that he was considering the pardon after...
from Shadow and Act After receiving nearly universal acclaim after is bow at the Cannes Film Festival, Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman has been awarded the Grand Prix award, which is the runner-up award. The film. received a standing ovation which lasted 10 minutes after...