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ALISON BOSHOFF: Damian Lewis leads backlash by unpaid cast of Jimmy Carr’s Downton spoof
3 weeks, 1 day ago

ALISON BOSHOFF: Damian Lewis leads backlash by unpaid cast of Jimmy Carr’s Downton spoof

Daily Mail  

Disaster and recriminations flew on the set of Downton Abbey spoof Fackham Hall, written by comic Jimmy Carr and starring Damian Lewis. Damian Lewis apparently led a ‘heated’ meeting to demand everyone got their wages Jimmy Carr has agreed to take no fee, after his £5million movie suffered a financial collapse Cameras started rolling on Fackham Hall in November and …

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Critics Choice Awards 2025: From Dune Part Two to Wicked, see full list of nominees
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4 weeks ago

Critics Choice Awards 2025: From Dune Part Two to Wicked, see full list of nominees

India TV News  

Nominations for the upcoming edition of the Critics Choice Awards have been finally announced. Jon m Chu's Wicked and Edward Berger-starrer Conclave are leading the list with the maximum number of nominations. There are 10 movies in the chase for Best Picture Award including Dune Part Two, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing, The Substance, and Wicked, among others. Full list of …

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Critics Choice Awards 2024: Ariana Grande's Wicked leads the race with 11 nods
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Critics Choice Awards 2024: Ariana Grande's Wicked leads the race with 11 nods

India Today  

Conclave and Wicked lead the nominations for this year's Critics Choice Awards, each earning 11 nods. Celebrating its 30th year, the CCA revealed three of the major categories live on NBC's Today show, including the 10 films vying for Best Picture: A Complete Unknown, Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing, The Substance, and …

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The Best Films Of 2024: 'Gladiator II,' 'Challengers' And More
1 month ago

The Best Films Of 2024: 'Gladiator II,' 'Challengers' And More

Huff Post  

Left to right: "Anora," "Exhibiting Forgiveness," "Gladiator II" and "Dìdi" movie posters. — Candice Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon and Natasha Lyonne in "His Three Daughters" Sam Levy/Netflix “His Three Daughters” Director Azazel Jacobs’ contained family drama will likely be drowned out by the bigger, buzzier and, ahem, more musical offerings this year. Anna Kooris “Love Lies Bleeding” It’s the way …

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The 2024 Actors Roundtable: The fear factor behind great art
1 month ago

The 2024 Actors Roundtable: The fear factor behind great art

LA Times  

Once an actor finds his name popping up in Oscar conversations, he’s pretty much arrived in the industry, right? Am I going to ruin it?’ The fear of, ‘I’m wrong for it,’” says Kieran Culkin, who stars in the affecting “A Real Pain” with the film’s writer-director, Jesse Eisenberg. Don’t go in there asking for the job.” Kieran Culkin: I …

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Did your favorite film win a prize this week?
1 month ago

Did your favorite film win a prize this week?

LA Times  

There’s going to be another Last Bookstore? It’s easy to see the season setting up as a battle between “Wicked,” which will steamroll through the Golden Globes nominations when they’re announced Monday, and whatever indie movie resonates the most with voters. The dream team — minus the bird — from the animated movie “Flow.” Will you be voting for ‘Gladiator …

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‘Anora,’ ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ lead Spirit Award nominations
1 month ago

‘Anora,’ ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ lead Spirit Award nominations

Associated Press  

“Anora,” Sean Baker’s odyssey of a New York stripper, and Jane Schoenbrun’s psychological horror “I Saw the TV Glow” dominated nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards with six nods each, including best film and best director. Three actors in “Anora,” which won top honors at the Cannes Film Festival, were also singled out for their performances including Mikey Madison’s …

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The best movies of 2024 as ranked by AP film writers
1 month ago

The best movies of 2024 as ranked by AP film writers

Associated Press  

As much as theaters are humming right now, with “Wicked” and “Moana 2" bringing moviegoers by the droves, it’s been a fairly bruising movie year. “Anora” This image released by Neon shows Mark Eydelshteyn, left, and Mikey Madison in a scene from “Anora.” This image released by Neon shows Mark Eydelshteyn, left, and Mikey Madison in a scene from “Anora.” …

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‘Anora,’ ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ and ‘Shōgun’ lead Spirit Awards nominations
1 month, 1 week ago

‘Anora,’ ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ and ‘Shōgun’ lead Spirit Awards nominations

LA Times  

Justice Smith in the movie “I Saw the TV Glow.” Anyone looking for clarity regarding this year’s particularly diffuse and opaque awards season will likely not find it in the nominations for the 40th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, announced Wednesday morning. Sean Baker’s “Anora,” a melancholy comedy of self-discovery about a stripper in Brighton Beach, earned six nominations, including …

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Dark Comedy 'A Different Man' Surprisingly Triumphs At Gotham Awards
1 month, 1 week ago

Dark Comedy 'A Different Man' Surprisingly Triumphs At Gotham Awards

Huff Post  

From left, Vanessa McDonnell, Aaron Schimberg, Adam Pearson, Gabriel Mayers, Sebastian Stan and Mike Marino pose with the best feature award for "A Different Man" during The Gothams Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, in New York. via Associated Press NEW YORK — In a surprise that stunned the audience of Hollywood’s first big awards-season …

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Dark comedy ‘A Different Man’ surprisingly triumphs at Gotham Awards
1 month, 1 week ago

Dark comedy ‘A Different Man’ surprisingly triumphs at Gotham Awards

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In a surprise that stunned the audience of Hollywood’s first big awards-season bash, “A Different Man,” a dark comedy about doppelgängers, deformity and authenticity in acting, won best feature film at the 34th Gotham Awards on Monday night. “They change lives.” RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys,” the arrestingly photographed Colson Whitehead adaptation, also won two major awards: best …

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Former prisoner Clarence Maclin taps his early artistry for ‘Sing Sing’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Former prisoner Clarence Maclin taps his early artistry for ‘Sing Sing’

LA Times  

At 58, Clarence Maclin might be new to the big screen, but the formerly incarcerated stage performer turned movie actor has spent decades honing his chops. In director Greg Kwedar’s film “Sing Sing,” which Maclin co-wrote, he plays a character based on himself — which is not to say he plays himself, exactly. And I thought, if these dudes can …

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The 2025 Oscars BuzzMeter: What’s getting the buzz so far?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The 2025 Oscars BuzzMeter: What’s getting the buzz so far?

LA Times  

The Buzz is back! Mike Leigh — “Hard Truths” “Because of the scale and scope of ‘The Brutalist,’ Venice best director winner Brady Corbet could beat out Sean Baker and Jacques Audiard, but it’s a close race. Marianne Jean-Baptiste — “Hard Truths” “It’s ‘Anora’ vs. ‘Emilia Pérez’ again as Mikey Madison and Karla Sofía Gascón battle. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor — “Nickel …

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Sing Sing actor JJ Velazquez freed of wrongful murder conviction after serving 23 years in prison
3 months, 1 week ago

Sing Sing actor JJ Velazquez freed of wrongful murder conviction after serving 23 years in prison

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Colman Domingo’s Sing Sing co-star Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez has been officially …

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‘Sing Sing’ actor exonerated of murder after nearly 24 years in prison
3 months, 1 week ago

‘Sing Sing’ actor exonerated of murder after nearly 24 years in prison

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — After serving nearly 24 years in prison before being granted clemency and starring in last year’s movie “ Sing Sing,” Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez has officially been exonerated of a murder prosecutors now say he didn’t commit. “It has always been this way, but it doesn’t have to be, because we deserve better.” The judge’s order came after …

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Colman Domingo is practicing racial healing on and off the screen -- and wants you to join him
4 months, 1 week ago

Colman Domingo is practicing racial healing on and off the screen -- and wants you to join him

The Independent  

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'Sing Sing' offers a glimpse at life behind bars — and the journey towards redemption
5 months ago

'Sing Sing' offers a glimpse at life behind bars — and the journey towards redemption

NPR  

'Sing Sing' offers a glimpse at life behind bars — and the journey towards redemption TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. MOSLEY: If you're just joining us, my guests are Greg Kwedar and Clarence Maclin from the new film "Sing Sing," which follows a group of men incarcerated at a maximum security prison and who find hope and redemption …

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"Art heals": Colman Domingo on why nurturing the incarcerated is in everybody's best interest
5 months, 2 weeks ago

"Art heals": Colman Domingo on why nurturing the incarcerated is in everybody's best interest

Salon  

Oscar-nominated actor Colman Domingo is actively challenging men to be more tender through his new film “Sing Sing,” which follows a group of incarcerated men as they put on a theater production from the inside. “To see images like that I think is extremely important and potent right now.” Watch my "Salon Talks" episode with Colman Domingo on YouTube or …

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Review: In ‘Sing Sing,’ the stage is bound by prison walls, but imagination and dignity roam free
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Review: In ‘Sing Sing,’ the stage is bound by prison walls, but imagination and dignity roam free

LA Times  

A film like “Sing Sing” is a rare, precious achievement — a cinematic work of unique empathy and hand-turned humanity, hewed from the heart, with rigorous attention paid to the creative process. Raci plays RTA teacher Brent Buell with his signature irascible warmth from “Sound of Metal,” while one of Domingo’s longtime collaborators, Sean San Jose, gives a terrific performance …

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How the prison-set ‘Sing Sing’ captures the magic of acting
5 months, 4 weeks ago

How the prison-set ‘Sing Sing’ captures the magic of acting

LA Times  

The new movie “Sing Sing” is set in the maximum-security correctional facility of the same name, a gray and Gothic structure in upstate New York that’s designed to punish its sentenced inhabitants. Colman Domingo, center, and the cast of “Sing Sing.” While professional acting companies generally stage classic texts with an emphasis on factual accuracy and dramaturgical logic, RTA instead …

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Sing Sing review: This 'affecting' fact-based prison drama is Oscar-tipped
6 months ago

Sing Sing review: This 'affecting' fact-based prison drama is Oscar-tipped

BBC  

Sing Sing review: This 'affecting' fact-based prison drama is Oscar-tipped A24 "Powerful" Colman Domingo stars as a real-life inmate of New York's infamous Sing Sing Correctional Facility in a moving film about an inspirational prison theatre programme. The Oscar-nominated Colman Domingo is at the centre as the real-life Divine G, imprisoned in New York's infamous Sing Sing Correctional Facility. Paul …

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Movie Review: ‘Sing Sing’ cheers the power of art inside a maximum security prison
6 months ago

Movie Review: ‘Sing Sing’ cheers the power of art inside a maximum security prison

Associated Press  

“Sing Sing” follows the well-trodden path of a motley group of amateur actors as they come together to rehearse and put on a play in front of their peers. He got his flowers in George C. Wolfe’s “Rustin” and now deserves a larger bouquet playing not just a key part of the Sing Sing theater program, but its soul. “Sing …

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‘Sing Sing’ screens at Sing Sing, in an emotional homecoming for its cast
6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Sing Sing’ screens at Sing Sing, in an emotional homecoming for its cast

Associated Press  

OSSINING, N.Y. — Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin is standing inside Sing Sing Correctional Facility for the first time since he was incarcerated here 12 years ago. Maclin was at Sing Sing, the 198-year-old maximum-security prison perched on a hillside overlooking the Hudson 30 miles upriver from New York City, last Thursday for the premiere of the upcoming movie “Sing Sing.” …

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'Sing Sing' screens at Sing Sing, in an emotional homecoming for its cast
6 months, 2 weeks ago

'Sing Sing' screens at Sing Sing, in an emotional homecoming for its cast

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin is …

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