EUR Film News: New York Critics Online Awards for 2009
*Inglourious Basterds, starring Brad Pitt, took the lion’s share of awards while Avatar was named best picture by the prestigious New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) at its tenth annual meeting....
View ArticleBest Director Oscar: Not just for white guys anymore
Lee Daniels *The Academy Awards category for best director has historically been two things: white and male. This year, the five nominees are a slightly more diverse crowd. Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt...
View Article2010 Oscar/Academy Awards Wrap Up (The Hurt Locker Is Best Film)
*The Iraq War drama “The Hurt Locker” won best picture and five other prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow is the first woman in the...
View ArticleList of Winners at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards
A scene from 'The Hurt Locker' *The Iraq War drama “The Hurt Locker” won best picture and five other prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow...
View ArticlePrince Booked for Time 100 Gala in NYC
*The 2010 Time 100 gala, celebrating Time magazine’s 100 “most influential people in the world,” will take place on May 4 with music legend Prince among the scheduled entertainment. Country superstar...
View ArticleWill Smith Meets with ‘Hurt Locker’ Director
*Will Smith has reportedly met with director Kathryn Bigelow about starring in her upcoming drama “Triple Frontier.” The Oscar-winning “Hurt Locker” filmmaker has also held discussions with Sean Penn,...
View ArticleBigelow’s bin Laden Film Trailer Debuts; Obama ‘Not in the Movie’
Director Kathryn Bigelow’s on the set of her Bin Laden Thriller “Zero Dark Thirty” *The trailer for Kathryn Bigelow’s forthcoming film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, “Zero Dark Thirty,” has been...
View ArticleRight Using ‘Zero Dark Thirty’s’ Torture Scenes Against Obama
Director Kathryn Bigelow (L) on the set of Zero Dark Thirty *Earlier this year, conservatives just knew that the film “Zero Dark Thirty,” about the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden, would be full...
View ArticleThe Pulse of Entertainment: Columbia/Universal’s ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ Front...
Columbia/Universal’s Zero Dark Thirty, front row to the hunt for America’s most wanted, arrives in theaters January 11, 2013 Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty. *“I had the privilege to get invited...
View ArticleSteph Curry on Wheaties Box; Common Stars in NBA Commercial (Watch)
*The Oakland Golden State Warrior point guard Steph Curry landed the Wheaties cover, which will be in supermarkets in June, according to Vibe. He isn’t wearing the traditional NBA uniforms other...
View ArticleRapper K’naan Writing Series About Jihadi Recruitment for HBO
*Rapper/poet K’naan Warsame is behind a new series at HBO about the recruitment of Jihadists in the United States. The cable network has tapped Kathryn Bigelow, the Oscar-winning director of “The Hurt...
View ArticleHBO Orders K’naan Warsame Penned Drama Pilot ‘Mogadishu, Minnesota’
*HBO has ordered the pilot “Mogadishu, Minnesota,” described as a family drama that grapples with what it means to be American among the Somalis of Minneapolis. According to The Hollywood Reporter,...
View ArticleJohn Boyega Joins Kathryn Bigelow’s Untitled Drama about Detroit Riots
*“Star Wars” lead John Boyega has been cast in Kathryn Bigelow’s untitled crime drama set against the backdrop of Detroit’s devastating riots that took place over five summer days in 1967. No further...
View ArticleJason Mitchell Joins Kathryn Bigelow’s Untitled Detroit Riots Film
*“Straight Outta Compton” star Jason Mitchell has been cast in director Kathryn Bigelow’s untitled film set around the 1967 Detroit Riots, reports Variety. John Boyega, Anthony Mackie, Will Poulter,...
View ArticleKathryn Bigelow Adds Cast to Untitled ‘Detroit Riots’ Project
*The cast of Kathryn Bigelow’s “Untitled Detroit Riots Project” movie is rounding out, with Jeremy Strong, Chris Chalk and Austin Hébert joining Ephraim Sykes, Laz Alonso, Nathan Davis Jr., Malcolm...
View ArticleFirst Look: John Boyega in Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Detroit’ Riots Film (Trailer)
*The first trailer for director Kathryn Bigelow’s film “Detroit” was released Wednesday by Annapurna pictures. John Boyega stars in the movie that explores systemic racism against the backdrop of...
View ArticleNew ‘Detroit’ Trailer Shows Tension Leading to 1967 Riots (Watch)
*A new trailer has been released for “Detroit,” the Kathryn Bigelow film based on the Algiers Motel incident, in which three black men were killed during a race riot in the city. The film’s second...
View ArticleAlgee Smith Gets ‘Dramatic’ in Racially-Charged ‘Detroit’
*”Detroit,” tells the riveting true story of one of the most terrifying moments during the racially-charged civil uprising that choked the city of Detroit in the summer of ’67. Directed by Academy...
View Article‘Detroit’ Cast Talks About the Making of the Controversial Film
*”Detroit,” which opened in limited release on July 28, will open nationwide this Friday, August 4, 2017. The diverse cast recently gathered to discuss the anxiety-ridden, violent, white knuckle, but...
View ArticleThe Pulse of Entertainment: The Movie ‘Detroit’ is the Brutal Truth of...
*The Annapurna/MGM Pictures presentation of “Detroit,” based on a 1967 police raid, is the brutal truth of reality unrestrained. Directed by Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark 30),...
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