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‘La La Land’ and a Strong Mix of Films Announced for the Oscars
The Oscars just announced their nominations for the 2017 ceremony. The 89th Academy Awards ceremony is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). This award ceremony will honor the top voted films by the Academy for motion picture projects in 2016. The event will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 26, 2017. It will be broadcasted on ABC live starting at 7 p.m. EST. https://youtu.be/Lek9_rDTg-E One positive change to the Oscars this year is the amount of diversity that the Academy selected to highlight this year in comparison to 2016. It will
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival Hack Doesn’t Stop the Show
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival is currently underway in the mountains of Utah. During the first day of the event, the festival organizers experienced major issues with the ticketing system. The festival tweeted: 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 The festival was able to fix the issue and ticket sales have been running more smoothly since day one. Each year, the Sundance Film Festival works hard to create online and physical locations for users to purchase tickets. It does become difficult when you have so much demand taking place all at once. With this issue, it could have been from an outside attacker, or
Amazon Acquires a Grateful Dead Documentary titled Long Strange Trip
Amazon announced today that they will acquire Long Strange Trip by Amir Bar-Lev. The documentary is set to debut at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Long Strange Trip will have four screenings at the upcoming film festival in Utah. Business Wire and Amazon spoke with the director of the film Amir Bar-Lev, as well as band members from the Grateful Dead featuring Bob Weir and Micky Hart: "I first reached out to the Grateful Dead about this film back in 2003," said Bar-Lev. "Since then, everyone who has come aboard has treated this project with a renegade spirit of cooperation and ingenuity
Sundance Film Festival 2017 Live Streaming Schedule
Watch the day 1 press conference with Robert Redford on YouTube with the live stream. The Sundance Festival organizers have recently announced a series of live streams that will run during the festival this month from Park City, Utah. Sundance Film Festival 2017 is set to stream panels and discussion with the Power of Story series. This year, Power of Story: The New Climate will connect with screenings of An Inconvenient Truth Sequel: Truth to Power, a documentary featuring Al Gore's fight to protect the environment, at the festival. In addition to the film screenings, former Vice President of the United
La La Land Steals the Show at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards
The 2017 Golden Globe Awards was held January 8 in Beverly Hill, California. This marked the 74th Golden Globe Awards, and delivered big with international film and cinema. Explore the full list of winners via the Los Angeles Times. La La Land broke records for obtaining the most awards in one program at the Golden Globes. The audio production team picked up several awards. It was also awarded for best motion picture. Zootopia was awarded with the best animation film for the year. The show Atlanta won for best television series. Overall, the award show highlighted excellent works of art, and
Facebook Connects with Journalists to Curb Fake News
Facebook just announced a new initiative called the journalism project. The new platform works as a tool for those that want to publish and share news content online in a proper manner. In addition, Facebook has a series of e-learning courses to review called project Blueprint. This initiative comes at an important time in political news coverage. During the recent press conference held by the President-elect, a series of questionable moments took place. The Verge reported: 'When Jim Acosta, Senior White House Correspondent for CNN, attempted to ask Trump a question, the President-elect refused to answer. “Not you. Your
Sundance Film Festival 2017 Adds Films, Performance by Kenny Loggins
Sundance Film Festival 2017 is taking place later this month in the mountains of Utah. The festival has announced two additional film premieres with Newness, and TRUMPED: Inside The Greatest Political Upset of All Time. In addition to those two films, the festival is set to have dozens of film premieres and interactive content to explore in Park City, Utah. Poster image of RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked The World by Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. One of the
Amazon Prime Video Available in India and More Than 200 Countries and Territories Worldwide
Amazon Prime Now has recently announced that the streaming platform will be available in India, as well as over 200 countries around the globe. The company and Business Wire noted Prime members can stream the largest selection of exclusive Bollywood, regional and Hollywood movies, U.S. TV shows and award winning Amazon Original series. In addition to the US original programming with Amazon Prime, the company is expanding to meet the demand of the India entertainment marketplace. In comparison to the United States programming, India and other developed countries focus less on gun violence. An example of the overuse of violence
The New Climate Category at Sundance Spotlights An Inconvenient Truth
The Sundance Institute and film festival have announced a special screening of An Inconvenient Truth in Park City with a impactful discussion on climate change. Sundance Film Festival has brought on a new category titled The New Climate to collect and organize the amount of new filmmakers looking to bring awareness to climate change. 10 years ago An Inconvenient Truth showcased the problems we continue to face today. With the next administration blindly moving forward with staffing that have spoke out against climate change; it is even more important that Sundance provides an international stage to give filmmakers the opportunity to share
Top Ten Books, Albums, Films and Works of Art from 2016
This past year the entertainment industry has seen a lot of breakthrough projects that has molded the way we see the world. With major award shows honoring films and music, I wanted to run through some of the brightest and boldest releases of 2016 in one compiled list. Scan over music from indie acts being represented on Big Hassle, additional albums, publications that have rocked the Amazon marketplace, and films that have left a lasting impression on society. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book (Music) Damien Chazelle - La La Land (Film) J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany - Harry Potter
The Oscars just announced their nominations for the 2017 ceremony. The 89th
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival is currently underway in the mountains
Amazon announced today that they will acquire Long Strange Trip by Amir
Watch the day 1 press conference with Robert Redford on YouTube
The 2017 Golden Globe Awards was held January 8 in Beverly
Facebook just announced a new initiative called the journalism project. The
Sundance Film Festival 2017 is taking place later this month in
Amazon Prime Now has recently announced that the streaming platform will
The Sundance Institute and film festival have announced a special screening
This past year the entertainment industry has seen a lot of