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Jun152024 by cineverseNo Comments

Monte-Carlo Television Festival Chief Talks Morgan Freeman, ‘Fabulous Highlights’ of 63rd Edition, ‘Fan Favorite’ Awardee

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By Marta Balaga )According To The Daily) Monte-Carlo Television Festival has rolled out the blue carpet welcoming star guests for its 63rd edition, but it also has an eye on the future. “We’re always working towards expanding and developing the festival. Each year, we get better and better,” executive director Cécile Menoni says. Listing “fabulous highlights,” Menoni gushes over this year’s Crystal Nymph winner: Morgan Freeman. The award recognizes the “stellar body of work” of the veteran actor, who recently exec produced “The Gray House,” which celebrated its world premiere Friday at the opening ceremony. Mary-Louise Parker, Daisy Head, Amethyst Davis and Ben Vereen attended. “It’s such a thrill for us to honor him,” Menoni says. The fest will also t...

Jun132024 by cineverseNo Comments

Indie Film Musical ‘Heart Strings’ Get Los Angeles Premiere at American Cinematheque

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By Jack Dunn (According To The variety) Indie musical “Heart Strings” will have its Los Angeles premiere June 30 at American Cinematheque‘s Loz Feliz Theater. Director Ate de Jong (“Drop Dead Fred”) co-wrote the film with Steven Gaydos, Variety executive VP, Global Content, who is also co-producing. “It’s a great honor to screen at the American Cinematheque. And especially to play the film at their Los Feliz location where ‘Heart Strings’ first began as a screenplay decades ago when I lived there after working on a Roger Corman film in Georgia,” Gaydos said. “Fans of 1970s American indie cinema might be surprised to find that Ate de Jong has just made an audience-engaging film with the subversive spirit and maverick attitude of that time. It only took 50 years to get t...

Jun102024 by cineverseNo Comments

Peabody Winners Urge Filmmakers to ‘Fight for Truth’ as Kudos Honor Programs That Tackle Global Conflicts and Social Ills

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By Cynthia Littleton (According To The variety) From documentaries about war in Ukraine and Gaza to the sweetness of “Bluey” to the earthiness of “Somebody Somewhere” and “Reservation Dogs” to the Mel Brooks canon, the 84th annual Peabody Awards ceremony on Sunday saluted an array of standout TV programs, movies, documentaries, podcasts, video games and more. The respected awards, adminstered by the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications, were held at the Beverly Wilshire hotel, marking the first time the Peabodys were handed out on the West Coast after decades in New York. “Finally, Los Angeles gets an awards show,” host Kumail Nanjiani quipped at the start of the two hour-plus ceremony. The high volume of conflict in the world an...

Jun102024 by cineverseNo Comments

Twelve-Time Grammy Winner Ruben Blades Provides Original Song to Animated Climate Change Feature ‘Black Butterflies’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Jamie Lang (According To The variety) Twelve-time Grammy-winning Panamanian musician, actor and human rights activist Ruben Blades has provided an original song for the Spanish-Panamanian animated climate change movie “Black Butterflies” from director David Baute. The film will world premiere in the Contrechamp competition at this year’s Annecy Animation Festival. Animated in 2D, and painstakingly researched by Baute, “Black Butterflies” is a timely feature about the real-world consequences of global warming as experienced by communities in the areas most impacted by the man-made phenomenon. The film tells three separate but related stories about Lobuin, Vanesa and Soma, three women from very different parts of the world who face the same problem: climate change....

Jun92024 by cineverseNo Comments

Disneyland Employee Dies After Falling From Moving Golf Cart at Theme Park

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By Selena Kuznikov A Disneyland employee died from her injuries Friday after falling from a moving golf cart at the theme park two days prior. Anaheim Police and Anaheim Fire and Rescue personnel arrived at the resort Wednesday at around 11:30 a.m. PT to the area of West Ball Road and South West Street in response to a collision that occurred backstage, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Disneyland employee, later identified by the Orange Country Coroner Division as 60-year-old Fullerton resident Bonnye Mavis Lear, struck her head after falling from the moving golf cart and was taken to a local hospital in grave condition. Lear died from her injuries Friday, two days after being hospitalized for severe head trauma. “We are heartbroken by the loss of Bonnye, ...

Jun92024 by cineverseNo Comments

Top Titles From Portugal at Annecy, from Milestones to Stunning 2D and a Vibrant New Generation With Attitude and High-Art

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By John Hopewell, Jamie Lang, Callum McLennan (According To The variety) As ever more Portuguese directors plan their first animated feature, Annecy is staging a timely Tribute to Portuguese Animation, its 2024 Country of Honor, with a seven section spread of key titles. Variety has made its own selection of that selection, profiling modern milestones such as Abi Feijo’s “The Outlaws” and José Miguel Ribeiro’s “The Suspect” and taking in Regina Pessoa’s “Uncle Thomas, Accounting for the Days,” the dazzling 2D of BAP, Zagreb Animafest winner “The Garbage Man” and Oscar-nominated ‘Ice Merchants.” There’s a larger narrative to the titles: the step-by-step and very often collaborative growth of a craft industry of social point and high artistic ambition prized ...

Jun82024 by cineverseNo Comments

Luminate Streaming Ratings: ‘Eric’ and ‘Dancing for the Devil’ Lead as ‘Bridgerton’ Slightly Subsides May 31-June 6

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By Selome Hailu (According To The variety) “Eric” and “Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult” were the two most-watched original series in the U.S. during the week of May 31-June 6. “Eric,” Netflix’s Benedict Cumberbatch-led limited series, had the highest number of minutes watched in its first full week of availability, clocking in at 1.1 billion, while the TikTok docuseries followed at 714.6 million minutes watched. While both demonstrated strong viewership, “Eric” took first place thanks to the benefit of its five-plus-hour runtime; in views, “Dancing for the Devil” hit an estimated 4.4 million people, while “Eric” came in second with 3.3 million. In terms of minutes watched and views, both titles edged out “Bridgerton” Season 3, which has dominated the charts sin...