Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA Lands in Movie Theaters Nationwide for One Night Only on February 2

Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA Lands in Movie Theaters Nationwide for One Night Only on February 2

LOS ANGELES - January 5, 2021- The inspiring true story of how renowned Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols pioneered the NASA recruiting program to hire people of color and the first female astronauts for the space agency in the late 1970s and 1980s, Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA will open in movie theaters nationwide for one night only on February 2, 2021.

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A Dozen Cinematic Masterworks Return to Movie Theaters Nationwide With 2021’s TCM Big Screen Classics Series

From German East Africa to the Mean Streets of NYC to Egypt to South-Central L.A., Movie Lovers Can Take a Trip Around the Globe and Through 80 Years of Movie Magic

DENVER – December 17, 2020 – Next year, film aficionados can enjoy a yearlong journey spanning nine decades of cinema history, through a dozen of some of the movie industry’s greatest titles, as Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies present the seventh annual TCM Big Screen Classics series. Featuring acclaimed films released from 1941 to 1996, and encompassing legendary dramas, iconic musicals, beloved comedies, a thrilling adventure, a stylish film noir, a stirring epic, a crackling mystery, and a suspenseful horror, the TCM Big Screen Classics series has something for everyone in 2021.

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ZACHARY LEVI TO PORTRAY KURT WARNER IN “AMERICAN UNDERDOG” FOR KINGDOM STORY COMPANY AND LIONSGATE

ZACHARY LEVI TO PORTRAY KURT WARNER IN “AMERICAN UNDERDOG” FOR KINGDOM STORY COMPANY AND LIONSGATE

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 1, 2020 – Kingdom Story Company and Lionsgate announced today that Zachary Levi will star as two-time NFL MVP and Hall of Famer Kurt Warner in American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story. The film will be distributed wide by Lionsgate and is expected to begin production later this year.

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AMAZON STUDIOS AND MICHAEL B. JORDAN’S OUTLIER SOCIETY PRESENT “A NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN” A CELEBRATION OF MULTI-CULTURAL VOICES IN FILM

A FREE summer series of films will be happening at your local Drive-In.

Screenings kick off July 1 and will take place every other week through July and August. Each week the movies screened will have a specific theme such as Movies to Make You Fall in Love, Movies to Inspire Your Inner Child, Movies to Make You Open Your Eyes and Movie to Make You Laugh. The list of double-features that'll be screened during the series has been curated by Jordan and includes Love & Basketball, Crazy Rich Asians, Black Panther, Creed and Do the Right Thing.

AMAZON STUDIOS AND MICHAEL B. JORDAN’S OUTLIER SOCIETY PRESENT “A NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN” A CELEBRATION OF MULTI-CULTURAL VOICES IN FILM

Summer Screening Series Curated by Michael B. Jordan will Launch at Select Drive-Ins Nationwide and Play Throughout the Summer at No Cost to the Community

Culver City, CA – June 25, 2020 – Amazon Studios and Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society are launching “A Night at the Drive-In”, a nationwide summer screening series featuring a wide selection of films celebrating multi-cultural voices in cinema. In an effort to evoke the nostalgic joy of a summer evening at the drive-in with family and friends, attendance will be at no cost to local communities. Starting Wednesday, July 1, Amazon Studios will host double-features curated by Michael B. Jordan with help from his newly formed marketing arm 8788 and Outlier Society, every other week through the end of August.

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LIONSGATE LIVE! A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES CELEBRATES THE COMMUNAL THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE WITH FOUR FRIDAYS OF FREE FLICKS

Jamie Lee Curtis to Host as America Gathers Together for Four Lionsgate Classics

Lionsgate Teams Up with Fandango, YouTube, and NATO to Help Furloughed Movie Theater Employees Across America

“The Hunger Games,” “Dirty Dancing,”
“La La Land,” and “John Wick”
Will Livestream for Free on Fridays

SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 13, 2020 – Global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) announced today that the studio will honor the communal experience of watching movies in movie theaters and support the people who make those places great with a special program that reminds everyone how much we love going to the cinema. The studio is presenting Lionsgate Live! A Night at the Movies, a program of four Fridays of free movies streaming live on YouTube.

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FOCUS FEATURES KICKS OFF “MOVIE MONDAYS” WITH FREE FACEBOOK LIVESTREAMS OF CLASSIC FOCUS TITLES FOR FANS AT HOME

FOCUS FEATURES KICKS OFF “MOVIE MONDAYS” WITH FREE FACEBOOK LIVESTREAMS OF CLASSIC FOCUS TITLES FOR FANS AT HOME

Viewers of the Livestreams Can Support and Donate to the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Los Angeles, CA — April 2, 2020 — Focus Features announces the switch of their currently standing “Focus Fridays” livestreaming program to “Focus Movie Mondays,” hoping to bring moviegoers back to the movies from the comfort of their own homes. Beginning on Monday April 6th, Focus Features will be livestreaming a film exclusively on their Facebook page (here) every Monday in April for free. Each livestream will include a link to donate to the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s COVID 19 Response Fund.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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MARRIAGE STORY NAMED BEST FILM OF 2019 BY THE NEVADA FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

MARRIAGE STORY NAMED BEST FILM OF 2019 BY THE NEVADA FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

The Nevada Film Critics Society has announced its 2019 award winners for achievement in film. Taking top honors as best film was Marriage Story, a heart-wrenching, exquisitely crafted drama about the dissolution of a marriage. The film won a total of four awards including Best Director: Noah Baumbach, Best Actor: Adam Driver and Best Actress: Scarlett Johansson, who tied with Charlize Theron for Bombshell.

In other major categories, Joe Pesci won Best Supporting Actor for The Irishman and Jennifer Lopez won Best Supporting Actress for Hustlers. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood won two awards including Best Original Screenplay and Best Production Design.

Below is the complete list of NFCS’s award winners in each category:

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Fox Searchlight Pictures and USC Shoah Foundation Partner on JOJO RABBIT Education Initiative

The acclaimed coming of age film to serve as an anti-hate and Holocaust education vehicle for hundreds of school-aged children

LOS ANGELES, Calif, Dec 19, 2019: USC Shoah Foundation —The Institute for Visual History and Education (USC Shoah Foundation) and Fox Searchlight Pictures today announced a partnership to develop classroom curriculum tied to JOJO RABBIT, Taika Waititi’s heartfelt World War II anti-hate satire.

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The Women Film Critics Circle Announce Winners for 2019

The Women Film Critic Circle (WFCC), an association of 80 women film critics and scholars from around the country and internationally, who are involved in print, radio, online and TV broadcast media, has announced their 2019 winners in several categories.The WFCC was founded in 2004, in the belief that women’s perspectives and voices in film criticism need greater recognition.  The group also prides itself on being the most culturally and racially diverse critics group in the country by far, and best reflecting the diversity of movie audiences.

The WFCC Awards Winners for 2019 are:

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