‘Tikkun’ Wins Big at Jerusalem Film Festival
– – Avishai Sivan’s “Tikkun, ” a stirring portrait of an ultra-Orthodox man in Jerusalem grappling with questions of faith, took top honors at the 32nd Jerusalem Film Festival Thursday evening. Sivan’s More...
‘Darkroom’ Wins Jerusalem’s Sam Spiegel Intl. Film Lab Top Prize
– – The Jerusalem film festival’s Sam Spiegel Intl. Film Lab jury, which this year is chaired by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg’s Kirsten Niehuus, has handed out its two prizes to a pair More...
How Steven Spielberg’s Movie Created the Summer Blockbuster
– – June 20 marks the 40th anniversary of “Jaws, ” which revolutionized the industry — even though the numbers seem pretty quaint by today’s standards. In its first three days in 1975, More...
Hulu to Recreate Jerry Seinfeld’s Apartment
– Hulu announced plans to construct a real-world version of Jerry Seinfeld’s iconic Upper West Side apartment as part of promoting the streaming service’s multimillion-dollar pickup of all nine seasons More...
Jason Blum Advises Fellow Movie Makers
– – At a panel on his Blumhouse Productions company at the Producers Guild of America’s 7th annual Produced By Conference on the Paramount lot, producer Jason Blum had some words of wisdom for More...
Does a New Czech Reality Show Make Light of the Holocaust?
– – There is increasing criticism of a reality show airing on public broadcaster Czech Television that purports to recreate life under the Nazis in a mountainous region in the Nazi Protectorate of More...
Kurt Sutter and Brian Grazer ‘Bastard Executioner’ Picked Up by FX
– – FX has ordered a ten episode season of the drama created by the “Sons of Anarchy” creator about a Late Middle Ages warrior knight who gets pulled back into fighting just when he thought he More...
AOL Refutes Reports Its Selling Assets Like The Huffington Post
– – Since AOL is being gobbled up by telco giant Verizon Communications for $4.4 billion, the Internet-media company is reportedly looking to unload the Huffington Post — and potentially other More...
Read Chelsea Handler’s Comments to Esquire’s Scott Raab
– – Chelsea Handler certainly has a sharp wit. Handler held forth with Esquire writer-at-large Scott Raab last week at Hearst Corp. headquarters in New York as part of a series of talks held for More...
Lenny Kravitz to Rent Out Louche Hôtel Particuliar in Paris
– – Lenny Kravitz wants to rent out the Louche Hôtel Particuliar in Paris for $265, 000 per month. The residence spans a generous 16, 145 square feet and includes a soigné foyer, a spacious More...