• Showtime Documentary Series THE FOURTH ESTATE to Follow NY Times as it Covers Trump Administration

    New York Times A revealing multi-part documentary series The Fourth Estate (wt), exploring the process and progress of The New York Times and its journalists in covering the Trump administration, is set to debut later this year – Sunday, May 27 at 8 PM ET/PT – on Showtime. Produced and directed by Emmy(R) Award winning and Oscar(R) nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus (What Happened, Miss Simone?), the project illuminates critical issues facing journalism today – including the challenge to the bedrock concept of truth, the changing role of the media, and the Times’ response to President Trump’s war of words – through extraordinary access, on-the-scene filmmaking and exclusive sit-down interviews. From the first time President Trump called The New York Times “highly inaccurate” in its coverage of his administration, through his false claim that the paper is “failing” and losing thousands of subscribers, to ultimately declaring the majority of the nation’s major news outlets “fake news,” a chief task for the Times, long considered the “newspaper of record,” has been to find the best way to accurately and honestly cover this new and unconventional president. With unprecedented access to the inner workings of the Times, including filming inside closed-door meetings, rare interviews with the editors and reporters who cover the President and the tumult around him, as well as an insider’s view of the Sulzberger family publisher transition, Garbus intimately chronicles the tenacious men and women in the trenches who are fighting for the freedom of the press and America’s right to know. “The Times is an odd and confounding muse for the current president. Trump craves the positive coverage of his hometown paper while simultaneously denigrating the ‘failing New York Times’ on what seems to be a daily basis,” says Garbus. “We’ve been given unprecedented access to capture the challenges, triumphs and pitfalls of covering a president who has declared war on the free press, from the point of view of those on the front line – the White House correspondents, investigative journalists and editors at The New York Times. It’s the story of a lifetime, but what kind of story is it? Is it the story of a new era of the American presidency, or is it a reality show debacle? This series explores these questions as we take a front row seat to those writing the first draft of this moment in history.” Garbus is an Oscar, Grammy(R) and DGA nominated and an Emmy and Peabody Award winning director. Her most recent film, Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper, had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Her previous film, What Happened, Miss Simone?, was the opening film at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, was nominated for a 2016 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, and received a Peabody Award and four Primetime Emmy nominations (including Best Directing for Garbus), winning the Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special. Garbus’ past work includes Love, Marilyn and Bobby Fischer Against the World. Garbus produced the documentary short Killing in the Name, directed by her partner Rory Kennedy and nominated for an Academy Award. Garbus received her first Emmy and Oscar nominations in 1998 when she won international public and critical acclaim for her film about prison life in America, The Farm: Angola, USA. Her directing credits include Girlhood, The Execution of Wanda Jean, The Nazi Officer’s Wife, Coma, Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech and There’s Something Wrong with Aunt Diane. Producing credits include Street Fight and Ghosts of Abu Ghraib.

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  • LADY BIRD Named Best Film of 2017 by National Society of Film Critics

    [caption id="attachment_26086" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]LADY BIRD LADY BIRD[/caption] Lady Bird is the big winner of the 2017 National Society of Film Critics awards, grabbing the top prize for Best Picture of 2017, in addition to Best Director and Best Screenplay for Greta Gerwig; and Best Supporting Actress for Laurie Metcalf. A Special Citation for a film awaiting U.S. distribution was awarded to Spoor (Pokot), by Agnieska Holland. This year’s National Society of Film Critics awards is dedicated to Richard Schickel, the legendary film critic and historian, author of 37 books and director of 37 documentaries, and a founding member of the Society.

    2017 National Society of Film Critics Awards

    BEST ACTRESS:

    *1. Sally Hawkins – 49 (The Shape of Water, Maudie)
    1. Saoirse Ronan – 44 (Lady Bird)
    2. Frances McDormand 24 (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
    3. Cynthia Nixon – 24 (A Quiet Passion) [tie]

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

    *1. Laurie Metcalf – 74 (Lady Bird)
    1. Lesley Manville – 36 (Phantom Thread)
    2. Allison Janney – 24 (I, Tonya)

    BEST ACTOR:

    *1. Daniel Kaluuya – 44 (Get Out)
    1. Daniel Day-Lewis – 34 (Phantom Thread)
    2. Timothée Chalamet — 24 (Call Me by Your Name)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

    *1. Willem Dafoe – 62 (The Florida Project)
    1. Michael Stuhlbarg – 25 (Call Me by Your Name, The Shape of Water, The Post)
    2. Sam Rockwell – 23 (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

    *1. Blade Runner 2049 – 40 (Roger Deakins)
    1. Dunkirk – 39 (Hoyte van Hoytema)
    2. The Florida Project – 36 (Alexis Zabe)

    BEST SCREENPLAY:

    *1. Lady Bird – 50 (Greta Gerwig)
    1. Get Out – 49 (Jordan Peele)
    2. Phantom Thread – 31 (Paul Thomas Anderson)

    BEST PICTURE:

    *1. Lady Bird – 41
    1. Get Out – 39
    2. Phantom Thread – 28

    BEST DIRECTOR:

    *1. Greta Gerwig – 37 (Lady Bird)
    1. Jordan Peele – 36 (Get Out)
    2. Paul Thomas Anderson – 36 (Phantom Thread)  [tie]

    BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

    *1. Graduation – 35 (Cristian Mungiu)
    1. Faces Places – 30 (Agnès Varda)
    2. BPM (Beats Per Minute) – 29 (Robin Campillo)

    BEST NON-FICTION FILM

    *1. Faces Places – 70 (Agnès Varda)
    1. Ex Libris: The New York Public Library – 34 (Frederick Wiseman)
    2. Dawson City: Frozen Time – 32 (Bill Morrison)

    BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

    Good Luck, by Ben Russell

    FILM HERITAGE AWARD:

    “One Way or Another: Black Women’s Cinema, 1970-1991,” curated by the Brooklyn Academy of Music Cinématek. Special commendation to Dan Talbot for his pioneering work as an exhibitor and distributor, in bringing world-wide cinema to the United States. SPECIAL CITATION for a film awaiting U.S. distribution: Spoor (Pokot), by Agnieska Holland.  

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  • Eight Films in Big Screen Competition at 2018 International Film Festival Rotterdam

    [caption id="attachment_26244" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Pity by Babis Makridis Pity by Babis Makridis[/caption] Eight films have been selected for the Big Screen Competition at the 2018 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR): three world premieres, one international premiere and four European premieres.  The three world premiere nominees are: Nina, Polish filmmaker Olga Chajdas’s feature film debut in which a couple’s love is tested as they struggle to find a surrogate mother for their child; Father to Son, the third feature by Taiwanese filmmaker Hsiao Ya-chuan (Mirror Image), a story of reconciliation in which a 60-year-old man goes to Japan to look for his father who abandoned him when he was 10, and An Impossibly Small Object by Dutch filmmaker David Verbeek, which confronts the relationship between maker and subject. In this meditative film, Verbeek himself plays a Dutch photographer transfixed by a picture he took of a girl in a Taiwanese parking lot. IFFR has screened many of Verbeek’s films in the past. His  Shanghai Trance and Dead & Beautiful were both selected for CineMart. The Big Screen Competition also includes the international premiere of Night Comes On, Jordana Spiro’s debut feature about an 18-year-old woman who takes her 10-year-old sister on a journey that could destroy their futures.
    Lastly, the four European premieres. British filmmaker Jim Hosking’s comedy An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn stars Aubrey Plaza as a woman whose unsatisfactory marriage is shaken when she sees a performance piece by a mysterious man from her past. Danish filmmaker Gustav Möller’s intense feature debut  The Guilty revolves around one emergency phone call – an initially disinterested police officer quickly jumps into action when he hears a woman being kidnapped. Pity by Greek filmmaker Babis Makridis (selected for CineMart in 2014) is about a man with such need for pity he’s willing to do absolutely anything to get it from others. IFFR previously screened Makridis’ film L, in 2012 in the Tiger Awards Competition. Sebastián Hofmann’s second feature Tiempo compartido was also selected for CineMart in 2014, and also received a grant from the Hubert Bals Fund. This satire follows the struggle of two paranoid men against the ever-smiling staff of an all-inclusive resort. Hofmann made his debut at IFFR 2013 with Halley, which also competed in the Tiger Awards Competition.
    In 2013, the VPRO Big Screen Award was inaugurated to promote the presence of quality films on the big screen and public television in the Netherlands. Of the €30,000 in prize money, €15,000 is spent towards the winning film’s theatrical release and €15,000 towards the production of the filmmaker’s next project. In 2017 the award was won by Kirsten Tan’s Pop Aye. Earlier winners were Les ogres by Léa Fehner in 2016, Second Coming by Debbie Tucker Green in 2015, Another Year by Oxana Bychkova in 2014 and Bellas mariposas by Salvatore Mereu in 2013. A jury of five experienced festival-goers picks the winner of the VPRO Big Screen Award, worth €30,000. The winning film will be released in Dutch cinemas and will be purchased by the Dutch public broadcasting network NPO to screen on national television.

    Full selection Big Screen Competition:

    An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, Jim Hosking, UK/USA, 2018, European premiere
    Father to Son, Hsiao Ya-chuan, Taiwan, 2018, world premiere
    The Guilty, Gustav Möller, Denmark, 2018, European premiere
    An Impossibly Small Object, David Verbeek, Taiwan/Netherlands/Croatia, 2018, world premiere
    Night Comes On, Jordana Spiro, USA, 2018, international premiere
    Nina, Olga Chajdas, Poland, 2018, world premiere
    Pity, Babis Makridis, Greece/Poland, 2018, European premiere
    Tiempo compartido, Sebastián Hofmann, Mexico/Netherlands, 2018, European premiere

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  • Chelsea Manning Documentary XY CHELSEA Set for Release in Late 2018

    Chelsea Manning Whistle-blower Chelsea Manning, whose 35-year sentence in an all-male maximum security prison was commuted by President Obama in 2017, will be the subject of the upcoming Showtime documentary “XY Chelsea.” Shot over two years and featuring exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes verité with Manning, the film picks up on the momentous day in May when she leaves prison and follows her through her journey of discovery, while also examining her place in the conversation on national security and the fight of the transgender community for rights and visibility. The feature film, currently in post-production, will premiere at an upcoming film festival, followed by theatrical run and a subsequent premiere on the Showtime network. Since 2014, filmmaker Tim Travers Hawkins has followed Manning and her legal team as they fought to get her out of prison, and for her to receive the necessary medical treatment for her gender dysphoria. Following two suicide attempts in 2016, Chelsea and her team tried to save her life with a long-shot request to President Obama for a commutation of her sentence before he left office. Cameras follow Manning’s fight for release and witness as she reveals herself to the world for the first time. XY CHELSEA is the journey of her fight for survival and dignity, and her transition from prisoner to a free woman. XY Chelsea was directed by Tim Travers Hawkins and produced by Pulse Films in association with First Look Media’s Topic Studios, Field of Vision and British Film Institute. Thomas Benski, Julia Nottingham and Lucas Ochoa of Pulse Films are producers. Academy Award(R) winner Laura Poitras (RISK, Citizenfour), Mary Burke, Michael Bloom, Adam Pincus, Charlotte Cook, Sharon Chang, Blaine Vess and Christos V. Konstantakopoulos serve as executive producers.

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  • 48 Feature Films Selected for Bright Future Main Program at 2018 International Film Festival Rotterdam

    [caption id="attachment_26231" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]Impermanence Impermanence[/caption] International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has selected 48 feature film titles for its Bright Future Main Program dedicated to young, emerging film talent. Within this line-up, all feature-length film debuts that are a world or international premiere in Rotterdam are eligible for the Bright Future Award, worth €10,000. Many of them are world premieres. In Impermanence by young Chinese filmmaker Zeng Zeng, three fascinating lost souls – a monk, an innkeeper and a father who has lost his son – are brought together by fate. The German film Ella und Nell by Aline Chukwuedo follows two Berlin women on a hike in the woods. August at Akiko’s is Christopher Makoto Yogi’s dreamy debut about a musician who returns to Hawaii trying to find his ‘ha’`– the spirit that links him to his birthplace. Other nominated world premieres include the harrowing Counting Tiles by Lebanese filmmaker Cynthia Choucair, following a group of clowns who set off for the island of Lesbos to deliver laughter to refugees; The Heart by Swedish filmmaker Fanni Metelius about an invisible conflict stirring between the sheets of two lovers (“If you love me then fuck me!”); and the Egyptian film Poisonous Roses by Ahmed Fawzi Saleh, in which a young man dreams of a life beyond his tannery job in the slums. Also in competition: Argentinian filmmaker Gustavo Biazzi’s charming and melancholy coming-of-ager Los vagos. Other world premieres in the Bright Future Main Program include YEAH by Japanese filmmaker Suzuki Yohei; Jonaki by celebrated Indian filmmaker Aditya Vikram Sengupta, whose Labour of Love screened at IFFR 2015; Permanent Green Light by Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley, about a teenager obsessed with the idea of blowing himself up in public; and La estrella errante by Spanish filmmaker Alberto Gracia about the wandering front man of a Galician underground punk band. Gracia won the FIPRESCI Award with his feature debut The Fifth Gospel of Kaspar Hauser at IFFR 2013.

    Bright Future Competition

    August at Akiko’s, Christopher Makoto Yogi, USA, 2018, world premiere Musician Alex Zhang Hungtai returns to Hawai‘i after years abroad. His search for home and roots intensifies when he forms a bond with local kupuna Akiko. Azougue Nazaré/Azougue Nazareth, Tiago Melo, Brazil, 2018, world premiere In the sugarcane country of North East Brazil, where Evangelicalism is on the rise, people start to disappear and other strange things start to happen as Maracatu carnival season gets underway. The Bangle Seller, Ere Gowda, India, 2018, world premiere In a small Indian village, Kempanna and his wife Saubaghya are unable to conceive. A scandal seems imminent. Counting Tiles, Cynthia Choucair, Lebanon , 2018, world premiere A group of clowns travel to the Greek island of Lesvos on a mission to bring laughter to the many people escaping war in February 2016. Ella und Nell/Ella & Nell, Aline Chukwuedo, Germany, 2018, world premiere Ella and Nell used to be best friends. Now grown apart and in their forties, they set out on a hike in order to reconnect. The mood changes as old wounds are reopened. The Heart, Fanni Metelius, Sweden, 2018, world premiere Mika and Tesfay. She’s a photographer. He’s a musician. Both are up-and-coming. The first true romance. But an invisible conflict, an unnameable shame, stirs between their sheets. Impermanence, Zeng Zeng, China, 2018, world premiere Fate brings together three fascinating lost souls – a monk with a sack of money, an innkeeper with a heavy conscience and a father who’s lost his son – in young Chinese director Zeng Zeng’s mysterious tale of guilt, punishment and ambiguous redemption. Poisonous Roses, Ahmed Fawzi Saleh, Egypt/France, 2018, world premiere Saqr dreams of a life beyond his tannery job in the slums, but his love for the sister he would leave behind keeps him tied there. Their Remaining Journey, John Clang, Singapore/USA/Taiwan, 2018, world premiere A tale of reincarnation unfolds through the stories of a dead actress, an ex-mistress and an unfaithful husband, somewhere between New York and Singapore. La torre/Tower, Sebastián Múnera, Colombia/Mexico, 2018, world premiere On March 17, 2004 an explosive device was activated at the Piloto Public Library in Medellín, where much of the photographic archive of Colombian history is kept. A photograph is the only evidence of this barbarism. Los vagos/Bums, Gustavo Biazzi, Argentina, 2017, international premiere High school sweethearts Ernesto and Paula return to their hometown, Misiones, for the summer. Ernesto’s rekindled friendship with los vagos (‘the bums’) triggers upheaval for the pair.

    Bright Future premieres

    Ambiguous Places, Ikeda Akira, Japan, 2017, international premiere A series of odd and mysterious dramas unfolds against ordinary backdrops in this new film from Tiger Award winner Ikeda. Blockage, Mohsen Gharaei, Iran, 2017, European premiere Fired from his job at the municipality for making deals on the side, Ghasem is forced to make changes. While is he making plans for his wife’s inheritance, a completely new opportunity arises. La estrella errante/Wandering Star, Alberto Gracia, Spain, 2018, world premiere The punk band Los Fiambres released one cult album in 1984. More than thirty years later, their lead singer, Rober Perdut, wanders around his Galician hometown in this sensory, melancholic film. Hit the Night, Jeong Gayoung, South Korea, 2017, international premiere Under the pretence of research, Ga-yeong pries into the personal and sexual life of a new acquaintance. Despite having a girlfriend, the acquaintance willingly participates. Is he unaware of her desire, or just impressed by her line of questioning? Inferninho/My Own Private Hell, Guto Parente, Pedro Diógenes, Brazil, 2018, world premiere In a bar called Inferninho, the staff dream of escape. A handsome sailor with a dream of finding home arrives. Jonaki, Aditya Vikram Sengupta, India/France/Singapore, 2018, world premiere While Jonaki, an 80-year-old woman, searches for love in a strange world of decaying memories, her lover, now old and grey, returns to a world she is leaving behind. The Pain of Others, Penny Lane, USA, 2018, world premiere A found-footage documentary about Morgellons, a mysterious illness whose sufferers say they have parasites under the skin and a host of other bizarre symptoms that could be taken from a horror film. Permanent Green Light, Dennis Cooper/Zac Farley, France, 2018, world premiere A young disabled guy wants to explode in public. He’s not suicidal or an extremist, he’s purely interested in this act’s effect. That he’ll die is unimportant, he just doesn’t want people to misinterpret the event. Sol alegria, Tavinho Teixeira, Brazil, 2018, world premiere An eccentric family on a mission travel through dictatorial Brazil to save humanity from annihilation. Cheerfully nihilistic film trip takes us past a colourful parade of sailors, whores, generals, corrupt priests and trigger-happy nuns. YEAH, Suzuki Yohei, Japan, 2018, world premiere A young woman, Ako, wanders around a sparsely populated housing estate in a rural city, Mito, where she spends her time speaking to objects and plants.

    Confirmed for Bright Future

    The Gulf, Emre Yeksan, Turkey/Germany/Greece, 2017 Leaving behind a ruined career and a bitter divorce, Selim returns to his hometown, Izmir. While wandering the city he runs into an old friend and finds himself gradually drawn into a new world. Those Who Are Fine, Cyril Schäublin, Switzerland, 2017 Using skills gained working in a call centre, Alice makes a sinister income posing as the granddaughter of Zurich’s many lonely grandmothers. Previously announced titles in the Bright Future Main Program

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  • “I, TONYA” “THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI” Among Nominees for Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards

    [caption id="attachment_25682" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Allison Janney in I, Tonya Allison Janney in I, Tonya[/caption] The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS) announced nominations for outstanding achievements in motion pictures, television, commercials and live theater during 2017. Winners will be honored at the black-tie annual MUAHS Guild Awards ceremony on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at The Novo by Microsoft at L.A. Live, hosted by Comedienne Loni Love. “Congratulations to all the nominees who should be very proud of their extraordinary creations! We had a record number of artisan entries this year, and we look forward to celebrating their unique achievements and exceptional bodies of work,” said MUAHS President Sue Cabral-Ebert.

    NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING MAKE-UP ARTISTS AND HAIR STYLISTS:

    FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP

    BABY DRIVER Fionagh Cush, Phyllis Temple THE BIG SICK Leo Won, Kirsten Sylvester GHOST IN THE SHELL Deborah La Mia Denaver, Jane O’Kane PITCH PERFECT 3 Melanie Hughes-Weaver, Judy Yonemoto, Erica Kyker WONDER Naomi Bakstad, Jean Black, Megan Harkness

    FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR

    THE BIG SICK Tonia Ciccone, Toni Roman-Grimm GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY-VOL. 2 Camille Friend, Louisa Anthony, Jules Holdren THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Cydney Cornell, Susan Buffington PITCH PERFECT 3 Cheryl Marks, Melissa Malkasian, Andrea Bowman WONDER Robert Pandini, Alisa Macmillian

    FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP

    BLADE RUNNER 2049 Donald Mowat, Jo-Ann MacNeil, Csilla Horvath Blake BRIGHT Alessandro Bertolazzi, Cristina Waltz, Judy Murdock DARKEST HOUR Ivana Primorac, Flora Moody THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Nicki Ledermann, Tania Ribalow, Sunday Englis I, TONYA Deborah La Mia Denaver, Teresa Vest, Bill Myer

    FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR

    ATOMIC BLONDE Enzo Angileri BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher, Charlotte Hayward BLADE RUNNER 2049 Kerry Warn, Lizzie Lawson Zeiss, Jaime Leigh McIntosh DARKEST HOUR Ivana Primorac, Flora Moody I, TONYA Adruitha Lee, Mary Everett

    FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS

    GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY-VOL. 2 John Blake, Brian Sipe DARKEST HOUR Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick THE SHAPE OF WATER Mike Hill, Shane Mahan STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Neal Scanlan, Peter Swords King WONDER Arjen Tuiten, Michael Nickiforek

    TV AND NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP

    DANCING WITH THE STARS Zena Shteysel Green, Angela Moos, Sarah Woolf GRACE AND FRANKIE Robin Siegel, David De Leon, Bonita DeHaven THE HANDMAID’S TALE Burton LeBlanc, Talia Reinhold, Erika Caceres RuPAUL’S DRAG RACE David Petruschin, Jen Fregozo, Natasha Marcelina De Poyo SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani

    TV AND NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING

    DANCING WITH THE STARS Mary Guerrero, Kimi Messina, Gail Ryan EMPIRE Melissa Forney, Theresa Fleming, Nolan Kelly GRACE AND FRANKIE Julie Rea, Jonathan Hanousek, Marlene Williams RuPAUL’S DRAG RACE Gabriel Villarreal, Hector Yovani Pocasangre SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Jodi Mancuso, Jennifer Serio, Inga Thrasher

    TV AND NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST PERIOD / CHARACTER MAKE-UP

    THE CROWN Ivana Primorac GAME OF THRONES Jane Walker, Nicola Matthews GLOW Lana Horochowski, Maurine Burke SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani STRANGER THINGS Amy Forsythe, Jillian Erickson

    TV AND NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST PERIOD / CHARACTER HAIR STYLING

    THE CROWN Ivana Primorac GAME OF THRONES Kevin Alexander, Candice Banks GLOW Theraesa Rivers, Valerie Jackson SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Jodi Mancuso, Jennifer Serio, Inga Thrasher VIKINGS Dee Corcoran, Zuelika Delaney, Peter Burke

    TV AND NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS

    GAME OF THRONES Barrie Gower, Sarah Gower THE ORVILLE Howard Berger, Tami Lane, Garett Immell SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Louie Zakarian, Jason Milani, Tom Denier STRANGER THINGS Amy Forsythe, Jillian Erickson THE WALKING DEAD Greg Nicotero

    TV MINI SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP

    AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers, Silvina Knight BIG LITTLE LIES Steve Artmont, Nicole Artmont FARGO Gail Kennedy, Joanne Preece, Danielle Hanson MICHAEL JACKSON: SEARCHING FOR NEVERLAND Geneva Nash Morgan, Sue Laprelle, April Chaney TWIN PEAKS Debbie Zoller, Richard Redlefsen, Mandi Crane

    TV MINI SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING

    AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT Michelle Ceglia, Samantha Wade, Brittany Madrigal BIG LITTLE LIES Michelle Ceglia, Nickole Jones, Jocelyn Carpenter FARGO Chris Glimsdale, Penny Thompson, Judy Durbacz MICHAEL JACKSON: SEARCHING FOR NEVERLAND Karen Dick, Liz Ferguson MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS 2017 Jerilynn Stephens, Meagan Herrera-Schaaf, Maria Sandoval

    TV MINI SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION – BEST PERIOD / CHARACTER MAKE-UP

    A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE Tonia Green, Silvia Leczel FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN Eryn Krueger Mekash, Robin Beauchesne MUDBOUND Angie Wells, Carla Brenholtz, Emily Tatum TWIN PEAKS Debbie Zoller, Richard Redlefsen, Mandi Crane WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER: TEN YEARS LATER Lindsay Garrison, Laura Peyer, Alex Perrone

    TV MINI SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION – BEST PERIOD / CHARACTER HAIR STYLING

    AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT Michelle Ceglia, Samantha Wade, Julie Rael A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE Dean Banowetz, Lotus Seki, Derrick Spruill FARGO Chris Glimsdale, Carol Doran FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN Chris Clark, Ralph Abalos, Wendy Southard MUDBOUND Lawrence Davis, Dana Boisseau

    TV MINI SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS

    AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT Eryn Krueger Mekash, Michael Mekash, David Anderson BLACK MIRROR: “USS CALLISTER” Tanya Lodge FARGO Gail Kennedy, Dave Trainor, Christina Tea Scott GENIUS Davina Lamont, Goran Lundstrom TWIN PEAKS Debbie Zoller, Richard Redlefsen, Jamie Kelman

    COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS – BEST MAKE-UP

    AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN Kerry Herta, Jason Collins, Christina Waltz FOO FIGHTERS “RUN” Tony Gardner, Thomas Floutz KATY PERRY “SWISH SWISH” Koji Ohmura, April Hutchinson PINK FEAT. EMINEM “REVENGE” MUSIC VIDEO KC Mussman, Kathy Jeung SPECTRUM TV COMMERCIAL “PARENT TEACHER NIGHT” Edward French, Margaret Beserra-Prentice, Bart Mixon

    COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS – BEST HAIR STYLING

    AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN Nicki Alkire, Fernando Navarro, Stephanie Rives iPHONE X, DAVID BECKHAM AND SPRINT: GAME CHANGERS Jerilynn Stephens, Meagan Herrera-Schaaf, Ken Paves KATY PERRY “SWISH SWISH” Audrey Futterman-Stern, Tom Opitz SELENA GOMEZ “BAD LIAR” Linda Flowers, Anna Rose Kern, James Sartain HONDA CAR COMMERCIAL WITH SEAN HAYES “JACK GOES BIG” Tim Burke, Renee Vaca, Ken Paves

    THEATRICAL PRODUCTION – BEST MAKE-UP

    KING CHARLES lll Raenae Kuaea; Jazmyn Aubrey MAMMA MIA Vanessa Dionne, Christina Tracey, Romaine Markus Myers NIXON IN CHINA Vanessa Dionne, Rheanne Garcia, Donna Levy SALOME Darren Jinks, Brandi Strona THE TALE OF HOFFMAN Darren Jinks, Brandi Strona, Renee Horner

    THEATRICAL PRODUCTION – BEST HAIR STYLING

    LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES Jessica Mills MAMMA MIA Vanessa Dionne, Cassie Russek, Rheanne Garcia NIXON IN CHINA Vanessa Dionne, Rheanne Garcia, Tim Bohle THE TALES OF HOFFMAN Darren Jinks, Raquel Bianchini, Linda Cardenas ZOOT SUIT Jessica Mills, Rick Geyer, Mario Duran

    CHILDREN AND TEEN PROGRAMMING – BEST MAKE-UP

    ANNE WITH AN E Diane Mazur, Larissa Palaszczuk HENRY DANGER Michael Johnston, Patti Brand-Reese, Melanie Mills JUST ADD MAGIC Myriam Arougheti, Merry Lee Traum THE THUNDERMANS Michelle Keck Smith, Chelsea Jolton WALK THE PRANK Jennifer Aspinall, Ned Neidhardt

    CHILDREN AND TEEN PROGRAMMING – BEST HAIR STYLING

    AN AMERICAN GIRL STORY – IVY & JULIE 1976: A HAPPY BALANCE Josie Peng, Jennie Lechleidner HENRY DANGER Joe Matke, Roma Goddard, Dwayne Ross JUST ADD MAGIC Gabrielle Suarez, Desiree Ponce THE THUNDERMANS Jeanette (Jani) Kleinbard, Janet Moore WALK THE PRANK Ursula Hawks, Mary Howd

    DAYTIME TELEVISION – BEST MAKE-UP

    THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Christine Lai Johnson, Chris Escobosa, Jenna Wittman THE REAL DAYTIME TALKSHOW Melanie Mills, Glen Gutierrez, Motoko Honjo-Clayton SUPER SOUL SUNDAY Derrick Rutledge DR. PHIL Cool Benson

    DAYTIME TELEVISION – BEST HAIR STYLING

    THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Lisa Long, Danielle Spencer, Danielle Dixon, Jenna Wittman THE REAL DAYTIME TALKSHOW Roberta Gardener Rogers, Ray Dodson, Noogie Thai SUPER SOUL SUNDAY Nicole Mangrum Legendary Academy Award®-nominated actor Gary Oldman will be honored with the 2018 Distinguished Artisan Award. Oscar®-winning Make-Up Artist Greg Cannom and Emmy®-Winning Hair Stylist Mary Guerrero will receive the Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Awards.

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  • “I, Tonya” “Call Me By Your Name” “Cries from Syria” and More Nominated for 2018 Producers Guild Awards

    [caption id="attachment_25916" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Call Me By Your Name Call Me By Your Name[/caption] The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the theatrical motion picture and television nominations for the 29th Annual Producers Guild Awards. This year, the nominees in the category for The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures included a tie, so for the first time the PGA presents 11 film nominees. All 2018 Producers Guild Awards winners will be announced on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The Producers Guild will also present special honors to Donna Langley with the Milestone Award, Ryan Murphy with the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television, Charles Roven with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, the feature film “Get Out” with the Stanley Kramer Award, and Ava DuVernay with the Visionary Award. In 1990, the Producers Guild held the first-ever Golden Laurel Awards, which were renamed the Producers Guild Awards in 2002. Richard Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck took home the award for Best Produced Motion Picture for “Driving Miss Daisy,” establishing the Guild’s awards as a bellwether for the Oscars.

    Theatrical Motion Pictures

    The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:

    “The Big Sick” Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel “Call Me By Your Name” Producers: Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Marco Morabito “Dunkirk” Producers: Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan “Get Out” Producers: Sean McKittrick & Edward H. Hamm, Jr., Jason Blum, Jordan Peele “I, Tonya” Producers: Bryan Unkeless, Steven Rogers, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley “Lady Bird” Producers: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill “Molly’s Game” Producers: Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Matt Jackson “The Post” Producers: Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger “The Shape Of Water” Producers: Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Producers: Graham Broadbent & Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh “Wonder Woman” Producers: Charles Roven & Richard Suckle, Zack Snyder & Deborah Snyder

    The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:

    “The Boss Baby” Producer: Ramsey Naito “Coco” Producer: Darla K. Anderson “Despicable Me 3” Producers: Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy “Ferdinand” Producers: Lori Forte, Bruce Anderson “The Lego Batman Movie” Producers: Dan Lin, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller

    The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures:

     “Chasing Coral” Producers: Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes “City of Ghosts” Producer: Matthew Heineman “Cries from Syria” Producers: Evgeny Afineevsky, Den Tolmor, Aaron I. Butler “Earth: One Amazing Day” Producer: Stephen McDonogh “Jane” *This film is still in the process of being vetted for producer eligibility this year. “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower” *This film is still in the process of being vetted for producer eligibility this year. “The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee” Producers: Teddy Kunhardt, George Kunhardt

    Television

    The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:

    “Big Little Lies” (Season 1) “The Crown” (Season 2) “Game of Thrones” (Season 7) “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Season 1) “Stranger Things” (Season 2)

    The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:

    “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (Season 9) “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Season 1) “Master of None” (Season 2) “Silicon Valley” (Season 4) “Veep” (Season 6)

    The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television:

    The Long-Form Television category encompasses both movies of the week and  limited series. “Black Mirror” (Season 4) “Fargo” (Season 3) “FEUD: Bette and Joan” (Season 1) “Sherlock: The Lying Detective” “The Wizard of Lies”

    The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television:

    “30 for 30” (Season 8) “60 Minutes” (Season 50) “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” (Season 9, Season 10) “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath” (Season 1, Season 2) “Spielberg”

    The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television:

    “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” (Season 2) “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (Season 15) “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (Season 4) “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (Season 3) “Saturday Night Live” (Season 43)

    The Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television:

    “The Amazing Race” (Season 29) “American Ninja Warrior” (Season 9) “Lip Sync Battle” (Season 3) “Top Chef” (Season 14) “The Voice” (Season 12, Season 13)

    The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program:

    “Better Call Saul’s Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training” (Season 1) “Carpool Karaoke” (Season 1) “Humans of New York: The Series” (Season 1) “National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts” (Season 3) “Viceland at the Women’s March” (Season 1)

    The Award for Outstanding Sports Program:

    “All or Nothing: A Season with the Los Angeles Rams” (Season 2) “Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers” (Season 12) “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” (Season 23) “SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt” (Season 3) “VICE World of Sports” (Season 2)

    The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program:

    “Doc McStuffins” (Season 4) “Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2017” “School of Rock” (Season 3) “Sesame Street” (Season 47) “SpongeBob SquarePants” (Season 10, Season 11)

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  • 2018 Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Opens with “Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me”

    Sammy Davis, Jr. takes aim in a backstage photo with his dancers in a scene from the documentary SAMMY DAVIS, JR.: I’VE GOTTA BE ME. Photo Credit: The Estate of Altovise Davis The 17th Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival (LVJFF), running January 13 to 28, 2018, will kick off with the Las Vegas premiere of “Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me,” the first major film documentary to examine Davis’ vast talent and his journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during 20th-century America. Highlights of the 2018 LVJFF include “Ben-Gurion: Epilogue,” the winner of the Best Documentary Feature at the 2017 Ophir Awards (the Israeli Oscars), “1945” a new award winning Hungarian post-Holocaust drama, and “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” about the beautiful and brilliant Jewish actress, winner of Best Documentary of the 2017 New York Film Critics, Online and San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. All LVJFF films will be accompanied by the filmmakers, or related experts in the subject matter, who will provide introductions and moderate post-screening discussions with the audience. “LVJFF shares insight into Jewish identity, history, and culture, and promotes solidarity with Israel and remembrance of the Holocaust. Everyone is encouraged to attend,” said Joshua Abbey, the festival’s director.   “Our 2018 LVJFF is dedicated to Heather Heyer who was killed while protesting against anti-Semitism and hate in Charlottesville, Virginia. May her memory be a blessing for love over hate.”

    2018 LVJFF PROGRAM SCHEDULE:

    “Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me” 1/13/18 | 7:00 PM | Century Suncoast 16 Hosted by Vegas PBS and Neon Museum Moderated by Claytee White, Director, Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries with with Obba Babatunde, Actor and Sam Pollard, Director (via Skype) “One Night in Anzeria” 1/14/18 | 1:00 PM | Adelson Educational Campus Hosted by Israeli American Council Moderated by Nir Caspi, Former Israeli Navy Seal “Ben-Gurion: Epilogue” 1/14/18 | 3:00 PM | Adelson Educational Campus Hosted by Israeli American Council Moderated by (TBA) “Look About You” 1/18/18 | 7:00 PM | Brenden Theatres, Palms Casino Resort Hosted by Jewish National Fund and Friends of Israel Gospel Ministries Moderated by Janet Wellish, Board President JNF with Ty Perry, G’sherim Trainer FIGM “A Place of Hope” | “Pista” 1/21/18 | 3:00 PM | Adelson Educational Campus Hosted by Dam Short Film Festival Moderated by Barbara Tabach, Project Manager, UNLV Oral History Research Center with Holocaust Survivors Henry Kronberg, Ben Lesser and Stephen “Pista” Nasser “1945” 1/25/18 | 7:00 PM | Brenden Theatres Palms Casino Resort Hosted by Jewish Community Center Moderated by Mark Hall-Patton, Museum Administrator, Clark County Museum System, “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” 1/27/18 | 7:00 PM | Adelson Educational Campus Hosted by Las Vegas Review-Journal Moderated by Ed Cassidy, VP Marketing Las Vegas Review-Journal with Alexandra Dean, Director (via Skype) “Wanderlust: Lesley Hazleton” 1/28/18 | 1:00 PM | Eclipse Theaters Hosted by The Believer Magazine and Black Mountain Institute Moderated by Kellen Braddock, Deputy Director, BMI and Publisher, The Believer Magazine with Lesley Hazleton “Heather Booth: Changing the World” 1/28/18 | 3:00 PM | Eclipse Theaters Hosted by Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada – Southern Nevada and Nevada Women’s Film Festival Moderated by Heather Booth and Lilly Rivlin, Film Director Image: Sammy Davis, Jr. takes aim in a backstage photo with his dancers in a scene from the documentary SAMMY DAVIS, JR.: I’VE GOTTA BE ME. Photo Credit: The Estate of Altovise Davis

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  • VIDEO: Watch Action-Packed Biblical Epic SAMSON Trailer Starring Billy Zane, Taylor James

    Samson Billy Zane Pure Flix, the independent faith-and-family studio, has released the official trailer for the biblical epic Samson, described as the thrilling retelling of a champion’s calling, betrayal and redemption. “If you’ve ever faced adversity and wondered if God was big enough to see you through it, this is your film,” says Pure Flix CEO Michael Scott. The action-packed film stars Billy Zane, Golden Globe® winner Rutger Hauer, Jackson Rathbone, Lindsay Wagner, Caitlin Leahy and Taylor James in the title role of Samson. Premiering nationwide February 16, Samson is based on the powerful, biblical epic of a champion chosen by God to deliver Israel. His supernatural strength and impulsive decisions quickly pit him against the oppressive Philistine empire. After being betrayed by a wicked prince and a beautiful temptress, Samson is captured and blinded by his enemies. Samson calls upon his God once more for supernatural strength and turns imprisonment and blindness into final victory. Samson was shot on location in South Africa, directed by Bruce Macdonald and written by Zachary Warren Smith, Jason Baumgardner, Galen Gilbert and Timothy Ratajczak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSolF3QBVBY

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  • LADY BIRD, LOVING VINCENT, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI and More Nominated for Art Directors Guild Awards

    Art Directors Guild Awards The Art Directors Guild announced nominations for the 22nd Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and, for the first time, animation features. Winners will be honored at the Awards Gala on Saturday, January 27, 2018, in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland. ADG Awards will also honor eight-time Academy Award®-Nominee KATHLEEN KENNEDY with the Cinematic Imagery Award. The “William Cameron Menzies Award” will honor Disney’s Oscar®-nominated animation filmmakers RON CLEMENTS and JOHN MUSKER. A special Leadership Award will be bestowed upon International IATSE President MATTHEW D. LOEB. The Outstanding Creative Achievement Award will be given to Production Designer MICHAEL BAUGH. Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Production Designer NORM NEWBERRY, Emmy®-winning and Oscar®-nominated Production Designer/Set Designer JAMES MURAKAMI, Scenic Artist JOHN MOFFITT, Senior Illustrator/Art Director MARTIN KLINE, and the late Oscar®-winning Production Designer SIR KEN ADAM (Dr. Strangelove, James Bond) Senior Illustrator and Bambi’s Concept Designer TYRUS WONG will be inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame.

    NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM:

    PERIOD FILM

    DARKEST HOUR Production Designer: SARAH GREENWOOD DUNKIRK Production Designer: NATHAN CROWLEY MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Production Designer: JIM CLAY THE POST Production Designer: RICK CARTER THE SHAPE OF WATER Production Designer: PAUL DENHAM AUSTERBERRY

    FANTASY FILM

    BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Production Designer: SARAH GREENWOOD BLADE RUNNER 2049 Production Designer: DENNIS GASSNER STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Production Designer: RICK HEINRICHS WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Production Designer: JAMES CHINLUND WONDER WOMAN Production Designer: ALINE BONETTO

    CONTEMPORARY FILM

    DOWNSIZING Production Designer: STEFANIA CELLA GET OUT Production Designer: RUSTY SMITH LADY BIRD Production Designer: CHRIS JONES LOGAN Production Designer: FRANÇOIS AUDOUY THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Production Designer: INBAL WEINBERG

    ANIMATED FILM

    CARS 3 Production Designers: WILLIAM CONE, JAY SHUSTER COCO Production Designer: HARLEY JESSUP DESPICABLE ME 3 Art Director: OLIVIER ADAM THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE Production Designer: GRANT FRECKELTON LOVING VINCENT Production Designer: MATTHEW BUTTON

    NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR TELEVISION ARE:

    One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Series

    A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: “The Bad Beginning: Part One,” “The Reptile Room: Part One,” “The Wide Window: Part One” Production Designer: BO WELCH THE CROWN: “A Company of Men,” “Beryl,” “Dear Mrs. Kennedy” Production Designer: MARTIN CHILDS GAME OF THRONES: “Dragonstone,” “The Queen`s Justice,” “Eastwatch” Production Designer: DEBORAH RILEY MINDHUNTER: “S1:E1,” “S1:E4,” “S1:E9” Production Designer: STEVE ARNOLD STRANGER THINGS: “Chapter Six: The Spy,” “Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer,” “Chapter Nine: The Gate” Production Designer: CHRIS TRUJILLO

    One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series

    AMERICAN GODS: “The Bone Orchard,” “The Secret of Spoons,” “Head Full of Snow” Production Designer: PATTI PODESTA THE HANDMAID’S TALE: “Pilot, Offred,” “Birth Day,” “Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum” Production Designer: JULIE BERGHOFF THE HANDMAID’S TALE: “The Bridge” Production Designer: ANDREW STEARN MR. ROBOT: “eps3.0_power-saver-mode.h,” “eps3.1_undo.gz,” “eps3.2_legacy.so” Production Designer: ANASTASIA WHITE TWIN PEAKS: “Ep. 1: Part 1,” “Ep. 8: Part 8,” “Ep. 15: Part 15” Production Designer: RUTH DE JONG

    Television Movie or LIMITED Series

    AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT: “Election Night,” “Winter of Our Discontent” Production Designer: JEFF MOSSA BIG LITTLE LIES: “Somebody`s Dead,” “Living the Dream,” “You Get What You Need” Production Designer: JOHN PAINO BLACK MIRROR: “USS Callister” Production Designer: JOEL COLLINS FARGO: “The Narrow Escape Problem,” “The Law of Inevitability,” “Who Rules the Land of Denial?” Production Designer: ELISABETH WILLIAMS FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN: “Pilot,” “And the Winner is…,” “You Mean All This Time We Could Have Been Friends?” Production Designer: JUDY BECKER

    Half Hour Single-Camera Series

    FUTURE MAN: “Pandora’s Mailbox,” “Beyond The Truffledome,” “A Date With Destiny” Production Designer: JESSICA KENDER GLOW: “Pilot,” “The Wrath of Kuntar,” “The Dusty Spur” Production Designer: TODD FJELSTED MASTER OF NONE: “Le Nozze,” “Thanksgiving,” “Amarsi Un Po” Production Designer: AMY WILLIAMS SILICON VALLEY: “Hooli-Con,” “Server Error” Production Designer: RICHARD TOYON VEEP: “Omaha” Production Designer: JIM GLOSTER

    MULTI-CAMERA Series

    9JKL: “Pilot,” “Lovers Getaway,” “Set Visit” Production Designer: STEPHAN OLSON THE BIG BANG THEORY: “The Romance Recalibration,” “The Separation Agitation,” “The Explosion Implosion” Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER THE RANCH: “My Best Friend,” “Last Dollar (Fly Away),” “Wrapped Up in You” Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER SUPERIOR DONUTS: “Pilot,” “Crime Time,” “Arthur`s Day Off” Production Designer: STEPHAN OLSON WILL & GRACE: “Eleven Years Later,” “A Gay Olde Christmas” Production Designer: GLENDA ROVELLO

    Short Format: Web Series, Music Video or Commercial

    APPLE: “Bulbs” Production Designer: JAMES CHINLUND CHANEL: “Gabrielle” Production Designer: SHANE VALENTINO KATY PERRY: “Bon Appétit” Production Designer: NATALIE GROCE NIKE: “Equality” Production Designer: RUTH DE JONG STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT II: “Rivalry / PS4” Production Designer: JASON EDMONDS

    Variety or Competition Series/AWARDS OR EVENT SPECIAL

    BILL NYE SAVES THE WORLD: “Earth Is A Hot Mess” Production Designer: JAMES PEARSE CONNELLY GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS: “74th Annual” Production Designer: BRIAN STONESTREET PORTLANDIA: “Portland Secedes,” “Ants,” “Fred`s Cell Phone Company” Production Designer: SCHUYLER TELLEEN SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: “Aziz Ansari + Big Sean,” “Alec Baldwin + Ed Sheeran,” “Larry David + Miley Cyrus” Production Designers: KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, EUGENE LEE, AKIRA YOSHIMURA, N. JOSEPH DeTULLIO SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW: “STARRING LADY GAGA” Production Designer: BRUCE RODGERS

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  • “I, Tonya” “Lady Bird” “Jane” and More Score 2018 Writers Guild Awards Nominations

    [caption id="attachment_24703" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]I, TONYA I, TONYA[/caption] The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting during 2017. Winners will be honored at the 2018 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 11, 2018, at concurrent ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York City.

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    The Big Sick, Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani; Amazon Studios Get Out, Written by Jordan Peele; Universal Pictures I, Tonya, Written by Steven Rogers; Neon Lady Bird, Written by Greta Gerwig; A24 The Shape of Water, Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro; Fox Searchlight

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Call Me by Your Name, Screenplay by James Ivory; Based on the Novel by André Aciman; Sony Pictures Classics The Disaster Artist, Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber; Based on the Book The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell; A24 Logan, Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold; Based on Characters from the X-Men Comic Books and Theatrical Motion Pictures; Twentieth Century Fox Film Molly’s Game, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the Book by Molly Bloom; STX Entertainment Mudbound, Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees; Based on the Novel by Hillary Jordan; Netflix

    DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

    Betting on Zero, Written by Theodore Braun; Gunpowder & Sky Jane, Written by Brett Morgen; National Geographic No Stone Unturned, Written by Alex Gibney; Abramorama Oklahoma City, Written by Barak Goodman; American Experience Films

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  • Trans Teen Drama JUST CHARLIE Sets Release Date | Trailer

    Just Charlie Powerful working-class trans teen drama Just Charlie traces with nuance and sensitivity one young person’s struggle with gender identity through the lens of a gritty, sports loving blue-collar community and a tough family struggling to accept it. The film will be released on January 30th in the U.S. and Canada on DVD & VOD via Wolfe. Set in Tamworth, a gritty, small working class Midland town in the UK, teenage soccer star Charlie and his family see soccer as a way out of a dead end factory life for him. But Charlie is struggling with gender dysphoria, and is torn between his father’s expectations and shedding his male identity. With dramatic yet surprising results for himself, his family, and his community, Charlie begins a gender transition while continuing to pursue the dream of becoming a soccer star. Just Charlie is the feature film directorial debut of theatre & TV actress / director Rebekah Fortune. Inspired by emotional real life accounts from transgender communities, Fortune was inspired by these resonant stories to create a poignant account of one young teen’s identity transition in a small, gritty British town. Said Fortune, “Just Charlie is a film about chasing your dreams, and accepting those who are different because – sometimes – the rules on how to love, what you can do, and who you should be, are meant to be broken. This is a story about identity, who we think we are and who we really are. About being true to ones self in the face of terrible adversity.” Featuring a breakout lead performance from theatre / TV actor Harry Gilby (star of the play version of The Full Monty). This film marks his cinema debut, and he was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer at the British Film Awards.

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