Film News in Brief: Ava DuVernay Honored With Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe foundation of the presidential debates, long a feature of an election year, is buckling.ABC News said it intends to hold a town hall with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday October 15 – the same night the former Vice President was slated to have taken part in a debate with President Donald Trump. The announcement of the event is just the latest sign of a breakdown in this traditional stop on the road to the White House.The Commission on Presidential Debates, the non-partisan organization behind these election-year staples, earlier on Thursday said it had decided to put in place new measures “to protect the health and safety of all involved” for the second debate.

Tim Burgess has written an open letter to Rishi Sunak to argue for stronger support for arts workers in Britain.The Charlatans frontman and solo artist sent a note to the Chancellor of the Exchequer today (October 8) to counter implications made by Sunak to ITV News that people working in the arts and other industries will have to look for “fresh” employment opportunities to weather the storm of the coronavirus pandemic.In an open letter published by The Guardian, Burgess accused the Chancellor of “rebranding the arts sector as some sort of luxurious, decadent hobby”.

Maureen Lipman is reportedly set to be made a Dame in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Selena Gomez is this year's recipient of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation's highly covetedArts Award.The 28-year-old actress received the honor for her 'impact on American and global culture through her music, movies but also for her courage as an advocate for mental health.'Gomez remotely accepted the award during Tuesday evening's broadcast of the33rd Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards on PBS.

Janet W. Lee British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the 2020 participants of its Newcomers Program.

Ellise Shafer editorThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced another update to the eligibility requirements for this year’s Oscars, allowing films shown at drive-in theaters to qualify for best picture and general entry categories.In addition to April’s amendment giving eligibility to films without traditional theatrical releases as long as they are uploaded to the Academy Screening Room, the new rule clarified that a theatrical run of only seven days is needed and that drive-in theaters qualify as a commercial venue.“The Board initially made rule changes this past spring in response to theater closures, allowing films unable to screen in theaters to qualify via the Academy Screening Room,” the Academy’s Board of

Spike Lee still gets recognized on a walk in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.On this sunny September morning, the 63-year-old director and activist is participating in a socially distanced photo shoot on the street outside his production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. As Lee stands on the corner, a dark Subaru screeches to a halt.

Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has slammed Rishi Sunak for his advice that arts workers should retrain.

Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser: “We’re excited that this gorgeous building is going to be used for the arts again – so many people have great memories and stories from the arts centre.

Stretford five years ago, the mum-of-one decided to take her obsession to the next level. She has painted the house with hues of orange and greens and says she hasn't bought anything modern, apart from a hoover and a mattress.

Clayton Davis The first official trailer and new poster for the documentary feature film “Collective,” which debuted at the Venice Film Festival last year, has been shared exclusively with Variety.Directed by Alexander Nanau (“Toto and His Sisters”), the film follows a team of investigative journalists at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud. As they follow the facts, they find shocking, widespread corruption involving enriched moguls and politicians that lead to the deaths of innocent citizens.Magnolia Pictures plans to submit the film for the upcoming Academy Awards in the best documentary feature category.

in Corrie from 1991 to 1996 and briefly made a return in 2000, was recently starred as troubled mum Gwen in Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads series. "YOUNG SARAH LANCASHIRE HERE SHE IS," shouted one fan about Cath.Introducing the monologue she said: "I’m so lucky.

Jennifer Lawrence wears a mask while stepping out with husband Cooke Maroney on Monday (October 5) in New York City.

Elizabeth Aubrey talks to employees about what can be done to save the industryWhen it emerged late on Saturday evening that Cineworld were rumoured to be temporarily closing all of their cinema chains, staff members in the ‘Cineworld Action Group‘ – a group formed and run by Cineworld and Picturehouse employees around the UK reacted to the news. A front-page story in The Sunday Times said that they were about to be made redundant.

Audrey Cleo Yap While working on his seminal 1973 film “Enter the Dragon,” Bruce Lee wrote a letter to Ted Ashley, then-head of Warner Bros., explaining his passion for making the movie and what Lee regarded as his chance to make a lasting impression on Hollywood: “You see, my obsession is to make, pardon the expression, the f—ingest action motion picture that has ever been made,” Lee wrote. The film, a massive hit that grossed more than $350 million worldwide, would go on to cement him as a martial arts superstar, but Lee himself would not live to enjoy its success; he died one month before its release.

Netflix 's Emily in Paris has finally landed on our screens, and it's a big love letter to the City of Lights.

Hopwood Hall College's upcoming virtual open events for Year 11's and their parents.The immersive online experience will include two interactive campus tours and will take place on two dates- one in October, and the other in November. Prospective students, and their parent's or guardians, will get the opportunity to view the college virtually between 10am and 1pm on Saturday, October 10 and between 4pm and 7pm on Wednesday, November 4.It will allow Years 11's and their parents or guardians to digitally wander around the college’s two sites in Rochdale and Middleton.

when it emerged that the designs for the centre’s orchestra pit were too small and the acoustics not appropriate. It has also had a steady stream of financial problems, leading the council to first plough in an additional £19m in 2018, followed by another £10m in the summer of this year.

Naman Ramachandran Asif Kapadia, Oscar-winning “Amy” director and BAFTA winner for “Senna” and “The Warrior,” will debut in the XR (extended reality) and immersive filmmaking space with “Laika.”Adapted from Nick Abadzis’ eponymous 2007 graphic novel, “Laika” will tell the story of planet Earth’s first voyager into space, an unwanted stray who survived the streets of Moscow to become the most famous dog in the world. Through the medium of animated VR, the story, co-written by Kapadia and Abadzis, will be told from Laika’s point of view.

Zuma  and The Arts Club, was so taken by his meal at La Petite Maison in the vieille ville that he bought the global rights to the restaurant’s name from the casino winnings burning a hole in his pocket.  The gamble paid off. This Mayfair flagship was followed by outposts in Miami, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Hong Kong, the expansion fuelled by tales of Liz Hurley and Roger Moore transforming the Nice corniche into Chelsea-sur-Mer.

UTA has signed filmmaker andcontemporary artist Shirin Neshat. The Iran-born Neshat began her fine arts career in the '90s with her series of photographs titled "Women of Allah." She has since gone on to exhibit work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, LACMA, Tate Modern, the British Museum and the Guggenheim Museum.