Tag: paula schwartz
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World Premiere of Gilda Radner Doc ‘Love, Gilda’ Opens 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
The world premiere of LOVE, GILDA, a documentary about Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian Gilda Radner, will open the 17th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival Wednesday, April 18. Directed by Lisa D’Apolito, the film is an intimate portrait of the beloved Saturday Night Live cast member and told in her own words with readings…
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James Corden, Rose Byrne, Margot Robbie, Attend Premiere of ‘Peter Rabbit’
I saw “Peter Rabbit” in a theater packed full of children Saturday afternoon in Manhattan and was as enraptured as they were by the Columbia Pictures film, which opens February 9. “Peter Rabbit” stars the mischievous and adventurous blue-jacketed hero (voiced by James Corden) involved in a feud with Mr. McGregor (Domhnall Gleeson) that escalates…
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Guillermo del Toro Wins DGA Best Director Award for ‘The Shape of Water’
GUILLERMO del TORO won the Directors Guild of America won the top award for Outstanding Directorial Achievemen for “The Shape of Water.” The honor was awarded to del Toro last night at the 70th Annual DGA Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. The Fox Searchlight Picture has been nominated for 13 Academy Awards,…
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Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf Attend SAG Entertainment Weekly Party
Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf, stars of Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird,” attend the Entertainment Weekly Screen Actors Guild Awards pre-party held last night at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. The actors are nominated in the category of best ensemble performance by a cast, which is the closest the SAGs come to best feature film. The 24th annual…
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Angelina Jolie, Gal Gadot, Greta Gerwig Honored at the National Board of Review Awards
Women seized the moment last week at the National Board of Review annual awards dinner at Cipriani 42d Street. The glitziest night of the New York movie awards season was celebrated by an impressive number of talented and empowered female filmmakers. The NBR celebrates excellence in filmmaking with categories that include Best Picture, Best Director,…
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DGA Announces Best Director Nominees: Greta Gerwig is Only Female Nominee
At the Golden Globes last Sunday, while announcing the best director category alongside Ron Howard, Natalie Portman’s pointed dig about the “all five-male” nominees stirred up a firestorm on social media and was one of the highlights of the show. Today the Directors Guild of America announced their five nominees for the DGA Award for…
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Margot Robbie Dazzles on Ice in ‘I, Tonya’
Australian actress Margot Robbie stars as the blue-collar, foul-mouthed, big-haired disgraced Olympic ice skater Tonya Harding in “I, Tonya.” Sebastian Stan co-stars as her dim-witted and violent on-and-off boyfriend/husband Jeff Gillooly, who put the plan in motion 23 years ago to hire thugs to wack skating rival Nancy Kerrigan in the knees and end her…
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National Board of Review Selects “The Post” as Best Film and Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks Best Actors
The National Board of Review announced their picks Tuesday and gave the best film prize to “The Post,” Steven Spielberg’s love letter to old-time investigative journalism. The stars of the film, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, who play Ben Bradlee and Kathryn Graham during the time of the Pentagon Papers, received top actor honors. They…
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‘Call Me By Your Name’ Named Best Feature at the Gotham Awards
Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me By Your Name” received the top prize as best feature film Monday Night at the 27th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street. This was a stunning upset since Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” received trophies for Breakthrough Director and Screenplay, along with the Audience Award, and was considered the evening’s big…
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Gary Oldman as Iconic Prime Minister in ‘Darkest Hour’
Gary Oldman stars as Winston Churchill in Joe Wright’s World War II drama “Darkest Hour,” and his transformation into the iconic British prime minister is so astounding that so far this season he’s the actor to beat for the Oscar. (But you can never count Daniel Day-Lewis out, whose new movie “Phantom Thread,” directed by…
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Warner Bros. ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ by J.K. Rowling Has 2018 Release Date
Warner Bros. released today the poster and release date for “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.” (Left to right) JUDE LAW plays a young ALBUS DUMBLEDORE, taking on the mantle of one of J.K. Rowling’s most beloved characters; EZRA MILLER makes a return as the enigmatic CREDENCE, whose fate was unknown at the end of…
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Kathryn Hahn, Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell Celebrate Premiere of ‘A Bad Moms Christmas’
Good mothers go rogue again! Last night “A Bad Moms Christmas” celebrated its world premiere at the Village Theater in Westwood L.A. From the press release: “A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS follows our three under-appreciated and over-burdened women as they rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for moms: Christmas. And if creating…