Jordan Peele's Us has been named this year’s Best Film by the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA). The film, which earned over $255 million globally, received three total wins including Peele for Best Director and Lupita Nyong'o for Best Actress. "Jordan Peele continued to raise the bar in horror…

Bravo Media is staying in business with Andy Cohen, extending his Emmy-nominated Watch What Happens Live through 2021. The renewal comes amid continued strong ratings for the show, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in June. The series is the highest-rated late night ad-supported cable talk show in 2019 among…

Barrie Keeffe, known for penning the screenplay for Brit gangster classic The Long Good Friday, has died aged 74 in London following a brief illness. Keeffe's agent, Stephen Durbridge of The Agency, confirmed the news. London-born playwright and screenwriter Keeffe started out as an actor and journalist. His first…

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Bella Thorne is set to lead Masquerade, a home invasion thriller which Shane Dax Taylor will direct and write. The project, which will shoot in Kentucky, follows 11-year-old Casey (Alyvia Alyn Lind of Daybreak and The Young and the Restless) who must survive the night after a group of…

101 Studios has acquired film and TV rights to Paradise Found, the nonfiction book written by Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Plaschke about the small town of Paradise, CA, which was ravaged by the Camp Fire of 2018 but which found hope in its high school football team and longtime coach, Rick Prinz. The…

Marie Fredriksson, half of the Swedish pop rock duo Roxette and whose hit single “It Must Have Been Love” was featured in the 1990 film Pretty Woman, died Monday following a lengthy battle with cancer. Her management company confirmed her death to news outlets. Fredriksson was 61. Fredrikkson joined with Per Gessle to…

EXCLUSIVE: Music Box Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Pablo Larraín’s (Jackie) Venice Film Festival drama Ema, starring newcomer Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael García Bernal (Mozart In The Jungle), and Santiago Cabrera (Big Little Lies). Music Box plans to theatrically release the Sundance-bound drama in…

Sony Pictures Television has acquired British kids producer Silvergate Media for just under $200M. The Hollywood studio has bought the Octonauts and Peter Rabbit producer from the LA-based investment firm Shamrock Capital and Silvergate's management team for a total of $195M. The company's CEO Waheed Alli and Chairman…

Gretchen Carlson, Julie Roginsky and Diana Falzone, each of whom sued Fox News Channel and/or Roger Ailes with accusations of sexual harassment, retaliation or discrimination, have launched a nationwide effort to end the mandatory use of non-disclosure agreements. Lift Our Voices will seek to end NDAs, confidentiality…

Now hear this: The Cinema Audio Society is out with the nominations for its 56th annual CAS Awards, which honor the outstanding achievements in sound mixing for 2019. See the full list below. Trophies for the seven categories spanning film and TV will be handed out during the January 25 ceremony at the…