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An Academy voter yesterday told me she wished there was one place to hear all five of the Oscar-nominated songs at once. Alhough the Academy sends out a lavish DVD package of the Foreign Language, Documentary Feature and Live Action, Documentary and Animated Shorts, it does nothing regarding the songs, which at best…

British singer, songwriter and actress Rita Ora has been tapped to perform Oscar-nominated song “Grateful” from film Beyond The Lights at the 87th Oscars. This is songwriter Diane Warren’s seventh nomination in the category. “Grateful” joins the four other nominated songs – "Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie…

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay and her Martin Luther King Jr drama Selma took home top honors from the African-American Film Critics Association, which awarded Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (David Oyelowo) and Best Song to the Paramount Oscar contender. Also announced today, Gugu Mbatha-Raw won Best Actress for period…

Dumb And Dumber was one of those creatures that can exist only in a Hollywood ecosystem. It made a pretty healthy splash 20 years ago, opening at No. 1 with $16.4M on its way to a $127.2M domestic take. But getting stars Jim Carrey (then just coming off The Mask) and Jeff Daniels (who had wrapped Speed) reunited…

The latest film from director Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love and Basketball, The Secret Life of Bees) will open the 18th annual Urbanworld Film Festival, organizers of the largest competitive multicultural fest said today. Beyond the Lights stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle, Larry Crowne), Nate Parker (Red Tails, The Great Deb…

The producer of hits such as Ride Along, the Barbershop franchise and the upcoming NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton has been tapped as EVP Production and President of Relativity Media‘s newly formed multicultural division. Matt Alvarez will be tasked with building out Relativity’s slate with an emphasis on projects…