Thelma & Louise Oscar winner Callie Khouri, Sorry To Bother You‘s Boots Riley and Vida creator/executive producer Tanya Saracho will be the honorees at this year’s 14th annual Final Draft Awards. Khouri will be presented the Hall of Fame Award for her contribution to the art of screenwriting and devotion to writers…

MGM has set stage director Liesl Tommy to direct Respect, the feature film about music icon Aretha Franklin. Oscar winning Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson was handpicked by Franklin to play her, and Oscar-winning Thelma & Louise and Nashville creator Callie Khouri is writing. Liesl is the first black woman to earn a…

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the series finale of Nashville.  Nashville tonight wrapped its six-season run — four on ABC and two on CMT —  with an eventful finale that featured the return (in a flashback) of the beloved Rayna James (Connie Britton), a happy ending for virtually every character but…

After six seasons — four on ABC and two on CMT — and more than 120 episodes. Nashville is coming to an end. The upcoming 16-episode sixth season of the country music drama, which debuts Jan. 4, will be its last. It will air in two parts, with the finale set for next summer. Nashville, created by Callie Khouri…

Nashville creator Callie Khouri is heading to a new music city – Miami – for her next project. Speaking on the CMT #Nashchat online show on Facebook, Khouri said she was “working on a show that takes place in Miami.” She denied that it was the remake of Miami Vice that’s been announced. “This is more of a song and…

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about last night’s episode of Nashville on CMT. Nashville fans are mourning the death of the show’s beloved central character, country icon Rayna James, played by series star Connie Britton. She survived a scary run-in with an armed stalker and her second major car crash. The…

Thelma & Louise Oscar-winner and Nashville creator Callie Khouri says there's a "strange thing" about female-centric projects where "somehow in the culture, they're not as good. It's like, this is for women so it's not a real thing… I've never been at peace with that." But, she told a NATPE audience in Miami today…

EXCLUSIVE: Studiocanal’s Tandem Productions is partnering with Oscar-winners Callie Khouri and T Bone Burnett on Deep City, a Miami-set drama created by From Dusk Till Dawn‘s Juan Carlos Coto. Development is currently underway on the music-driven ensemble series that’s set against the nightlife of Miami's Midtown and…

Country music drama Nashville tonight wrapped its four-season run on ABC with a finale that ended with a cliffhanger. It was an intentional move by the show’s creator Callie Khouri and lead studio Lionsgate TV as I hear that an alternative, series finale ending, also had been filmed. That is because the studio is…

EXCLUSIVE: Callie Khouri has signed with UTA. Khouri, who won the Oscar for her first script Thelma & Louise, is the creator, writer, director and executive producer of the ABC drama Nashville. The Lionsgate TV series, which stars Connie Britton and Hayden Panetierre, is currently in production on its fourth…

ABC‘s Nashville started as a family soap set against the backdrop of the Nashville music scene that followed one star at her peak, Rayna (Connie Britton), and one on the rise, Juliette (Hayden Panettiere). The country music business was as major part of the tapestry of the show as the twists and turns in the…

The 20th annual Austin Film Festival has unveiled its 2013 lineup of screenwriter-focused panels and special filmmaker guests. This year’s fest runs from October 24-31 and will honor Oscar winner Callie Khouri (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood) with its Distinguished Screenwriter Award. Confirmed panelists…