EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has unveiled their keynotes, conversations and panelists for the 15th annual Film Independent Forum. The Forum, which is traditionally a weekend event, will now be a week-long virtual event that will reach all corners of the globe from July 31 to August 7.
The event has set a roster of…
UPDATE, 3:55 PM:Â Burning up the keyboards for more than six hours now, the Directors tweet-a-thon from Ava DuVernay and her ARRAY collective have filled the last open slot of the day.
Oscar nominee and Empire co-creator Lee Daniels will be online taking questions, spinning yarns and pulling back the curtain at the…
South by Southwest has unveiled its final round of keynotes and featured speakers including Damon Lindelof, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Lulu Wang, Janelle Monae, Judd Apatow, Kenya Barris, Rashida Jones, Annie Clark, Carrie Brownstein, Kevin Feige, The Russo Brothers, Spike Jones, Julianne Moore, Robin Thede and an…
Bright and early Monday morning, John Cho and Issa Rae unveiled the nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards and when it came to Best Director, we all waited with bated breath to see if the Academy would follow this unfortunate trend of women being shut out of the category. One by one, Rae announced the nominees: “The Iris…
It is no secret that the Hollywood Foreign Press was put under fire for shutting out women in the Best Director category at this year’s Golden Globes. In fact, the amount of women, people of color and underrepresented voices were fairly thin across all categories. Deadline talked to female filmmakers, producers and…
Quentin Tarantino, Lulu Wang, and Steven Canals have been named this year’s recipients for the 15th Annual Final Draft Awards, which will take place at Paramount Studios on January 21, 2020 in a ceremony hosted by comedy duo Randy and Jason Sklar.
Academy Award winning screenwriter Quentin Tarantino will be presented…
When Lulu Wang's The Farewell debuted at Sundance, it immediately became the talk of Hollywood. The dramedy based on Wang's own story about her family keeping her grandmother's cancer diagnosis a secret goes beyond family issues. It's also an immigration story that explores cultural identity through Awkwafina's…
After debuting at Sundance earlier this year, The Farewell has maintained a grasp on Hollywood, garnering critically acclaim, breaking box office records and, most of all, leaving many in tears with the need to call their grandmother right after the movie — or Nai Nai as they say in the A24 drama. During an Awardsline…
Character Media (formerly known as Kore Asian Media) hosted the 18th annual Unforgettable Gala on Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles to honor and recognize Asian American icons and changmakers in the entertainment industry, who are representing the API community through their creativity and…
Writer and director Lulu Wang (The Farewell) is set as a writer and executive producer of The Expatriates, Amazon’s upcoming drama series based on Janice Y.K. Lee's novel, from Nicole Kidman and Per Saari’s Blossom Films. Wang will also direct multiple episodes.
The Expatriates explores the vibrant lives of a…
Although she was one of many deserving women NOT nominated for the suddenly controversial all-male lineup of Best Director Golden Globe contenders Monday, Lulu Wang is continuing to ride a wave of praise from critics groups and other awards entities for her much acclaimed hit indie film The Farewell, which DID win her…
Awkwafina and Zhao Shuzhen are the duo at the heart of Lulu Wang's The Farewell. Awkwafina is Billi, an Asian-American New Yorker returning to China for one last chance to see Nai Nai, her terminally-ill grandmother, played by Shuzhen. But there's a catch: the family have decided Nai Nai must not be told her diagnosis…
