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EXCLUSIVE: After winning the Oscar for Best Documentary last year, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson has found his feature film directing debut as sources tell Deadline he will helm a live-action/hybrid reimaging of The Aristocats for Walt Disney Studios. Thompson also is executive producing and overseeing music…

UPDATED with final winners: The Oscar-winning documentary Summer of Soul, Bo Burnham’s Emmy-winning musical comedy special Inside, Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad and Raoul Peck's Exterminate All the Brutes are among the final list of winners of 2022 Peabody Awards. The Peabodys, in their 82nd year, honor the…

Twenty-four hours before his win for Best Documentary Feature would result in one of the most powerful speeches of this year's Oscar night, Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson and his Summer of Soul team gathered at an intimate brunch in the picturesque gardens of Dana Walden's Brentwood estate. Walden was there, along with…

Summer Of Soul (… Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), the Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson-directed film that won the Oscar and the Grammy for documenting 1969’s now-famed Harlem Cultural Festival, has inspired a reboot of the landmark music event. Ambassador Digital Magazine editor-in-chief Musa Jackson, who…

Oscar-winning documentary Summer of Soul, Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick’s Colin in Black & White and impactful TV series from Reservation Dogs and Yellowjackets to Hacks, Only Murders in the Building, Dopesick, The Wonder Years and The Underground Railroad are among the 60 nominees revealed Tuesday for the 82nd…

On March 27, the Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson-directed Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) won the Oscar for Best Documentary. A week later, the film won the Grammy for Best Music Film, becoming only the third documentary to achieve the feat, following 20 Feet from Stardom and Amy. The…

Oscar-winning producer Joseph Patel has shared his experience from Sunday night, accepting the award for Best Documentary Feature in the immediate aftermath of Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock across the face. In a long Twitter thread, the Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised…)…

There was a time during the pre-pandemic when zeitgeist documentaries like RBG and Won’t You Be My Neighbor were bright spots at the box office. However, because of arthouse audiences’ caution to return to moviegoing last summer, Searchlight Pictures, which scooped up Summer of Soul from Sundance 2021 for $12 million…

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson went from spinning records at last year's Oscar ceremony to winning a statuette of his own tonight, for directing Best Documentary Feature champ Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised). The acclaimed DJ, music historian, and founding member of the Roots – The Tonight…

CODA was the surprise winner of the marquee Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures awards at the 33rd annual Producers Guild Awards, which were handed out tonight at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. How The ‘CODA’ Family Delivered The Year’s Most Meaningful Best Pi…

Warner Bros’ epic Dune won the Live Action Motion Picture prize Saturday at the 58th annual Cinema Audio Society Awards, duplicating its victory earlier this awards season at the MPSE Golden Reels to become the frontrunner in the Sound category at next week’s Oscars. Dune beat out a field that included No Time to Die…

"I believe that a big reason why this ambitious idea of throwing a music festival in Harlem in which somewhere between 70,000 to 90,000 people every weekend would see performances was so that there was something joyous and hopeful for people at that point were kind of at the end of their rope," Summer of Soul (Or When…