Sundance Festival Opens Doors For Minority Filmmakers
The festival has become a launching pad for emerging filmmakers of color who face challenges in historically white, male-dominated Hollywood.
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In 'Selma,' British Actor Brings Outsider's Perspective To MLK
David Oyelowo talks about playing Martin Luther King Jr. in the Oscar-nominated film Selma — as well as the LBJ controversy, slavery and how he learned about what it's like to be black in America.
Julianne Moore: Alzheimer's Makes Us Question 'Our Essential Selves'
In Still Alice, Moore plays Alice Howland, a 50-year-old linguistics professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. Moore says she spent months meeting with people affected by the disease.
Amy Pascal Out As Sony Pictures Chairman
The studio said she will launch a new production venture within Sony. Her departure comes shortly after the studio was hit by a cyberattack — one that exposed employee data and Pascal's emails.
How 'Star Wars' Helped Patton Oswalt Beat His Movie Addiction
The actor and comedian reveals in his new memoir, Silver Screen Fiend, that he used to have a film addiction. Watching the first Star Wars prequel led to a realization that helped him kick the habit.
Bradley Cooper: 'Sniper' Controversy Distracts From Film's Message About Vets
As the film's depiction of the Iraq War has come under scrutiny, Cooper, who portrays Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, says the discussion is moving away from "the fact that 22 vets commit suicide each day."
Oprah Winfrey And 'Selma' Director Ava DuVernay Team Up For A Series
One of the most powerful people in television is teaming up with a top-notch film (and TV) director to create a new series based on the novel Queen Sugar.
Cumberbatch Wants Britain To Pardon Men Convicted Under Anti-Gay Law
The Oscar-nominated star of the Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game has joined actor and comedian Stephen Fry in calling for a blanket pardon of 49,000 men punished under long-defunct law.
Former Basketball Player Scores As A Filmmaker
While Deon Taylor was playing professional basketball in Germany, he had an epiphany: he wanted to make movies. The self-taught director's latest film, Supremacy, was released this Friday.
When Islamists Impose Their Will In 'Timbuktu,' One Family Resists
The movie, one of five Academy Award nominees for best foreign language film this year, is about radical Islamists occupying the city in Mali. Remarkably, it's often on the verge of being a comedy.