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China Censors Give ‘Fight Club’ A Totally Different Ending Because Why Not

January 25, 2022 5:54 pm

Are films ever safe from the dicey scissors of Chinese or international censors? It appears not. A new version of David Fincher's 1999 cult classic "Fight Club" has been released online in China and, in someth...

Disney Responds To Peter Dinklage’s Concerns Over Live-Action ‘Snow White’

Gregory Ellwood

January 25, 2022 5:20 pm

News

On the promo trail for his new film "Cyrano," Peter Dinklage stopped by this week's episode of the Marc Maron WTF podcast. Numerous topics were discussed, but one unexpectedly newsworthy moment centered on Wal...

The Biggest Entertainment Stories Of 2021

Gregory Ellwood

December 28, 2021 11:27 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, News, Television

It was supposed to be the start of a roaring '20s for a new century. A rollout of vaccines in the first half of 2021 would help crush the COVID-19 pandemic and return the world to as close to "normal" as possi...

Is ‘Mulan’ A Player In A Pandemic-Affected Oscar Season?

Gregory Ellwood

September 3, 2020 12:14 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

You may be shocked to hear this, but the 2020-2021 Oscar season is unlike any other awards season Hollywood has ever seen. I know, it sounds like hyperbole at its finest. Isn't there always some jaw-dropping d...

Biggest Entertainment Stories Of The Decade [2010s]

Gregory Ellwood

December 24, 2019 10:30 am

Awards Campaign, News, Television

Has Hollywood transformed more over the course of its 100-year history than from 2010 to 2020? Perhaps the last time there was such fundamental change was when television reshaped America in the 1950s. Maybe ...

‘Togo’: Ericson Core On Willem Dafoe, Sled Dogs & Crafting A Tearjerker [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

December 20, 2019 10:00 am

Awards Campaign, Interviews, News, Television

There is a movie debuting this weekend that will fundamentally surprise you. That will make you question how you could so fundamentally prejudge a genre. No, it's not the blockbuster fan-fiction mess of "Star...

Disney Says Goodbye To Fox 2000 Division That Birthed ‘Hidden Figures’ & ‘Devil Wears Prada’

Gregory Ellwood

March 21, 2019 5:49 pm

Awards Campaign, News

In a surprise decision following its acquisition of 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Studios has moved to shutter the Fox 2000 division run by Elizabeth Gabler. The division recently spearheaded Best Picture nomi...

Hopes & Dreams For 20th Century Fox As A Disney Entity

Gregory Ellwood

March 20, 2019 10:52 am

Awards Campaign, News

Almost a year and a half after it was first announced, the merger of most of 21st Century Fox's assets and the Walt Disney company has finally been completed. Of course, it's a merger in technical terms only. ...

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Oscars Voting Is Over So Here’s 9 Things We Can Look Forward To

Gregory Ellwood

February 19, 2019 8:00 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, News

Finally, voting for the 91st Academy Awards has come to a merciful end. Six months of screenings, Q&As, bus shelter ads, talk show appearances, cocktail parties and controversies (oh, so many controversies...

Comcast Pulls Out Of Fox Bidding Clearing Way For Disney Acquisition

Gregory Ellwood

July 19, 2018 1:42 pm

Awards Campaign, News, Television

A huge relief was felt in Burbank this morning after Comcast announced it was pulling out of a high stakes bidding war for most of 21st Century Fox's assets to focus on a separate transaction for UK broadcaster...

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