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Digital Cinema Society to Hold DCS Cinema Lighting Expo on March 18 at IATSE Local 80 Stage in Burbank

RSVPs are now being accepted for the Digital Cinema Society’s DCS Cinema Lighting Expo, an exploration of motion picture lighting and grip technology with participating manufacturers including (in alphabetical order): ARRI • BB&S Lighting • CHAUVET Lighting • Dedolight California • Core SWX • Fiilex • FOMEX • K5600 • Kino Flo • Lightstar • Litepanels • Luminys • Mole Richardson • Nanlite • Quasar Science • RatPac Controls • […]

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Guild of Music Supervisors Awards: Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Stranger Things Win Top Prizes

The Guild of Music Supervisors held its star-studded 13th annual award ceremony on Sunday night at The Wiltern Theatre, where a lively crowd of more than 1,000 guests celebrated outstanding achievement in the craft of Music Supervision in film, television, documentaries, games, advertising, and trailers. Oscar-nominated actors and producers joined forces with iconic songwriters and composers to honor these Music Supervisor tastemakers, who were recognized for their stellar accomplishments in 2022. […]

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ACE Eddie Awards Winners Include Top Gun: Maverick and Everything Everywhere All at Once

The American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced the winners of the 73rd Annual ACE Eddie Awards in front of a packed house at UCLA’s Royce Hall on a rainy Sunday afternoon. The Woman King director Gina Prince-Bythewood was honored with the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, which she received from her Love & Basketball star Sanaa Lathan. Meanwhile, Bryan Cranston gave the night’s first Career Achievement Award to Lynne Willingham, […]

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CAS Awards Winners List: Top Gun: Maverick, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, and Moonage Daydream Triumph

The Cinema Audio Society announced the winners of the 59th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2022 on Saturday night at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. Top Gun: Maverick, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, and the David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream won the top prizes on the feature side, while the big winners on the TV side included Better Call Saul, Only Murders in the Building, and Obi-Wan […]

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Union Roundup: A Multiverse of Awards Shows Leads to One “Pixarian,” Two Volcanologists, and Quiet on the Western Front

As the PGA and SAG Awards confirmed, multiverses and alternate timelines are no longer confined to Marvel movies and other genre fare. They are now the stuff of prestige films, too, as Everything Everywhere All at Once won the PGA’s version of “Best Picture,” and SAG’s equivalent of the same, with its “Best Ensemble” prize, which capped off a near sweep of the feature acting categories outside of Brendan Fraser‘s […]

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MPSE Golden Reel Awards Winners: Top Gun: Maverick and The Banshees of Inisherin Claim Top Prizes

The Motion Picture Sound Editors tonight presented the 70th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards in a live ceremony held at the historic Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. Recognizing outstanding achievement in sound editing, MPSE Golden Reel Awards were presented in 20 categories encompassing feature films, long-form and short-form television, animation, documentaries, games, and student work. Tom Cruise and Director Joseph Kosinksi presented the MPSE Filmmaker Award to pioneering producer Jerry […]

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PGA Awards Winners: Everything Everywhere All at Once Wins Top Prize, Possibly Sealing Its Oscar Fate

The 2023 PGA Awards took place Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton, where Everything Everywhere All at Once won the guild’s top prize, defeating Top Gun: Maverick and The Fabelmans to shore up its frontrunner status heading into the start of Oscar voting. Many pundits believe the PGA is a great predictor of the Academy Award for Best Picture, as seven of the last 10 PGA winners went on to […]

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The Academy Makes Statement about the Passing of Former President Walter Mirisch

Oscar®-winning producer and former Academy President Walter Mirisch died Friday, February 24, in Los Angeles of natural causes. He was 101. “The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is deeply saddened to hear of Walter’s passing,” noted Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang. “Walter was a true visionary, both as a producer and as an industry leader. He had a powerful impact on the film community […]

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Alec Baldwin to Finish Filming Rust Movie This Spring at Montana’s Yellowstone Film Ranch

The producers of Alec Baldwin‘s troubled western Rust will complete the film this spring in Montana at the Yellowstone Film Ranch, they announced on Wednesday. Last fall, the Rust producers announced their intention to finish the film, though they said that the production would be moving out of New Mexico. Last week, when it was announced that Cinematographer Bianca Cline (Marcel the Shell With Shoes On) would be finishing the […]

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DGA Awards Winners List: Daniels, the Directors of Everything Everywhere All at Once, Claim Top Film Prize

The 75th Annual DGA Awards were held Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton, where Everything Everywhere All at Once helmers Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert defeated stiff competition from the likes of Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans) and Todd Field (Tár) to claim the top film prize of the night. The entire cast of The Fabelmans was on hand to support Spielberg, but in the end, the veteran filmmaker ceded the spotlight […]