formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Improved Academy Awards ratings helped grow awards revenue for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, but ticket sales and sponsorships appeared to slow at the Academy Museum, new financial statements show. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/2024-oscars-revenue-rises-academy-museum-revenue-falls-2024-1236075562/
Antigravity Academy, the production company of Oscar-nominated filmmaker Carlos López Estrada, has partnered with Dolby Laboratories to launch a new studio, designed to amplify the voices of emerging filmmakers. Source: https://deadline.com/2024/12/antigravity-academy-launches-short-film-studio-dolby-1236191065/
Bollywood star Aamir Khan and Oscar nominee Emily Blunt will be honored at the opening night of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival this week, alongside previously announced honouree, Egyptian actor Mona Zaki. Source: https://deadline.com/2024/12/emily-blunt-aamir-khan-honored-at-saudi-arabia-red-sea-film-festival-1236191080/
The first ever festival dedicated to sparking global conversations via contemporary Chinese cinema in the Midlands, is set to return to Leicester for a third year. Source: https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news/2024/november/leicester%27s-very-own-chinese-film-festival-returns-for-a-third-year-in-%27action%27.aspx
The actor, whose beleaguered western ‘Rust’ recently premiered at the Camerimage Film Festival, will be on hand to meet international media at a press conference ahead of a screening of his 1990 thriller ‘The Hunt for Red October.’ Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alec-baldwin-lifetime-achievement-award-turin-film-festival-1236069716/
Wilson and the movie’s producers have sued each other over accusations from the actress of sexual harassment and embezzlement. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/rebel-wilson-loses-bid-defamation-lawsuit-deb-producers-1236069595/