Oscar 2017: Jimmy Kimmel Is Host of Oscar Show, February 26

Jimmy Kimmel will host the 2017 Oscar Awards show.

Silence: Scorsese’s Passion Project Screens at Vatican

Director Martin Scorsese and Mexican producer Gaston Pavlovich met with Pope Francis on Wednesday prior to a Vatican screening of Silence, the director’s film about the persecution of Christians in 17th-century Japan.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Smash Hit

Warner’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has launched strongly with $8.8 million in Thursday night preview showings in North America.

Paterson: Jarmusch on Writing and Casting his (Great) Film

PATERSON, which world premiered at the Cannes Film Fest (in Main Competition), is one of Jarmusch’s  very best films, deceptively simply yet truly complex, depicting the routine of ordinary lives in lyrical, even poetic manner.

Oscar 2017: ABC Commands High Fees for Ads despite Decline in Viewership

ABC, the Walt Disney network which telecasts the Oscar, is asking for more than $2.1 million for its remaining 30-second ads in its February, 2017, broadcast. One media buyer said the network was recently willing to do a deal with a $2 million price tag. In recent years, 30-second spots in the show have gone for […]