Film

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Hundreds of students will soon be ready for their close-ups. A new school specializing in movie and television production is coming to the Westlake District area of Los Angeles.

George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Kerry Washington and Mindy Kaling are among the list of celebrities working with the LA Unified School District to open a new campus called the “Roybal School of Film and Television Production” providing students a pathway to employment in the entertainment industry. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on June 21, 2021.

See the complete list of winners for the 93rd Academy Awards, honoring the best in film.

The cast appears at first chatting amiably as they enter a theater.

A local non-profit group called “Kids in the Spotlight” along with NBC Universal are helping foster youths become aspiring filmmakers. Hetty Chang reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Feb. 25, 2021.

The 44th Goteborg film festival opened this weekend in a mostly virtual format.

The Cannes Film Festival, canceled altogether last year by the pandemic, is postponing this year’s edition from May to July in hopes of having an in-person festival

Testing a novel release strategy, Universal Pictures’ animated sequel “The Croods: A New Age” had one of the best opening weekends of the pandemic, grossing $14.2 million over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

New Jersey teen Tre Peart has Robert De Niro calling him “boss.” The 15-year-old joined LX News to talk about his new comedy “The War With Grandpa” and his seven-year journey to make the movie.

Emmy-winning actress Laverne Cox pulled back the curtain on “Bad Hair” on Hulu, her new horror-comedy about a haunted hair weave, which she says recounts the horror of white supremacy and false beauty standards for Black women.

Writer-director Sean Durkin returns to the big screen with his first film in nearly 10 years following his breakout debut “Martha Marcy May Marlene.”

“Wizards of Waverly Place” stars David Henrie and Selena Gomez are reuniting in the new film, “This Is The Year,” which is a classic coming-of-age teenage love story set to be released on August 28th and will offer a live premiere where fans can watch the movie for the first time with the stars.

Actress, model and pro wrestler Natalie Eva Marie costars alongside Bruce Willis and Jesse Metcalfe in new film “Hard Kill” and explains how the WWE prepared her for this role in helping maintain an intense workout routine during the pandemic.

Actress Edy Ganem says she was proud to play a strong, ex-military woman in her latest sci-fi film “Useless Humans,” which follows four best friends who must save the world after an alien crashes a birthday party.

Actor Stephen Bishop stops by LX News to discuss his new Netflix film “Fatal Affair,” in which he plays a devoted husband whose wife, played by Nia Long, tries to mend her marriage after a brief encounter with an old friend, played by Omar Epps.

British actor Ian Holm, whose long career included roles in “Chariots of Fire” and “The Lord of the Rings” has died

Californa Gov. Gavin Newsom promised film and television industry leaders Wednesday that new state guidelines will allow production to start up again in some counties, providing relief to workers forced to hit pause to stop the spread of coronavirus. Newsom made the announcement during an Economic Recovery and Reinvention Listening Tour virtual roundtable with industry leaders, who estimate that 890,000…

The New Zealand government, which aggressively contained the coronavirus outbreak, has announced that domestic film productions can start rolling cameras again, with international productions, including James Cameron’s “Avatar” sequels, to follow.

Movie-related products are still hitting the market despite delays for new and upcoming films.