Searchlight’s Nomadland won the top prize of Oscars’ best picture, best director for Chloé Zhao and best actress for Frances McDormand at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday night. Zhao became only the second woman ever to claim the directing honor at the Oscars. For acting, Anthony Hopkins won for best actor for Sony Pictures Classics’ The Father, Yuh-Jung Youn …

When Leila Djansi released the 2010 emotionally lucid thriller ‘Sinking Sands’, critics were very much inclined to the idea that its lead actress, Ama K. Abebrese was a promising performer, whose future works would engineer much credibility to the African Movie Industry. The film focused on the distorted relationship between Pabi (Ama) and Jimah (Jimmy Jean-Louis), who experience a scar …

23-time Grand Slam tennis champion, Serena Williams will be featured on Amazon in an upcoming docuseries series, which details her personal and professional life. “I’m very excited to be partnering with Amazon Studios – they are developing some of the most inspiring and important content for a global audience,” Williams said. “I have a lot of stories I’m eager to …

Disney+ is teaming up with soccer legend David Beckham to produce a sports-oriented series, ‘Save the Squad’. The show will feature Beckham returning to the East London football pitches where he played as a child. He will mentor a young grassroots side, struggling to survive in the league. As part of the show, Beckham will take these players, their coach, …

The second and final night of the 2021 BAFTA film awards was held last night at the Royal Albert Hall, London with only award presenters hosted physically, while nominees joined via Zoom. The American drama film, ‘Nomadland’ which stars Frances McDormand as a modern-day nomad picked up the highest honours of the night including best film, best director (Chloe Zhao) …

Michaela Coel has been enlisted among the bracket of comic actresses slated to receive the 2021 Variety’s Power of Women The Comedians, honorary prize presented by Lifetime. Coel will be honoured alongside Mindy Kaling, Maya Rudolph, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sofia Vergara and Kate McKinnon. “Variety’s Power of Women 2021 honors creative leaders in comedy who inspire us with their courage and …

Oscar-winner Helen Mirren will play Golda Mier, Israel’s only female Prime Minister in a developing film titled ‘Golda’ by fellow Oscar-winner Guy Nattiv (Skin). Nicholas Martin is writing the script, which centres around the dramatic and high-stake decisions that Meir also known as the ‘Iron Lady of Israel’ faced during the Yom Kippur War, which followed Egypt, Syria, and Jordan’s …

Netflix will soon premiere a documentary series about Grammy award-winning artiste Kanye West. According to multiple sources, the streaming platform landed rights over the project at an estimated figure of $30 million, which is a little bit above the pay grade of sourcing a docu-series. The untitled project will parade the unseen footages from his early career in music as …

The Africa Movie Academy Awards has rolled out its 2021 process. The prestigious event, which honours the best and good in the Africa film industry is prompting filmmakers across the continent to submit their projects for possible nomination. The submission window is expected to run from now to July 31. Final lists of nominees will be announced on September 30, …

Netflix is going for the full ‘Knives Out’ package. The streaming platform has acquired rights to produce the second and third instalment of the murder mystery thriller in a deal worth $450 million. Director Rian Johnson and star Daniel Craig will reunite for the sequels. Johnson is producing alongside Ram Bergman via their production banner T-Street. The first sequel is …