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Hollywood Producer Lawrence Turman Passes Away at Age 96 Lawrence Turman, the longtime Hollywood producer who received an Academy Award nomination for the

'The Graduate' producer Lawrence Turman has died aged 96. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker passed away on Saturday.

Ashley Jackson says, "I am passionate about developing stories that reflect my own experiences as a young Black woman and my cultural history."

Brian Grazer & Ron Howard will deliver the USC film school's commencement address in May and Tracy Oliver will receive the Mary Pickford Alumni Award.

For the debut season of "Bridgerton," creator and producer Chris Van Dusen had to live up to the expectations of loyal readers of the Julia Quinn novels on which the drama is based. For the Netflix sensation's second season, that remains true — only now with the added expectations of some 82 million households.

With the debut season of “Bridgerton,” creator and showrunner Chris Van Dusen had to live up to the expectations of loyal readers of the Julia Quinn novels on which the

Chris Van Dusen breaks down Season 2 of the Netflix juggernaut, from a new, more chaste approach to the central romance to writing out Regé-Jean Page.

How Emory alumnus Chris Van Dusen turned up the dial on period TV romance with smart writing, diverse casting, and modern twists.

Paramount Pictures Hires Mika Pryce as Senior VP of Production Variety 1 hr ago She begins her new position on April 26 and will report to the motion picture group’s co-presidents Daria Cercek and Michael Ireland. More from Variety “Mika has fantastic talent relationships, excellent taste and knows how to build a movie from the ground up,” Cercek and Ireland said in a statement. “We’re excited to have her bring her entrepreneurial skill set to the studio to help us tell great storie...

“Plum Town” is based off Kelly Yu’s own family history. (Photo courtesy of Kelly Yu.) After a trip to China last year, Kelly Yu, a filmmaker and sophomore majoring in cinematic arts, film and television production, was inspired to write “a love letter to family, heritage, and identity.” Yu has since started the production of her new short film “Plum Town,” which follows the story of a young man who returns to China to convince his father to sell his family’s plum orchard.  The ...