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Film Independent We’ve all heard the old saying, “When life gives you COVID, make lemonade.” At least we’re pretty sure that’s how it goes. And nowhere were the limitations of our ongoing pandemic quarantine transmuted—Eucharist like—into a cineaste’s tart lemonade more demonstrably than at noon this Wednesday, when Film Independent kicked off its annual Directors Close-Up series with a panel featuring all five of this year’s Best Directornominees at the upcoming Film Indep...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Get Inside: Nine Things to Do While Stuck at Home This Week Hear new music from Liz Phair, make your PIFF itinerary and explore the hot new TIkTok subculture: Bimbos. Liz Phair at Crystal Ballroom in 2018. (Abby Gordon) STREAM: Liz Phair: I Was Almost There Liz Phair has been teasing a new album for over a year now. The tenta...

2021 Golden Globe Awards — African-American Actors Took Home Multiple Trophies By Lapacazo Sandoval, Contributing Writer Published March 4, 2021 Pictured in this screen grab: Taylor Simone Ledward accepts the Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama award for ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ on behalf of the winner, the late Chadwick Boseman at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards on February 28, 2021. — (Photo by: NBC) African-American actors took home multiple trophies at the 2021 Golden Globe ...

The 83-year-old actress was honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille Award - which she received in recognition of both her lengthy career and her activism - at this year's event and delivered a powerful acceptance speech in which she addressed the need for varied storytelling

Daniel Kaluuya was hit by technical issues as he scooped the first Golden Globe Award of Sunday (28.03.21) evening The 32-year-old actor scooped Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah but it initially seemed as though he wouldnt be able to give an acceptance speech due to problems with the sound connection at the bicoastal virtual ceremony 3 March 2021 After Laura Dern announced he had won ...

Aaron Sorkin, Radha Blank, Sofia Coppola Honored at 2021 Final Draft Awards Clayton Davis, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The 16th annual Final Draft Awards took place on Tuesday, March 2, during an online ceremony. Hosted by Final Draft president Shelly Mellot, the first female appointed in the 30-year history, many awards contenders in the writing categories were honored in both film and television. While accepting the award, Sorkin said, “the Zeitgeist crashed into us” and that he had...

Updated March 2 In 2020, its first year under new direction, the Portland International Film Festival heralded a new mission: to be "unbound" from traditional cinematic conditions. In 2021, that undertaking is more requirement than choice. "Obviously [last] year was very tough for all of us as human beings, let alone nonprofit organizations," says NW Film Center director Amy Dotson. "But it was also freeing. We took our own medicine." The result is a hybrid event, trying to reach audiences...

BAFTA Rising Star: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Morfydd Clark, Sope Dirisu, Bukky Bakray, Conrad Khan Among All-Brit Nominees

It was a Golden Globes like no other, for better (the winners’ backdrops!) and worse (the technical glitches!). The challenges of putting on an awards ceremony in the midst of a pandemic were evident in ways large and small Sunday night, while a series of exposés about the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out the awards, set the tone for the show. Here are the evening’s highs and lows as we saw them. Biggest challenge: How the ceremony grappled with diversity Goin...

She set Twitter alight after she paired her designer black gown with a purple cast for the Golden Globes on Sunday. And it turns out that Sarah Paulson sustained her arm injury in an on set accident while filming the new season of American Crime Story, according to Vogue. The actress posed for photos, shared by her stylist, in the Prada gown and custom cast that also featured the designers bespoke triangular label. Hurt: She set Twitter alight after she paired her designer black gown with a pur...