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Chuck Fries, Prolific TV and Film Producer, Dies at 92
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Charles “Chuck” Fries, the longtime film and television producer who helped introduce the TV movie concept and shepherded films including “Cat People,” died on Thursday. He was 92.
Over his six-decade-plus career, he participated in the production of more than 5,000 episodes of television, 140 television movies and mini-series, and more than 40 theatrical films.
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Fries oversaw feature film production for Columbia Pictures, which produced movies during his time at the studio, including “Five Easy Pieces,” “Easy Rider,” “Getting Straight,” “The Horseman” and “Castle Keep.”
He pioneered the television movie while at Metromedia Productions in the 1970s, then launched his own company, Fries Entertainment. Fries Entertainment produced issue-oriented movies like “The Neon Empire,” “Small Sacrifices,” “The Martian Chronicles”
Updated: 7:53 PM PDT, April 24, 2021 And the Oscar goes to . The most racially diverse list of nominees in the 93-year history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
This year s Oscar ceremony will make history for a whole lot of reasons, but none more notable than the fact that this year s nominees are the most racially diverse collection of all time.
Sunday s broadcast occurs against the backdrop of an international pandemic, coupled with the mind-bending reality that most of America hasn t stepped foot in a movie theater for more than a year.
The awards show will highlight these racial and gender breakthroughs: nine actors of color nominated for an Oscar, the first woman of color nominated for best director, the first black actor to be nominated for a posthumous Oscar and the first time two women were named in the director s category.
›More than 9,300 people select the Oscar honorees. But who are they, and how did they get to become voters?
More than 9,300 people select the Oscar honorees. But who are they, and how did they get to become voters?
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More than 9,300 people select the Oscar honorees. But who are they, and how did they get to become voters?AFP
Last Updated: Apr 24, 2021, 10:22 AM IST
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Here is a look at the complex, sometimes confounding process that leads to the winners of the Academy Awards.
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HOLLYWOOD: The ballots are all in!
Millions of television viewers around the globe will tune in Sunday to watch the Oscars, the glitziest night in showbiz, but most don t know how the winners are chosen.
This Week in Apps: An Apple event, more Clubhouse clones and an app store antitrust hearing
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020.
Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. And in the U.S., app usage surged ahead of the time spent watching live TV. Currently, the average American watches 3.7 hours of live TV per day, but now spends four hours per day on their mobile devices.