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Directors’ Guild election to be held on Feb 26 Guild leaders want corona vaccine for artistes on priority base Culture Desk 15th January, 2021 10:41:51 The general election to the Directors’ Guild, an organisation of television drama directors, will be held on February 26 at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The organisation has recently taken the decision at its bi-annual general meeting.  Information Minister Hasan Mahmud was attended the programme as the chief guest. Directors’ Guild President Salahuddin Lavlu and General Secretary S A Haque Olike, among others, were also present. In t...

Coal Miner’s Daughter helmer Michael Apted dies at 79 ComingSoon.net is saddened to report (via The Hollywood Reporter) that acclaimed British director Michael Apted, the man behind the  Up series of documentaries and a number of celebrated films, has passed away at the age of 79. The exact cause of death and timing are currently unknown, but Roy Ashton from the Gersh Agency confirmed to THR that the director, who served three terms as the Directors’ Guild of America President from 2003-09, had died. “ His legacy will be forever woven into the fabric of cinema and our guild,”  DGA...

The World is Not Enough and the big-screen adaptation of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). Through the course of his career, he would go on to work with a host of A-list acting talent from film generations both old and new, with two of his films collecting a total of 8 Academy Award nominations. Coal Miner’s Daughter (starring Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn) received 7 Oscar nods, while Nell (starring Jodie Foster in 1994 as a woman isolated from society) received one. Apted was equally prolific in television as in film, with the now-lost 1967 British supernatural series Haunted amon...

Stakeholders in the Nigerian entertainment industry have called on the government to relax the process for accessing special funding by players in the sector, noting the difficulties of emerging creatives in accessing the funds.  Speaking at the first-ever Nigerian Entertainment and Economic Roundtable, held recently at the Lagos Airport Hotel, the industry professionals charged the government to formulate policies, through loans and grants that will encourage young talents to excel in the industry, without stringent collaterals. The event had 156 persons in attendance, including policy make...

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Jason Kilar's move to shake up WarnerMedia's movie release schedule has some insiders questioning if he has what it takes to turn around the entertainment giant without destroying it. While Hollywood has raged at the decision, insiders say the way he carried it out shows he's a polarizing leader who's insulated himself from critics and represents the worst of tech industry stereotypes. His management is being closely watched as WarnerMedia attempts a risky t...