February 6, 2018
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Talking Frank Capra and Marmalade Addiction with Paddington 2 Director Paul King

Paul King, the director behind Paddington 2 is 100% lovely. Fitting for a gent who created a film with 100% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, right? For the sequel to 2015’s hit...

February 26, 2018
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Black Panther Continues Historic Run With Star Wars-Sized Second Weekend

...in key positions on the crew, like cinematographer Rachel Morrison, production designer Hannah Beachler and costume designer Ruth E. Carter. All of these folks combined forces to create the fifth highest grossing...

March 23, 2018
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Pacific Rim: Uprising's VFX Supervisor on Creating 300-Foot Monsters in Photo-Realistic backdrops

...right the first time? Chiang says it comes down to a question of interpretation. “When an artist translates the director’s vision, it’s probably not going to be 100 percent the first time....

September 10, 2020
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Twelve good men and true: a dozen background cast, who work in repeat performance throughout the season, take the oath as the trial’s jury members. Courtesy Merrick Morton/HBO

Meet the Background Actors Who Populate HBO's "Perry Mason" - Part III

...2019 utilized more than 400 background actors each day, including a mass of congregants. Background cast with special improvisational skills were placed close to Maslany, near the stage, to be visible to...

December 7, 2020
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Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) Forest Whitaker as Jeronicus Jangle. Cr. Gareth Gatrell/NETFLIX ©2020

The 5 "Jingle Jangle" Moments That Will Save Christmas This Year

Prophet. Town Cryer. Carnival barker. Call me what you will, but I am hereby dedicating the remainder of this dismal, dreadful year to spreading the news of the man who can save...

February 9, 2021
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Eli Goree stars in ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI Photo: Patti Perret/Amazon Studios

"One Night in Miami" Star Eli Goree on Channeling Muhammad Ali

...world, Goree forged ahead. In between TV gigs like Riverdale and The 100, he trained in boxing gyms, hired a dialect coach to master the fighter’s Louisville accent, and commissioned a stage...

April 7, 2021
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Director Chiaki Kon on Her Netflix Anime Feature “The Way Of The Househusband”

...of Zeus. The Tokyo-based anime team is led by Taiki Sakurai, who joined the company in 2017 to build the anime slate. According to Netflix, over 100 million households around the world...

May 12, 2021
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JUPITER’S LEGACY (L to R) TYLER MANE as BLACKSTAR, ANDREW HORTON as BRANDON SAMPSON, and TENIKA DAVIS as PETRA SMALL in episode 101 of JUPITER’S LEGACY. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2021

Costume Designer Lizz Wolf on Outfitting The Motley Crew of Superheroes in “Jupiter’s Legacy”

...around to create mathematical shapes and patterns, basically driven by sound waves. That was the most incredible find, along with —this is going to sound crazy, but this is where the details...

January 25, 2022
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MEET THE MADRIGALS – Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Encanto” introduces the Madrigals, a compelling and complicated extended family who live in a wondrous and charmed place in the mountains of Colombia. Opening in the U.S. on Nov. 24, 2021, “Encanto” features the voices of (clockwise starting from center) Stephanie Beatriz as the only ordinary child in the Madrigal family; Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Rhenzy Feliz and Adassa as Mirabel’s cousins Antonio, Camilo and Dolores, respectively; Mauro Castillo and Carolina Gaitan as Mirabel’s uncle and aunt, Félix and Pepa; María Cecilia Botero as Mirabel’s grandmother, Abuela Alma; Angie Cepeda and Wilmer Valderrama as Mirabel’s parents, Julieta and Agustín; and Jessica Darrow and Diane Guererro as Mirabel’s sisters Luisa and Isabela. © 2021 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

The "Encanto" Earworm "We Don't Talk About Bruno" Makes Music History

You may have heard that Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s soundtrack for Encanto has become a massive musical hit, returning this week to number 1 on Billboard’s album chart, beating out stiff competition from superstar...

February 9, 2022
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Left to Right: Jeffery Robinson with Senator Hank Sanders and Faya Ora Rose Toure in Who We Are. Photo by Jesse Wakeman. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

"Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America" Directors & Writer/Producer on Relearning American History

...100 years old talk about being a witness to the Tulsa massacre would be reason enough to see the film. Jeffery Robinson: That’s an example of an activist community that is very...