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'Roxanne Roxanne' breakout star Chante Adams reveals how she landed her lead roleAdams stars in the Roxanne Shante biopic 'Roxanne Roxanne,' which recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film co-stars Mahershala Ali and Nia Long.
CalArts' female students aim to stop stereotypes in animationNearly three-quarters of CalArts' more than 250 animation students are women and there's a new goal: ensure that when they land jobs, they get to draw female characters reflective of the real world.
First LookMarvel reveals villain to appear in 'Black Panther,' superhero movie with diverse castThe comic book movie company recently announced that a previously seen villain will come back in the upcoming movie, Marvel Studio's first film with a black protagonist.
'Gold' lacks urgency or adventurousness'Gold' stars Matthew McConaughey as Kenny Wells, who partners with a geologist in Indonesia. Matthew McConaughey's performance is a rousing feat without which this movie would have far less to recommend it.
'Midsummer in Newtown' does not oversell the restorative power of artThe documentary depicts a group of artists from New York who came to Newtown in the wake of the tragedy to stage a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with the local schoolchildren, almost all of whom were present when the shooting took place.
'The Salesman' isn't director Asghar Farhadi's best but offers glints of what often makes him one of best directors around'Salesman' stars Shahab Hosseini as a high school literature teacher in Tehran, Iran, who moves with his wife after their building's infrastructure collapses. The movie was recently nominated for the Oscar for the best foreign language film.
Oscar nominees 'Moonlight,' 'Manchester' will screen in more theaters – do Oscar nods help bottom line?Multiple best picture nominees will be screening in more theaters now that they've received Oscar nods. Can awards season attention help a film's box office success, too?
First LookIn more diverse Oscars year, African-American actress Viola Davis sets recordViola Davis is the first-ever African-American actress to get three nominations at the Oscars. What history tells us about diversity in Hollywood.
Oscars 2017: This year's nominees tell a different storyThe seven minority actors nominated tie the record set in 2007. But some culture watchers say the behind-the-scenes nominations may be even more important for Hollywood – both for long-term diversity and increasing the variety of stories told.
First Look2017 Academy Award nominees: A breakthrough on diversity?The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences broke its two-year streak of nominating only white actors with the inclusion of multiple actors of color. But studies show minorities and women are still few and far between in Hollywood.
Amazon as Hollywood powerhouse: Oscar nods for 'Manchester by the Sea'Amazon's movie 'Manchester' has received multiple Oscar nominations, putting the company ahead of rivals such as Netflix and Hulu and proving that streaming services can release acclaimed movies as well as TV shows.
Oscar nominations: Could 'La La Land' actually win?Oscar nominations will be announced on Jan. 24. The movie musical, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, lacks a connection to a widely known stage play but still managed to become a surprising box office success.
Box Office: M. Night Shyamalan's 'Split' Dominates U.S. Box Office With $40.2 MillionVin Diesel's 'xXx: Return of Xander Cage' came second, with Paramount funding the action flick along with two Chinese companies. The three companies announced a three-year $1 billion co-financing deal on Thursday.
Here's how the film 'The Founder' recreated spots that featured in McDonald's founder Ray Kroc's lifeIn the movie 'The Founder,' the first McDonald's restaurants in Schaumburg, Waukegan, Milwaukee and other Midwestern places look as if they've been photographed at their original sites. Nope. It's all Hollywood sleight-of-eye magic.
'Split' doesn't deviate from director-writer M. Night Shyamalan's standard fare'Split' stars James McAvoy as a man with dissociative identity disorder who has kidnapped three teenage girls. Betty Buckley co-stars.
'The Founder' doesn't take a stand for or against protagonist's avarice'Founder' stars Michael Keaton as McDonald's businessman Ray Kroc. Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch are both excellent as the team behind a California burger stand who encounter Ray.
'The Red Turtle' has a quietly breathtaking delicacy'Red' is the first international co-production of Japan's famed Studio Ghibli, and in its hushed evocation of nature’s mystic mysteries, it summons at its best the work of the studio’s founders, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.
Fans learn more about 'Deadpool' sequel (Pierce Brosnan?) as first film nears Oscars'Deadpool 2' writers discuss how they'll adapt a famous comic book character for the upcoming 'Deadpool' sequel, while nominations rolling in for the first movie suggest it could be an Oscars contender.
First Look'Hidden Figures' tops box office as non-franchise, female-led movie continues to dominate'Hidden,' the story of African-American women whose calculations helped launch John Glenn into space, came in at number one at the domestic box office for the second weekend in a row. The film stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe.
- First LookHow hundreds of girls are seeing 'Hidden Figures' for free
Several people, including a teen from Florida, have launched fundraising campaigns with the goal of sending groups of girls to see 'Hidden Figures,' a movie that tells the little-known story of three black women working at NASA.
