Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter,” “Drive My Car” and “Summer of Soul” were among the big winners at the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards Sunday.

The ceremony hosted by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally was held in a tent by the beach in Santa Monica, broadcast on AMC and IFC. It...

The Oscar race may be heating up, but you wouldn't know it to peek in on the nominees luncheon Monday in Los Angeles.

Attendees packed into a ballroom at the Fairmont Century City for the annual luncheon, where nominees get to mingle and celebrate. It was a long awaited homecoming for...

For her work on King Richard, Pamela Martin, ACE won the American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Award for best edited dramatic feature film. Taking the comedy feature honor were Myron Kerstein, ACE and Andrew Weisblum, ACE for tick, tick...Boom!  These and other awards spanning...

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday without comment that it would not review Bill Cosby's sexual assault case, leaving him a free man and ending a two-decade legal drama that shifted the cultural landscape, destroyed the groundbreaking Black actor's reputation, and sent him to prison for...

The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) honored the winners of its 26th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in 13 categories of film, television, commercials, music videos and animation features, during a black-tie dinner gala at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on...

McCann Worldgroup has appointed Belinda Leworthy to the role of president, North America, for Commonwealth//McCann, the agency network’s global, dedicated business unit for Chevrolet.

Leworthy joins McCann Worldgroup from WPP, where she served as global client leader on Dell Technologies...

BBH London has hired Neil Clarke and Jay Phillips as creative directors. The pair will join the agency later this month. Clarke and Phillips will work across all BBH London accounts and report into executive creative director Helen Rhodes and global & UK chief creative officer Alex Grieve. ...

Global production company Sweetshop has expanded comedy performance director Kate Halpin’s representation to the U.S. This marks her first representation for commercials and branded content in the U.S. market. Sweetshop continues to handle her in Australia.

Halpin has directed TV...

Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee took the marquee Best Feature honor at the 37th annual International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards held Friday (3/4) during an online ceremony.

Best Director distinction was earned by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson for Summer of Soul...

Gabriel Jardim and Guto Monteiro have moved from VMLY&R’s New York office to its Kansas City shop where they’ve been promoted to executive creative directors.

Jardim and Monteiro--who previously served as group creative directors at VMLY&R NY--will oversee all creative work for...

Tabletop director Trevor Shepard--who’s collaborated with leading restaurants and food brands as well as their agency partners--has launched his own production company, aptly named Trevor.tv. He will be joined by his long-time creative producer, Ursula Camack, as executive producer. 

The...

Zealot, a creative marketing agency known for its work spanning trailers and marketing materials for studios, network, digital, and industry clients, has named Ben Brown as the company’s new VP, theatrical, based in Los Angeles. 

Brown joins Zealot from AV Squad, where for the past...

The Diner has promoted Christian Celaya to creative director. Celaya has been working with award-winning production music library The Diner since 2008--first, as composer for over a decade where he licensed hundreds of tracks for sync over the years. After that, in the spring of 2021, he moved...

Batman has his fair share of pressures, from saving Gotham to saving movie theaters. And while they're both still decidedly works in progress, "The Batman," starring Robert Pattinson, managed to give a little glimmer of hope to both by grossing $128.5 million in North America, according to...

Mitchell Ryan, who played a villainous general in the first "Lethal Weapon" movie, a ruthless businessman on TV's "Santa Barbara" and had character roles on the soap opera "Dark Shadows" and the 1990s sitcom "Dharma & Greg," died Friday. He was 88.

Ryan died of congestive heart...