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 Issue Date: 12/12/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
SHOOT News of the Day
Oscar Winner Nathan Crowley Shares A “Wicked” Tale Of Production Design
After six Academy Award nominations–including five for Christopher Nolan-directed movies (The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Interstellar, Dunkirk and Tenet)–the seventh nod, for director Jon M. Chu’s Wicked, proved to be the charm for production designer Nathan Crowley, resulting earlier this year in his first career Oscar win. Now Crowley finds himself squarely in the awards
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After Delay Over Legal Issues, Oscar-Nominated Documentary “Black Box Diaries” Finally Premieres In Japan
“Black Box Diaries,” a documentary in which Japanese journalist Shiori Ito investigates her own sexual assault case and the barriers she faced in pursuing justice, has been screened widely abroad since its 2024 festival debut and earned an Oscar nomination early this year. It finally premiered in Japan on Friday, a long-delayed domestic release that
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“100 Foot Wave,” “Sesame Street,” “Hacks: Bit by Bit” Among Producers Guild Award Nominees In Sports, Children’s and Short-Form Programs
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has unveiled the nominees in the Sports, Children’s, and Short-Form categories that will advance to the final round of voting for the 37th Annual Producers Guild Awards. Winners will be announced at the PGA’s East and West Coast Celebrations of the nominees and producing teams in February. The annual
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What To Know About Trump’s Executive Order To Curtail State AI Regulations
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday pressuring states not to regulate artificial intelligence. Trump and some Republicans argue that the limited regulations already enacted by states, and others that might follow, will dampen innovation and growth for the technology. Critics from both political parties — as well as civil liberties and consumer rights
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Review: Kate Winslet Makes Feature Directorial Debut With “Goodbye June”
Kate Winslet is due a very thoughtful Christmas gift this year. The veteran actor made a pretty extraordinary maternal gesture, directing, producing and starring in a film her son, Joe Anders, wrote, “Goodbye June,” which is in limited release this weekend and streaming on Netflix Dec. 24. While it might be worth pointing out that
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“Bugonia,” “One Battle After Another,” “Wicked: For Good” Among Nominees For 28th Costume Designers Guild Awards
The Costume Designers Guild has unveiled the nominations for the 28th Costume Designers Guild Awards. Among the nominees are, Ruth E. Carter, CDG for Sinners; Jennifer Johnson, CDG for Bugonia; Kate Hawley, CDG for Frankenstein; Deborah L. Scott, CDG for Avatar: Fire and Ash; Malgosia Turzanska, CDG for Hamnet; Paul Tazewell, CDG for Wicked: For
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David Charles and Greg McCollum To Receive Special DGA Awards For Decades Of Guild Service
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced today the recipients of two special service awards, recognizing exemplary service to the Guild and for extraordinary career achievements. The awards will be presented at the 78th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 7, 2026. Associate director/stage manager David Charles will receive the Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award,
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Christine Choy, indie filmmaker who led seminal documentary on the killing of Vincent Chin, dies at 73
Christine Choy, a trailblazer for Asian Americans in independent film and whose documentary on the fatal beating of Vincent Chin was nominated for an Academy Award, has died. She was 73. Choy died Sunday, according to a statement from JT Takagi, executive director of Third World Newsreel, a filmmaking collective Choy helped establish in the
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Delving Into The First Two Episodes Of Taylor Swift’s Disney+ Eras Tour Docuseries
“The Eras Tour was a lifetime within my life,” Taylor Swift told the room at a screening of the first two episodes of her new Disney+ docuseries, “The End of an Era.” “It feels insane.” Swift spoke to the small New York crowd on Tuesday — a year and one day since she concluded the
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Issue Date: 12/12/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
SPW News of the Day
Behind Two Festival Standouts: Line Producer Amanda Verhagen on Building Worlds in “A Nice Indian Boy” and “Love Me”
In a year that saw A Nice Indian Boy and Love Me premiere at major festivals, line producer Amanda Verhagen found herself navigating two wildly different but equally ambitious projects, one an intimate, culturally grounded romance, the other a conceptual sci-fi love story brought to life through animatronics, VFX, and an entirely non-human cast. Known
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DWA Presents Ultimate Events, December 2025 Edition (Hybrid Special)
This year is almost history, but great things are still to come, as you’ll see in 2025’s final Ultimate Events edition. I hope you’re ready, willing, and able to celebrate what’s shaping up. Focused on sharpening skills for the new year ahead? Astute organizers are preparing to stage spectacular events guaranteed to blow minds and
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