Jason Aldean made his acting debut in 2013 in the film Sweetwater. Does he plan to return to acting in another role soon? Keep reading for the latest update on his burgeoning acting career.
Jason & Brittany Aldean Celebrate Wedding Anniversary
Jason Aldean and American Idol contestant Brittany Kerr married in 2015, three years after they were caught canoodling in public. The country singer was married at the time but divorced his wife to marry Brittany.
The couple have since welcomed two children and also co-parent the two children he had with his first wife.
The “Let Your Boys Be Country” singer took to social media last week to give his wife a special shoutout on their anniversary. He shared photos from their relationship, including their wedding day.
Jason and Brittany Aldean/Credit: Instagram
“Happy Anniversary baby. 9 years and happier than ever. Thank you for being my “shotgun angel” thru this Crazy life we lead.
Jason & Brittany Aldean Celebrate Wedding Anniversary
Jason Aldean and American Idol contestant Brittany Kerr married in 2015, three years after they were caught canoodling in public. The country singer was married at the time but divorced his wife to marry Brittany.
The couple have since welcomed two children and also co-parent the two children he had with his first wife.
The “Let Your Boys Be Country” singer took to social media last week to give his wife a special shoutout on their anniversary. He shared photos from their relationship, including their wedding day.
Jason and Brittany Aldean/Credit: Instagram
“Happy Anniversary baby. 9 years and happier than ever. Thank you for being my “shotgun angel” thru this Crazy life we lead.
- 3/31/2024
- by Jennifer Havener
- Country Music Alley
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
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2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Original Score Killers of the Flower Moon Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone Credit: AppleTV+
Weekly Commentary: It’s Ludwig Göransson taking home another Oscar for “Oppenheimer,” following his first win for “Black Panther.”
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Will Win: “Oppenheimer” (Ludwig Göransson)
Could Win: “Killers of the Flower Moon...
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys
2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Original Score Killers of the Flower Moon Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone Credit: AppleTV+
Weekly Commentary: It’s Ludwig Göransson taking home another Oscar for “Oppenheimer,” following his first win for “Black Panther.”
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Will Win: “Oppenheimer” (Ludwig Göransson)
Could Win: “Killers of the Flower Moon...
- 3/7/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar nominee Colman Domingo picked up three nominations and Emmy winner Ayo Edebiri a pair to lead the motion picture and television categories, respectively, while Victoria Monét (six) and Usher (five) paced the music nominations for the 55th NAACP Image Awards. Domingo’s bids came for Entertainer of the Year and one each for Actor in a Motion Picture (“Rustin”) and Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (“The Color Purple”), while Edebiri’s came in Supporting Comedy Actress for “The Bear” and Guest Actress in a Comedy for “Abbott Elementary.”
Other major nominees were, for Entertainer of the Year, Domingo, Usher, Fantasia Barrino, Halle Bailey and Keke Palmer and – for Outstanding Motion Picture – “American Fiction,” “Rustin,” Origin,” “The Color Purple” and “They Cloned Tyrone.” Netflix led the pack with 55 total nominations, with Amazon second, tallying 27. RCA Records received the most of any record label in the recording categories with 20.
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Other major nominees were, for Entertainer of the Year, Domingo, Usher, Fantasia Barrino, Halle Bailey and Keke Palmer and – for Outstanding Motion Picture – “American Fiction,” “Rustin,” Origin,” “The Color Purple” and “They Cloned Tyrone.” Netflix led the pack with 55 total nominations, with Amazon second, tallying 27. RCA Records received the most of any record label in the recording categories with 20.
SEEColman...
- 1/26/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Just days after only earning one Oscar nomination, the new version of The Color Purple leads the 2024 NAACP Image Awards nominations.
The Blitz Bazawule film is up for 16 awards, including outstanding motion picture, and stars Fantasia Barrino and Colman Domingo are both up for entertainer of the year.
Domingo also starred in Rustin, a performance that earned him an Oscar nomination, with the George C. Wolfe film racking up eight NAACP Image Awards nominations. Domingo is nominated for Image Awards for his roles in both films.
In the best motion picture category, The Color Purple and Rustin will face off against seven-time nominee American Fiction (another Oscar contender), four-time nominee Origin (left out of this year’s Oscar nods) and nine-time nominee They Cloned Tyrone.
Other top film nominees are A Thousand and One and Creed III, each up for seven awards and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, up for six awards.
The Blitz Bazawule film is up for 16 awards, including outstanding motion picture, and stars Fantasia Barrino and Colman Domingo are both up for entertainer of the year.
Domingo also starred in Rustin, a performance that earned him an Oscar nomination, with the George C. Wolfe film racking up eight NAACP Image Awards nominations. Domingo is nominated for Image Awards for his roles in both films.
In the best motion picture category, The Color Purple and Rustin will face off against seven-time nominee American Fiction (another Oscar contender), four-time nominee Origin (left out of this year’s Oscar nods) and nine-time nominee They Cloned Tyrone.
Other top film nominees are A Thousand and One and Creed III, each up for seven awards and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, up for six awards.
- 1/25/2024
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nominations were revealed Thursday for the 55th NAACP Image Awards, with newly minted Oscar nominee Colman Domingo, Emmy winners Ayo Edebiri and Keke Palmer, and Victoria Monét and Usher among those scoring multiple nominations.
The awards, which honor the year’s best in Black excellence in the fields of motion pictures, television, music, books and podcasts and are voted on by the public, will be handed out March 16 in a primetime ceremony to air on BET and CBS.
Domingo scored noms for his lead role playing civil rights icon Bayard Rustin in Netflix’s Rustin and for playing Mister in Warner Bros’ The Color Purple. He also is up for the Image Awards’ marquee Entertainer of the Year in a category that includes Palmer, Color Purple castmates Halle Bailey and Fantasia Barrino, and Usher. Angela Bassett won that title last year.
Monét, who has seven Grammy Awards nominations this year,...
The awards, which honor the year’s best in Black excellence in the fields of motion pictures, television, music, books and podcasts and are voted on by the public, will be handed out March 16 in a primetime ceremony to air on BET and CBS.
Domingo scored noms for his lead role playing civil rights icon Bayard Rustin in Netflix’s Rustin and for playing Mister in Warner Bros’ The Color Purple. He also is up for the Image Awards’ marquee Entertainer of the Year in a category that includes Palmer, Color Purple castmates Halle Bailey and Fantasia Barrino, and Usher. Angela Bassett won that title last year.
Monét, who has seven Grammy Awards nominations this year,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
"Sweetwater", the new biographical sports feature about 'Nat Clifton', the first African-American to sign a contract with the 'National Basketball Association' ('NBA'), is written and directed by Martin Guigui, starring Everett Osborne as 'Clifton', with Cary Elwes, Eric Roberts, Jeremy Piven, Richard Dreyfuss and Kevin Pollak, now streaming on Prime Video:
"....'Nat 'Sweetwater' Clifton' was originally the main attraction of the entertaining 'Harlem Globetrotters' team, showing superior and amusing ball-handling skills, under the guidance of owner and coach, 'Abe Saperstein'.
"Then in 1950, during the early days of organized sports, before the ease of crowd-pleasing online casino betting, 'Ned Irish', a 'New York Knicks' executive...
"...and their coach, 'Joe Lapchick', take the initiative and integrate their team with the support of 'NBA' President, 'Maurice Podoloff'...
"...allowing Sweetwater to be the first black man signed to the NBA, creating a historic moment...
"...delighting millions of fans worldwide.
"....'Nat 'Sweetwater' Clifton' was originally the main attraction of the entertaining 'Harlem Globetrotters' team, showing superior and amusing ball-handling skills, under the guidance of owner and coach, 'Abe Saperstein'.
"Then in 1950, during the early days of organized sports, before the ease of crowd-pleasing online casino betting, 'Ned Irish', a 'New York Knicks' executive...
"...and their coach, 'Joe Lapchick', take the initiative and integrate their team with the support of 'NBA' President, 'Maurice Podoloff'...
"...allowing Sweetwater to be the first black man signed to the NBA, creating a historic moment...
"...delighting millions of fans worldwide.
- 1/17/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Film historians will inevitably look back on 2023 as a year of risk-taking, with filmmakers turning to personal projects backed by major studios. On paper and in hindsight, a movie about the world’s most iconic doll sounds obvious, but it took real balls—or a lack thereof in Ken’s case—for Mattel and Warner Bros. to get behind a deconstructed look at the toy in Greta Gerwig’s existential Barbie. Universal arguably took an even bigger risk, putting their full force behind a three hour movie about the birth of the atomic bomb. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer proved perfect counter-programming to Gerwig’s Barbie, as moviegoers championed the double act into the summer box office unicorn Barbenheimer. Martin Scorsese brought his American Western crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon to the screen after seven years of development. Emerald Fennell debuted her second directorial effort, the darkly imaginative and highly divisive Saltburn.
- 1/9/2024
- by Chad Kennerk
- Film Review Daily
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Sometimes, the reputations of certain movies have been built up so much over the decades that, to an extent, newcomers can't help but come away disappointed when they finally experience it for the very first time. Others, however, live up to every inch of their status as bona fide classics. It's safe to say that "Close Encounters of a Third Kind," director Steven Spielberg's first film about extraterrestrial visitors, belongs firmly in the latter category. Although multiple generations of movie lovers only encountered the 1977 film through their parents, film school courses, or entirely on their own, various re-releases over the years and constant praise from both filmmakers and critics alike have kept "Close Encounters" exactly where it deserves to be -- at the forefront of the conversation about the greatest and most influential movies of all time.
Of course,...
Sometimes, the reputations of certain movies have been built up so much over the decades that, to an extent, newcomers can't help but come away disappointed when they finally experience it for the very first time. Others, however, live up to every inch of their status as bona fide classics. It's safe to say that "Close Encounters of a Third Kind," director Steven Spielberg's first film about extraterrestrial visitors, belongs firmly in the latter category. Although multiple generations of movie lovers only encountered the 1977 film through their parents, film school courses, or entirely on their own, various re-releases over the years and constant praise from both filmmakers and critics alike have kept "Close Encounters" exactly where it deserves to be -- at the forefront of the conversation about the greatest and most influential movies of all time.
Of course,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Our Pmc sister website Variety is reporting that the motion picture academy has named 149 movies as eligible for Best Original Score at the 2024 Oscars. See the complete list below of every score currently on the ballot for the music branch. A total of 15 will be announced this Thursday, December 21, on the Oscar short list. A final five will be revealed on January 23 as the the actual nominees.
SEEOscars 2024: Which 94 tunes are eligible for Best Original Song?
Gold Derby has been offering you the opportunity to predict the Best Original Score category for the past few weeks. Among some of the surprise omissions: “Asteroid City,” “Flora and Son,” “The Little Mermaid” and “Wonka.” Each film used too much non-original music to remain qualified.
According to our most current Gold Derby odds with over 6,800 people predicting, here are the scores ranked in the top 10:
1. “Oppenheimer” – 71/20 odds
2. “Killers of the Flower Moon...
SEEOscars 2024: Which 94 tunes are eligible for Best Original Song?
Gold Derby has been offering you the opportunity to predict the Best Original Score category for the past few weeks. Among some of the surprise omissions: “Asteroid City,” “Flora and Son,” “The Little Mermaid” and “Wonka.” Each film used too much non-original music to remain qualified.
According to our most current Gold Derby odds with over 6,800 people predicting, here are the scores ranked in the top 10:
1. “Oppenheimer” – 71/20 odds
2. “Killers of the Flower Moon...
- 12/17/2023
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Our Pmc sister website Variety is reporting that the motion picture academy has named 94 tunes as eligible for Best Original Song at the 2024 Oscars. See the complete list below of every song currently on the ballot for the music branch. A total of 15 will be announced this Thursday, December 21, on the Oscar short list. A final five will be revealed on January 23 as the the actual nominees.
SEEDiane Warren interview: ‘The Fire Inside’ from ‘Flamin’ Hot’
Gold Derby has been offering you the opportunity to predict the Best Original Song category for the past few weeks. Among some of the surprise omissions:
“Barbie” producers have chosen not to submit “Barbie World,” “Speed Drive” and “Pink.” That film’s three official submissions are “I’m Just Ken,” “Dance the Night” and “What Was I Made For?”
“Trolls Band Together” producers have not entered “Family,” “Watch Me Work” and “Let’s Get Married.
SEEDiane Warren interview: ‘The Fire Inside’ from ‘Flamin’ Hot’
Gold Derby has been offering you the opportunity to predict the Best Original Song category for the past few weeks. Among some of the surprise omissions:
“Barbie” producers have chosen not to submit “Barbie World,” “Speed Drive” and “Pink.” That film’s three official submissions are “I’m Just Ken,” “Dance the Night” and “What Was I Made For?”
“Trolls Band Together” producers have not entered “Family,” “Watch Me Work” and “Let’s Get Married.
- 12/17/2023
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
We might be entering the dog days of summer but Hulu isn’t slowing down. The streamer’s list of new releases for August 2023 is a pretty impressive collection of content.
The biggest Hulu original this month is season 3 of true crime comedy Only Murders in the Building on Aug. 8. This time around Meryl Streep and Paul Rudd are joining the already-stacked cast that features Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. This season’s central murder appears to take place at a theater (outside the building) but I think we’ll let it slide.
That’s far from the only worthwhile original in August as Aug. 2 sees the premiere of the third and final season of superb comedy Reservation Dogs. That will be followed by South Korean sci-fi series Moving on Aug. 9, Solar Opposites season 4 on Aug. 14, and A Murder at the End of the World on Aug. 29. Of course,...
The biggest Hulu original this month is season 3 of true crime comedy Only Murders in the Building on Aug. 8. This time around Meryl Streep and Paul Rudd are joining the already-stacked cast that features Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. This season’s central murder appears to take place at a theater (outside the building) but I think we’ll let it slide.
That’s far from the only worthwhile original in August as Aug. 2 sees the premiere of the third and final season of superb comedy Reservation Dogs. That will be followed by South Korean sci-fi series Moving on Aug. 9, Solar Opposites season 4 on Aug. 14, and A Murder at the End of the World on Aug. 29. Of course,...
- 8/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Stage 32, the social network designed to support TV and film professionals in more than 185 countries, has reached the milestone of 1 million members as the company expands its offerings.
The service was founded in 2011 by Richard “Rb” Botto, an actor, producer and screenwriter. The platform features global job boards and 3,000 hours of webinars, classes and labs to support a wide range of entertainment industry careers, including above- and below-the-line disciplines.
Among the top markets for Stage 32 are the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, South Africa, India, Saudi Arabia, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia. The price of the service ranges depending on the level and duration of access. A one-year subscription to its Writers Room plan, offering a database of open film and TV writing jobs, costs about $350.
“From the beginning, the mission of Stage 32 has been to democratize the entertainment industry by leveling the playing field for film and television creatives worldwide.
The service was founded in 2011 by Richard “Rb” Botto, an actor, producer and screenwriter. The platform features global job boards and 3,000 hours of webinars, classes and labs to support a wide range of entertainment industry careers, including above- and below-the-line disciplines.
Among the top markets for Stage 32 are the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, South Africa, India, Saudi Arabia, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia. The price of the service ranges depending on the level and duration of access. A one-year subscription to its Writers Room plan, offering a database of open film and TV writing jobs, costs about $350.
“From the beginning, the mission of Stage 32 has been to democratize the entertainment industry by leveling the playing field for film and television creatives worldwide.
- 7/7/2023
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles’ (Habitat LA) recently hosted its 19th annual Power Women, Power Tools build event at Isabel Villas — Habitat LA’s newest affordable housing development in South Los Angeles.
Celebrity supporters and women executives from corporations and organizations throughout LA County gathered to help build 8 homes alongside future homebuyers. Habitat LA and presenting sponsor City National Bank hosted this legendary build day to spotlight underinvested communities and celebrate heroic women leaders of diverse backgrounds.
This years’ theme “Powered by Purpose” rings true as Habitat LA celebrates the efforts of power women who use their voices to build strength, stability, and self-reliance in their industries, creating a ripple effect within local communities. From installing insulation to landscaping and painting, more than 150 participants picked up a power tool to help Habitat LA revitalize the Willowbrook Neighborhood by building much-needed new affordable homes.
Celebrity volunteer builders included Kelly Jenrette...
Celebrity supporters and women executives from corporations and organizations throughout LA County gathered to help build 8 homes alongside future homebuyers. Habitat LA and presenting sponsor City National Bank hosted this legendary build day to spotlight underinvested communities and celebrate heroic women leaders of diverse backgrounds.
This years’ theme “Powered by Purpose” rings true as Habitat LA celebrates the efforts of power women who use their voices to build strength, stability, and self-reliance in their industries, creating a ripple effect within local communities. From installing insulation to landscaping and painting, more than 150 participants picked up a power tool to help Habitat LA revitalize the Willowbrook Neighborhood by building much-needed new affordable homes.
Celebrity volunteer builders included Kelly Jenrette...
- 7/3/2023
- Look to the Stars
Honestly, I was not too enthusiastic about this assignment. There has been a surge of basketball-centric movies these days (not counting Ben Affleck’s masterful Air), and after covering two of those over the span of three weeks, I was sort of worn out. If you are wondering, I am talking about the Sweetwater biopic and the latest White Men Can’t Jump remake here, both of which I found underwhelming. Naturally, a LeBron James movie didn’t seem like a good bet under the circumstances. But after watching Shooting Stars, I have to say that I got third time lucky with this sub-genre.
Even if you are completely oblivious to anything regarding the sport of basketball, unless you are living under a rock, the name LeBron James should sound familiar. Regarded as one of the modern-day basketball legends, James is not just a sportsman; he is a hugely popular brand.
Even if you are completely oblivious to anything regarding the sport of basketball, unless you are living under a rock, the name LeBron James should sound familiar. Regarded as one of the modern-day basketball legends, James is not just a sportsman; he is a hugely popular brand.
- 6/4/2023
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
Production underway in Guadalajara.
Mira Sorvino and Joseph Sikora are attached to join Ruben Islas’ Atypical Pirate Movie, which is currently filming in Mexico and Grandave International has introduced to Cannes buyers.
The feature centres on a savant who gets caught up in the theft of a valuable thumb drive and is on the run from its owners in Guadalajara where he hooks up with the leader of a gang of thieves.
The cast includes previously announced Julio Macias, Danube Hermosillo, Emiliano Zurita, Herńan Mendoza, Gigi Guerrero, Casper Smart, and Mario Escalante.
Sorvino recently starred opposite Courteney Cox in Starz...
Mira Sorvino and Joseph Sikora are attached to join Ruben Islas’ Atypical Pirate Movie, which is currently filming in Mexico and Grandave International has introduced to Cannes buyers.
The feature centres on a savant who gets caught up in the theft of a valuable thumb drive and is on the run from its owners in Guadalajara where he hooks up with the leader of a gang of thieves.
The cast includes previously announced Julio Macias, Danube Hermosillo, Emiliano Zurita, Herńan Mendoza, Gigi Guerrero, Casper Smart, and Mario Escalante.
Sorvino recently starred opposite Courteney Cox in Starz...
- 5/19/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Grandave Intl. has acquired the international sales rights of sports drama feature film “Sweetwater,” starring Golden Globe winner and Emmy Award winner Jeremy Piven and Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss.
Other cast include SAG Award nominated actor Cary Elwes, SAG Award winner Kevin Pollak, and rising star Everett Osborne.
The film will be released in the U.S. by Universal and Briarcliff Entertainment, in partnership with the NBA. It is written and directed by Martin Guigui.
The producers are Tim Moore (“American Sniper”), Dahlia Guigui (“9/11”), Darren Moorman (“Blue Miracle”), and Josi Konski (“Babette’s Feast”).
Scott Pomeroy, Tom Ortenberg, Mike Durden, Scott Helms, David Cuddy, Craig Cheek, Stanley Preschutti and Ruben Islas are serving as executive producers.
“I am excited to screen this strong and commercial sports feature,” Tamara Nagahiro, Grandave Intl.’s head of sales, said.
Grandave Intl. will introduce the title to international buyers at the Cannes Film Market,...
Other cast include SAG Award nominated actor Cary Elwes, SAG Award winner Kevin Pollak, and rising star Everett Osborne.
The film will be released in the U.S. by Universal and Briarcliff Entertainment, in partnership with the NBA. It is written and directed by Martin Guigui.
The producers are Tim Moore (“American Sniper”), Dahlia Guigui (“9/11”), Darren Moorman (“Blue Miracle”), and Josi Konski (“Babette’s Feast”).
Scott Pomeroy, Tom Ortenberg, Mike Durden, Scott Helms, David Cuddy, Craig Cheek, Stanley Preschutti and Ruben Islas are serving as executive producers.
“I am excited to screen this strong and commercial sports feature,” Tamara Nagahiro, Grandave Intl.’s head of sales, said.
Grandave Intl. will introduce the title to international buyers at the Cannes Film Market,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Not researching much about Nat Sweetwater Clifton and his heroics before watching the movie was a conscious decision I made, as I wanted to have a better movie experience without knowing what happens at the end. The challenge about adapting a true story of any kind to the big screen is making it exciting enough for the audience to sit through the journey despite being aware of the ending. And the thing that is an absolute necessity for that is innovative, razor-sharp, Sorkin-esque writing.
Of course, the sports biopic sub-genre has the advantage of dazzling the viewer with grand, triumphant moments, which always work out if they are properly designed with ample cinematic value. The Sweetwater biopic, which goes by the same name, has plenty of such moments that work in its favor. In fact, the basketball part of the movie looks very realistic and not at all artificial. Where...
Of course, the sports biopic sub-genre has the advantage of dazzling the viewer with grand, triumphant moments, which always work out if they are properly designed with ample cinematic value. The Sweetwater biopic, which goes by the same name, has plenty of such moments that work in its favor. In fact, the basketball part of the movie looks very realistic and not at all artificial. Where...
- 5/10/2023
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
Sweetwater is a film written and directed by Martin Guigui starring Everett Osborne. With Cary Elwes, Eric Roberts and Richard Dreyfuss.
Looking for a Hollywood-style “feel-good” movie? A routine product of good intentions.
Sweetwater (2023) Movie review
There are good intentions, very good intentions, but that doesn’t mean that good cinema or art can be created with just that. If you are looking for something new in Sweetwater forget about it, because it is a series of well-intentioned clichés to teach us morals and give us a history lesson and, thus, in this way and with all its good purpose, it’s like attending school.
And if I were a teacher, I would even play it for my students.
But as impossible as it is being able to go from one parallel universe to another as in Everything at Once and Everywhere, we settle for watching this movie that, in this existence,...
Looking for a Hollywood-style “feel-good” movie? A routine product of good intentions.
Sweetwater (2023) Movie review
There are good intentions, very good intentions, but that doesn’t mean that good cinema or art can be created with just that. If you are looking for something new in Sweetwater forget about it, because it is a series of well-intentioned clichés to teach us morals and give us a history lesson and, thus, in this way and with all its good purpose, it’s like attending school.
And if I were a teacher, I would even play it for my students.
But as impossible as it is being able to go from one parallel universe to another as in Everything at Once and Everywhere, we settle for watching this movie that, in this existence,...
- 5/8/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Exclusive: Veteran actor Richard Dreyfuss, best known for his Oscar-winning turn in The Goodbye Girl, has signed with Innovative Artists for representation.
Dreyfuss made his name starring in many of the most influential films of the New Hollywood period, including George Lucas’s pre-Star Wars, hangout pic American Graffiti alongside Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Other credits include The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, and What About Bob?
Dreyfuss won the Best Actor Oscar in 1978 for his performance as Elliot Garfield in Herbert Ross’ popular romantic comedy The Goodbye Girl. At the time, Dreyfuss became the youngest man (age 30) to win an Oscar for Best Actor. That year Dreyfuss beat out Woody Allen, who was nominated for Manhattan, and John Travolta for Saturday Night Fever.
The film, written by Neil Simon, follows an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter who,...
Dreyfuss made his name starring in many of the most influential films of the New Hollywood period, including George Lucas’s pre-Star Wars, hangout pic American Graffiti alongside Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Other credits include The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, and What About Bob?
Dreyfuss won the Best Actor Oscar in 1978 for his performance as Elliot Garfield in Herbert Ross’ popular romantic comedy The Goodbye Girl. At the time, Dreyfuss became the youngest man (age 30) to win an Oscar for Best Actor. That year Dreyfuss beat out Woody Allen, who was nominated for Manhattan, and John Travolta for Saturday Night Fever.
The film, written by Neil Simon, follows an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter who,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.
And today we talk to the legend Richard Dreyfuss, currently starring in the film Sweetwater, in theaters now. Written and directed by Martin Guigui, the film tells the true story of basketball icon Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, the first African-American player to sign an NBA contract. Dreyfuss plays league president Maurice Podoloff, stuck between a desire to integrate the sport and a perceived need to keep the more racist team owners happy.
We chat with Dreyfuss about the new film and a select few of his lesser-seen gems. Among them are the Steven Spielberg 1989 romance Always, the gambling comedy Let It Ride, and the Sidney Lumet drama Night Falls on Manhattan.
We marvel at Dreyfuss’ ability to play complex characters,...
And today we talk to the legend Richard Dreyfuss, currently starring in the film Sweetwater, in theaters now. Written and directed by Martin Guigui, the film tells the true story of basketball icon Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, the first African-American player to sign an NBA contract. Dreyfuss plays league president Maurice Podoloff, stuck between a desire to integrate the sport and a perceived need to keep the more racist team owners happy.
We chat with Dreyfuss about the new film and a select few of his lesser-seen gems. Among them are the Steven Spielberg 1989 romance Always, the gambling comedy Let It Ride, and the Sidney Lumet drama Night Falls on Manhattan.
We marvel at Dreyfuss’ ability to play complex characters,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Cary Elwes says he almost missed out on the opportunity to work with Mel Brooks.
The star is set to star in sports drama “Sweetwater”, but has his roots in comedy. Ahead of the 30th anniversary of “Robin Hood: Men in Tights”, Elwes admits he almost missed out on the role by hanging up on the director.
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“When he called me, he actually found my home number and called me at home. He said, ‘Hi, this is Mel Brooks’ and I thought it was a prank. I hung up, I was like, ‘Yeah, right’ and I hung up,” he recalled. “I thought it was one of my friends, you know, making a prank call.”
Luckily for the actor, Brooks as persistent and called him back to convince him it really was the famous director.
“You know,...
The star is set to star in sports drama “Sweetwater”, but has his roots in comedy. Ahead of the 30th anniversary of “Robin Hood: Men in Tights”, Elwes admits he almost missed out on the role by hanging up on the director.
Read More: Cary Elwes Shares Update After Rattlesnake Bite: ‘I Am Doing Much Better’
“When he called me, he actually found my home number and called me at home. He said, ‘Hi, this is Mel Brooks’ and I thought it was a prank. I hung up, I was like, ‘Yeah, right’ and I hung up,” he recalled. “I thought it was one of my friends, you know, making a prank call.”
Luckily for the actor, Brooks as persistent and called him back to convince him it really was the famous director.
“You know,...
- 4/17/2023
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
Jeremy Priven is proud to have been a part of Ellen DeGeneres’ history-making moment.
Speaking with Et Canada’s Dallas Dixon about his new film “Sweetwater”, Piven also looked back on co-starring with DeGeneres on her ground-breaking sitcom “Ellen”.
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Piven played Spence Kovak on the ’90s show from season 3 until the show ended in season 5, during the same period DeGeneres publicly came out as gay.
“That’s another case where it’s like, I couldn’t believe how lucky I was to be a part of that,” the actor said.
“I remember at the time, I was looking at Ellen thinking, ‘She’s so funny and brilliant and self-empowered and a role model and all these things, why doesn’t she come out?’ And I know that it was taboo then, but like, to me,...
Speaking with Et Canada’s Dallas Dixon about his new film “Sweetwater”, Piven also looked back on co-starring with DeGeneres on her ground-breaking sitcom “Ellen”.
Read More: Portia de Rossi Celebrates Her Birthday By Surprising Ellen DeGeneres With Wedding Vow Renewal
Piven played Spence Kovak on the ’90s show from season 3 until the show ended in season 5, during the same period DeGeneres publicly came out as gay.
“That’s another case where it’s like, I couldn’t believe how lucky I was to be a part of that,” the actor said.
“I remember at the time, I was looking at Ellen thinking, ‘She’s so funny and brilliant and self-empowered and a role model and all these things, why doesn’t she come out?’ And I know that it was taboo then, but like, to me,...
- 4/17/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Sweetwater is a biopic about legendary basketball player Nat ‘Sweetwater’ Clifton, and to mark its release we had the pleasure in interviewing some of the movie’s key players. Of course one of which was the leading star Everett Osborne who plays the eponymous lead role, as he talks about getting into the mind and body of one of the sport’s most iconic and important players.
We also speak to star of the screen Cary Elwes as he talks about his relationship with the sport but also his fledging relationship with filmmaker Guy Ritchie, looking across the projects he has been sharing with the British director. Finally, we interviewed Martin Guigui, the man at the helm, as he talks about this story and what inspired him to tell it, while we also get onto the subject of music, and hands (it’ll make sense when you watch it). All...
We also speak to star of the screen Cary Elwes as he talks about his relationship with the sport but also his fledging relationship with filmmaker Guy Ritchie, looking across the projects he has been sharing with the British director. Finally, we interviewed Martin Guigui, the man at the helm, as he talks about this story and what inspired him to tell it, while we also get onto the subject of music, and hands (it’ll make sense when you watch it). All...
- 4/17/2023
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ahead of its wide release next weekend, A24’s “Beau Is Afraid” has been released in four theaters in Los Angeles and New York this weekend and earned the best per-theater average of 2023.
The indie studio reported a weekend total of $320,396 for a per-theater average of $80,099, the second highest theater average posted by any film since theaters reopened two years ago. The only film to earn a higher average was Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” with $86,289 on Thanksgiving weekend in 2021.
Directed by “Hereditary” and “Midsommar” filmmaker Ari Aster, “Beau Is Afraid” has received positive reviews from critics with a 76% score on Rotten Tomatoes, but even the most glowing of reviews acknowledge that this film will not be for everybody. The three-hour surrealist horror odyssey stars Joaquin Phoenix as Beau, a man who is humiliated and terrorized every step of the way as he struggles to make it to his...
The indie studio reported a weekend total of $320,396 for a per-theater average of $80,099, the second highest theater average posted by any film since theaters reopened two years ago. The only film to earn a higher average was Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” with $86,289 on Thanksgiving weekend in 2021.
Directed by “Hereditary” and “Midsommar” filmmaker Ari Aster, “Beau Is Afraid” has received positive reviews from critics with a 76% score on Rotten Tomatoes, but even the most glowing of reviews acknowledge that this film will not be for everybody. The three-hour surrealist horror odyssey stars Joaquin Phoenix as Beau, a man who is humiliated and terrorized every step of the way as he struggles to make it to his...
- 4/16/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
With a stunning second weekend total of $87 million, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Universal) justifies the case for its potential to become 2023’s top domestic release. The Illumination Animation adaptation of the Nintendo game fell only 41 percent, exceeding even the most generous estimates for its hold.
With $348 million already in for its first 12 days and its strong hold suggesting vast public interest and repeat viewings, “Super Mario Bros.” looks primed for at least a $600 million total. That would be a domestic take exceeded only by “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” last year — and a level not assumed for any number of potentially strong upcoming releases, particularly with Marvel titles still strong but below past levels. Worldwide, it is already as $678 million.
“Super Mario Bros.” accounted for more than 60 percent of the gross in a week notable for five new films in the Top Ten. In a...
With $348 million already in for its first 12 days and its strong hold suggesting vast public interest and repeat viewings, “Super Mario Bros.” looks primed for at least a $600 million total. That would be a domestic take exceeded only by “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” last year — and a level not assumed for any number of potentially strong upcoming releases, particularly with Marvel titles still strong but below past levels. Worldwide, it is already as $678 million.
“Super Mario Bros.” accounted for more than 60 percent of the gross in a week notable for five new films in the Top Ten. In a...
- 4/16/2023
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Box office: ‘Super Mario Bros’ crosses $300 million, wins 2nd weekend as everything else disappoints
It was a disappointing weekend at the box office for all but one mega-blockbuster hit, Universal and Nintendo’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which didn’t crash and burn after its record-setting $200 million opening week as expected. Instead, it becomes the first movie of 2023 to make more than $300 million, and it crossed that milestone in less than two weeks.
The video game adaptation featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Seth Rogen, and more, made $22.6 million in its second Friday, down 62% from Good Friday, but as with most family films, business picked up on Saturday for Universal to report a second weekend of $87 million (estimated). That is the highest second weekend for any animated film, including those from Illumination Entertainment, surpassing the $85 million second weekend of Disney’s “Frozen 2.” It has now grossed $347.8 million domestically.
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Overseas,...
The video game adaptation featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Seth Rogen, and more, made $22.6 million in its second Friday, down 62% from Good Friday, but as with most family films, business picked up on Saturday for Universal to report a second weekend of $87 million (estimated). That is the highest second weekend for any animated film, including those from Illumination Entertainment, surpassing the $85 million second weekend of Disney’s “Frozen 2.” It has now grossed $347.8 million domestically.
SEE2023 box office hits: Every movie that made more than $100 million
Overseas,...
- 4/16/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Beau Is Afraid posted the top per-screen average of the year so far and the best limited opening for distributor A24 since Uncut Gems, grossing an estimated $320,396 at four locations in New York and LA for a hefty per-screen average of $80K+ in sold-out shows on both coasts. (Uncut Gems with Adam Sandler had a $105k PSA on five screens in 2019 — a limited-opening record at the time.)
In Ari Aster’s surrealist black comedy-horror Beau, Joaquin Phoenix is a mild-mannered man riddled by paranoia, who confronts his worst fears on an epic journey to his hometown for his mother’s funeral. Presales had been looking strong and the numbers certainly came through for the distrib and the director beloved by fans of his previous films Hereditary and Midsommar. The ensemble cast includes Nathan Lane, Amy, Ryan, Parker Posey and Patti LuPone. Expanding in a regional Imax event on 4/18 ahead of...
In Ari Aster’s surrealist black comedy-horror Beau, Joaquin Phoenix is a mild-mannered man riddled by paranoia, who confronts his worst fears on an epic journey to his hometown for his mother’s funeral. Presales had been looking strong and the numbers certainly came through for the distrib and the director beloved by fans of his previous films Hereditary and Midsommar. The ensemble cast includes Nathan Lane, Amy, Ryan, Parker Posey and Patti LuPone. Expanding in a regional Imax event on 4/18 ahead of...
- 4/16/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Mamma mia! “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is staying on top at the domestic box office.
The Universal release added a commanding $22.6 million on Friday from 4,371 theaters. After achieving the biggest opening weekend of the year, “Super Mario Bros.” actually added 28 more locations in its sophomore outing.
The Universal, Illumination and Nintendo co-production is now projecting an $80 million gross for the three-day frame, which would mark an impressive 45% drop from its $146 million opening weekend. A major release that opens above $100 million hardly ever slips less than 50% in its second outing. In comparison to other recent family fare, “Mario Bros.” is putting up a stronger hold than “Minions: The Rise of Gru” (-56.9%) and “Strange World” (-58.2%).
The sustained power of the animated adventure shows that the film is going beyond charming families, who have been deprived of a major release targeted at them since “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” hit theaters in December.
The Universal release added a commanding $22.6 million on Friday from 4,371 theaters. After achieving the biggest opening weekend of the year, “Super Mario Bros.” actually added 28 more locations in its sophomore outing.
The Universal, Illumination and Nintendo co-production is now projecting an $80 million gross for the three-day frame, which would mark an impressive 45% drop from its $146 million opening weekend. A major release that opens above $100 million hardly ever slips less than 50% in its second outing. In comparison to other recent family fare, “Mario Bros.” is putting up a stronger hold than “Minions: The Rise of Gru” (-56.9%) and “Strange World” (-58.2%).
The sustained power of the animated adventure shows that the film is going beyond charming families, who have been deprived of a major release targeted at them since “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” hit theaters in December.
- 4/15/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Universal and Illumination’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a bona fide blockbuster.
The Nintendo video game adaptation is now on course to gross $80 million in its second weekend of play at the domestic box office from 4,371 theaters, notably more than expected and representing a drop of just 45 percent. By the end of Sunday, the PG pic will sit at a projected $340.8 million domestically and $318.6 million overseas for a jaw-dropping global tally of $659.4 million.
The animated sensation smashed numerous records in its launch over the long Easter holiday. And by mid-week, Mario zoomed past Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania to rank as the top-grossing movie of the year to date at the domestic, international and worldwide box office. It’s also now the No. 1 video game adaptation of all time after passing up Warcraft ($439.4 million) and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu ($449.8 million).
A plethora of new movies are opening...
The Nintendo video game adaptation is now on course to gross $80 million in its second weekend of play at the domestic box office from 4,371 theaters, notably more than expected and representing a drop of just 45 percent. By the end of Sunday, the PG pic will sit at a projected $340.8 million domestically and $318.6 million overseas for a jaw-dropping global tally of $659.4 million.
The animated sensation smashed numerous records in its launch over the long Easter holiday. And by mid-week, Mario zoomed past Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania to rank as the top-grossing movie of the year to date at the domestic, international and worldwide box office. It’s also now the No. 1 video game adaptation of all time after passing up Warcraft ($439.4 million) and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu ($449.8 million).
A plethora of new movies are opening...
- 4/15/2023
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There’s no shortage of new films hitting cinemas this weekend, but The Super Mario Bros. Movie is ready to butt-stomp the competition for another weekend of collecting gold coins at the box office. According to analysts, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is looking at $58M, with a nine-day $260M domestic total creeping toward $300M. Illumination‘s animated adventure in the Mushroom Kingdom grossed $9.4M on Thursday at 4,343 markets, -13% from Wednesday’s $10.7M. The Super Mario Bros. Movie recently crossed the $500M mark worldwide, becoming the biggest video game adaptation ever.
Renfield and The Pope’s Exorcist war for supernatural supremacy at the box office this weekend, though neither is conjuring dollars at cinemas as we’d assumed. Renfield sank its teeth into $900K in Thursday night previews, while The Pope’s Exorcist channeled $850K. The pair of genre films were projected to earn $8M-$10M. Renfield, starring Nicolas Cage as Dracula,...
Renfield and The Pope’s Exorcist war for supernatural supremacy at the box office this weekend, though neither is conjuring dollars at cinemas as we’d assumed. Renfield sank its teeth into $900K in Thursday night previews, while The Pope’s Exorcist channeled $850K. The pair of genre films were projected to earn $8M-$10M. Renfield, starring Nicolas Cage as Dracula,...
- 4/14/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Five wide releases hit theaters this weekend, but Illumination and Universal’s Super Mario Bros. Movie will reign supreme with a second weekend, -60% of $58M. Already the plumbers have plunged a running stateside total through nine days of $260M, with $300M+ this weekend in sight.
Super Mario Bros grossed $9.4M yesterday at 4,343 locations, -13% from Wednesday’s $10.7M.
Two genre films aimed at dudes over 25 are battling it out, one funnier than the other in the face-off between Universal’s Nicolas Cage vampire comedy, Renfield, and Sony/Screen’s Gems Pope’s Exorcist starring Russell Crowe.
Renfield did $900K in previews last night to Pope’s Exorcist‘s $850K. Both were projecting $8M-$10M, however, Renfield looks to be at the top of that range. Renfield, at 62% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with critics (82% with moviegoers), is booked at 3,300 theaters, while Pope’s Exorcist is at 3,100 sites, saddled at 48% Rotten...
Super Mario Bros grossed $9.4M yesterday at 4,343 locations, -13% from Wednesday’s $10.7M.
Two genre films aimed at dudes over 25 are battling it out, one funnier than the other in the face-off between Universal’s Nicolas Cage vampire comedy, Renfield, and Sony/Screen’s Gems Pope’s Exorcist starring Russell Crowe.
Renfield did $900K in previews last night to Pope’s Exorcist‘s $850K. Both were projecting $8M-$10M, however, Renfield looks to be at the top of that range. Renfield, at 62% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with critics (82% with moviegoers), is booked at 3,300 theaters, while Pope’s Exorcist is at 3,100 sites, saddled at 48% Rotten...
- 4/14/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Briarcliff Entertainment has taken domestic distribution rights to Sight starring Terry Chen and Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning Greg Kinnear. A wide theatrical release has been set for Oct. 27.
The pic, written and directed by Andrew Hyatt, is based on the true story of Dr. Ming Wang, a poor Chinese immigrant who defied all odds to become a world-renowned eye surgeon, restoring vision to tens of thousands. Pic traces Dr. Wang’s journey from a young boy growing up in 1970s China, to becoming one of the leading eye surgeons in America. He attended Harvard and MIT and developed an innovative technology that restored sight in millions.
Said Briarcliff’s Tom Ortenberg, “Our industry made some amazing strides this past year in terms of representation, including on the world stage at the Academy Awards. We are proud to be in...
The pic, written and directed by Andrew Hyatt, is based on the true story of Dr. Ming Wang, a poor Chinese immigrant who defied all odds to become a world-renowned eye surgeon, restoring vision to tens of thousands. Pic traces Dr. Wang’s journey from a young boy growing up in 1970s China, to becoming one of the leading eye surgeons in America. He attended Harvard and MIT and developed an innovative technology that restored sight in millions.
Said Briarcliff’s Tom Ortenberg, “Our industry made some amazing strides this past year in terms of representation, including on the world stage at the Academy Awards. We are proud to be in...
- 4/13/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The April box office is in full bloom thanks to the astounding performance of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which served up the biggest global opening of all time for an animated film, with $375.6 million over the long Easter holiday. And it is showing no sign of slowing down as it prepares to jump to the next level and clear the $500 million mark globally in the next few days.
Its massive five-day domestic opening of $204.6 million included $146.4 million for the three-day weekend. And Amazon kicked off a new era for streamers in giving Ben Affleck’s adult-skewing drama Air a proper theatrical release in thousands of theaters instead of sending it straight to Amazon Prime Video. Apple Original Films is also switching course and making a foray into theatrical, including with Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon (the tech giant is partnering with Paramount on the release). Scorsese’s film,...
Its massive five-day domestic opening of $204.6 million included $146.4 million for the three-day weekend. And Amazon kicked off a new era for streamers in giving Ben Affleck’s adult-skewing drama Air a proper theatrical release in thousands of theaters instead of sending it straight to Amazon Prime Video. Apple Original Films is also switching course and making a foray into theatrical, including with Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon (the tech giant is partnering with Paramount on the release). Scorsese’s film,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A flurry of new movies will hit North American cinemas this weekend in what marks one of the most varied and crowded lineups since the pandemic struck.
None, however, have a chance of toppling holdover The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The Nintendo video game adaptation should earn at least $55 million to $60 million domestically in its sophomore outing after debuting to an astounding $206.4 million over the long Easter holiday, including $146.6 million for the three-day weekend. That put its global launch at $375.6 million.
From Illumination and Universal, the animated sensation smashed numerous records in its launch. And there’s more to come.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Ben Affleck’s Air is another holdover to watch. The adult-skewing movie, which kicks off Amazon’s foray into the traditional theatrical business, opened to a better-than-expected $20.2 million over the Easter holiday and hopes to do $8.5 million or more this weekend.
Among the five new nationwide titles,...
None, however, have a chance of toppling holdover The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The Nintendo video game adaptation should earn at least $55 million to $60 million domestically in its sophomore outing after debuting to an astounding $206.4 million over the long Easter holiday, including $146.6 million for the three-day weekend. That put its global launch at $375.6 million.
From Illumination and Universal, the animated sensation smashed numerous records in its launch. And there’s more to come.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Ben Affleck’s Air is another holdover to watch. The adult-skewing movie, which kicks off Amazon’s foray into the traditional theatrical business, opened to a better-than-expected $20.2 million over the Easter holiday and hopes to do $8.5 million or more this weekend.
Among the five new nationwide titles,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Sweetwater” is a biopic about Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, the Black power forward who broke the color barrier of the NBA in 1950, three years after Jackie Robinson accomplished the same feat in baseball. It’s telling that Robinson remains one of the most celebrated heroes in sports history, while Clifton is still a somewhat obscure figure.
There’s a biting irony to that contrast. It relates to how the integration of basketball totally changed the game, even more than the integration of baseball changed baseball. “Sweetwater,” written and directed by Martin Guigui, is a straight-down-the-middle inspirational sports movie — and, one regrets to say, a kind of benign sketchbook version of the form. Yet it also tells the tale of the Harlem Globetrotters, the fabled team of barnstorming trickster prodigies who Clifton started off as a member of. There were several levels to the Globetrotters’ athletic magic, and the film captures how...
There’s a biting irony to that contrast. It relates to how the integration of basketball totally changed the game, even more than the integration of baseball changed baseball. “Sweetwater,” written and directed by Martin Guigui, is a straight-down-the-middle inspirational sports movie — and, one regrets to say, a kind of benign sketchbook version of the form. Yet it also tells the tale of the Harlem Globetrotters, the fabled team of barnstorming trickster prodigies who Clifton started off as a member of. There were several levels to the Globetrotters’ athletic magic, and the film captures how...
- 4/13/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Despite an uptick in sports movies, the days of Bull Durham, The Natural and Moneyball are long behind us
The crack of the bat. The roar of the crowd. The green grass and the brown dirt. These are the sights and sounds that bring joy to baseball fans every April, both in person and on the silver screen. Historically, baseball films are released in the spring to coincide with Opening Day, when even the most deadened fanbase can spare a smidge of romance and optimism. The Bad News Bears, Major League, Field of Dreams, Fever Pitch and 42 were all released in April. This year, there are none to be found, and that’s not a scheduling accident. A baseball film hasn’t had a significant theatrical release – in any month, let alone April – since 2016, when Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!! landed with a thud at the box office.
The crack of the bat. The roar of the crowd. The green grass and the brown dirt. These are the sights and sounds that bring joy to baseball fans every April, both in person and on the silver screen. Historically, baseball films are released in the spring to coincide with Opening Day, when even the most deadened fanbase can spare a smidge of romance and optimism. The Bad News Bears, Major League, Field of Dreams, Fever Pitch and 42 were all released in April. This year, there are none to be found, and that’s not a scheduling accident. A baseball film hasn’t had a significant theatrical release – in any month, let alone April – since 2016, when Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!! landed with a thud at the box office.
- 3/29/2023
- by Noah Gittell
- The Guardian - Film News
January Jones took aim at virtual auditions on Saturday, writing on her Instagram story, “Note to Hollywood: It’s time for casting directors to come back into the office like everyone else. To audition actors in person.”
The “Mad Men” star continued, “And if anyone asks for a Fee to audition please know that this is criminal and Pathetic. I personally have had to self tape several times since the pandemic began and there is zero benefit to it for anyone involved. It’s time consuming, expensive, and a drag to whomever you have to drag in to read with you (sorry Mom), and is often done with zero direction/notes.”
Since the pandemic, self-tapes have remained a common way for actors to audition for roles, rather than auditioning live in front of casting directors.
“I can’t imagine how difficult it must be for an actor just starting out...
The “Mad Men” star continued, “And if anyone asks for a Fee to audition please know that this is criminal and Pathetic. I personally have had to self tape several times since the pandemic began and there is zero benefit to it for anyone involved. It’s time consuming, expensive, and a drag to whomever you have to drag in to read with you (sorry Mom), and is often done with zero direction/notes.”
Since the pandemic, self-tapes have remained a common way for actors to audition for roles, rather than auditioning live in front of casting directors.
“I can’t imagine how difficult it must be for an actor just starting out...
- 3/6/2023
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Nowadays, people are obsessed with the idea of serial killers. It’s almost disturbing how much true-crime media is consumed by folks, as they desperately try to learn more and more about history’s worst criminals. But decades ago, the idea of a serial killer was not even considered, which led one woman into the darkness as seen in “Boston Strangler.”
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As the title implies, “Boston Strangler” tells the story of the infamous crime spree and the mysterious killer responsible.
Continue reading ‘Boston Strangler’ Trailer: Keira Knightley & Carrie Coon Are On The Hunt For A Killer In Upcoming Hulu Film at The Playlist.
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As the title implies, “Boston Strangler” tells the story of the infamous crime spree and the mysterious killer responsible.
Continue reading ‘Boston Strangler’ Trailer: Keira Knightley & Carrie Coon Are On The Hunt For A Killer In Upcoming Hulu Film at The Playlist.
- 2/21/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
"Change is happening - but I don't know if my city can take it." Briarcliff Ent. has revealed a trailer for a sports movie called Sweetwater, telling the true story of an iconic basketball player. This opens in theaters in April, right after the NCAA finals, and hasn't played at any festivals. In the fall of 1950, Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton forever changed the game of basketball when he became the very first African American contracted to play in the NBA. "The game of basketball would never be played the same." This is "inspired" by the true story of Hall of Famer Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton - he played his first game for the New York Knicks four days after the debut of Washington Capitols player Earl Lloyd, the first black player to appear in an NBA game. Everett Osborne stars as Nat, with a cast including Jeremy Piven, Cary Elwes, Richard Dreyfuss,...
- 2/19/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton wasn’t the first African American basketball player to sign an NBA contract, but he was the first to sign one and go on to play professionally. Without him, the sport wouldn’t be what it is today. Now, it’s time for movie audiences to take in his story.
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“Sweetwater” charts Clifton’s life and career from his Arkansas youth, his time fighting in Europe during World War II, and brief stints with the Harlem Globetrotters and Negro League baseball before signing with New York Knicks in 1950.
Continue reading ‘Sweetwater’ Trailer: The Story About Trailblazing Basketball Player Nat Clifton Hits Theaters On April 14 at The Playlist.
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“Sweetwater” charts Clifton’s life and career from his Arkansas youth, his time fighting in Europe during World War II, and brief stints with the Harlem Globetrotters and Negro League baseball before signing with New York Knicks in 1950.
Continue reading ‘Sweetwater’ Trailer: The Story About Trailblazing Basketball Player Nat Clifton Hits Theaters On April 14 at The Playlist.
- 2/17/2023
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
Robert Dalva, the film editor who earned an Oscar nomination for his work on the touching family adventure The Black Stallion and collaborated with director Joe Johnston on five films, including Jumanji and Captain America: The First Avenger, has died. He was 80.
Dalva died Jan. 27 of lymphoma in Marin County, California, his son Matthew Dalva told The Hollywood Reporter.
Dalva attended USC film school in the same class with George Lucas, and he went to work with him and Francis Ford Coppola in 1969 as the pair launched their innovative American Zoetrope production company in San Francisco.
The relationship paid off when Lucas hired Dalva to handle second-unit photography — he shot the land speeder going across the desert — on the original Star Wars (1977).
On the Coppola-produced Black Stallion (1979), starring Mickey Rooney in an Oscar-nominated performance, Dalva partnered with director Carroll Ballard, who also did second-unit work on Star Wars.
“We had...
Dalva died Jan. 27 of lymphoma in Marin County, California, his son Matthew Dalva told The Hollywood Reporter.
Dalva attended USC film school in the same class with George Lucas, and he went to work with him and Francis Ford Coppola in 1969 as the pair launched their innovative American Zoetrope production company in San Francisco.
The relationship paid off when Lucas hired Dalva to handle second-unit photography — he shot the land speeder going across the desert — on the original Star Wars (1977).
On the Coppola-produced Black Stallion (1979), starring Mickey Rooney in an Oscar-nominated performance, Dalva partnered with director Carroll Ballard, who also did second-unit work on Star Wars.
“We had...
- 2/6/2023
- by Mike Barnes and Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired North American rights to The Hill, an inspirational true-life sports drama starring Dennis Quaid, scripted by Angelo Pizzo & Scott Marshall Smith and directed by Jeff Celentano. Quaid starred in one of the most successful fact-based sports films in recent memory with The Rookie, and Pizzo wrote two of the best true sports films in Rudy and Hoosiers. Celentano helmed Gunshy and Breaking Point.
Quaid plays James Hill, a traveling pastor who becomes an overbearing influence on Rickey Hill, his sandlot baseball phenom son. The pastor thinks he’s protecting the boy because of health concerns and fear of how others will treat the youth because of his physical disabilities. But Rickey is determined to overcome those setbacks to fulfill his dream of playing professional baseball and making his father proud. The cast includes Colin Ford, Joelle Carter and country star Randy Houser, with Bonnie Bedelia and Scott Glenn.
Quaid plays James Hill, a traveling pastor who becomes an overbearing influence on Rickey Hill, his sandlot baseball phenom son. The pastor thinks he’s protecting the boy because of health concerns and fear of how others will treat the youth because of his physical disabilities. But Rickey is determined to overcome those setbacks to fulfill his dream of playing professional baseball and making his father proud. The cast includes Colin Ford, Joelle Carter and country star Randy Houser, with Bonnie Bedelia and Scott Glenn.
- 1/5/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Six top TV costume designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Wednesday, May 25, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 6:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 contenders:
Black-ish (ABC)
Synopsis: A couple struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
Bio: Michelle R. Cole was an eight-time Emmy nominee for “Black-ish” and “In Living Color.” Other projects have included “Martin,...
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 contenders:
Black-ish (ABC)
Synopsis: A couple struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
Bio: Michelle R. Cole was an eight-time Emmy nominee for “Black-ish” and “In Living Color.” Other projects have included “Martin,...
- 5/19/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Cary Elwes joins production of Nat Clifton biopic — Cary Elwes portrays basketball promoter Ned Irish in Sweetwater. Depicting the reputedly “cold, unapproachable” pioneering promoter might represent a special challenge to Elwes, since relatively little seems readily available about Ned Irish, the person. But plenty is well known about Ned Irish, journalist, public relations specialist, media mogul, [...]
Continue reading: Sweetwater: Cary Elwes Cast in Nat Clifton Biopic...
Continue reading: Sweetwater: Cary Elwes Cast in Nat Clifton Biopic...
- 5/16/2022
- by David McDonald
- Film-Book
Written and directed by Martin Guigui, award-winning filmmaker who has helmed several shorts and films, along with music themed documentaries about Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton and Sun Ra's, the long-in-gestation screen biopic titled Sweetwater seems to be moving full speed ahead. A Sunset Pictures and Main Street Films production partnership, Sweetwater is set in the fall of 1950, during the time "the game of basketball changed forever when Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton entered the NBA. The first African American to play in the NBA." According to Guigui, who confirmed Wood Harris' starring turn as basketball icon Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton...
- 1/4/2013
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
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