Cuomo received the Founder’s Award last year in the wake of his daily briefings and leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Academy had praised Cuomo for the way he utilized television to provide a sense of calm and safety during a trying time. Previous recipients of the Founder’s Award over the years have included Oprah Winfrey, J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg, and Norman Lear. This is not the first time any of the media academies have taken back awards or rescinded inclusion in the wake of allegations....

The pandemic has exposed the award season in the way a certain type of movie gets nominated. Usually there’s been struggle within the Academy: “How can we get popular blockbusters in too, along with indie fare and awards-type movies, so the public will know what the movies are and get excited about the show?” Because of the pandemic, most big movies got pushed into the next calendar year, so we are left with small movies....

At the last CinemaCon, in 2019, studios and exhibitors approached the event with the common understanding that studios release their slates in theaters. Two years later, studios presume nothing and exhibitors try to keep pace. Theaters are no longer a given as studios determine the best way to release their films, whether it’s theaters, PVOD, streaming, or some combination thereof. The annual exhibitor convention at Caesar’s Palace usually takes place in late March or early April, the better for distributors to promote their big summer titles....

Barbie Ferreira, star of HBO’s Emmy-winning “Euphoria,” announced on social media Wednesday evening that she will not be returning for Season 3 of the hit series about the debaucherous lives of California teenagers. Ferreira shared the update via an Instagram story. “After four years of getting to embody the most special and enigmatic character Kat, I’m having to say a very teary-eyed goodbye,” Ferreira wrote. “I hope many of you could see yourself in her like I did and that she brought you joy to see her journey into the character she is today....

Named for its plucky protagonist, “Beans” lays bare the pain and trauma of that reality through the eyes of a 12-year-old Mohawk girl. Cheerful and ambitious, the film follows Beans as she struggles to find herself while navigating community, discrimination, and a revolution. Though the beats of her self-reckoning are understandably familiar, the setting and point of view is wholly original. It’s safe to say there’s never been a film quite like “Beans....

The findings confirm Bauer served as an advisor to the Reichsfilmintendanz, the organization behind Nazi film policy. The Reichsfilmintendanz was created by Joseph Goebbels. Bauer began advising for the Reichsfilmintendanz in the early 1940s and stayed within the German film industry long after the end of World War II. Bauer was named the first director of the Berlin International Film Festival and held the position until 1976. “The new and now scientifically researched findings about Alfred Bauer’s responsibilities in the Reichsfilmintendanz and his behaviour in the denazification process are startling,” Berlinale Executive Director Mariette Rissenbeek said in a statement, via Variety....

“We believe that not separating the awards in the acting field according to gender comprises a signal for a more gender-sensitive awareness in the film industry,” said Berlinale directors Rissenbeek and Chatrian in a statement. Berlinale’s announcement makes it the first major international film festival to switch up how it awards its acting prizes based on gender. Cannes still has its Best Actor and Best Actress prizes as of now, as does the Venice Film Festival with the Volpi Cup for Actor and Actress....

It’s always a good time for a movie marathon, but the holidays feel particularly special because there are so many great films hitting streaming services and SVOD on a regular basis. Now that the season of gift giving has arrived, you still have a few weeks to score that perfect holiday present for someone you love, even (or especially!) if that someone you love is actually yourself. A lot of us have been spending more time at home over the last year, so why not find ways to spruce up your abode with posters, books, snacks, trivia games, and even organizing tools perfect for the cinephile in your life?...

At 11 a.m. ET March 1, Disney+ surprised fans by bringing over all six Marvel series originally produced for Netflix — gratuitous violence, curse words and all — with a new TV-MA setting in the typically family-friendly streaming service’s parental controls. Exactly 60 hours later, Disney+ revealed that a brand new (and cheaper) ad-supported version — aka AVOD — will roll out in the U.S. later this year, with international territories to follow in 2023....

Wright, who plays the late Chadwick Boseman’s onscreen sister Shuri in the Marvel films, was hospitalized in August 2021 after falling off of a “biscuit rig” riding a motorcycle during a Boston shoot. Per producer Nate Moore in a Variety cover story, the rig “clipped a median and sheared the bike off, and it tumbled.” Wright was hospitalized with a fractured shoulder and a concussion. While Marvel assured the injury would not delay the film, Wright’s accident pushed production back over four and a half months, with Wright returning in January 2022....

“I’m often asked if I was offered a role in ‘Game of Thrones’ — reason being that every other bugger was — and the answer is, yes, I was supposed to be a king called Robert Baratheon, who apparently died when he was gored by a boar in the first season,” Cox wrote. (That role on the fantasy series went to Mark Addy.) “I know very little about ‘Game of Thrones’ so I can’t tell you whether or not he was an important character, and I’m not going to Google it just in case he was, because I turned it down....

The film is directed by Emmy nominee Cynthia Hill, best known for her 2014 documentary about domestic abuse, “Private Violence,” which premiered the same year in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival. Hill said in a statement, “I agreed to do this film because I think it’s a shame that Brittany’s promising life and career has been eclipsed by the circumstances of her death. I think it’s important to celebrate Brittany’s talent as we struggle to explain the tragic circumstances of her and Simon’s deaths....

A number of films bestowed with those asterisked 2020 laurels will finally make their bow at the 2021 festival, along with a slew of brand-new titles (including a few even made during the pandemic), some returning stars, and some major new names to know. Of the dozens of films set to premiere at Cannes, we’ve honed in on a handful that have us most excited for the return of Cannes (and, yes, cinema at large), including new works from some of our favorite filmmakers and a few curiosities that have piqued our interest....

“I remember him and Tessa were offered a movie, it was about two slaves, and he was like, ‘I do not want to perpetuate slavery,’” Greene wrote in an essay for THR. “It was like, ‘We’re not going to keep perpetuating the stereotypes,’ and that’s why he wanted to show men of strength and character.” Greene continued, “It was always about bringing light. That’s why we never did really dark movies or movies that were just people shooting everybody and perpetuating darkness....

In an Instagram post published this week, Yi said Rogen’s decision to originally side with Franco was harmful to the women who accused Franco of sexual misconduct. Yi wrote that Rogen’s actions could have “caused denial, loss of reality, loss of intuition to protect self from future abusers, life-long health issues, [and/or] attempt in suicide” for the women. Yi also provided a checklist for Rogen that included the following requirements: “Apologize to survivors for making their lives even more vulnerable by publicly siding with an abuser, further damaging their careers and safety; commit to educating self about coercion, sexual assault, and how to be a protective ally; promote protecting and hiring survivors....

A decade after Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” trilogy redefined the superhero genre (and won an Academy Award for Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker) and lead star Christian Bale is hoping for a possible return to the DC franchise. “I had a pact with Chris Nolan,” Bale told Screen Rant about the trilogy, which concluded in 2012. “We said, ‘Hey, look. Let’s make three films, if we’re lucky enough to get to do that....

No doubt the challenging weather decreased theater attendance by more than a little, particularly Friday. But the good news is that when Christmas falls on a Sunday, that day is the best of the three-day weekend. And then the holiday Monday is even more significant. It would have been more catastrophic if the cold front had moved in two days later. “Avatar: The Way of Water” (Disney) was the relative bright spot among all titles....

“CNN This Morning’ debuted to an average of 387,000 total viewers, according to Nielsen numbers. Of that all-in tally, 71,000 came from the key news demographic of adults 25-54. On its final day of Halloween, “New Day” averaged 353,000 total viewers; of that number, 75,000 came from the main demo. For all of October, “New Day” averaged 404,000 total viewers (anyone age 2 and older) and 78,000 in the demo....

“It was very clear to me from the conversations that we had that she loved ‘CSI’ and anything that had a crime scene or Mark Harmon in it,” Farrell said. But their friendship extended far beyond making small talk about television. Farrell recalled that they briefly lost touch while he was going through a difficult period in his life, and the “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” star expressed her disappointment that he didn’t immediately open up to her about it....

After Colin Farrell confirmed that there is a “The Batman” spin-off for his character Penguin in the works at HBO Max, producer Dylan Clark has now hinted at the storyline, likening it to another gangster epic: “Scarface.” “We’re doing one with Colin [Farrell, as Oswald Cobblepot], seeing Oz rise to power, almost like a ‘Scarface’ story,” “The Batman” producer Clark told SFX Magazine via Games Radar. “It’s exciting to do something like that just as a standalone, but it speaks to the character and our movie, so that you’ll go back to the movie [and say], ‘Oh, I see that backstory there, that line refers to this’....