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    Jamie Foxx on Voicing Disney-Pixar’s First Black Lead in ‘Soul’ and Being Unapologetically Black in Hollywood

    • 28.12.2020
    • Variety

    Though Foxx has the range and a backlog of dramatic, comedic and generally off-the wall characters to pull from, when it came to voicing Joe Gardner in Disney-Pixar’s “Soul,” the film’s creative team just wanted the Oscar- and Grammy-winner to be himself, which also meant bringing the full breadth of his Blackness to the role.

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    OTT platforms the answer for long delayed Tamil films? What industry insiders say

    • 28.12.2020
    • The News Minute

    From CS Amudhan's 'Rendavathu Padam' to Seenu Ramasamy's 'Idam Porul Yeval', there are quite a few films that have been delayed for many years.

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    2020 year-ender: The most compelling Hindi web series and movies on the big and small screens

    • 28.12.2020
    • Scroll

    Web series gushed forth in a pandemic-afflicted year, while the movies shrunk themselves to fit the new normal.

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    Time for government, companies to adopt artificial intelligence: Deloitte India

    • 28.12.2020
    • Economic Times

    “Indian companies need to re-skill, train, and acquire more relevant talent, if they are to successfully integrate AI technologies. Most importantly, they should be willing to make the continued investment. It is an uphill race in which there will be winners and losers,” said Deloitte India CEO N Venkatram.

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    Emma Thompson Criticizes The “Utterly Unbalanced” Casting Of Older Men With Much Younger Women

    • 27.12.2020
    • Deadline

    Thompson turns that notion on its head in her upcoming film Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, in which she plays a 55-year-old widow who hires a sex worker in his early 20s.

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    ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Writer-Director Aaron Sorkin on His Production Crew: ‘I Consider These People to be Co-Authors of the Film’

    • 27.12.2020
    • Variety

    “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” about protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the ensuing trial, features great work by writer-director Aaron Sorkin, who is quick to salute his below-the-line colleagues: “They’re not there to take my instructions; they’re there to top my instructions. I consider these people to be co-authors of the film.”

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    Battered But Not Beaten, The Film Academy Discloses Its Fiscal 2020 Finances

    • 27.12.2020
    • Deadline

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was battered, but not quite beaten, by rising expenses, falling investment income and an increasing debt load in its fiscal year ended June 30, according to a financial report disclosed to bondholders on Thursday.

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    ‘Soul’ Writer Mike Jones on His Winding Path from Film Journalism to Pixar

    • 27.12.2020
    • Indiewire

    A former editor for Filmmaker and IndieWire, Jones eventually found his calling as Pixar's Senior Story and Creative Artist. But it wasn't an easy journey.

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    ‘News of the World’ Delivers $1.1M at Christmas Day Box Office, ‘WW84’ Grosses MIA

    • 27.12.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Breaking from tradition amid the ongoing pandemic, Warner Bros. isn't providing numbers for 'Wonder Woman 1984' in the customary fashion until the end of the weekend.

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    How Shivam Malhotra’s start-up ‘Malsons’ is redefining the entertainment space in India

    • 27.12.2020
    • Yourstory

    “Timing, in entrepreneurship, is everything and the only thing that you do not have any control over,” jokes Shivam Malhotra, the 28-year-old founder and CEO of content and media tech startup Malsons.

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