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‘Silencing artists won’t advance peace’: Paramount condemns boycott of Israeli film world  Haaretz Paramount rejects Israeli film boycott supported by Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix and nearly 4,000 others  Fox News Paramount Condemns Israeli Film Boycott After 3,900 Sign Pledge  Variety Paramount condemns Israel boycott by Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, more Hollywood stars  USA Today Actors and directors pledge not to work with Israeli film …

MrBeast Awarded $15 Million to Film Reality Show in North Carolina  The New York Times Governor Stein Announces NC Film and Entertainment Grant Program Awardees  NC Governor (.gov) Business is Booming: Thousands of jobs headed to North Carolina with new film projects  WXII Gov. Stein approves $15 million grant for filming Beast Games second season  WITN Gov. Stein announces $20M investment in NC film …

Paramount criticizes pledge by entertainers to boycott Israeli film institutions  Reuters Paramount Criticizes Celebrity-Endorsed Israeli Film Boycott  The New York Times Paramount rejects Israeli film boycott supported by Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix and nearly 4,000 others  Fox News Paramount Condemns Israeli Film Boycott After Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix and 3,900 Industry Names Sign Pledge: ‘Silencing’ Artists Does Not Promote Peace  Variety Paramount condemns Israel …

It may feel weird to be nostalgic for a movie that was all about nostalgia, but that’s the situation many movie lovers find themselves in today, the 25th anniversary of the release of Almost Famous. Cameron Crowe‘s autobiographical look at his years as an unlikely teenage contributor to Rolling Stone, Almost Famous was a first gig for its wide-eyed lead, …

Paramount Criticizes Celebrity-Endorsed Israeli Film Boycott  The New York Times Paramount rejects Israeli film boycott supported by Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix and nearly 4,000 others  Fox News Paramount criticizes pledge by entertainers to boycott Israeli film institutions  Reuters Over 4,000 actors, filmmakers sign pledge to boycott Israeli film industry over Gaza  The Times of Israel ‘We do not agree’: Paramount criticizes Israeli film industry …

From devastating docs about tragedies in Gaza and Argentina to a Gothic monster movie with a heart and soul — the highlights of TIFF’s 50th anniversary edition Happy 50th birthday, TIFF! The Toronto International Film Festival celebrated its golden jubilee edition by doing what it’s done since in inception as the “festival of festivals”: showed a ton of movies, culled …

Meet the “bumpy snailfish.” The adorable new species of deep-sea snailfish was captured on camera by MBARI researchers (Photo credit: MBARI 2019). Researchers have filmed an adorable, previously unknown species of deep-sea snailfish with oversized eyes more than 10,700 feet beneath the ocean surface. Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) discovered the super-cute animal using a remotely …

Paramount condemned a pledge signed this week by more than 4,000 actors, entertainers, and producers, including some Hollywood stars, to not work with Israeli film institutions they claim “are implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.” The statement made Paramount the first major studio to respond to the pledge released on Monday. “At Paramount, we believe in the …

Paramount on Friday sharply denounced a proposed boycott of Israeli film institutions by a group that calls itself Film Workers for Palestine and is supported by dozens of Hollywood luminaries. Earlier this week, the group launched an open letter pledging to withhold support for Israeli film festivals, production companies and other organizations that the group said were involved in “genocide …

Paramount said it does “not agree with recent efforts to boycott Israeli film-makers”, making it the first major studio to respond to a recent pledge not to work with institutions that supported or were otherwise involved in the “genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”. The pledge circulated by an organization called Film Workers for Palestine has more than 4000 …