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Abramorama has acquired North American distribution rights to “Uncharitable,” a documentary about the roles that charities and non-profits play in society. The indie distributor will open the film on Sept. 22 in New York at Angelika’s Village East and Sept. 29 in Los Angeles at Laemmle’s Royale before beginning its North American rollout.

“Uncharitable” was directed and produced by Stephen Gyllenhaal, the director of “Waterland” and “Dangerous Woman.” It features the humanitarian activist Dan Pallotta, whose Ted Talk “The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong” was viewed more than 17 million times and has inspired conversations about how charities can be more effective and how we can support them.

An opportunity to address our own bias and overhaul the way we think about charities, the film expands the conversation including interviews with Scott Harrison (Charity Water), Dorri McWhorter (President and CEO Ymca of Chicago, Advisor First Women’s Bank), Steve Nardizzi,...

“That which scares me ultimately will be the thing I’m drawn to,” observed Mark Mylod, director and executive producer of HBO/Max’s Succession, not necessarily intending to get philosophical during The Hollywood Reporter‘s Director Emmy Roundtable. But fear, it turns out, is a major motivator for six of the top TV helmers working right now. Meeting over Zoom in May, the filmmakers behind the past year’s most acclaimed episodes — including Mylod, Paris Barclay (Netflix’s Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story), Liz Garbus (Showtime’s Yellowjackets), Peter Hoar (HBO/Max’s The Last of Us), Karyn Kusama (Prime Video’s Dead Ringers and Yellowjackets) and Jake Schreier (Netflix’s Beef) — kept returning to the career choices that scared (and inspired) them during their hour together. They also got frank about stints in director jail, why artificial intelligence isn’t just a threat to writers and, speaking...

Exclusive: Christina Anthony (Mixed-ish), Ray Santiago (Ash vs. Evil Dead) and Melanie J. Newby (Halt & Catch Fire) are set as series regulars opposite Amber Ruffin in NBC comedy pilot Non-Evil Twin from Universal Television.

Written by Ruffin and Kenny Smith, the multi-camera pilot stars Ruffin playing the dual roles of twin sisters Angie and Amber. Angie is the ruthless CEO of AngieCorp, who is as heartless as she is rich. Angie instills fear in everyone she meets, except her caring sister, Amber, who only sees the good in her. Amber—a pushover when it comes to Angie—is forced to step in as the leader of AngieCorp, a Fortune 500 company, despite knowing little about business and even less about the way her sister has been running the corporation.

Anthony will play Christina, Angie’s assistant/acolyte who believes she’s the smartest person in the room and easily annoyed by others.

With the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in full swing, and our own Chris Bumbray covering the event, we wanted to know what film is your favorite of Sundance’s top prize: The Grand Jury Prize- Dramatic. From the very first winner (Old Enough) in 1984 to the most recent winner (Nanny) in 2022, let us know your favorite. If you’ve been to Sundance, please share your experience(s) in the comments section.

Favorite Sundance Grand Jury Prize WinnerNanny (2022)Coda (2021)Minari (2020)Clemency (2019)The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)The Birth of a Nation (2016)Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)Whiplash (2014)Fruitvale Station (2013)Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)Like Crazy (2011)Winter's Bone (2010)Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (2009)Frozen River (2008)Padre Nuestro (2007)Quinceañera (2006)Forty Shades of Blue (2005)Primer (2004)American Splendor (2003)Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)The Believer (2001)Girlfight (2000)You Can Count on Me (2000)Three...

Yellowjackets season 2 will begin filming in Vancouver later this month, and the Showtime series is adding new cast members at a steady pace as the production start date draws near. Last week, it was announced that Lauren Ambrose (Servant) will be playing the adult version of the character Van Palmer. A couple days ago, we learned that Simone Kessell (Obi-Wan Kenobi) had been cast to play the adult Lottie Matthews. Now Variety reports that Elijah Wood (the Lord of the Rings trilogy) has also been cast in Yellowjackets season 2. Wood is taking on the “season-long guest starring role” of Walter, “a dedicated Citizen Detective who will challenge Misty (Christina Ricci) in ways she won’t see coming.”

Christina Ricci and Juliette Lewis star in Yellowjackets, which is is described as “equal parts survival epic, horror story, and coming-of-age drama.” The story centers on

a team of wildly talented high school...

Last week, it was announced that Lauren Ambrose (Servant) was joining the cast of the Showtime series Yellowjackets to play the adult version of the character Van Palmer, who is played as a teenager on the show by Liv Hewson (Santa Clarita Diet). Now the adult version of another character has been cast: Variety reports that Simone Kessell (Obi-Wan Kenobi) has signed on to play the adult Lottie Matthews.

Courtney Eaton (Mad Max: Fury Road) plays the teenage Lottie. Variety explains that Lottie “emerged as the central antagonist of the show in the first season of Yellowjackets. A rich kid whose parents furnished her soccer team with a private plane in order for the Yellowjackets to travel to nationals, Lottie had been forced to go off her anti-psychotic medication after that plane crashed in the wilderness, where the show’s 1996 timeline is set.“

Christina Ricci and Juliette Lewis star in Yellowjackets,...

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official awards predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis; Awards Circuit Column, a weekly analysis dissecting the trends and contenders by television editor Michael Schneider (for Emmys) and Davis (for Oscars); Awards Circuit Podcast, a weekly interview series with talent and an expert roundtable discussion; and Awards Circuit Video analyzes various categories and contenders by Variety's leading awards pundits. Variety's unmatched coverage gives its readership unbeatable exposure in print and online, as well as provide inside reports on all the contenders in this year's awards season races.

To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Emmys Collective

Visit each category, per the individual awards show from The Emmys Hub

To see old predictions and commentary,...

Karyn Kusama is a director that everyone here at The Playlist absolutely adores. From her incredible debut with “Girl Fight” back in 2000 to her grossly underrated “The Invitation,” we just love everything she puts her unique twist on. Yes, even “Jennifer’s Body,’ which is a great cult classic. And with her latest film, “Destroyer,” it appears she’s ready to once and for all put her name on the list of some of the greatest filmmakers working today.

Continue reading ‘Destroyer’: Listen To An Electrifying Exclusive Track From The Score To Karyn Kusama’s Upcoming Thriller at The Playlist.

Way back in 1979, Ridley Scott’s “Alien” brought us our first genuine female action hero in Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley. Despite the three sequels that followed, Ripley proved to be something of an outlier. Until fairly recently, a woman could kill someone in a movie only if she faced brutal punishment afterward, as in Scott’s “Thelma and Louise,” or in the inevitable fates of Bond girls: They could dole out lethal action, but rarely survived.

Today, ass-kicking women are no longer an anomaly or subject to automatic retribution. This weekend, we watched Scarlett Johansson lay waste to her enemies (although not the box office) in “Ghost in the Shell,” following a path blazed by the likes of Linda Hamilton (“Terminator 2: Judgment Day”), Uma Thurman (“Kill Bill”), and Michelle Yeoh (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”). These roles may strike a blow for equality and diversity, but what these women — and...

Scandal fans, are your jaws still on the floor after last week’s game-changing final moment? Would you vote for Olivia’s carefully measured, emphatic “Yes” as the single most satisfying word ever uttered in the history of Shondaland? While the latter question is up for debate (though I can’t imagine a more appealing alternative), there’s no denying Liv’s shocking, long-awaited public confession to being Fitz’s mistress has left plenty of highly entertaining carnage in its wake. Let’s recap, and then discuss!

RelatedScandal: Cornelius Smith Jr. Returning as a Series Regular in Season 5

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Ready, set, wrestle! For those of you not watching the most talented musicians perform at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, chances are you were all about WrestleMania 31. After all, it's not every day you can see your favorite wrestlers compete in a sold-out football stadium. The wrestling event of the year, which premiered on pay-per-view and the WWE Network Sunday night, featured highly anticipated matches between Aj Lee with Paige and The Bella Twins, John Cena and Rusev and countless others. For those who missed out, we've got you covered with five must-see moments that have us staying far away from any ring.  Girl Fight: Stephanie McMahon may want to think twice before she crosses...

Jess and Cece both want the same purse in this week’s New Girl.

You wouldn’t think that would lead the ladies, who have been friends since childhood, to a fight of cage-match proportions… but it does.

In this exclusive sneak peek at the episode, titled “Girl Fight,” star Hannah Simone details how the besties communicate their anger (apparently, “double syringes” are emoji you never want to see) and recounts how refreshing it was to take a punch to the face during filming.

“I don’t get to say that very often,” Simone muses.

Press Play to watch the Cece-Jess smackdown.

Ja from Mnpp here with our third week's worth of Halloween-flavored "Beauty vs Beast" treats - today we're swerving away from Wes Craven's cadre of high school students in distress to hit up a whole different kind of Final Girl fight club: jump in the Snowcat, we're heading up to The Overlook Hotel to face off the ill-fated Torrances, Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and Jack (Jack Nicholson), with their snowed-in battle for little Danny's soul.

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You've just got one week til the cold takes over, the elevator doors swing open, and the blood gets off on the second floor, so cast your votes and let us know which Torrance you feel for in the comments.

Previously You screamed, I screamed, we all screamed for Wes Craven and his 1996 slasher classic Scream - would Sidney whoop those bad boys Billy and Stu's butts once again? Naturally she...

I listen to feminists and all these radical gals – most of them are failures. They’ve blown it. Some of them have been married, but they married some Casper Milquetoast who asked permission to go to the bathroom. These women just need a man in the house. That’s all they need. Most of the feminists need a man to tell them what time of day it is and to lead them home. And they blew it and they’re mad at all men. Feminists hate men. They’re sexist. They hate men – that’s their problem. – Jerry Falwell

“Because feminists never disagree with each other. ” – Martha Thomases

That’s what Martha Thomases posted in response to my column last week at the League Of Women Bloggers site on Facebook, where she and I both share opinions and work with other women (such as Trina Robbins, Corrina Lawson, Kate Kotler,...

Ever find yourself jonesing for some sexy girl-on-girl combat, but short a few dozen clams of Dead or Alive‘s asking price? Well, I won’t say you’re not alone, because you might be, but at least now you have other options. Enter Girl Fight, the $10 all-female arcade fighter from the classy gentlemen at Microprose. And yes, I think it’s a fair assumption that most of their staff are men.

From what I understand, Girl Fight‘s premise centers around a semi-random assemblage of deadly, “femme fatale” women who have all been kidnapped by The Foundation, a majorly sketchy science group hoping to weaponize said womens’ psionic fighting abilities. Basically, these guys are going around the globe plucking hot psychic babes from their natural habitat and plugging them into some odd matrix called The Mainframe. Hey, don’t look at me – check the Girl Fight wiki if you’re so damn confused.

Girl fight! Not one, but two vicious throwdown between Gina Carano and Michelle Rodriguez, according to one of these new featurettes for Justin Lin’s upcoming “Fast and Furious 6″. And oh yeah, find out what goes into having a real life tank crushing cars on set. Plus, some really pretty girls dance around the set, cause that’s apparently what happens at these illegal street races. Right? Close enough, I guess. Check out three new featurettes for “Fast and Furious 6″, racing into theaters against “The Hangover 3″ next week. Won’t that be some fight? I’m curious to see who wins… Since Dom and Brian’s Rio heist toppled a kingpin’s empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs has been tracking an organization...

Fighting and driving enthusiasts (of both sexes) rejoice. The tyre-burning, high-speed Fast & Furious franchise is back once again with its latest offering, Fast & Furious 6 (hitting UK cinemas on 17 May). In this new franchise entry, Agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) summons Dom (Vin Diesel) and his crew to London in order to take on a team of mercenary drivers who have caused havoc across a dozen countries. Realising that Dom knows the only men and women in the world with the skills to get the job done, Agent Hobbs offers them all full pardons. High octane high-jinks consequently ensure. To celebrate the release of Fast & Furious 6, we've narrowed down our favourite action women in contemporary film.

Michelle Rodriguez

We kick off our list with an actress who immediately springs to mind when we think of the ultimate female bad-ass, Michelle Rodriguez. Starting her career in hard-hitting boxing drama Girl Fight, Rodriguez blasted...

Who would've thought that Roger Corman's 1975 cult classic indie pic 'Death Race 2000' starring a still fairly unknown Sylvester Stallone would one day spawn not only a remake, but a franchise?! Well, low and behold, we're now up to Part 3 in the series as 'Death Race: Inferno' hits Blu-Ray and DVD on January 22nd. The good news? Paul W.S. Anderson, the helmer behind the remake is not back for this entry. Instead it's director Roel Reiné who directed the previous installment 'Death Race 2'. And if you're ready for this new movie in the series, well then hopefully these 5 clips will get you pumped for the release. Check 'em out below along with the synopsis after the film clips.

Death Race 3 - Last Quarter Death Race 3 - Girl Fight Death Race 3 - It Starts and Ends WIth You Death Race 3 - Marched to...

After 10 weeks of triumphs and tears, shockers and silliness — highlighted by this week’s history-making, truly fabulous, all-female finale — we’ve come to the end of Dancing With The Stars Season 15.

And as our cast of leading ladies — Shawn Johnson, Melissa Rycroft and Kelly Monaco — assembled for one last spin around the ballroom, it was hard not to be impressed at how they made it to the bitter end of DWTS‘ first-ever All-Stars installment, which overflowed with freestyles, team dances, tricky trios and a final high-risk instant dance. Whichever couple came out on top, there was no denying they’d...

Scottish writer Mark Millar – the man behind the original Kick-Ass comic – updated his website recently, and with it emerged some juicy little details surrounding the progress on Jeff Wadlow’s bound-to-be-bloody sequel Kick-Ass 2.

Here’s what he had to say:

“Shot down to England last week for some time on the Kick-Ass 2 set. Three of the days were press interviews, all embargoed until a few weeks before release, but the rest was just sitting around and drinking tea while superheroes beat the shit out of super-villains in the big finale (as you’ll have read in the book).

As a producer, I’ve been watching a lot of this in the dropbox as it happens, but nothing compares to seeing Mother Russia (in the flesh) pounding Hit-Girl in the face in what We Know is going to win MTV’s Best Fight Scene Award already. I’m not kidding…...

Not too long ago I asked the Sound On Sight staff to choose their ten favourite films of all time. The result led to mixed reactions (both by staff and readers), and some angry feedback. But how could any of us select only ten films from the thousands we’ve seen and walk away happy with the results. The fact is, of all the films which received a vote, it was those more widely available who made the cut. In other words, films such as The Godfather and Pulp Fiction stood a greater chance of receiving more ballots than say, obscure foreign gems.

My biggest disappointment with the picks, although only ten films were spotlighted, was the lack of votes for films directed by women. Could it be that none of us here at Sound On Sight valued great directors such as Claire Denis, Agnès Varda, Chantal Akerman or Lina Wertmüller?...

As the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy approaches next year, award-winning director Stephen Gyllenhaal has signed on to the feature film The Kennedy Detail as Screenwriter and Director.  The motion picture focuses on the men of the Secret Service protective detail assigned to President John F. Kennedy. The project is targeted for a November, 2013 release, coinciding with the tragic anniversary.

.This is the project of a lifetime and I could not be more excited to be part of it,. said Gyllenhaal. .Everyone knows how this story ends, but the true stories told through the eyes of this extraordinary band of brothers, from JFK.s election to that awful day in Dallas, have never been told.  It is time to share their perspective with the world..

Gyllenhaal has begun work on the script with his research including interviews with many of the surviving members of President...

Women's wrestling is finally close to returning to television ... and TMZ has obtained an exclusive sneak peek at the new show. Girl Fight!!!!!!!David McLane (who created the original Women of Wrestling back in 2000) has teamed up with Los Angeles Lakers exec Jeanie Buss and the two are currently shopping around a reality show about the return of Women of Wrestling. We're told the new show will focus on the girls (Duh!) but also on the business behind it.

Ah Lifetime, the network for women that creates features about women being abused, beaten, murdered, cheated on, or doing their best in a single parent situation. You have to start wondering if someone at Lifetime fails to understand exactly how one empowers women. Is the strategy to produce a number of true cautionary tales that will hopefully help women recognize the bad situations they're in? I have to believe there's an easier way to do that than two films, starring Anne Heche or Jennifer Grey, where a girl receives a beating broadcast online or a bunch of teens robbing celebrities much to a single mother's chagrin. Seriously Lifetime, what's going on over there?

Whatever the case may be, we're giving away the Lifetime movies Girl Fight and The Bling Ring on DVD, and if you want to find out how to win them just keep reading.

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The upcoming fighting game Girl Fight from Kung Fu Factory has revealed its sexy new character. Ghost is a former government agent turned asskicker when The Foundation starts messing up her retirement plans. Read on for more details and to check this babe out!

From the Official Press Release

Ghost was a government agent who specialized in wetwork and black ops. For over a decade, she was sent around the world on missions that only a handful of people were authorized to know about. Sometimes she was called upon to be a thief, other times she was a spy, and when the mission required it, she would be an assassin.

As the years passed, her grim occupation began to take its toll on her mind. She was haunted by her crimes, consumed with remorse for the lives she had taken. After ten long years of staining her hands with blood...

Girl fight? Not so fast. Proving that the only "Beautiful Liar" she has a problem with is the media, Katy Perry took to Twitter to lash out at the avalanche of feud reports sparked in the wake of the perceived diss she lobbed against Beyoncé and Shakira's years-old duet during a radio interview this week. While she undeniably told BBC Radio 1 that particular tune wasn't something she hoped to recreate when she eventually collaborated with Rihanna, the jump from that to straight-out dissing her pop star peers is a leap that's gotten Perry tweeting mad. Oh, and a warning: Apparently, when Katy gets mad, she gets potty-mouthed. "F--k all y'all (press) dat thinks I...

Michel Hazanavicius, 2011 DGA winner Tom Hooper (The King's Speech), DGA Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Feature Film * Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Alexander Payne, The Descendants Martin Scorsese, Hugo Documentary Film * James Marsh, Project Nim Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Steve James,The Interrupters Richard Press, Bill Cunningham New York Martin Scorsese, George Harrison: Living in the Material World Movies For Television And Mini-series * Jon Cassar, The Kennedys (Reelz Channel) Jeff Bleckner, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Beyond the Blackboard (CBS) Stephen Gyllenhaal, Girl Fight (Lifetime) Demi Moore, Jennifer Aniston, Penelope Spheeris, Alicia Keys, Patty Jenkins, Five (Lifetime) Michael Stevens, Thurgood (HBO) Dramatic Series * Patty Jenkins, The Killing, “Pilot” (AMC) Michael Cuesta, Homeland, “Pilot” (Showtime) Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad, “Face Off” (AMC) Tim Van Patten, Game of Thrones, “Winter is Coming” (Pilot) (HBO) Michael Waxman, Friday Night Lights,...

Michel Hazanavicius was the big winner at the 64th annual Directors Guild of America Awards. The director of the fantastic black-and-white silent film "The Artist" took home the award for the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film category. Jon Cassar of "The Kennedys" received the 2012 DGA Award for the category of Movies for Television and Mini-Series.

Hosted by Kelsey Grammer, the DGA also honored Ed Sherin with the 2012 Honorary Life Member Award, Katy Garretson with the 2012 Frank Capra Achievement Award, and Dennis Mazzocco with the 2012 Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award.

It is now safe to bet that Hazanavicius will win the Best Director Award Oscar!

Here's the complete list of winners and nominees of the 2012 Directors Guild of America Awards (to check winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, visit our Awards Avenue coverage right here)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Feature Film

*Winner Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

David Fincher,...

The Directors Guild of America handed out eight prizes for television alongside the higher profile film awards on Saturday. The TV Movie/Miniseries award went to Jon Cassar ("The Kennedy") who won the 2006 Drama award for "24." (See full list of winners here) Among those he edged out were three neophyte helmers -- Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and Alicia Keys -- who worked on "Five" along with Penelope Spheeris and Patty Jenkins. This Lifetime anthology film which told the stories of five women coping with breast cancer. Also in the running were previous champ Jeff Bleckner for "Beyond the Blackboard," Stephen Gyllenhaal ("Girl Fight") and Michael Stevens ("Thurgood"). time co...

Among those contending for the DGA TV Awards are three neophyte helmers -- Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and Alicia Keys -- who worked on "Five." They, along with Penelope Spheeris and Patty Jenkins vie for this Lifetime anthology film which told the stories of five women coping with breast cancer. This quintet is up against previous champ Jeff Bleckner for "Beyond the Blackboard," Jon Cassar who won for helming "24" and now vies for "The Kennedys," Stephen Gyllenhaal ("Girl Fight") and Michael Stevens ("Thurgood"). Another actor, Fred Savage, picked up a nod for directing an episode of "Modern Family" entitled "After the Fire." That laffer, which has won this award for the last two years, also contends for the episode "Express Christmas" helmed by Michael Spiller. Directors of two episodes of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" are in the running:  David Steinberg ("The Divorce&...

DGA Awards Announce Film Nominees Los Angeles – Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced the DGA’s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television and Commercials for the year 2011. “The caliber of work being done on television these days is incredible, and our director nominees in each category are an indispensable element to the success of every project — establishing and enhancing the vision and tone, eliciting outstanding performances and furthering the narrative arc through their creative choices,” said Hackford. “That they are able to create excellence regardless of obstacles like tighter schedules and in an environment in which audiences have more entertainment options to choose from — is a true testament to the importance of directorial skill in television.” The winners will be announced at the 64th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. Movies For Television And Mini-series...

Jon Cassar, who directed all eight episodes of the epic The Kennedys, today received an Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series nomination from the Directors Guild of America. Cassar also executive produced the miniseries, which aired on Reelz.

This is Cassar's third DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series in 2006 for directing an episode of the popular TV show 24.

Also nominated in the TV movies and miniseries category was Stephen Gyllenhaal (yes, the father of Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal) for Girl Fight (Lifetime), Jeff Bleckner for Beyond the Blackboard (CBS), Michael Stevens for Thurgood (HBO), and Demi Moore, Jennifer Aniston, Penelope Spheeris, Alicia Keys, and Patty Jenkins were collectively nominated for Lifetime's Five series.

The winners of the 64th annual DGA Awards will be announced Saturday, Jan. 28, in Los Angeles.

The Kennedys, which reached 7.7 million viewers during its premier week,...

HollywoodNews.com:Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced the DGA’s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television and Commercials for the year 2011.

?The caliber of work being done on television these days is incredible, and our director nominees in each category are an indispensable element to the success of every project — establishing and enhancing the vision and tone, eliciting outstanding performances and furthering the narrative arc through their creative choices,? said Hackford. ?That they are able to create excellence regardless of obstacles like tighter schedules and in an environment in which audiences have more entertainment options to choose from — is a true testament to the importance of directorial skill in television.?

The winners will be announced at the 64th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles.

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The nominees for the Directors Guild...

Exclusive: Lifetime has greenlighted two-hour original movie/backdoor pilot Sworn to Silence, starring Neve Campbell. The project, based on the book by Linda Castillo, will be executive produced by Unforgettable star Poppy Montgomery and Barbara Lieberman (Lifetime’s upcoming The Pregnancy Project), with Campbell co-executive producing. Additionally, Party Of Five alumna Campbell has signed a development deal with Lifetime for scripted dramas and original movies. Sworn to Silence is set in the Amish farming community of Painter’s Mill, Ohio, which was shaken up by a series of brutal murders 15 years ago. Kate Burkholder (Campbell), who as a young girl survived the terror and left the Amish life behind, now returns to Painter’s Mill as its Chief of Police. But Kate’s renewed life in her hometown is shattered when a murder investigation triggers deep-seated emotions from her childhood and exposes dark secret that could destroy her. The movie...

Tom Cruise, director Brad Bird and more talk Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. After just adding a clip with Paula Patton involved in a "Girl Fight," we are pleased to get you even more hyped about Paramount Pictures' upcoming actioner which debuts on December 21st. Check out interviews with star Tom Cruise, helmer Brad Bird (The Incredibles) as well as Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Josh Holloway, Michael Nyqvist, Lea Seydoux and Samuli Edelmann. In Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, after being blamed for the terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, Imf operative Ethan Hunt is disavowed along with the rest of the agency when the President initiates “Ghost Protocol”.

Tom Cruise, director Brad Bird and more talk Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. After just adding a clip with Paula Patton involved in a "Girl Fight," we are pleased to get you even more hyped about Paramount Pictures' upcoming actioner which debuts on December 21st. Check out interviews with star Tom Cruise, helmer Brad Bird (The Incredibles) as well as Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Josh Holloway, Michael Nyqvist, Lea Seydoux and Samuli Edelmann. In Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, after being blamed for the terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, Imf operative Ethan Hunt is disavowed along with the rest of the agency when the President initiates “Ghost Protocol”.

Three TV appearances tonight, all airing at 9 pm.

Sasha Roiz guest stars in the two-hour season finale of Warehouse 13, "Emily Lake"/"Stand," which airs tonight at 9 pm on Syfy. The teaser is embedded below. Here is the synopsis:

Pete and Myka investigate the theft of a top-secret file from the warehouse, which brings them to a high school in Wyoming, where H.G. Wells is working as a teacher named Emily Lake.

Guest stars include Kate Mulgrew, Jaime Murray, Sasha Roiz, Aaron Ashmore and Anthony Michael Hall.Also at 9 pm, there is a new episode of Hart of Dixie on the CW. Seat 42f has the promo and Zap2it has a new interview with Scott Porter. Snippet:

Even her fiance George is experiencing his own pull outside of their relationship, as his chemistry with new doc Zoe (Rachel Bilson) heats up. Just don't expect it to get too hot.

In the past, Anne Heche was more famous for her turbulent private life than for her acting career. But times have certainly changed for the 42-year-old actress, who persevered through a high-profile romance with Ellen DeGeneres and a nervous breakdown.

Heche not only returns as Jessica, Thomas Jane’s ex-wife on Showtime’s "Hung." She's also in another ripped-from-the-headlines movie on Lifetime called "Girl Fight," which premieres on Oct. 3.

The fiercely intelligent and candid actress spoke to HuffPost Celebrity about her latest roles and how thankful she is for where her career has taken her.

What is "Girl Fight" about?

It’s pretty special because it came to me and James [Tupper, Heche's partner] as a joint offer. I think [Lifetime] needed a family feeling to capture what this movie’s about. It’s about a girl who gets beat up by some of her friends for the benefit of doing a YouTube video.

First, a reminder to watch Futurama tonight. The second half of season six starts at 10 pm and Patton Oswalt guest stars as Unattractive Giant Monster in the second episode, "Benderama," which airs at 10:30 on Comedy Central. Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive preview.

Esai Morales and Gun Hill Road director Rashaad Ernesto Green were interviewed for the Movie Addict Headquarters podcast on Blog Talk Radio. You can find the link to the interview here. Esai will be doing a tweet-up this Sunday at 3 pm Et. Eyes on @gunhillroadfilm for further updates. The film will next be screened at the Kansas City Gay and Lesbian Film Festival on Saturday, June 25.

Eric Stoltz seems to be everywhere this week. DVD Talk reports that they've seen him in a deleted scene of Elektra Luxx, out on DVD since Tuesday. Also, according to his IMDb page, he is directing an episode of Californication this...