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After retiring from politics, Glenda Jackson made three films: one for TV, Elizabeth is Missing, and two for the big screen, Mothering Sunday and the upcoming The Great Escaper. The people behind those projects remember a fierce, funny and formidable titan

Aisling Walsh, director, Elizabeth is Missing (2019): As a girl, I’d seen Glenda on screen as Elizabeth in Mary, Queen of Scots and I never thought for a moment I’d get to work with her. It was the greatest privilege of my career.

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Gayle S. Maffeo, the three-time Emmy-nominated producer who worked on the first season of Roseanne and all eight seasons of another hit ABC sitcom, the Tim Allen-starring Home Improvement, has died. She was 81.

Maffeo died Friday at her home in Los Angeles after a brief battle with cancer, her daughter, Laura, announced.

Maffeo had produced specials starring Frank Sinatra, Jack Benny and George Burns in the 1960s and ’70s before she segued to sitcoms including Nell Carter’s Gimme a Break!, Dabney Coleman’s Buffalo Bill, Mary Tyler Moore’s Mary, Head of the Class and Open All Night.

She served as senior vp television for Matt Williams and David McFadzean’s Wind Dancer Productions, where she produced Roseanne in 1988-89, Home Improvement from 1991-99 and other shows such as Carol Burnett’s Carol & Company, Dan Aykroyd’s Soul Man, Thunder Alley and Buddies.

Star couple Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara once again caught the eye of the global media when they made a rare appearance together on the red carpet of the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards.

The duo did a play-acting moment, with Phoenix stopping on the red carpet to theatrically stare at his fiancee, emoting with his hand on his face, definitely leaving fans in awe. He touched everyone's heart a little more when he thanked Rooney while accepting the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) for his role in "Joker".

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"Rooney ... I love you," Phoenix said tearfully.

The red carpet romance prompted us to draw a quick timeline check of the couple love story. Here goes:

June 2012

It was on the sets of the science-fiction romance "Her" where the two met for the first time,...

Disney+ brings everything from classic animated movies to Pixar films and Marvel blockbusters right to the comfort of your own home. If you’re looking for something a bit more awards-worthy than your standard fare, you’ve come to the right place. Gold Derby has tracked down 25 Oscar-winning movies that are streaming right now on Disney’s media platform. From “Pinocchio” to “Star Wars” to “Black Panther,” we’ve got you covered. So sit back, relax and scroll through our photo gallery above featuring the best of Disney+’s Oscar titles.

See‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Oscar predictions: Will the force be with Episode IX at Academy Awards?

The popular video on-demand service launched worldwide in November 2019 and immediately scored gold by announcing 10 million subscribers within the first 24 hours. In fact, it was such a success that “Disney+” was the top trending Google search in 2019, per Variety.

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North West is proving designer goods aren't just for grownups. On Sunday night, the 6-year-old got dressed to the nines for a viewing of her dad, Kanye West's, new opera Mary at the Lincoln Center in New York City. Like mom Kim Kardashian, North went for an elegant yet-understated look comprised of Skims' cozy collection in all-white, which she paired with white boots, a pearl choker and a $10,000 Hermes Birkin. She gave the classy ensemble a modern twist by wearing her long locks in a space bun style. Clearly, no expense was spared for the premiere of her dad's opera. Just her Skims cozy collection look cost at least $268, not considering the cost of making it properly sized for a...

Attention, Kanye West fans: tickets for his December show in New York City are now on sale! Get Tickets For Kanye West’S Mary Here! West’s show will be an opera called Mary and will take place Dec. 22 at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center. It will feature music from his Sunday Service choir. Mary debuted in Miami earlier this month. […]

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The final trailer has been release for 1917. Sam Mendes, the Oscar®-winning director of Skyfall, Spectre, and American Beauty, brings his singular vision to his World War I epic.

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic’s George MacKay) and Blake (Game of Thrones’ Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers—Blake’s own brother among them.

1917 is directed by Sam Mendes, who wrote the screenplay with Krysty Wilson-Cairns (Showtime’s Penny Dreadful). The film is produced by Mendes and Pippa Harris for their Neal Street Productions, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall and Brian Oliver.

The film is produced by Neal Street Productions for DreamWorks Pictures in association with New Republic Pictures. Universal Pictures will release the film...

The most uneven of David Cronenberg’s early commercial horror features, the 1977 “Rabid,” was nonetheless probably the biggest success among them, in large part due to the novelty value of seeing “Behind the Green Door” porn superstar and erstwhile Ivory Snow detergent-box model Marilyn Chambers in a lurid mainstream vehicle. It’s also the one ripest for remake, if only because his just-prior “Shivers” aka “They Came from Within” and ensuing “The Brood” should be left alone — largely reviled upon release, they’re now rightly considered genre classics. Lacking their outrageous ideas and cumulative narrative momentum despite some striking elements, “Rabid” nonetheless has a strong-enough basic concept to warrant revisiting.

In theory, “twisted twins” Jen and Sylvia Soska are fair candidates for that job: Like Cronenberg, they’re Canadian, attracted to body-horror, and have cut their own path from micro-budget projects toward the mainstream. They also claim they dislike remakes as a rule,...

Merrill Markoe, the multple-Emmy-winning former head writer of Late Night with David Letterman, will receive the WGA West’s 2020 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement.

Named after one of television’s the most influential writers, the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award is the guild’s highest honor for television writing. It is presented to a guild member who has “advanced the literature of television and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the television writer.”

Markoe will receive the award at the Writers Guild Awards ceremony on February 1 in Los Angeles.

“Merrill Markoe’s pioneering work created what was then a new language of comedy in television, and her writing has influenced every comedy variety series in the last three decades. We are truly honored to give her this award,” said WGA West president David A. Goodman.

Markoe’s career as a TV writer began in 1977 on the revival of Laugh-In,...

They say good things come to those who wait. We might be able to slot actress Mary Kay Place in that description, thanks to some surprising awards season attention from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her heartfelt performance in “Diane” as a deeply caring retired widow who can’t forgive herself for her past choices no matter how many casseroles she takes to those less fortunate than her.

The wintry working-class drama, a throwback to a time when cinema celebrated relatable yet flawed characters, premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival — where it won three honors including Best Narrative Feature. Distributed by IFC, it opened without much fanfare in late March while managing to achieve a 93% positive score on Rotten Tomatoes. “Diane” is currently available for viewing on Hulu.

Perhaps most surprising for those who can recall Place’s breakout Emmy-winning role as country singer Loretta Haggers in Norman Lear...

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers-Blake's own brother among them. Sam Mendes, the Oscar-winning director of Skyfall, Spectre and American Beauty, brings his singular vision to his World War I epic, 1917/">1917. Today, we go behind the scenes of the new movie in a fresh extended featurette.

As we mentioned in our review, 1917-movie-review/" class="news">1917 is a cinematic achievement, with cinematographer Roger Deakins and director Sam Mendes elevating filmmaking artistry through technical brilliance and old fashioned, gritty storytelling.

1917-movie-director-sam-mendes-spielberg/" class="news">1917 is directed by Sam Mendes, who wrote the screenplay with Krysty Wilson-Cairns (Showtime's Penny Dreadful). The film is produced by Mendes and Pippa Harris for their Neal Street Productions, Jayne-Ann Tenggren,...

Emanating from their studio in Cincinnati, Ohio, The History of Bad Ideas sees hosts Jason, Jeff and Blake talk about all things geeky on their podcast. Whether it’s rumours of the latest comic book movies, debating who really is the worst villain of all time, discussing the latest comic issues or just wondering about life in general, you are sure to have a fun time with them! In theory.

If you haven’t listened to the show before – why not? – you can check out previous episodes of The History of Bad Ideas podcast on iTunes and look out for new episodes here on Nerdly each and every week…

Episode 309: Scent of a Fish!

The plague has left Jason’s house so all the Hobi guys are back together again! Doctor Bednar stops in to the studio to talk music, the disaster of the Cleveland Browns, what health issues people should be worried about,...

Take another look at "Birds of Prey" actress Margot Robbie in "Vogue" (Australia) magazine, wearing Chanel, Alexander McQueen and Prada, photographed by Mario Sorrenti:

Robbie has received nominations for an 'Academy Award' and three 'BAFTA Awards'. Robbie studied drama at Somerset College in Australia, then started her career in Australian indie features, before working in the TV soap opera "Neighbours" (2008–2011).

After moving to the Us to find more work, Robbie starred in the ABC drama TV series "Pan Am" (2011–2012). In 2013, she had a supporting role in the romantic comedy "About Time" and made her breakthrough in director Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street", followed by the launch of her own production company LuckyChap Entertainment in 2014.

Robbie's profile continued to grow with leading roles in the romantic drama "Focus" (2015), as 'Jane Porter Clayton' in the action-adventure film "The Legend of Tarzan" (2016) and as 'Harley Quinn' in the superhero...

Way back when, Disney had "the vault," where they took movies out of home-video circulation to increase the demand for VHS tapes and DVD/Blu-rays. But now, Disney programming is widely available to stream, especially since Disney+ was introduced on Nov. 12. You can even stream the Pixar movies The Incredibles 2 and Coco from Netflix, but unfortunately, the latter won't be available through the streaming service for much longer. The incredibly charming animated film, which came out in 2017, is about an aspiring young musician named Miguel in rural Mexico who finds himself in the Land of the Dead after his grandmother Mama Coco's passing, where he embarks on a journey to learn about his rich family history. If you want to watch it on Netflix, you'll have to do it fast, because it's leaving on Nov. 29.

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Just because it’s Thanksgiving week here in the states, home media releases don’t get any time off, and we’ve got a brand new batch of titles coming our way tomorrow. Scream Factory is giving us a double dose of horror from 1979 with their new Blu-rays for Dracula (1979) and Prophecy (1979), and for those of you RoboCop fans out there, you’ll definitely want to pick up Arrow Video’s brand new Steelbook release as well.

Other Blu-ray and DVD releases for November 26th include Mary, Don’t Let Go, Shock, First Person Shooter, Eegah, and The Zombie Apocalypse in Apartment 14F.

Don’t Let Go

Detective Jack Radcliff (David Oyelowo) gets a shocking phone call from his recently murdered niece Ashley (Storm Reid). Working together across time, they race to solve her murder before it can happen. Don't Let Go is a classic thriller with a supernatural twist from Blumhouse,...

Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, will release Mary on November 26th, 2019, on DVD and Blu-ray. Mary stars Academy Award winner Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour, The Dark Knight), Emily Mortimer (Lars and the Real Girl), Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (Murder on the Orient Express, The Magnificent Seven), Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3), Chloe Perrin (The Diabolical), Douglas Urbanski (RoboCop, The Social Network), with Jennifer Esposito (The Boys, NCIS) and Owen Teague (It, It Chapter 2). The film […]

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Julie Andrews began her acting career as a child in the '40s and she remains one of the most beloved actresses around. She started by acting and singing in West End and Broadway productions, and it wasn't long until she was also taking on TV roles. In 1964, she made her feature film in debut in a little movie called Mary Poppins. You might have heard of it. Today, the actress continues to show up in films, having most recently voiced a menacing sea creature in Aquaman. To celebrate her long and incredible career, we thought we'd look at all of Andrew's best films. Rather than picking our own favorites though, we decided to turn to IMDb for answers.

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The popular movie and TV show website has assigned every one of Andrews' feature films a star rating. These scores,...

NBCUniversal and Ideas United have partnered to produce a video submission contest targeting emerging filmmakers to promote Universal Pictures’ thrilling new epic, 1917, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes. Set at the height of World War I, the film follows two British soldiers, in real time, on a seemingly impossible mission, in a race against the clock, to deliver a critical message to the frontlines. Inspired by the style of the movie, filmmakers are challenged to submit a two-minute video filmed in one continuous shot, focused on the theme of delivering an urgent message.

“Ideas United has the unique opportunity to tap into a global network of talented filmmakers and creative thinkers,” said David Roemer, co-founder and CEO, Ideas United. “By partnering with Universal Pictures, we are able to challenge the next generation of creators with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that will help them showcase their talents and give them a chance to...

You won’t find a horror movie with more barnacles on it this year than Michael Goi’s “Mary,” but that would be true even if this nautical nightmare was seaworthy. The supernatural thriller “Mary” takes place almost entirely on a haunted boat, and those arthropods make a cameo appearance that’s only slightly more memorable than anything Oscar-winner Gary Oldman is doing above the waterline.

Oldman stars as David, a fisherman who’s been working on other people’s boats his whole life and dreams of owning his own boat. His wife Sarah (Emily Mortimer) sends him a picture of a boat she found at auction, but when he gets there he only has eyes for a derelict fixer-upper named “Mary,” the same name as their youngest daughter.

It’s fate, David argues. It’s a money pit, Sarah counters, but she quickly defers to her husband’s poorer judgment.

Rlje Films has released a new trailer for Michael Goi thriller ‘Mary’ starring Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer.

Directed by Goi from a screenplay by Anthony Jaswinski the film stars Jennifer Esposito and Stefanie Scott alongside Oldman and Mortimer.

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The film has a Us theatrical, Digital/On-Demand release of October 11th

Mary Synopsis David (Academy Award Winner Gary Oldman) is a struggling blue-collar captain looking to make a better life for his family. Strangely drawn to an abandoned ship that is up for auction, David impulsively buys the boat, believing it will be his family’s ticket to happiness and prosperity. But soon after they embark on their maiden journey, strange and frightening events begin to terrorize David and his family, causing them to turn on one another and doubt their own sanity.

Exclusive: RLJE Films has acquired rights to Mary, a thriller starring Oscar winner Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer produced by Tooley Entertainment and Entertainment One. The pic, written by The Shallows scribe Anthony Jaswinski and directed by veteran American Horror Story cinematographer Michael Goi, will now hit theaters and digital day-and-day October 11.

Oldman plays David, a struggling blue-collar captain looking to make a better life for his family. Strangely drawn to an abandoned ship named Mary that is up for auction, he impulsively buys the boat, believing it will be his family’s ticket to happiness and prosperity. After they embark on their maiden journey, however, strange and frightening events begin to terrorize David and his family, causing them to turn on one another.The ship soon drifts off course, and it becomes clear they are being lured to an even greater evil waiting for them at sea.

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Guillermo del Toro's developing movie, Nightmare Alley, has already added stars Cate Blanchett and Bradley Cooper.

Nightmare Alley is a developing thriller from Guillermo del Toro that will serve as a film follow-up from the auteur of abstract after his monumental achievement, the 2018 Best Director Oscar win for The Shape of Water. Auspiciously, names like Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett are already attached to the picture.

Fox Searchlight secured the rights to Nightmare Alley, a remake of sorts of the 1947 20th Century Fox film of the same name. In that original movie, Tyrone Power played a cunning con man who becomes partners with a psychiatrist of equal moral malleability, as played by Joan Blondell. Together they passed off Power’s Stanton as a mentalist of dubious ability, which led to plenty of money until they start trying to con each other. That film was...

Julius Amedume’s neo-noir psychological thriller “Rattlesnakes,” rock documentary “Suzi Q” and the elevated horror thriller “Itsy Bitsy” are among the new titles that Kew Media Distribution will be introducing to buyers at Berlin’s European Film Market, which kicks off Thursday.

They join a slate that includes three buzz-worthy documentaries: Rodney Ascher’s “Glitch in the Matrix, Michael Jackson expose “Leaving Neverland,” one of the talking points at Sundance, and Nick Broomfield’s “Marianne & Leonard – Words of Love,” also a hot title in Park City.

Scripted and directed by Amedume, “Rattlesnakes” tells the story of California life guru and family man Robert McQueen. What begins as a typical day of therapy sessions with his clients takes a turn for the worse… He’s expecting to meet a regular client in a rented apartment, but instead he’s ambushed by three masked men and held hostage.

McQueen is accused of...

“The Favourite” lived up to its name with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, which graced the homegrown period drama with a commanding 12 film award nominations Wednesday. But Bradley Cooper and Alfonso Cuaron made history, Glenn Close gained some momentum and Spike Lee got some love.

Here are 10 takeaways from this year’s nominations:

1. Give Me A Fiver: Bradley Cooper and Alfonso Cuaron both scored what appears to be a first in BAFTA history, racking up five nominations in a single year across five different disciplines. Cooper is a nominee for best director, leading actor, adapted screenplay, original music and film for “A Star Is Born.” The sudden bonanza gives him seven BAFTA nods throughout his career, tying BAFTA icon Daniel Day-Lewis, who won four trophies for acting. Cuaron nabbed noms for best film, director, original screenplay, cinematography and editing for “Roma.”

2. Close-ing In: Glenn Close’s momentum continues.

Margot Robbie (“Mary Queen of Scots”) was among the more surprising nominations last week for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, which was a big surge for her film after it had underperformed at other awards season events. Pundits had pegged Robbie and co-star Saoirse Ronan — both Oscar nominees for Best Actress just last year — as major contenders early on this season, but then another film about British royals, “The Favourite,” stole some of its thunder with critics and prognosticators. Is “Mary” once again in it to win it?

SEEwhat actresses have been nominated for playing royalty

Ahead of the film’s theatrical release on December 7, the 18th Whistler Film Festival opened with the Canadian premiere of “Mary,” which Director of Programming Paul Gratton introduced as a “feminist-revisionist” take and an “acting exercise above all.” True to its title, the film centers on Ronan as Mary Stuart, who navigates the politics...

All the film festival buzz about “Green Book” – especially after Peter Farrelly’s fact-based, racially-charged road trip through the ‘60s-era Deep South won the coveted People’s Choice Award in Toronto this year – apparently hasn’t reached the masses just yet. Universal, which took over the title from its indie division, Focus Features, after Steven Spielberg got a gander and declared “Green Book” to be the best buddy picture since “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” took a chance by opening it in 25 theaters in 17 markets this past weekend before adding 1,000-plus more theaters this Wednesday.

The result? A somewhat underwhelming $313,00 gross with a per screen average of $12,520, while four theaters in New York and Los Angeles will averaged a somewhat better $25,000. The best news from this limited opening is that the movie earned an A+ Cinemascore from those in attendance – the Oscar-bestowed likes of “Titanic,” “The King’s Speech,...

In today’s roundup, ABC reveals photos from “The Conners,” and the second group of presenters for the 70th Emmy Awards has been announced.

First Looks

ABC has released photos from the first taping of the network’s new comedy series “The Conners.” In the premiere episode, “Keep on Truckin’,” a sudden turn of events forces the Conners to face the daily struggles of life in a way they never have before. The series is a rebranding of the “Roseanne” reboot and will not include former star Roseanne Barr. “The Conners” stars John Goodman (“Dan”), Laurie Metcalf (“Jackie”), Sara Gilbert (“Darlene”), Lecy Goranson (“Becky”), Michael Fishman (“D.J.”), Emma Kenney (“Harris”), Ames McNamara (“Mark”), and Jayden Rey (“Mary”) as the Conners. The series premieres on ABC on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. Et/Pt.

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“Queen of the World,” a documentary about Queen Elizabeth II, will debut Monday, Oct. 1 on HBO at 8 p.

Jennifer Esposito is to star alongside Gary Oldman in supernatural thriller 'Mary.'

The "NCIS" and "Blue Bloods" actress will play a character named Lydia in the independent feature, according to sources close to the production.

The cast includes Oscar-winner Oldman and Emily Mortimer, with Michael Goi ("American Horror Story") directing from a screenplay by Anthony Jaswinski ('The Shallows'). It is set for release in 2019.

The story centers on a a struggling family that buys an old ship at auction with high hopes of starting a charter business, only to discover her horrifying secrets once in isolated open waters.

Esposito, who shot her scenes for the movie earlier this year, has raised issues of discrimination in recent weeks, claiming she has been overlooked for roles because she is Italian-American.

In a Facebook post, the actress said: "Have a question for my actor friends — ever get totally blocked by casting directors?

“In the last month, I was told I was not white enough for five different jobs... Not getting a job is one thing, but not even being allowed in a room to have an opportunity is another."

Esposito is also set to co-star with David Arquette in 'Apalachin,' a story about the famed meeting of the heads of the mafia in 1957 in New York state. Currently filming, a release is planned for 2019.

Ian Hart stars as Lord Maitland, Jack Lowden as Lord Darnley, Saoirse Ronan as Mary Stuart and James McArdle as Earl of Moray in Mary Queen Of Scots, a Focus Features release.Credit: Liam Daniel / Focus Features

Focus Features will release Working Title’s Mary Queen Of Scots on Friday, December 7, 2018 – limited in North America. Previously having been set for November 2, 2018, the new date places the movie in prime Oscar season contention.

Focus Features launched a successful Oscar campaign earlier this year with two celebrated films from 2017.

Darkest Hour, starring Academy Award winner Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, received six nominations and went onto win statuettes for Best Actor and Achievement in makeup and hairstyling, while Phantom Thread, also garnering six nominations and starring Daniel Day Lewis, took home the Oscar for Achievement in costume design (Mark Bridges).

Saoirse Ronan as Mary Stuart in Mary Queen Of Scots, a Focus Features release.

Michael Goi has been appointed as the 2018 Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

The Dp has earned Emmy nominations for his work on “American Horror Story,” “Glee” and “My Name Is Earl.” He also landed American Society of Cinematographers noms for “The New Normal pilot,” “American Horror Story,” and TV movies “The Fixer” and “Judas.”

This is the 18th year of the residency program, which is sponsored by the Eastman Kodak Company. Other DPs who have received the honor include John Bailey, who is the current president of the Motion Picture Academy; Roger Deakins, this year’s Oscar winner for “Blade Runner 2049”; Rodrigo Prieto; and “Dean Cundey”.

Goi, who is past president of the American Society of Cinematographers, has more than 70 credits to his name, including TV series “Salem” and “The Mentalist” and feature film “The Town That Dreaded Sundown.” As a director, he...

Exclusive: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (The Magnificent Seven, Murder on the Orient Express) and Karl Glusman (Netflix’s Gypsy) have come aboard Sony/FilmNation’s WWII film Greyhound, written by and starring Tom Hanks. Aaron Schneider is directing the piece, which centers around an international convoy of 37 Allied ships, led by Captain Krause (Hanks) in his first command of a U.S. destroyer, while hotly pursued by wolf packs of Nazi U-boats.

Previously announced cast includes Elisabeth Shue, Rob Morgan, and Stephen Graham.

Hanks adapted the script from The Good Shepherd novel by English author C.S. Forester. The two-time Oscar winner will also produce alongside his Playtone partner Gary Goetzman.

Garcia-Rulfo upcoming film slate includes Sicario: Day of the Solado, Steve McQueen’s Widows, and the indie drama Mary, starring Gary Oldman. He’s repped by Wme, Genuine Artists and Ilene Feldman Management. Glusman is represented by Wme, Ilene Feldman Management, and Ziffren Brittenham.

It’s no secret that Mary J. Blige can do it all.

The Grammy Award winner, celebrated for both her singing and songwriting skills, has also been acting for years in TV and film.

But this year the “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul” has taken her acting career to the next level: Blige was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mudbound — a Dee Rees film adaption of the 2008 novel — where she plays a mother-of-four dealing with racial prejudice on a Mississippi Delta farm during the Jim Crow South.

Blige also scored a best original song nomination for “Mighty River,...