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The texts were ringing like crazy this morning. “Are you in Maui? Are you okay?” Fortunately, yes, just fine. But Maui, the second-biggest Island in Hawaii, continues to fight massive wildfires that started Tuesday and virtually destroyed the classic town of Lahaina (capital of Hawaii at one time) and a tourist mecca.

Flames have reportedly destroyed hundreds of homes and some businesses in a paradise that has long been a favorite getaway — and even home for many entertainment luminaries, including Oprah Winfrey, Clint Eastwood, Steven Tyler, Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Kris Kristofferson and Jeff Bezos, among many more. Mick Fleetwood not only lives on the island, but has a popular restaurant, Fleetwood’s On Front Street, that was situated right in the path of where the fire was most fierce in picturesque Lahaina, a city described now as looking like a bombed-out war zone.

I come here every summer and...

In Mike Myers’ new six-part Netflix series, “The Pentaverate,” the Canadian comedy legend plays eight new characters. Add them to a repertoire that includes such beloved weirdos as Wayne Campbell, Austin Powers, Dieter, Dr. Evil and Shrek, and the streamer seems eager to tout their partnership with the actor, pairing him with director David O. Russell for an hour-long mutual-appreciation session at the Netflix Is a Joke comedy festival.

Asked by Russell to describe the idea that inspired the new show, Myers — who showed up, despite having lost his voice to seasonal allergies — flashed back to his 1993 feature “So I Married an Axe Murderer,” in which he played both main character Charlie Mackenzie and his dad, a cuckoo conspiracy nut who ranted about a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world who run everything.

“In the last six years, just seeing the rise of all the weird...

Will Arnett and Mike Myers credit their Canadian roots for their love of the eccentric talent series “The Gong Show.” “In Canada, we didn’t have as many TV stations, and cable came slowly,” said Arnett, who executive produces the ABC revival, now in its second season. “I think Canadians appreciated the absurdity of it.”

Added Myers: “It’s outsider art, because we’re an outsider country. I loved ‘The Gong Show,” I thought it was hilarious. It felt like punk rock to me.”

Under his development deal at Sony Pictures TV, Arnett was looking at a list of franchises the studio owned and we ripe for a revival. When he came across “The Gong Show,” he thought Myers might have some fun with it. He just didn’t know what.

“It was like an open [offer], who knows what he would do,” Arnett said. “If you could get Mike to do it,...

The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise has helped launch many a film career in Hollywood, including Johnny Depp, Patricia Arquette, and Kelly Rowland, just to name a few. But none more notorious perhaps than the career of Tom Arnold. Halloween is almost here which means when we had the chance to speak with Tom Arnold about the new horror comedy Dead Ant, we couldn't resist the chance to get in a question about his relationship with MovieWeb's favorite horror movie killer Freddy Krueger.

The 58 year old actor and comedian, who earned an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance thanks to his supporting role in Arnold Schwarzenegger's True Lies, made his film debut in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, the supposed finale of the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, which arrived in September 1991.

It was the height of tabloid fame for Arnold and his then wife, Roseanne Barr,...

Well, it took ’til the very end, but the strangest story of the week has just arrived, and that’s in a week when it was revealed that Will Smith was on the Cannes jury, and that Fyre Festival thing. It’s a while since we’ve seen much of Mike Myers: the Canadian superstar comedian’s two main franchises, “Shrek” and “Austin Powers,” lie dormant, and Myers hasn’t actually appeared on screen since his cameo in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” in 2009, although he did direct 2013’s documentary “Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon.”

But something of a comeback may be on the way: Myers has been talking about a possible fourth “Austin Powers” film this week to mark the film’s 20th anniversary; he’s starring with Margot Robbie and Simon Pegg in crime thriller “Terminal”; and today, Myers sort-of completes a return to the spotlight in the strangest,...

After Spring, the critically praised documentary about the Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, executive produced by Jon Stewart and Chris McShane, will debut Friday, February 10 at 9 Pm on Starz. The film is available beginning today for Starz subscribers on the Starz app and Starz On Demand. Directed/produced by Steph Ching (Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon) and Ellen Martinez (Tested), the documentary film tells the heartbreaking and inspiring personal stories of Syrian…...

Academy Award-winners Leonardo DiCaprio and Fisher Stevens will be honored with the “Hollywood Documentary Award” for National Geographic’s “Before the Flood” at the 20th Annual “Hollywood Film Awards® Presented by Virginia Black.” In the film, director and producer Stevens follows DiCaprio, who also executive produces, as he travels to five continents and the Arctic to gain a deeper understanding of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change. The awards ceremony, celebrating its 20th anniversary as the official launch of the awards season®, will be hosted by actor and comedian James Corden, and will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, on November 6, 2016. The Hollywood Film Awards honors some of the most acclaimed films and actors, as well as previews highly anticipated films and talent for the upcoming year. Additional artists are also honored in the categories of Cinematography, Visual Effects, Film Composing,...

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50 fabulous documentary films, covering hard politics through to music, money and films that never were...

Thanks to streaming services such as Netflix, we’ve never had better access to documentaries. A whole new audience can discover that these real life stories are just as thrilling, entertaining, and incredible as the latest big-budget blockbuster. What’s more, they’re all true too. But with a new found glut of them comes the ever more impossible choice, what’s worth your time? Below is my pick of the 50 best modern feature length documentaries.

I’ve defined modern as being from 2000 onwards, which means some of the greatest documentaries ever made will not feature here. I’m looking at you Hoop Dreams.

50. McConkey (2013)

d. Rob Bruce, Scott Gaffney, Murray Wais, Steve Winter, David Zieff

Shane McConkey was an extreme skier and Base jumper who lived life on the edge, and very much to the full.

The Live Inaugural Hollywood Film Awards Television Broadcast Aired Nov. 14, 2014 on CBS. 2014 honorees included some of the biggest names in Hollywood such as Keira Knightley, Michael Keaton, Steve Carell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Shailene Woodley, Eddie Redmayne, Jean-Marc Vallée, Julianne Moore, Robert Duvall, Jack O’Connell, Mike Myers, Chris Rock and many more. “The first mandatory stop … in the awards season” – New York Times “The Hollywood Film Awards has become a pre-Oscar showcase” – Los Angeles Times “The Race Is On! The Hollywood Awards Launch the Push toward Oscar” – Associated Press Who: Host Queen Latifah, and Hollywood Career Achievement Award winner Michael Keaton, presented by Geena Davis; Hollywood Film Award winner “Gone Girl,” accepted by Ben Affleck, presented by Ron Howard; Hollywood Director Award winner Morten Tyldum for “The Imitation Game,” presented by Robert Pattinson; Hollywood Actor Award winner Benedict Cumberbatch for “The Imitation Game,” presented by Amy Adams...

After 35 years, it’s time for the Razzies to apologize. The annual occasion to dishonor the worst in movies has long been criticized for itself being one of the worst things to happen to cinema. They crap on easy targets more than they serve a good cause, and the majority of their nominees in recognition of awful filmmaking and performances in 2014 proves little exception. There’s another Transformers movie, another Adam Sandler movie, another movie starring someone from Twilight, and it’s mostly the same handful of titles represented in each category. Transformers: Age of Extinction tops with seven nominations and Saving Christmas and The Legend of Hercules got six, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles got five, A Million Ways to Die in the West got four and each with three are Left Behind, Sex Tape, The Expendables 3 and Blended. The apology, however, comes in the form of a new Golden Raspberry category for past Razzie nominees...

While he hasn't turned in a box office hit as an actor in several years, Mike Myers proved himself an adept filmmaker with last year's documentary Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon. Now, Myers has entered into a new deal with HBO that should give him a creative forum to make more interesting projects. Deadline reports that the deal is an overall agreement between Myers and the cable network over the next two years. HBO president Michael Lombardo issued this statement about the deal....

By Scott Feinberg

The Hollywood Reporter

With just hours remaining in 2014, I wanted to document for myself — and share with you — the films that I enjoyed the most this year. I have seen hundreds of titles — on the big screen and on screeners, at festivals and at multiplexes — among them all of the top Oscar contenders, up to and including every film on the documentary and foreign language film shortlists. In other words, I have done my best to be well-versed in what’s out there — but, needless to say, no list of this sort is anything but a subjective exercise for anyone.

It pains me that I do not have room to acknowledge, on the list itself, more of 2014’s extraordinary films (i.e. the 12-year project Boyhood, the acting showcases Birdman and The Imitation Game, the timely Selma and films both profound and moving, such as Citizenfour, Finding Vivian Maier and Leviathan,...

Finally "Boyhood" gets trumped, though just barely. Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Birdman" was the nominations hog with the Phoenix crowd with 10 mentions. But Richard Linklater's opus was just a few steps behind with eight. Also with eight nominations was "Gone Girl," which picked up refreshing recognition in the Best Supporting Actress arena for Carrie Coon. "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Into the Woods" and "The Theory of Everything" picked up seven nods apiece. Check out the full list of nominees below. Winners will be announced on Dec. 16. And keep track of the season at The Circuit! Best Picture "Birdman" "Boyhood" "Gone Girl" "The Grand Budapest Hotel" "Guardians of the Galaxy" "The Imitation Game" "The Lego Movie" "A Most Violent Year" "The Theory of Everything" "Whiplash" Best Director Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash" David Fincher, "Gone Girl" Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman" Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" Best Actor in a Leading Role Bradley Cooper,...

Exclusive: Actor and comedian Tom Arnold has signed with ICM Partners following the closure of upstart agency Resolution. The move reunites Arnold with John Burnham, the former William Morris agent who landed the actor a role in his first film, 1992’s Hero, and put him in front of James Cameron who cast him opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies. Arnold can be seen in Mike Myers’ documentary Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon. He’s currently filming Yahoo’s comedy series Sin City Saints with Andrew Santino and Malin Akerman and has indie drama Any Day with Sean Bean, Eva Longoria, and Kate Walsh coming up along with a role in Chevy Chase’s holiday film Shelby.

The onetime Roseanne actor still tours with his stand-up act and hosts Cmt’s My Big Redneck TV franchise. Early career highlights include Nine Months, McHale’s Navy, The Stupids, and a memorable...

Though a few of Johnny Depp's most recent films -- The Lone Ranger, The Tourist, Transcendence, Dark Shadows -- have not exactly been critical and box office successes, the actor has gotten to a place in his career where the critics don't bother him.

In a new interview with Details magazine, Depp gets especially blunt about his questionable choice of films.

"As Marlon once so beautifully f*cking said to me, life is a birdsong. That's stuck with me," he says, quoting his mentor, the legendary actor Marlon Brando. "What is really satisfying is, like Marlon, getting to that place where he just didn't give a f*ck."

Photos: Johnny Depp's 10 Greatest Roles

At 51 years old, Depp says he has finally reached that place.

"First, I reached a point where I cared so much and was so diligent in terms of approaching the work," he reflects. "Then you get to where you care so f*cking...

We have added a set pictures from the event 2014 Napa Film Festival – ‘Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon’ Screening . Guests included Mike Myers, Marc Lhormer, Brenda Lhormer and Shep Gordon, Shep Gordon and Mike Myers, Willie Brown and Shep Gordon. Photos are copyright by Jonathan Shensa / PR Photos. Mike Myers attending the 2014 Napa Film Festival for the “Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon” Screening at the Uptown Theatre in Napa, CA, USA. Photo is copyright by Jonathan Shensa / PR Photos.

The crew behind the Hollywood Film Awards may be regretting the decision to televise the ceremony this year after Johnny Depp‘s bizarre speech. The actor stole headlines by awkwardly slurring and cursing his way through presenting the documentary award for Mike Myers’ Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon.

While everyone stopped to scratch their heads, you have to admit that this is all amazing. As the ridiculously talented and accomplished actor he is, it’s cool that Depp clearly gives zero fucks. Why should he?

Kudos to you if you make it through 2:34 of him wrangling the microphone, swaying, and having trouble reading the teleprompter. No one really knows if he was drunk, high, a combination, or none of the above. Regardless of being cut off on stage, it looks like Depp had a grand old time. High five to Johnny Depp.

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The crew behind the Hollywood Film Awards may be regretting the decision to televise the ceremony this year after Johnny Depp‘s bizarre speech. The actor stole headlines by awkwardly slurring and cursing his way through presenting the documentary award for Mike Myers’ Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon.

While everyone stopped to scratch their heads, you have to admit that this is all amazing. As the ridiculously talented and accomplished actor he is, it’s cool that Depp clearly gives zero fucks. Why should he?

Kudos to you if you make it through 2:34 of him wrangling the microphone, swaying, and having trouble reading the teleprompter. No one really knows if he was drunk, high, a combination, or none of the above. Regardless of being cut off on stage, it looks like Depp had a grand old time. High five to Johnny Depp.

[Photo Credit: CBS]...

The Hollywood Film Awards, the official launch of the awards season, has recognized excellence in the art of cinema and filmmaking for 17 years, honoring some of the world’s biggest stars.The evening was hosted by Queen Latifah. It was also where Johnny Depp, 51, presented the documentary award for Mike Myers’ “Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon.”Depp appeared to be more like his famous character Jack Sparrow with a less than lucid speech. At the 2014 Hollywood Film Awards, the 51-year-old actor presented the documentary award for Mike Myers’ “Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon.”On stage, Depp began saying, “That’s […]...

Hollywood Film Awards: What Went Down and Why It Mattered Host Queen Latifah, and Hollywood Career Achievement Award winner Michael Keaton, presented by Geena Davis; Hollywood Film Award winner “Gone Girl,” accepted by Ben Affleck, presented by Ron Howard; Hollywood Director Award winner Morten Tyldum for “The Imitation Game,” presented by Robert Pattinson; Hollywood Actor Award winner Benedict Cumberbatch for “The Imitation Game,” presented by Amy Adams; Hollywood Actress Award winner Julianne Moore for “Still Alice,” presented by Kristen Stewart; Hollywood Supporting Actor Award winner Robert Duvall for “The Judge,” presented by Robert Downey Jr.; Hollywood Supporting Actress Award winner Keira Knightley for “The Imitation Game,” presented by Christoph Waltz; Hollywood Ensemble Award winner “Foxcatcher” cast (Steve Carell, Channing Tatum), presented by Jonah Hill; Hollywood Breakout Performance Actress Award winner Shailene Woodley for “The Fault in Our Stars,” presented by Laura Dern; Hollywood Breakout Performance Actor Award winner Eddie Redmayne...

The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game and Gone Girl were the big winners at this year's Hollywood Film Awards in Los Angeles, the first big event in the awards calendar and the place where Oscar-related speculation begins. Despite a distracting turn from a drunken Johnny Depp, the stars were smiling at a show that boded well for British talent, with Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley and Jack O'Connell all receiving praise for their acting.

Those awards in full:-

Best Film

Gone Girl

Best Director

Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

Best Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game

Best Actress

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best Supporting Actress

Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Duvall, The Judge

Ensemble Award

Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Channing Tatum, Foxcatcher

Breakout Performance Actress

Shailene Woodley, The Fault In Our Stars

Breakout Performance Actor

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything

Breakthrough Director

Jean-Marc Vallée, Wild

New...

No one watched the first live broadcast of the Hollywood Awards on CBS last night. So it's a good thing the event was recorded so that we could enjoy the slurring, stumbling speech Johnny Depp gave there. Depp was on hand to introduce the documentary Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon when he tottered to the microphone, commenting, "That's the weirdest microphone I ever saw in my life." (Depp, with disheveled, bleached hair and sunglasses, seems to again be channeling Captain Jack Sparrow.) "It's one of those nights," he remarks. Meanwhile, Shep Gordon and the rest of the audience looks on amused.

Jack Sparrow or Johnny Depp? It was difficult to ascertain which one made an appearance at the Hollywood Film Awards on Friday night.

Johnny, 51, set the Internet ablaze when he delivered a rambling, slurred speech at the awards show held in Los Angeles.

Photos: Stars At The Hollywood Film Awards 2014

The strange moment took place as Johnny was introducing Shep Gordon and presenting Mike Myers with the Hollywood Documentary Award for his film "Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon."

After appearing wobbly on his way up to the mic, the actor said, "That's the ...

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Johnny Depp pulled a Kim Kardashian and broke the internet last night after an interesting speech.

At the 2014 Hollywood Film Awards on Friday night, the 51-year-old actor presented the documentary award for Mike Myers' Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon.

On stage, Depp started out with a mic issue. He said, "That's the weirdest microphone I've ever seen in my life."

Photos: Jennifer Lopez's and More Fashions at the 2014 Hollywood Film Awards

He then proceeded to say, "I'm not very good at this kind of thing" as he scratched his head and cursed expletives that got censored. Viewers reacted on Twitter by comparing him to his character from Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack Sparrow.

Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow only without the makeup and costume. https://t.co/LTWgrCBEMl

— Neil Cybart (@SammyWalrusIV) November 15, 2014

Oh, Johnny Depp, save Jack Sparrow behavior for the movies. Actually, the behavior at that awards show was an embarrassment to all...

Gone Girl and The Imitation Game were among the winners at last night's Hollywood Film Awards.

Attended by the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Ben Affleck, Reese Witherspoon and Keira Knightley, the 18th annual Hollywood Film Awards were presented by Queen Latifah live from the Hollywood Palladium.

David Fincher's Gone Girl took home the biggest prize of the evening, the 'Hollywood Film Award', while Gillian Flynn won the 'Screenwriter Award'.

The Imitation Game was the biggest winner of the night with four awards.

Benedict Cumberbatch took home the 'Best Actor', the 'Hollywood Director Award' went to Morten Tyldum, and Keira Knightley won 'Best Supporting Actress'.

Alexandre Desplat was awarded the 'Hollywood Film Composer Award' for his accompanying musical score.

The 'Hollywood Actress Award' went to Julianne Moore for Still Alice, while Robert Duvall won the 'Hollywood Supporting Actor Award' for The Judge.

The 'Hollywood Animation Award' went to How to Train Your Dragon 2,...

Johnny Depp was either really drunk Friday night at the Hollywood Film Awards, or ... who are we kidding, he was really drunk. Depp was presenting the best documentary award to “Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon” ... but it took about 3 seconds to realize the actor had partaken at the table.CBS eventually cut to a commercial after Depp rambled on, dropping a few cuss words ... and guess who was still there when they came back from break,...

The 18th annual Hollywood Film Awards kicked off awards season Friday night, and for the first time ever, the event was broadcasted live on CBS. Host Queen Latifah entertained the crowd at the Hollywood Palladium as viewers and attendees got a glimpse of some of this year's major award frontrunners.

Robert Downey Jr. kicked off the evening, presenting the Hollywood Supporting Actor Award award to his The Judge co-star Robert Duvall.

"There’s never been anyone better and there likely never will be," Downey said of Duvall, who was equally effusive about his co-star.

"The reason I took the project mainly is because of Robert Downey Jr," Duvall praised. "We spent many good times together."

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Duvall also thanked his wife Luciana Pedraza, laughing, "I’ve had a few better halves, but she’s the best better half I’ve ever had."

Laura Dern presented Breakout Performance by an Actress to her on-screen daughter from The Fault In Our Stars...

It should have been bad. It should have been terrible. A live broadcast of the Hollywood Film Awards with Queen "People's Choice" Latifah as host? A network spotlight on the most fake awards show of them all? Even with low expectations, how could talent go on stage and pick up these, cough, "awards" in front of a national audience? An award given to them because they were available to show up and their studios lobbied for it? (At least fans vote for some of the Teen Choice Awards!) Well, watch out Critics Choice Awards because CBS and Dick Clark Productions figured out a way to fashion a much more entertaining two hours than you've delivered the past few years. Ok. Maybe they got lucky. Maybe. Live events thrive off the unexpected and the 2014 Hollywood Film Awards had a ton of it. Major flubs, some seriously intoxicated presenters and a number...

Um, Johnny Depp, what's happening? As the 2014 Hollywood Film Awards started coming to a close tonight, viewers and the star-studded audience were greeted with an especially odd encounter. Depp took the stage to give a warm intro for Shep Gordon whose documentary Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon was being honored, but Johnny ended up stealing the show. Depp wobbled up to the microphone and exclaimed how weird it looked, then made it very evident that he couldn't stand up straight. After confessing that he's no good at this sort of thing, he states "Okay, I'm going to read this thing." But he continuously slurred words and appeared to go off whatever was on the teleprompter....

Johnny Depp gave a lurching intro to Shep Gordon, the subject of Mike Myers' documentary Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, in presenting Myers with the Hollywood Documentary Award. See more Hollywood Film Awards: The Red-Carpet Arrivals "I'm not really good at this kind of thing," the Into the Woods star said, between curse words censored out by CBS during The Hollywood Film Awards broadcast. "I mean, it's one of those nights." Asked about it back stage, Meyers said, "It was very rock 'n roll, which is very appropriate for Shep Gordon." Read more Hollywood Film Awards: Complete Winners

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Gone Girl won the top prize at tonight’s 18th annual Hollywood Film Awards. David Fincher’s drama starring Ben Affleck took the Hollywood Film Award. World War II codebreaker drama The Imitation Game won the most hardware, scoring four wins including best actor for Benedict Cumberbatch and director for Morten Tyldem. Julianne Moore scooped up the Hollywood Actress Award for Still Alice, and How to Train Your Dragon 2 won the animation prize. Michael Keaton was the lifetime achievement honoree. A complete list of winners is below.

Queen Latifah hosted HFAs, which were televised for the first time. The event always has been a private Tinseltown affair, but CBS aired the show live from the Hollywood Palladium at 8 Pm in the East and delayed at 8 Pm Pacific. Organizers like to consider the negotiated Hollywood Film Awards the first stop on the long awards-season journey, and studios seem to love...

★★★☆☆Last year, Mike Myers directed Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon. It was the sugary chronicling of the celebrity world's most treasured manager. Played out like a pseudo Carry On, the movie rascally skips from one puckish anecdote to the next. Gordon was a star overseer, happily living his lives through others; infectiously adored by others and impenetrably charismatic. It was a career worth fabling. One year later and director Gracie Otto explores similar grounds with her debut feature-length, The Last Impresario (2013). Akin to the theatrical pizzazz of stardom, Otto encountered her subject, Glaswegian stage and screen producer Michael White, at Cannes in 2010.

Whoopsy. I forgot to share this list... Herewith the films that could be up for Best Documentary Feature this year. We'll get a finalist of 15 at some point next month followed by 5 nominees in January "until we crown A Winnah!" If we've reviewed the titles, you'll notice their pretty color which you can then click on to read about them. The magic of the internet. You can also see the animated and documentary Oscar charts here.

The 134 Semi-Finalists

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Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq, Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case, Algorithms, Alive Inside, All You Need Is Love, Altina, America: Imagine the World without Her, American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, Anita, Antarctica: A Year on Ice, Art and Craft, Awake: The Life of Yogananda, The Barefoot Artist, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, Before You Know It, Bitter Honey, Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity, Botso The Teacher from Tbilisi,...

One hundred thirty-four features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 87th Academy Awards. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced in December.

The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:

“Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq”

“Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case”

“Algorithms”

“Alive Inside”

“All You Need Is Love”

“Altina”

“America: Imagine the World without Her”

“American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs”

“Anita”

“Antarctica: A Year on Ice”

“Art and Craft”

“Awake: The Life of Yogananda”

“The Barefoot Artist”

“The Battered Bastards of Baseball”

“Before You Know It”

“Bitter Honey”

“Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity”

“Botso The Teacher from Tbilisi”

“Captivated The Trials of Pamela Smart”

“The Case against 8”

“Cesar’s Last Fast”

“Citizen Koch”

“CitizenFour”

“Code Black”

“Concerning Violence”

“The Culture High”

“Cyber-Seniors”

“DamNation”

“Dancing in Jaffa”

“Death Metal Angola”

“The Decent One”

“Dinosaur 13”

“Do You Know What My Name Is?...

Citizenfour, Life Itself, Red Army, Warsaw Uprising among long-list contenters for the 87th Academy Awards.

The Salt Of The Earth, Happy Valley, Jodorowsky’s Dune, Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, Food Chains and Point And Shoot are also named.

The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:

20,000 Days On Earth

Afternoon Of A Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq

Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case

Algorithms

Alive Inside

All You Need Is Love

Altina

America: Imagine The World Without Her

American Revolutionary: The Evolution Of Grace Lee Boggs

Anita

Antarctica: A Year On Ice

Art And Craft

Awake: The Life Of Yogananda

The Barefoot Artist

The Battered Bastards Of Baseball

Before You Know It

Bitter Honey

Born To Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

Botso The Teacher From Tbilisi

Captivated The Trials Of Pamela Smart

The Case Against 8

Cesar’s Last Fast

Citizen Koch

Citizenfour

Code Black

Concerning Violence

The Culture High

Cyber-Seniors

Damnation

Dancing In Jaffa

Death Metal Angola

The...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released its list of 134 film vying for the Best Feature Documentary Oscar at the 87th Annual Academy Awards in February. A number of the nonfic hopefuls have yet to get their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases. Those that don’t will be cut from the contention. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced in December. Oscar noms will be revealed January 15, and ABC will broadcast Hollywood’s Big Night live on February 22 from the Dolby Theatre.

Here are the docu feature submissions:

Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq

Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case

Algorithms

Alive Inside

All You Need Is Love

Altina

America: Imagine the World without Her

American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

Anita

Antarctica: A Year on Ice

Art and Craft

Awake: The Life of Yogananda

The Barefoot Artist

The Battered Bastards of Baseball...

One hundred thirty-four features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 87th Academy Awards®. Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category's other qualifying rules in order to advance in the voting process. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced in December. Films submitted in the Documentary Feature category also may qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories. The 87th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 15, 2015, at 5:30 a.m. Pt in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar...

By Scott Feinberg

The Hollywood Reporter

The 17th annual Savannah Film Festival kicks off on Saturday and runs through Nov. 1 — and, starting this year, its organizers want you to think of it as a major player in the awards season, generally, and specifically the fest for best documentary feature Oscar contenders, much like people associate the Palm Springs International Film Festival with best foreign language film Oscar contenders.

To that end, the fest is introducing a “Docs to Watch” sidebar, as part of which it will screen nine top docs: Pulitzer Prize winner Jose Antonio Vargas‘ Documented (CNN Films), John Maloof and Charlie Siskel‘s Finding Vivian Mayer (Sundance Selects), Alan Hicks‘ Keep on Keepin’ On (RADiUS-twc), Oscar nominee Steve James‘ Life Itself (Magnolia), James Keach‘s Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me (Area 23a), Oscar nominee Robert Kenner‘s Merchants of Doubt (Sony Classics), Gabe Polsky‘s Red Army...

It’s white-knuckle time for the Napa Valley Film Festival’s organizers, filmmakers and fans, with a key venue and two hotels still fixing earthquake damage ahead of the Nov. 12 opening night. The post-quake craziness comes just as the four-year-old event is getting traction in Hollywood for its Oscar Season-adjacent timing, with companies setting encore screenings and star appearances, to tout awards contenders from earlier in the year.

The festival bills itself a mix of film, food and, of course, wine, with its own wine director pouring bottles from 150 of the region’s best-regarded vineyards. A recent Los Angeles event spotlighting the festival featured The Weinstein Co. President David Glasser, who said his company will use it to push awareness of several TWC awards contenders. Among those projects: The Imitation Game, with festival appearances scheduled for director Morten Tyldum and cast members for the biopic about martyred cryptography pioneer Alan Turing.

Mike Myers’ Supermensch and fashion house doc Dior and I among sales.

Ahead of next week’s, UK-based sales agent Dogwoof has secured a string of TV deals for their current slate.

Dior and I has been sold to Canal+ (France). This recent Dogwoof acquisition is the latest fashion film from Frédéric Tcheng (Diana Vreeland, The Eye Has to Travel, Valentino: The Last Emperor) and tells the inside story of designer Raf Simons taking over the iconic fashion house.

Recently opened in the Us and the UK, Finding Fela from Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney chronicles the life and death of Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti. It has been sold to Arte France, Vpro (Netherlands) and AMC Global (Mena, Cee).

Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia’s Web Junkie about China’s teen internet de-programming camps continues to sell, with sales to Arte France, Pts (Taiwan), Ebs (Korea), Trt (Turkey), Ruv (Iceland), Doc24 (Russia) and AMC Global (Iberia, Mena)

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Edge of Tomorrow One of the year's blockbusters that I would say is worthy of considering buying though be on the lookout for a movie titled Live. Die. Repeat. as that is the new branding this Tom Cruise sci-fi actioner is going by on DVD and Blu-ray shelves. Otherwise, not only do I consider this to be one of the best blockbusters of the year, I'd say it's one of the best movies of 2014 as well. Top tenc Eh, not so sure, but definitely worth your time.

Million Dollar Arm Rental time... at best. This isn't a very good movie and I'm not sure how it has a "fresh" RottenTomatoes score, but I guess if you lower your expectations far enough you'll be satisfied.

A Million Ways to Die in the West I'm not sure expectations can be lowered far enough for this one, however. Seth MacFarlane's follow-up to...

This week’s bounty of new Blu-ray releases include one of the most entertaining films of the year, a Disney classic, an underseen gem from this past summer, the previous season of shenanigans from Ahs, and more. Briefly: Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD UltraViolet Combo Pack) - $19.99 (44% off) Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD +UltraViolet Combo Pack) - $27.99 (38% off) Obvious Child [Blu-ray] - $20.98 (16% off) Sleeping Beauty: Diamond Edition (2-Disc Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD) - $19.99 (46% off) A Million Ways to Die in the West (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD with UltraViolet) - $22.96 (34% off) Kingdom of Heaven 10th Anniversary [Blu-ray]- $19.99 (20% off) Million Dollar Arm (1-Disc Blu-ray + Digital HD) - $17.99 (55% off) Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (Amazon Exclusive) [Blu-ray] - $26.99 (10% off) Sharknado 2: The Second One [Blu-ray] - $12.99 (35% off) Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (Extended Edition) (Blu-ray/DVD Combo) - $24.99 (29% off) American Horror Story...

By Anjelica Oswald

Managing Editor

For some actors, it is a natural progression to move from using their talents in front of the camera to testing their skills behind it. Though actors have been making the transition for years, 2013 was a particular popular year for actors-turned-directors. Among some of the releases throughout the year were Ben Stiller‘s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Lake Bell’s In A World…, her directorial debut. The 2013 Toronto International Film Festival was the directorial launching pad of Jason Bateman’s Bad Words and Mike Myers’ Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, and the festival also screened Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut Don Jon and Ralph Fiennes‘ The Invisible Woman.

Though many of these actors’ projects may not garner any awards, there are some that make their way to the Oscars, such as Ben Affleck’s Argo (2012), which won the best picture Oscar...

Who wouldn’t want to go to Italy in the summer for good food and entertaining conversation with a clever traveling companion? Quite a few people did just that, at least vicariously, via IFC Films‘ The Trip To Italy. The light-hearted sequel to The Trip easily had the weekend’s highest bow among specialty films, grossing $71,577 and averaging a tasty $23,859 in three theaters.

“The Trip to Italy opened with one of the highest per-screen (average)s of the summer, playing to sold-out shows this weekend in New York and Los Angeles,” IFC said in a statement. “The Michael Winterbottom-directed sequel has received wonderful reviews and strong word of mouth.” As with The Trip, which also starred Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon on a food and talk travelogue across U.K. countryside, the road ahead looks wide open for the Italian Trip. The original opened in June 2011 with a $12,984 PTA in 6 theaters,...

★★★★☆In his 2002 documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture, Robert Evans proclaimed there are three sides to every story: "My side, your side and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each differently." In Mike Myers' directorial debut (which he co-directs with Beth Aala), Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2013), the titular Hollywood man about town gets his day in the limelight. Standing over six feet in his stocking feet and looking and sounding not dissimilar to Larry David, Shep Gordon is an entertainment legend. A colossus within the fields of talent management, film producing and cooking he has excelled in a field where being the nice guy normally means finishing last.

Essentially, at its core, cinema is just storytelling. Which is exactly the reason why Mike Myers’ directorial debut – alongside Beth Aala, in what is her sophomore endeavour – is such a treat. As Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon explores the life of a man who has dined, wined and revelled in the company of some of the most important cultural figures of the 20th century, and believe me, this man has some stories to tell.

Shep Gordon is one of the most famous people you’ve never heard of, and a contact list full of people you have. From a young age he was mixing with the likes of Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon, while managing eccentric rockstar Alice Cooper, partly responsible for creating that unique brand that saw the musician go on to achieve great success. From there he went on to manage the likes of Luther Vandross to Groucho Marx,...

July 4, 2014

The Anomaly

Director: Noel Clarke

Starring: Ian Somerhalder, Alexis Knapp, Noel Clarke

Running time: 97 mins

Certificate: 15

A Hard Day's Night

Director: Richard Lester

Starring: John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Running time: 89 mins

Certificate: U

Tammy

Director: Ben Falcone

Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon

Running time: 97 mins

Certificate: 15

July 11

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Director: Michael Bay

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer

Running time: 165 mins

Certificate: 12A

Begin Again

Director: John Carney

Starring: Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine

Running time: 104 mins

Certificate: 15

Boyhood

Director: Richard Linklater

Starring: Patricia Arquette, Ella Salmon, Ethan Hawke

Running time: 166 mins

Certificate: 15

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Director: Dean DeBlois

Starring: Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler

Running time: 102 mins

Certificate: PG

July 18

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Director: Matt Reeves

Starring: Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman

Running time: Tbc

Certificate: Tbc

Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

Director: Nick Moore

Starring: Olivia Colman,...

Two years ago, legendary manager Shep Gordon was lying in the hospital, recovering from gastrointestinal surgery, when Mike Myers approached him with an idea he'd been obsessing over: a documentary about Gordon's life. Gordon – a Zelig-like figure who'd befriended everyone from Michael Douglas to the Dalai Lama and was best known as Alice Cooper's manager – reluctantly agreed. "I was heavily medicated and must have been feeling sorry for myself," says Gordon.

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Myers had been fixated on Gordon ever since...

Actor and comedian Tom Arnold has added Untitled Entertainment to his roster of reps. The host and narrator of Cmt’s My Big Redneck Wedding franchise has taken his stand-up show on the road this year and appeared in Mike Myers’ documentary Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon. He also stars in indie drama Any Day opposite Sean Bean and Eva Longoria. He’s also repped by Resolution and attorneys Bloom, Hergott, Diemer, Rosenthal, Laviolette & Feldman. Actress Rachel McKeon has signed with Innovative Artists following her feature film debut in Colin Healey’s Homemakers. The relative newcomer plays destructive riot grrl-esque punk […]...

Chicago – Not much is really revealed about the subject of the documentary “Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon,” co-directed by comedian Mike Myers. Shep is a rock star agent, Shep gets rich, Shep shares his Hawaiian beach condo with big stars, Shep represents gourmet chefs, Shep likes to cook and Shep strangely wants kids, despite being in his sixties and not being able to maintain any domestic relationship. There is no there in this film, only the spoils of good representation.

Rating: 2.5/5.0

There are definitely more questions than answers by the end of this film, regarding what is revealed about Shep Gordon – and more importantly, what isn’t revealed. He seems a nice enough guy on the surface, but a “super-mensch”? You really have to back up such a title with some real humanity, not getting multi-million contracts and having a nice beach condo. There is no doubt that Shep Gordon...