2nd Annual Beverly Hills Film, TV & New Media Festival Boasts Eight Days of Screenings, Red Carpet Premieres and Panels Beginning October 20, 2011 The Beverly Hills Film, TV & New Media Festival line-up of star-studded red carpet premieres, panels and honorary award recipients have been announced by Festival Director Donna Spangler. After an exceptional debut last year, this...

2nd Annual Beverly Hills Film, TV & New Media Festival Boasts Eight Days of Screenings, Red Carpet Premieres and Panels Beginning October 20, 2011 The Beverly Hills Film, TV & New Media Festival line-up of star-studded red carpet premieres, panels and honorary award recipients have been announced by Festival Director Donna Spangler. After an exceptional debut last year, this international event continues to be a true celebration of established and emerging talent and technologies in film, televi...

The Third Annual Lady Filmmakers Film Festival is accepting submissions for film, music, art, and short screenplays! The festival will take place in Beverly Hills, CA this year at the Writers Guild of America Theatre! Events will take place at the Theatre and around the city. We are excited to move to our new venue!  Awards so far will be provided by Final Draft, Creative Handbook, and Lucky Bag Films. Check out www.ladyfilmmakers.com for more information and to submit directly. For questions,...

 Night of 100 Stars will be live this year:Beverly Hills Courier & FoxNews.com "Night of 100 Stars" preview:http://www.facebook.com/notes/tamara-henry/beverly-hills-courier-foxnewscom-night-of-100-stars-preview/10150142963022474...

The Invocation will receive the 2010 Humanitarian Award at the Beverly Hills Film, TV and New Media Festival, directed by Emmanuel Itier(“Scarecrow”). “The Invocation” is a quest to explain the notion of “God” around the World, in our daily life, and through Religion, Spirituality, Science, History, Politics, Philosophy and Entertainment. The film features over 80 interviews with various leaders in diverse fields as well as the common people living in the many geographical areas visi...

FIFTH LOS ANGELES JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL"We don't select -- we Choose!" by Alex DeleonThe fifth edition of the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival opened a six day run on Saturday, May 8, at the classy Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills with a very off-beat film from Israel, "A Matter of Size", about Hebrew speaking Sumo wrestlers (!) and an hour long Gala stars-of-yesteryear studded reception in the lobby preceding the screening. The film was exceptional and the array of celebrities at the recep...

By Maria Esteves - March 3, 2010 The Annual 2010 Oscar Week Party has over thirty two celebrations sponsored by various organizations (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Women in Film, The German Consulate, et al.) and brands (BMW, Dior, Diane von Furstenberg, Moet Chandon, et al.). Invited filmmakers, actors and celebrity guests from around the world will attend an average of six events each night.  The 82nd Academy Awards presented by A.M.P.A.S. for outstanding film achieve...

The Annual 2010 Oscar Week Party has over thirty two celebrations sponsored by various organizations (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Women in Film, The German Consulate, et al.) and brands (BMW, Dior, Diane von Furstenberg, Moet Chandon, et al.). Invited filmmakers, actors and celebrity guests from around the world will attend an average of six events each night. The 82nd Academy Awards presented by A.M.P.A.S. for outstanding film achievements of 2009 co-hosted by Alec Baldwin and...

During her busy lifetime, silent screen diva Mary Pickford  Pickfair collected opulent furnishings, decorative art, jewelry and fittings to adorn PICKFAIR, the Beverly Hills Georgian manor she and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. constructed in Beverly Hills when they married. The glamourous mansion is now up for sale at $60 million. Designed by California architect Wallace Neff in 1919 and named after its original residents -- silent film actors Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford -...

"Variety," the authoritative entertainment industry publication, will present its annual "10 Actors to Watch" lineup of exciting new talents onstage at the Hollywood Awards(r) Gala Ceremony. The 10 actors, selected by a team of "Variety's" critics, editors and reporters, will be recognized at the prestigious Hollywood Awards(r) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 27. "We are very proud and honored to join 'Variety' in presenting 'Variety's '10 Actors to Watch' at the Hollywoo...

The International Beverly Hills Film Festival concluded its 8th editionFilmfestivals.com has been a partner of that festival in the past for 3 editions, offering promotion and advertising services which the Fetival never fully paid.The lawyer they appointed to settle the dispute never returned our documented correspondence of services fully rendrered nor phone calls.We were worried that the financial situation would not allow the festival to continue and we are glad that it found ways to survi...

LA Femme Film Festival is a premier festival that focuses on women filmmakers' platforming their commercial films for the world wide audience. It is a Festival for those women who want to have an equal opportunity in commercial entertainment desiring to change, enhance, or become leaders in the industry as a Director, Writer, Producer or Director of Photography. Film Festival Dates & Location:Date: October 11-14, 2007 Location: Fine Arts Theatre Venue 1 & 2PARTY INFORMATION LA FEMME PARTY SCHEDU...

Thursday, August 9----------Frank E. Rosenfelt, one of the most respected Hollywood production exectives of the past few decades, died on August 2nd at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 85. He reached his career zenith at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he acquired and produced such acclaimed films as DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY and NETWORK.Frank Edward Rosenfelt was born in Peabody, Massachussets in 1921, but grew up in what he later described as “the worst slum in the Bronx,” in ...

Beverly Hills Film Festival’s Quaint Air Premieres “House of D” and “Mr. Dramatic” April 13-17 The Beverly Hills Film Festival opened last night with David Duchovny’s directorial debut, “House of D”, preceded by John Stalberg’s “Mr. Dramatic” Los Angeles premiere, starring Oliver Hudson and Amy Acker. After a red carpet ride with such stars as Carol Connors, “Rocky” lyricist; Peter Mark Richman of “Dynasty” and “The Naked Gun 21/2” Fame; television perso...

Beverly Hills Festival offers, say Nino Simone its Chairman “A Collection of Films Uniting The World of Independent Cinema”.Los Angeles April 13-17.FESTIVAL RUNDOWN:Opening Day - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 – OPENING NIGHTWRITERS GUILD THEATER135 S. Doheny DriveBeverly Hills, CA 902106:30 PM Doors7:00 PM BHFF Salutations: HONORS TO CALFORNIA FILM COMMISSION7:30 PM OPENING NIGHT FILMMr. DramaticHouse Of D10:00 PM VIP By Invite Only After-Party Sponsored By:PREMIERE MAGAZINE, RENAISSANCE HOTELS & RE...

Visit by Judge Reinhold Will Highlight 2005 Ozark Foothills FilmFestApril 1-17, 2005Actor Will Appear at Screening of Beverly Hills CopFilm and television star Judge Reinhold, best known for his role as the earnest but ineffectual detective Billy Rosewood in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), and Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), will attend a dinner and a screening of Beverly Hills Cop as part of the fourth annual Ozark Foothills FilmFest. Reinhold will be in Heber Springs on S...

“Peoples” a Strictly Kings Productions won two top awards at the Pocono Mountains Film Festival on Saturday July 10, 2004. The film received Best Full Feature Film and Best Supporting Actor, Billoah Greene for his portrayal of Sorn Jackson. This is just following on the similar sucess at the Beverly Hills Film Festival where it won best feature.Billoah landed his first major role in Miramax’s “Levity" which he co-starred with Morgan Freeman and Kirsten Dunst. He is also featured in the ...

NEW HOLLYWOOD MONUMENT TO BE UNVEILED ON MAY 6, 2004 with Mayor James K. Hahn attending. Monument at Hollywood & Vine to Honor D. W. Griffith’s “In Old California” – First Film Shot in HollywoodThe Beverly Hills Film Festival and Thomas Bond II, Biography Company’s CEO, announced the erection of a black granite monument commemorating the first film shot in Hollywood, D. W. Griffith’s “In Old California.”At 2:30 p.m., Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn plans to inaugurate the monumen...

What matters most in life—and why it matters—is the subject of “Medic 3,” a stirring new documentary by Torrey Schoerner and Priscilla Cordoba.Set to world-premiere at the Beverly Hills Film Festival, the documentary uses three distinct visual styles to convey the world of Mammoth Mountain paramedics. Faced with life-and-death situations nearly daily, the subjects of this 10-minute film have formed a world view very different from that of most of us. . .and yet it is one that has much t...