Actor Q’orianka Kilcher has been cleared of allegations that she illegally collected $96,838 in workers compensation benefits. Kilcher, who has appeared on “Yellowstone” and starred in the Terrence Malick film “The New World,” was charged last spring with two felony counts of insurance fraud. Kilcher was injured while filming “Dora and the Lost City of…

Creative production company, D’Marie Productions, has announced the launch of its brand new film division. The New York-based production company will expand from celebrity and commercial production to original documentaries, unscripted series, and much more. Owner and executive producer Frank Spadafora will lead the new division. In addition to the new film division announcement, D’Marie…

“Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining” is a 2,000-page collection claiming to be an “unprecedented look at the 1980 cult classic.” With only 1,000 copies available, this collector’s item details the laborious re-writes from director Kubrick, a breakdown of the inner workings of blood elevator, first-hand accounts of the fire at Elstree Studios and hundreds of never-before-seen production…

Hugh Hudson, who directed one classic film — Oscar winner “Chariots of Fire” — over a career that spanned only 15 films, died Friday in London. He was 86.  The Guardian said he had died after a short illness. His family released a statement saying, “Hugh Hudson, 86, beloved husband and father, died at Charing…

Way back in 1985, when Yo La Tengo released their first single, “River of Water,” even they probably didn’t imagine they would become, in a characteristically low-key way, one of the most vital and longest-lasting outfits of that generation. While it’s hardly a classic, that single bears many of the trademarks the group has had…

Alec Baldwin’s attorneys alleged on Friday that New Mexico prosecutors committed a “basic legal error” when they charged him with a five-year gun enhancement that did not apply at the time of the “Rust” shooting. In a motion, Baldwin’s lawyers asked Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer to throw out the enhancement as a violation of the…

Exceptional Minds, a not-for-profit professional training academy and studio designed to prepare individuals on the autism spectrum for careers in digital art and visual effects, has promoted Tim Dailey to director of academic programs and academic dean. Dailey, who has been with the company for over five years, will manage all curricular planning, faculty development…

Taipei-based sales agent and local distributor Swallow Wings Films has picked up Chen Hung-i’s drama thriller “A New Day.” It joins a bulging slate that the company will pitch to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin. Chen, whose last films “As We Like It” and “The Last Painting” both played at the Rotterdam…

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages are Davis’ assessment of the current standings of the race and…

Lammas Park, the BAFTA award-winning production company helmed by Steve McQueen, hosted an advance screening of their keenly anticipated latest short films this week. The private event, in front of a full house at London’s Picturehouse Central, saw the screenings of “i and i,” directed by Samona Olanipekun, and “Young Hot Bloods,” directed by Jade…