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On Monday, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released Oscar shortlists for several categories, including: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Song), Music (Original Score), International Feature Film, Live Action Short Film, Visual Effects and Animated Short Film.  *Stares at screen for several minutes* Oh, here’s who survived the latest huge cut to […]

AMC Theatres have fired three employees from their Metairie, Louisiana location following an investigation into claims of a racial profiling during a showing of Harriet earlier this month, NOLA.com reports.  On Nov. 3, more than a dozen members of the 504 Queens, an African-American women’s empowerment group, were confronted by the first of what would be three AMC Theatres employees that […]

Gregory Allen Howard has been trying to get Harriet made for quite a while. The screenwriter behind Remember The Titans and Ali said that  “the climate in Hollywood … was very different” when he first started to pitch the movie. So different, in fact, that a studio exec thought Julia Roberts could play Harriet Tubman. […]