Awards
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How ‘Nyad’ Screenwriter Julia Cox Captured the Marathon Swimmer’s ‘Extreme, Intense, Very Esoteric Dream’
TheWrap Magazine: Cox drew from Diana Nyad’s memoir and conversations with the super athlete to write the biopic starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster
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How ‘Rustin’ Cowriter Found the Mischievous Humor Within the Stature of a Civil Rights Icon
TheWrap Magazine: “Rustin was into pranks and jokes, and I felt like that played into his brilliance as a strategist,” says screenwriter Julian Breece
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‘May December’ Screenplay Was Influenced By an ‘Eternal and Archetypal’ ’90s Tabloid Scandal
TheWrap Magazine: The Mary Kay Letourneau case was a precursor to the “never-ending true crime parade we have right now,” says screenwriter Samy Burch
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How ‘Jaws’ Inspired the Michael Jordan-Infused ‘Air’
TheWrap magazine: “This kind of unknown employee at Nike, an underdog in his own right, was all very interesting to me,” screenwriter Alex Convery says of his massive industry break
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‘Apolonia, Apolonia’ Leads International Documentary Association Nominations
“The Mother of All Lies” and “Milisuthando” also received multiple nominations for a very international IDA Documentary Awards
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‘The Color Purple’: How Nova Wav’s New Song Kept the Broadway Beat
TheWrap magazine: The Grammy-winning duo talks about “Keep on Movin,’” one of the new songs in the long-awaited musical Christmas release
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How Billie Eilish and Finneas Tapped Into the Personal to Write Their ‘Barbie’ Ballad
TheWrap magazine: “The thing that we can relate to, that anyone can relate to, is having an identity crisis: not knowing who you are,” Finneas tells TheWrap
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A.V. Rockwell Talks Making ‘A Thousand and One’ and the Misconceptions of First-Time Feature Directors
TheWrap magazine: The award-winning filmmaker prefers to write and direct her projects: “It needs to come from me … but I always keep the door open”
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph to Receive Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Breakthrough Performance Award
The “Holdovers” scene-stealer is also slated to be honored at the 2023 Santa Barbara Film Festival
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Mark Ruffalo to Receive Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s American Riviera Award
The “Poor Things” actor will receive the award in a Feb. 11 ceremony
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Dua Lipa Breaks Down ‘Barbie’ Song of the Summer: ‘It Was Kind of a Jigsaw Puzzle’
The singer came onto the project after the melody for “Dance the Night” had already been written
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‘Maestro’ Cowriter Explains How Bradley Cooper Evolved the Existing Script: ‘It Was Pretty Intense’
TheWrap magazine: “I’m used to going deep. But I’m not used to struggling to keep up, as it was with Bradley as we were writing,” explains Oscar-winner Josh Singer
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‘The New Boy,’ Starring Cate Blanchett, Takes Top Prize at Poland’s Camerimage Festival
“El Conde” and “Poor Things” also won the Silver Frog and Bronze Frog, respectively, while “The Zone of Interest” took a critics’ award
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Cillian Murphy to Receive Palm Springs Achievement Award for ‘Oppenheimer’
“He gives a stunning portrayal,” said festival chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi, who calls the Irish actor’s performance a “career best”
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How ‘Past Lives’ Director Celine Song Earned Her Cast’s Trust
TheWrap Magazine: “Part of being a director is that you’re the burning, bubbling center of gravity for how much everybody’s going to give,” Song said
