The Herb Alpert Foundation has announced the winners of its 30th annual Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, which recognizes mid-career artists in the fields of dance, music, film/video, theater and visual arts.
In all, there are 10 winners for 2024, each of whom will receive a $75,000 unrestricted prize as well as a residency at CalArts (which administers the prize on behalf of the Herb Alpert Foundation). The winners are chosen by a group of 15 distinguished panelists and are nominated by another group of respected names in the arts.
According to Irene Borger, the director of the Herb Alpert Awards in the Arts, what stands out among 2024’s cohort is how many winners work across genres and mediums.
“Over the years things have gotten more and more hybrid, so that even though there are these five categories, these five genres, one of the choreographers is coming out with a book, one of the filmmakers makes sculpture,...
In all, there are 10 winners for 2024, each of whom will receive a $75,000 unrestricted prize as well as a residency at CalArts (which administers the prize on behalf of the Herb Alpert Foundation). The winners are chosen by a group of 15 distinguished panelists and are nominated by another group of respected names in the arts.
According to Irene Borger, the director of the Herb Alpert Awards in the Arts, what stands out among 2024’s cohort is how many winners work across genres and mediums.
“Over the years things have gotten more and more hybrid, so that even though there are these five categories, these five genres, one of the choreographers is coming out with a book, one of the filmmakers makes sculpture,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Just one year ahead of its 30th anniversary, the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts has announced 11 winners — the most ever — of its annual prizes which recognize and fund risk-taking mid-career artists in the fields of dance, music, film/video, theater and visual arts.
The 2023 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts winners — each of whom receive $75,000 in unrestricted funding (with one duo sharing the payment) — include filmmakers Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and Christopher Harris.
“I believe in the arts. I think the arts are the heart and soul of our country. Not just music. We’re talking about actors and poets and painters and sculptors — the whole gamut. We need the artists, especially in these times. They are creating through their passion and those people need to be supported and helped and nurtured. It’s a dire need out there. A lot of people are struggling. We’re just trying to do our part,...
The 2023 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts winners — each of whom receive $75,000 in unrestricted funding (with one duo sharing the payment) — include filmmakers Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and Christopher Harris.
“I believe in the arts. I think the arts are the heart and soul of our country. Not just music. We’re talking about actors and poets and painters and sculptors — the whole gamut. We need the artists, especially in these times. They are creating through their passion and those people need to be supported and helped and nurtured. It’s a dire need out there. A lot of people are struggling. We’re just trying to do our part,...
- 5/1/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Never confuse movement with progress. Because you can run in place and not get anywhere.”
Ariana DeBose, who earned a best supporting actress win at the Academy Awards last year for her role in “West Side Story,” used this iconic Denzel Washington quote to describe the current state of LGBTQ+ equality in Hollywood.
On Saturday night, the openly queer actor accepted the Visibility Award at the annual Human Rights Campaign gala in New York. DeBose highlighted Stephanie Hsu’s Oscar nomination for her performance in “Everything Everywhere All At Once” as a win for the LGBTQ+ community, but acknowledged that diversity conversations are far from over.
“The fact that I had such a monumental year last year is a sign of movement,” DeBose told Variety on the red carpet before accepting her award. “We’re seeing beautiful moments for Stephanie Hsu right now. That’s a queer character played by a queer,...
Ariana DeBose, who earned a best supporting actress win at the Academy Awards last year for her role in “West Side Story,” used this iconic Denzel Washington quote to describe the current state of LGBTQ+ equality in Hollywood.
On Saturday night, the openly queer actor accepted the Visibility Award at the annual Human Rights Campaign gala in New York. DeBose highlighted Stephanie Hsu’s Oscar nomination for her performance in “Everything Everywhere All At Once” as a win for the LGBTQ+ community, but acknowledged that diversity conversations are far from over.
“The fact that I had such a monumental year last year is a sign of movement,” DeBose told Variety on the red carpet before accepting her award. “We’re seeing beautiful moments for Stephanie Hsu right now. That’s a queer character played by a queer,...
- 2/6/2023
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
When Amazon Prime Video faced a shutout at the 2021 Emmys, among the snubs were seven nominations for Barry Jenkins’ “The Underground Railroad.” Critics loved Jenkins’ limited series based on Colson Whitehead’s 2016 novel, but audiences may have been slow to embrace realistically grim programming during a pandemic — and Amazon faced criticism for what some perceived as lackluster handling of the limited series’ release.
Whatever: The series, which is still eligible for guild awards this year, did pick up Spirit Awards and Golden Globe nominations in major categories. And Amazon clearly knows Jenkins’ rhapsodic adaptation stands as a singular work of artistic achievement. Even as the drama’s award window recedes, the streamer commissioned a lush promotional book comprised of exclusive essays, photography, and art that celebrates the craftspeople responsible for bringing it to the screen. It’s not for sale; Amazon made it widely accessible in digital form, and IndieWire has a first-look.
Whatever: The series, which is still eligible for guild awards this year, did pick up Spirit Awards and Golden Globe nominations in major categories. And Amazon clearly knows Jenkins’ rhapsodic adaptation stands as a singular work of artistic achievement. Even as the drama’s award window recedes, the streamer commissioned a lush promotional book comprised of exclusive essays, photography, and art that celebrates the craftspeople responsible for bringing it to the screen. It’s not for sale; Amazon made it widely accessible in digital form, and IndieWire has a first-look.
- 12/16/2021
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
Hollywood history is littered with awkward moments from interviews with Black talent. When race and gender divisions are introduced, some truly uncomfortable scenarios result. Consider Dick Cavett asking an unwitting Eddie Murphy, during a TV interview, if he was offended by the word “nigger” in Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Or when a news anchor confused Samuel L. Jackson with Laurence Fishburne. The “all Black people look alike” motif has, sadly, been a recurring one in Hollywood and beyond.
Black artists are starting to react to the questions coming their way. Assuming that there will be a proliferation of film and television work from Black talent in the years ahead, here are a few handy assists for those who will be covering it, a guide to questions you should not ask and some thoughts about what you should.
“The White Gaze”
Last week, in anticipation of the release...
Black artists are starting to react to the questions coming their way. Assuming that there will be a proliferation of film and television work from Black talent in the years ahead, here are a few handy assists for those who will be covering it, a guide to questions you should not ask and some thoughts about what you should.
“The White Gaze”
Last week, in anticipation of the release...
- 5/20/2021
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
In just a few days, 10 new hours of Barry Jenkins-directed material will be arriving with his much-anticipated, already-acclaimed adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad. As a preamble to the limited series, the director has now debuted a special project created on the set.
The Gaze is a 50-minute piece accompanied by an essay from Jenkins. Featuring moving portraits of the ensemble of The Underground Railroad, it features new music by Nicholas Britell. With his three features thus far, Jenkins has mastered Demme-style close-ups that even Paul Thomas Anderson is jealous of, and while this new piece offers more than just close-ups, it shows how well Jenkins can get the soul of the human experience, while offering a great introduction to the world of his new project.
Watch below, followed by his essay.
In my years of doing interviews and roundtables and Q&a’s for the various films we’ve made,...
The Gaze is a 50-minute piece accompanied by an essay from Jenkins. Featuring moving portraits of the ensemble of The Underground Railroad, it features new music by Nicholas Britell. With his three features thus far, Jenkins has mastered Demme-style close-ups that even Paul Thomas Anderson is jealous of, and while this new piece offers more than just close-ups, it shows how well Jenkins can get the soul of the human experience, while offering a great introduction to the world of his new project.
Watch below, followed by his essay.
In my years of doing interviews and roundtables and Q&a’s for the various films we’ve made,...
- 5/11/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
As Barry Jenkins prepares to release his television debut as showrunner, an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel “The Underground Railroad,” it would be an understatement to say TV audiences are eagerly awaiting the project. In preparation of the series premiere on Amazon Prime Video this Friday, Jenkins has released a non-narrative short made in parallel while shooting “The Underground Railroad.” As Jenkins explains in his introduction to the 52-minute project, officially titled “The Gaze,” the short is not meant to be viewed as an episode of the series but as a related project inspired by it.
Here is an excerpt from Jenkins’ statement on the film:
“In my years of doing interviews and roundtables and Q&a’s for the various films we’ve made, there is one question that recurs. No matter the length of the piece or the tone of the room, eventually, inevitably, I am asked about the white gaze.
Here is an excerpt from Jenkins’ statement on the film:
“In my years of doing interviews and roundtables and Q&a’s for the various films we’ve made, there is one question that recurs. No matter the length of the piece or the tone of the room, eventually, inevitably, I am asked about the white gaze.
- 5/11/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSThe winners of this year's socially distanced Academy Awards ceremony include Daniel Kaluuya, Youn Yuh Jung, and Chloé Zhao. Find our full list of winners and nominees here.The legendary layout artist Roy Naisbitt has died at 90. Best known for his intricate and interweaving visions, Naisbitt worked on films like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Space Jam, Balto and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Recommended VIEWINGAn extension of This Long Century, Ecstatic Static is a database of films and information from a broad community of artists. The site is currently screening films like Simon Liu's Signal 8, and also has an extensive library featuring new notes on filmmaking by Jodie Mack, Helena Wittmann, and more. Anthology Film Archives has announced a new online festival, presented in partnership with production company Vanda. Entitled Vanda Duarte: Dissident Films by Latin American Women Directors,...
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Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am screens this Wednesday (June 19th) at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar) at 7pm. The movie starts at the theater July 12th
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the legendary storyteller and Nobel prize-winner. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature. Inspired to write because no one took a “little black girl” seriously, Morrison reflects on her lifelong deconstruction of the master narrative. Woven together with a rich collection of art, history, literature and personality, the film includes...
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the legendary storyteller and Nobel prize-winner. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature. Inspired to write because no one took a “little black girl” seriously, Morrison reflects on her lifelong deconstruction of the master narrative. Woven together with a rich collection of art, history, literature and personality, the film includes...
- 6/18/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Diddy's got a keen eye for fine art, and his historic purchase of a Kerry James Marshall painting is a huge score for him and a bigger score for the artist ... according to a famous expert. Brett Maly -- the fine art appraiser from "Pawn Stars" -- tells TMZ ... Diddy deserves a lot of praise for making all the right moves before dropping $21.1 Million on Marshall's 1997 work "Past Times" during a Sotheby's auction last week.
- 5/23/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Diddy's adopted son says his father isn't just dabbling in high-priced art ... the music/tv/fashion/liquor mogul is diving headfirst into the art world. We got Quincy Brown -- whose biological father is Al B. Sure! -- at Lax Monday, and asked what he thought of Puff dropping $21.1 million on Kerry James Marshall’s '97 painting, “Past Times," during a Sotheby's auction last week. Quincy says this is the next logical step for his old man,...
- 5/21/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
I am an “other.” As a queer, biracial man who occupies and embodies many different intersections of “otherness,” I’ve spent my entire life seeking reflections of myself in the world around me to connect and relate to. One of my greatest sources of inspiration and strength comes from a quote by the great African-American artist Kerry James Marshall, who said: “I think we need to remember that a lot of energy was put into changing things to get us to the place where we are now, but being where we are now doesn’t mean that we don’t have to put in the same kind of energy to get us to a place where we ought to be.”
In this new era of Hollywood, where “representation” and “inclusion” are the buzzwords of the moment, it’s important to address the root cause of the issue as opposed to simply treating the symptoms.
In this new era of Hollywood, where “representation” and “inclusion” are the buzzwords of the moment, it’s important to address the root cause of the issue as opposed to simply treating the symptoms.
- 4/23/2018
- by Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
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