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YouTube To Host Virtual Film Festival To Support COVID-19 Relief

YouTube To Host Virtual Film Festival To Support COVID-19 Relief

Tribeca Enterprises, the organization behind New York’s Tribeca Film Festival, and YouTube announced on April 27 that it will host the We Are One: A Global Film Festival, a 10-day event that will feature films, shorts, and more from 20 film festivals around the world. According to Variety, We Are One will be held from […]

4y ago

Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok Among Major Companies Pulling Out Of SXSW Due To Coronavirus Concerns

Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok Among Major Companies Pulling Out Of SXSW Due To Coronavirus Concerns

Facebook, Twitter, and Tik Tok, arguably the biggest three social media companies, have all pulled out of the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival. Much like the Global Developers Conference (GDC) before it, the festival is struggling to keep attendees as the entire world is gripped by fear and paranoia surrounding the coronavirus. Twitter was one […]

4y ago

‘Stuber’ Trailer Features Dave Bautista And Kumail Nanjiani In A Buddy Comedy

‘Stuber’ Trailer Features Dave Bautista And Kumail Nanjiani In A Buddy Comedy

Kumail Nanjiani is on a massive career high at the moment with many projects in hand. The actor was last seen in the first episode of Jordan Peele’s reboot of The Twilight Zone. He is also working on developing his own anthology series for Apple TV+ called Little America, as The Inquisitr previously reported. Nanjiani […]

5y ago

Olivia Wilde-Directed ‘Booksmart’ Gets A Hilarious Trailer After SXSW 2019 Premiere

Olivia Wilde-Directed ‘Booksmart’ Gets A Hilarious Trailer After SXSW 2019 Premiere

As The Inquisitr reported on the release of a coming-of-age comedy about three adolescent boys, yet another comedy releases its restricted trailer. Booksmart is actress Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut about two teenage girls making up for lost time on the last days of high school. The trailer was released on ONE Media’s YouTube channel and […]

5y ago

Olivia Wilde Celebrates Her Birthday With Cupcakes At SXSW

Olivia Wilde Celebrates Her Birthday With Cupcakes At SXSW

Today in Austin, Texas, at the SXSW Festival, the cast of actor Olivia Wilde’s new movie, Booksmart, surprised her with cupcakes for her birthday. The Daily Mail reports that Wilde was shocked when she stopped by the Vision Council 3-Day Eye Health event and #TwitterHouse with her fiance, comedian, Jason Sudeikis. The former House star […]

5y ago

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Draws Bigger Crowd Than Presidential Hopefuls At South By Southwest

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Draws Bigger Crowd Than Presidential Hopefuls At South By Southwest

In an appearance at the South by Southwest conference, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) of New York dominated political talk at the event, even drawing bigger crowds than any of the Democratic presidential hopefuls that showed up, according to the Daily Mail. The firebrand freshman lawmaker took the Austin, Texas event by storm, easily filling one […]

5y ago

‘The Art Of Self-Defence’ Teaser Shows A Timid Jesse Eisenberg Trying To Change

‘The Art Of Self-Defence’ Teaser Shows A Timid Jesse Eisenberg Trying To Change

With the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival taking place this weekend, many movies are getting their world premiere, months before a wide release to the public. As per the One such movie is the dark comedy, The Art Of Self Defense, starring Jesse Eisenberg. The film’s production company, Bleeker Street, recently released a trailer […]

5y ago

SXSW Kicks Off With Jordan Peele’s ‘Us,’ And Early Reactions Evoke Comparisons To Spielberg And Kubrick

SXSW Kicks Off With Jordan Peele’s ‘Us,’ And Early Reactions Evoke Comparisons To Spielberg And Kubrick

Jordan Peele’s follow up to Get Out is the immensely eerie Us. The film releases on March 22, but already has had the honor of kick-starting the South By Southwest film festival, and the reactions are absolutely overwhelming. The festival goers enjoyed the film so much that comparisons between Peele and Hitchcock, Spielberg, and Kubrick […]

5y ago

Tiny Harris Fighting T.I. Over SXSW Party Plans Months After Calling Off Divorce, ‘Hollywood Life’ Claims

Tiny Harris Fighting T.I. Over SXSW Party Plans Months After Calling Off Divorce, ‘Hollywood Life’ Claims

Tiny Harris is not happy with the supposed fact that her husband, T.I., is heading to Austin, Texas for the forthcoming SXSW festival without her, it has been alleged. According to Hollywood Life, the Xscape singer has been busy rehearsing for the upcoming dates of the tour that she and her bandmates are scheduled to […]

6y ago

Stephen King’s ‘It’: A Rundown Of The Trailer From One Of The Few Who’ve Seen It

Stephen King’s ‘It’: A Rundown Of The Trailer From One Of The Few Who’ve Seen It

An official trailer has finally dropped for the highly anticipated movie adaptation of Stephen King’s horror epic, It. Unfortunately, though, those excitedly following the King film’s pre-release will have to wait a little while to see the trailer themselves; it was only shown at a closed screening yesterday at the SXSW event in Austin, Texas. […]

7y ago

SXSW 2017: Vatican And AI Experts Join This Year’s Conference/Festival

SXSW 2017: Vatican And AI Experts Join This Year’s Conference/Festival

This year’s SXSW (South by Southwest) Conference and Festivals will have an interesting pool of attendees as the Vatican and other AI experts are expected to join in. SXSW has always been popular for its star-studded stages. Since this is an event where the film, music, and tech industries collide, it is normal to see […]

7y ago

Burt Reynolds Says Nude Cosmo Photo Was A Mistake, Reveals He Likes Donald Trump

Burt Reynolds Says Nude Cosmo Photo Was A Mistake, Reveals He Likes Donald Trump

Burt Reynolds uttered three revelations during his appearance at the South By Southwest (SXSW) festival. The acting legend said his nude photo shoot for Cosmopolitan was a mistake, he feels Barack Obama has “messed things up,” and admitted to liking Donald Trump. The Smokey and the Bandit star can laugh about the nude photo shoot […]

8y ago

Video Shows Austin Police Officer Pepper-Spraying Face Of Handcuffed Man In Police Van

Video Shows Austin Police Officer Pepper-Spraying Face Of Handcuffed Man In Police Van

A disturbing video shot and released recently in Austin by a police watchdog group known as Peaceful Streets Project shows a Texas police officer pepper-spraying the face of a handcuffed African-American man sitting in the back of a police van at a gathering in Austin. The video was shot during the 10-day annual music, film, […]

8y ago

Drake Signs His Name To Rihanna’s ‘FADER’ Cover With A Heart, Further Fuels Dating Speculation

Drake Signs His Name To Rihanna’s ‘FADER’ Cover With A Heart, Further Fuels Dating Speculation

Drake and Rihanna may be keeping mum when it comes to the dating rumors surrounding their latest collaboration, but it appears that Drake is only furthering the romance claims between himself and Rihanna after signing the songstress’ FADER 100 cover with a heart on Sunday. Drake made a surprise appearance at FADER FORT‘s closing night […]

8y ago

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Documentary Debuts At SXSW

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Documentary Debuts At SXSW

It appears the force is still awakened in Austin, Texas, just in time for SXSW week. Festival attendees were lined up around the block to watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens behind the scenes documentary, Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey. The film documentary will be available on the Blu-ray DVD in April, […]

8y ago

SXSW Embarrassed By Incident With U.S. Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad — Conference And Festival Apologizes After Muslim Olympian Told To Remove Hijab

SXSW Embarrassed By Incident With U.S. Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad — Conference And Festival Apologizes After Muslim Olympian Told To Remove Hijab

Representative for The South by Southwest Conferences and Festivals (SXSW) have said they are embarrassed by an incident involving U.S. fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad. The conference and festival extended an apology out to the Muslim-American who was told to remove her hijab. The hijab incident actually consisted of two situations pertaining to Ibtihaj Muhammad trying to […]

8y ago

Ellen Page And Ian Daniel’s ‘Gaycation’ Confronts Prejudice In LGBTQ Communities Worldwide

Ellen Page And Ian Daniel’s ‘Gaycation’ Confronts Prejudice In LGBTQ Communities Worldwide

Oscar-nominated actress Ellen Page, along with her best friend Ian Daniel, co-host the Viceland series Gaycation. The project is dedicated to exploring LGBTQ cultures and experiences all around the world. The Juno star first publicly came out of the closet on February 14, 2014, during a speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s “Time to Thrive” […]

8y ago

Sony Prototype Projector: Cool, New ‘Interactive Tabletop’ Demoed At SXSW

Sony Prototype Projector: Cool, New ‘Interactive Tabletop’ Demoed At SXSW

A Sony prototype projector was unveiled at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. The Verge reports, the projector is similar in concept to Microsoft’s HoloLens and referred to it as the “Interactive Tabletop.” The device uses a projector to display images on any surface and incorporates depth sensors and motion-tracking technology to track […]

8y ago

Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Asked To Remove Hijab At SXSW — ‘I Can’t Make This Stuff Up’

Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Asked To Remove Hijab At SXSW — ‘I Can’t Make This Stuff Up’

Muslims are allowed to wear a hijab in a passport photo and while competing in the Olympics. But if you want an ID card to get into South by Southwest, you’ll need to take it off. That’s what Ibtihaj Muhammad, an Olympic fencer, was asked to do Saturday afternoon by a SXSW volunteer, who has […]

8y ago

President ?Barack Obama Attends ?South By Southwest In Austin To Talk Technology, Not Attending Former First Lady Nancy Reagan’s Funeral

President ?Barack Obama Attends ?South By Southwest In Austin To Talk Technology, Not Attending Former First Lady Nancy Reagan’s Funeral

President Barack Obama is attending South by Southwest 2016, reports the Daily Mail, serving as the keynote speaker and will be discussing how technology is important in improving American civic life. Obama is the first sitting president to attend the South By Southwest festival, which within the last 30 years has become a beacon for […]

8y ago

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