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LOS ANGELES, January 20, 2015 — The Publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) have named Cheryl Boone Isaacs, President of the Motion Picture Academy®, as recipient of the President’s Award, andcomedian Bob Newhart recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, to be presented at he 52nd Annual Publicists Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 20. Isaacs will receive the award from Ava DuVernay, director of Paramount’s current hit film Selma nominated as Best Picture, just three days before the Oscars®. Isaacs is the first African American to be Academy® President, the third woman (after Bette Davis and Fay Kanin) and the third member of the Public Relations branch to serve in that position. She has been on the AMPAS® board for 21 years and is currently serving her second term as President. DuVernay, director of Selma, is also a former publicist. They will be introduced by ICG National President, Steven Poster, ASC. “Cheryl repr

Amazon today announced that in celebration of two recent Golden Globe wins, it will make all ten episodes of Amazon Original Series  Transparent  available for free for everyone this Saturday.  Transparent , which is typically available exclusively to  Amazon  Prime members, recently took home the Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy Series, while its star,  Jeffrey Tambor , earned the coveted award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series. Anyone can watch  Transparent  at no cost on Saturday using the Amazon Instant Video app for TVs, connected devices and mobile devices, or online at Amazon.com /Transparent. Also on Saturday and in celebration of the 72 nd  Annual Golden Globe Awards, Amazon Prime will be available for just $72—a more than 25 percent savings. New members can sign up for this limited-time Prime offer at  Amazon.com /TransparentPrime. “We’re incredibly proud of everyone involved in the making of Transparent—the team took a risk and it paid off,” said 

From Esquire , George Lucas has revealed that none of his ideas for future Star Wars episodes will be used by Disney. Prior to Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, the filmmaker had penned treatments for Episode VII with the intention of directing the movie himself. However, Lucas revealed to CinemaBlend that JJ Abrams's Star Wars: The Force Awakens will depart from his ideas entirely. "The ones that I sold to Disney, they came up to the decision that they didn't really want to do those," Lucas said. "So they made up their own. So it's not the ones that I originally wrote [on screen in Star Wars: The Force Awakens]." Lucas is returning to movies with Strange Magic, an animated film he produced and conceived the storyline for. It will open in US cinemas on January 23.

courtesy of Warner Bros. pictures Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis star in “Jupiter Ascending,” an original science fiction action adventure from filmmakers Lana and Andy Wachowski. Jupiter Jones (Kunis) was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people’s houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine (Tatum), a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along—her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos. courtesy of Warner Bros. pictures  From the streets of Chicago to far flung galaxies whirling through space, “Jupiter Ascending” is written and directed by the Wachowskis. Award-winning producer Grant Hill, with whom they have collaborat

Stuart, FL .,  January 15, 2015  - WorldVu Satellites Limited, operating as OneWeb, Ltd, today announced plans to build, launch and operate a low-earth-orbit satellite constellation to help bring high-speed Internet and telephony to billions of people around the world. Qualcomm Incorporated and The Virgin Group have been announced as initial investors, with Qualcomm Executive Chairman Dr. Paul Jacobs and Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson to join OneWeb founder Greg Wyler on the company's board of directors. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. OneWeb plans to bring in additional investors to fund construction, launch and operation of its system.

BIG HERO 6 Own It Early on Digital HD/Disney Movies Anywhere (DMA) February 3, 2015 Bring It Home on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack on February 24, 2015 From Walt Disney Animation Studios (“Frozen,” “Wreck-It Ralph”), Disney's “ Big Hero 6” introduces you to a lovable robot who will change your world. Join Baymax (voice of Scott Adsit) and Hiro Hamada (voice of Ryan Potter) in a comic adventure that will make your heart soar as they learn about teamwork and becoming more than you thought you could be. With all the heart and humor audiences expect from Walt Disney Animation Studios, “ Big Hero 6” is an action-packed comedy adventure that introduces Baymax, a lovable, personal companion robot, who forms a special bond with robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada. When a devastating turn of events catapults them into the midst of a dangerous plot unfolding in the streets of San Fransokyo, Hiro turns to Baymax and his diverse group of friends —  adrenaline junkie Go Go Tomago, neatnik W

Cillian Murphy as Ivan Photo by Allen Fraser, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Jennifer Connelly as Nana Photo by Jose Haro, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics This is how Variety critic  Peter Debruge descibes the film Claudia Llosa expands her preoccupations with mysticism and superstition in the modern world, working her way up from a medieval-minded Andean village in “Madeinusa” to faith healing at the frigid far reaches of the Arctic Circle with “Aloft.” But this time, instead of seeming plugged into some primitive native religion, the Peruvian helmer invents a rickety belief system as a pretext for tearing it all down, botching the telling of a more satisfying character-based story in the process. Replacing melancholy muse Magaly Solier with an equally forlorn-looking international cast led by a courageous Jennifer Connelly, Llosa stands to baffle more than her usual circle of arthouse adherents with this doleful downer, snapped up by Sony Clas