It may surprise some to hear that “Sesame Street” has a legacy of musical guests that is arguably only rivaled by “Saturday Night Live” — performers over the decades have ranged from Stevie Wonder to Tony Bennett, Erykah Badu to the Fugees, Patti Labelle to
MK2 Films has boarded revered Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi’s mystery movie “It Was Just An Accident” which will world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Panahi produced the film with Les Films Pelléas, the production company behind “Anatomy of a Fall.” It’s co-produced
“John Williams Reimagined” and “Interstellar in Concert” are among the concerts and films taking place at the inaugural Soundtrax Film Music Festival and conference from Oct. 16-18. The Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester will honor the cinematic legacy of George Eastman,
AnimAID, a fundraising campaign launched to support members of the animation community that were impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires, is kicking off an online auction with Sotheby’s featuring rare and one-of-a-kind pieces of animation history. This includes original drawings, paintings, animation cels and maquette
Spike Lee has taken the announcement that his new film “Highest 2 Lowest” will premiere at Cannes Film Festival into his own hands. Just over an hour after the festival revealed its lineup — which did not include “Highest 2 Lowest” — the legendary director
BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH BBC Two and iPlayer will air a night of Bruce Springsteen programming in May to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Boss’s first U.K. concert. The centerpiece, “When Bruce Springsteen Came To Britain,” features a world-exclusive interview where Springsteen recounts his 1975 Hammersmith
The Weather Channel has picked up the docu-series “Rocky Mountain Wreckers,” which is set to premiere April 13. From the producers of “Highway Thru Hell” and “Heavy Rescue: 401,” which also air on Weather Channel, the weekly hourlong series aims to take viewers behind-the-scenes of
Charades has acquired international sales rights to Diego Céspedes’ debut feature “The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo” ahead of its world premiere at Cannes’s Un Certain Regard. Set in the early 1980′, in the Chilean desert, the film tells the story of 11 year-old Lidia