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Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the LA Film Festival, handed out honors to Moonlight, The Witch, Other People, Manchester by the Sea, Elle and Hell or High Water at this afternoon's 32nd Film Independent Spirit Awards.

From BAYWATCH to BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and beyond, actress Michelle Williams is making her mark in film. Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for a role with relatively little screen-time in MANCHESTER BY THE SEA. As Randi Chandler, wife of protagonist Lee Chandler - played by Casey Affleck - she was able to make a strong impression displaying the couple's complex relationship with just a handful of scenes.

Time is running out to get your 2017 Oscars Pool picks in, so we here at BroadwayWorld have put together a team of experts and stage and screen stars to help you in your prognostication. The stars lending their acting and filmmaking expertise are Broadway and CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND star Donna Lynne Champlin; UNDATEABLE and the West End's Dewey Finn in SCHOOL OF ROCK, David Fynn; Broadway and CHICAGO MED star Patti Murin; and one of the stars of the new Broadway musical Caesar Samayoa.

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA is without a doubt one of the most praised films coming out of this awards season. It's been nominated for six Academy Awards, and has already taken home a Golden Globe and two BAFTAs. Starting Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, and Lucas Hedges, the film tells the story of a man who, in the wake of his brother's death, finds himself named sole guardian of his nephew. The movie, written and directed by four-time Oscar nominee Kenneth Lonergan, will make you cry, and if it doesn't, you need to watch it again because you clearly missed something the first time around.

The critically acclaimed drama MANCHESTER BY THE SEA is now available on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD.

Last night, the 32nd Santa Barbara International Film Festival honored Manchester by the Sea's Michelle Williams and Casey Affleck with the Cinema Vanguard Award.

MCC Theater has extended its critically acclaimed production of Anna Jordan's YEN through March 4, 2017. It was previously scheduled through February 19, 2017.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced today their lineups for their annual Writers and Producers panel series.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced today that Barry Jenkins, Damien Chazelle, Denis Villeneuve, and Kenneth Lonergan will receive the 2017 Outstanding Directors of the Year Award.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced today that Barry Jenkins, Damien Chazelle, Denis Villeneuve, and Kenneth Lonergan will receive the 2017 Outstanding Directors of the Year Award. They will each be celebrated individually for their films Moonlight, La La Land, Arrival, and Manchester by the Sea respectively.  The individual honors will be followed by a joint conversation between the directors on their craft and the landscape of modern day filmmaking.  The ceremony will take place on Tuesday, February 7th at the historic Arlington Theatre.

LOS ANGELES, CA - As the official Champagne sponsor for The Screen Actors Guild Awards for the last seventeen years, Champagne Taittinger, one of the last family-owned and operated grand marque Champagne houses in the world, continued its long-time partnership on Sunday, January 29th 2017 with the 23rd Annual SAG Awards.

Riz Ahmed, Viola Davis, Michelle Dockery, Kathryn Hahn, Salma Hayek, Jonah Hill, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Ashton Kutcher, John Legend, James Marsden, Gina Rodriguez and Denzel Washington will be presenters at the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Award

The SAG Awards® Ceremony Auction begins today at 9 p.m. (ET) / 6 p.m. (PT) at sagawards.org/auction. The SAG Awards® Ceremony Auction offers movie and television fans the chance to win autographed collectibles signed by many of this year's nominated actors and casts, including a 12-inch vinyl record of "Florence Foster Jenkins" to be personally autographed by Meryl Streep,  a "La La Land" 7-inch vinyl and mini poster signed by Emma Stone, a film still canvas print from "Jackie" signed by Natalie Portman, posters signed by the casts of "Moonlight," "Manchester by the Sea," "Fences," "Hidden Figures," "Arrival," "Captain Fantastic" and more. Also up for bid are set visits to Netflix's "The Ranch," "NCIS: Los Angeles," "E! News,' 'Entertainment Tonight' and "The Insider,' as well as premium items and unique experiences provided by the networks, studios, and SAG Awards sponsors. The auction closes Monday, February 6 at 9 p.m. (ET) / 6 p.m. (PT).

The Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented its coveted Actor® statuettes for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2016 at the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® held Sunday, Jan. 29 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.

Today, Johnny Avello of Wynn Las Vegas has announced the odds to win the 89th ACADEMY AWARDS. Check out the charts below!

The nominations for the 89th Annual ACADEMY AWARDS were announced this morning, and in their haste to post the list of nominees, the official Oscar website accidentally included some incorrect information.

Millie Bobby Brown, Sophia Bush, Gabrielle Carteris, Common, Rashida Jones, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Alia Shawkat, Finn Wolfhard and Steven Yeun will be presenters at the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executive Producer Kathy Connell announced today.

The UK's leading critics spread the love among a range of films at the 37th Critics' Circle Film Awards on Sunday night at The May Fair Hotel in London.

According to Variety, this year's hit big screen musical LA LA LAND met with surprising results at the London Critics' Awards. Winner of five Golden Globe awards including Best Musical or Comedy Motion Picture and Best Original Score, LA LA LAND has been a force to be reckoned with on the awards circuit.

This morning, Jennifer Hudson, Brie Larson, Emmanuel Lubezki, Jason Reitman and Ken Watanabe will join Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs to reveal the 89th Oscars Nominations