'Scandal' Event

The cast of 'Scandal' steps out for an event at the DGA.

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Parvez Sharma's Powerful 'A Sinner In Mecca' World Premieres at Hot Docs To Acclaim and Controversy

Before Parvez Sharma's "A Sinner In Mecca" even premiered at Toronto's Hot Docs this week, it was already proving of the festival's most controversial films. Detailing the openly gay, devoutly Muslim Sharma's own pilgrimage to Mecca, the film offers a journey that significantly but the filmmaker/subject in danger as he secretly -- and illegally -- used cameras in Saudi Arabia, which also just so happens to be a country where being gay is punishable by imprisonment, a public whipping and even beheading.  The Toronto Star reported ahead of the film's world premiere that Sharma received multiple online threats that brought forth heightened security for the film's...

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The Top 8 Pitches at the Hot Docs Forum: What Worked and What Didn't

No one was handing over big checks of money at the Hot Docs Forum, the Canadian documentary festival's international co-financing market event. But along with IDFA's pitching sessions in Amsterdam in the fall, there may be no higher profile place in the world to pitch a nonfiction project. With 69 buyers from some of the world's most esteemed broadcasters and documentary backers—from PBS to CNN, Arte to ZDF, the BBC to the CBC—one industry attendee dubbed it "the world series" of nonfiction pitches. READ MORE: 6 Tips on Making Your First Documentary Film For two days, The Forum takes place inside the hothouse Hart House room, where some 200-industry onlookers sit on...

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Is 'It Follows' Paving the Way to a New Era for Indie Genre Films?

While "Avengers: Age: of Ultron" filled multiplexes across the country, another kind of movie mania has landed in Estes Park, Colorado, with rising horror extravaganza the Stanley Film Festival beginning its third edition this week. Unlike many smaller festivals, this one is actually a microcosm of growing interest in genre films nationwide. READ MORE: Here's How the Stanley Film Festival Immerses Audiences in Horror Close to 100 filmmaker guests have crowded into the creepy hilltop space, where Stephen King famously dreamed up "The Shining," to watch 20 new films, explore six retrospectives and 27 short films. The lineup provides an intriguing contrast to Hollywood...

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Translations -- The Seattle Transgender Film Festival -- Celebrates Its 10th Year

Translations: The Seattle Transgender Film Festival will mark its 10th year come May 7-10 with a great program of films, discussions, guests and live performances. Launched in 2006, Translations is one of only a few film festivals in the world that focus on providing a venue for films by, for and about transgender people. The festival began as a series of screenings at the Gender Odyssey Conference, and has blossomed into a full-on film festival.  Program highlights include: Opening Night event featuring "Game Face" with subject Fallon Fox in person. This inspiring documentary follows transgender mixed martial arts fighter Fallon Fox...

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J.Lo's Billboard Latin Awards Style

Jennifer Lopez rocks several sexy outfits for the 2015 Billboard Latin Music Awards!

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Met Gala: 20 All-Time Fashion Flubs!

A look back at some of the most memorable fashion flubs at the Met Gala over the years.

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