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"They had the student / teacher relationship." Netflix has debuted an official trailer for a highly anticipated documentary film titled Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali, from filmmaker Marcus A. Clarke. Inspired by the book "Blood Brothers" written by Randy Roberts & Johnny Smith, the film examines the relationship and connections between these two legendary, iconic African-Americans. From a chance meeting to a tragic fallout, Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali's extraordinary bond cracks under the weight of distrust and shifting ideals. Through interviews with those closest to them — Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz, Ali’s brother Rahman and daughters Maryum and Hana — and cultural luminaries such as Cornel West and Al Sharpton, the docu illuminates their meeting, bonding, and eventual falling out over discord within the leadership of the Nation of Islam. Their evening in Miami was the inspiration for the excellent film One Night in Miami from last year, but...

A documentary about the friendship between Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali is coming to Netflix this fall, with Kenya Barris attached as a producer.

The film is called "Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali," and it's inspired by a book by Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith. It will incorporate never-before-seen archival footage of the two iconic figures, and it will debut on Netflix on Sept. 9.

Marcus A. Clarke is directing "Blood Brothers," and Barris is producing for Khalabo Ink Society along with Jason Perez. Erynn Sampson is executive producing for Khalabo Ink Society, as are Jonathan Chinn and Simon Chinn for Lightbox, and Simon George.

The documentary aims to portray the misunderstood bond Malcolm X and Ali shared. Their friendship was portrayed in the film "One Night in Miami" from director Regina King, which was a fictionalized account of an evening they spent with Sam Cooke and Jim Brown.

“Malcolm...

A documentary about the relationship between Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali from Kenya Barris and his Khalabo Ink Society has been set at Netflix.

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali will launch on the streamer on September 9.

Based on Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith’s book Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, the feature doc comes from Barris’ previous overall deal with the streamer. He has since moved to ViacomCBS in a deal that gives him equity in BET Studios. It is the Black-ish creator’s latest doc for the streamer – he is also producing a doc on civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

The film, which Barris teased in a New York Times profile last year, features never before seen archival footage and the story behind the friendship between the civil rights leader and the boxing legend.

Marcus A. Clarke, who has helmed episodes of...

Chicago – One of the most well-received 2015 theater performances in Chicago has been from actor Jerod Haynes as boxer Jay Jackson, in American Theater Co’s production of “The Royale.” Inspired by real life boxer Jack Johnson, the play is about setting up an early 1900s heavyweight championship, for the first time in U.S. history, between a black and white boxer.

The play is magnificently incendiary, told through a series of dialogue scenes and monologues. Haynes is magnetic as the mercurial Johnson, and communicates the intelligence, skill and frustration of being a notable African American in a less tolerant time. “The Royale” runs until March 29th, 2015, and is written by Marco Ramirez (“Orange is the New Black”) and directed by Atc ensemble member Jaime Castañeda.

Jerod Haynes as Jay Jackson in ‘The Royale’

Photo credit: Michael Brosilow for American Theater Co.

Actor Jerod Haynes is a native Chicagoan, born and raised on the South Side.

Celebrating the unsung heroes in moviemaking, the Ace Eddie Awards took place in Beverly Hills on Friday (February 7).

Presenting the Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) award was Leonardo DiCaprio, who handed over the trophy to Christopher Rouse for "Captain Phillips."

Honoring Paul Greengrass with the Filmmaker of the Year award was Tom Hanks, while Jonah Hill gave the Best Edited Documentary (Feature) prize to Douglas Blush, Kevin Klauber, and Jason Zeldes.

Gearing up for an Awards season trouncing of the animated categories, "Frozen" and editor Jeff Draheim won the Best Edited Animated Feature Film prize. Check out the full list of winners below.

Best Edited Feature Film- Dramatic

"Captain Phillips" Christopher Rouse

Best Edited Feature Film- Comedy Or Musical

"American Hustle" Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers & Alan Baumgarten

Best Edited Animated Feature Film

"Frozen" Jeff Draheim

Best Edited Documentary- Feature

"20 Feet From Stardom" Douglas Blush, Kevin Klauber & Jason Zeldes

Best Edited...

‘Captain Phillips’ (edited by Christopher Rouse, A.C.E.) and ‘American Hustle’ (edited by Jay Cassidy, A.C.E., Crispin Struthers & Alan Baumgarten, A.C.E.) won Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy/Musical) respectively at the 64th Annual Ace Eddie Awards tonight where trophies were handed out in ten (10) categories of film, television and documentaries. The black-tie ceremony was held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel with over 1,000 in attendance to celebrate the year?s best editing. ?Frozen? (edited by Jeff Draheim) won Best Edited Animated Feature Film and ?20 Feet From Stardom? (edited by Douglas Blush, Kevin Klauber & Jason Zeldes) won Best Edited Documentary (Feature). Television winners included ‘The Office Finale’ (edited by David Rogers & Claire Scanlon) for Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television, ‘Breaking Bad’ Felina (edited by Skip MacDonald, A.C.E.) for Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial television,...

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Captain Phillips (edited by Christopher Rouse, A.C.E.) and American Hustle (edited by Jay Cassidy, A.C.E., Crispin Struthers & Alan Baumgarten, A.C.E.) won Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy/Musical) respectively at the 64th Annual Ace Eddie Awards Friday evening where trophies were handed out in ten (10) categories of film, television and documentaries.

The black-tie ceremony was held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel with over 1,000 in attendance to celebrate the year’s best editing.

Frozen (edited by Jeff Draheim) won Best Edited Animated Feature Film and 20 Feet From Stardom (edited by Douglas Blush, Kevin Klauber & Jason Zeldes) won Best Edited Documentary (Feature).

June Squibb and Will Forte flank Best Animated Feature winner, Jeff Draheim (‘Frozen’). © Linda Treydte / Tilt Photo

Television winners included ”The Office – Finale” (edited by David Rogers & Claire Scanlon) for Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television,...

Captain Phillips and American Hustle won Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy/Musical) respectively at the 64th Annual Ace Eddie Awards on Friday night (7).

The Los Angeles ceremony also saw Frozen scoop the Best Edited Animated Feature Film, while 20 Feet From Stardom took home the Best Edited Documentary (Feature) award.

Tom Hanks presented Paul Greengrass with the Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker Of The Year honour.

Lifetime Career Achievement Awards went to Richard Halsey and Robert C Jones. The Heritage Award, which has only been presented a few times in the organisation’s history, went to Randy Roberts.

The American Cinema Editors (Ace) will present Richard Halsey and Robert C Jones with lifetime career achievement awards at the 64th Annual Ace Eddie Awards in February.

Dean of the UCLA School Of Theater, Film And Television Teri Schwartz will present to Halsey and Warren Beatty will present to Jones.

Halsey won the Oscar for Rocky and his credits include Edward Scissorhands (pictured), American Gigolo and Sister Act.

Jones won an Oscar for writing Coming Home and among his editing credits are Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, Shampoo, Heaven Can Wait, Bulworth and Days Of Thunder.

Randy Roberts will receive the Heritage Award from Ace president Alan Heim.

As previously announced, Paul Greengrass will receive the Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker Of The Year honour from Tom Hanks.

The 64th Annual Ace Eddie Awards ceremony will take place on February 7 in Los Angeles.

The Lifetime series Army Wives is adding two new husbands to their cast. Get to know Burgess Jenkins and Joshua Henry as they become recurring characters at Fort Marshall when season seven begins this year. When season eight swings around, the pair just may become regulars, too.

Burgess Jenkins is an American actor. You may recall his work on One Tree Hill as Bobby Irons. More recently he appeared in the suspenseful mini-series, Coma, and on Nashville as Randy Roberts.

Joshua Henry earned a Tony Award nomination for his role in The Scottsboro Boys musical. One of his most recent shows was The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.

Deadline had the casting news. Army Wives has added three actresses as new regular. They are Ashanti as Latasha, Torrey DeVitto as Maggie and Elle McLemore as Holly. Jenkins will play Maggie’s husband, Staff Sgt. Eddie Hall. Henry will act as Quincy,...

Nashville finally premiered Wednesday night on ABC, and if you weren't like me, this was probably your first time watching the new hit compared to three or four times. Is there really any shame in admitting that? Not at all. Especially when it comes to this new series starring Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere. Though so many may have compared the show to Gwyneth Paltrow's Country Strong at first, that should all be put to rest by now. With a Friday Night Lights alum, country roots, competition, affairs and singing to boot, there's no way Nashville won't catapult into being considered the best new drama this season.

Here's 5 reasons why you should stay tuned (besides just the music):

1. Connie Britton

There should be a front seat with her name on it for the next several Emmy award shows. Without a doubt, Britton has nailed herself yet another fantastic role on television.

Reese Witherspoon, Clint Eastwood Lead All-star List Of Presenters

At The Black-tie Ceremony

.Freedom Riders. Takes Top Doc Prize

Alexander Payne, Joel Cox, A.C.E. And Doug Ibold, A.C.E. Receive Special Honors

.The Descendants,. (edited by Kevin Tent, A.C.E.) and .The Artist. (edited by Anne-Sophie Bion & Michel Hazanavicius) won Best Edited Feature Film (Drama) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical) respectively at the 62nd Annual Ace Eddie Awards Saturday evening where trophies were handed out in nine (9) categories of film, television and documentaries. The black-tie ceremony was held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel with over 1,000 in attendance to celebrate the year.s best editing. .Rango. (edited by Craig Wood, A.C.E.) won Best Edited Animated Feature Film and .Freedom Riders. (edited by Lewis Erskine & Aljernon Tunsil ) won Best Edited Documentary. Television winners included .Curb Your Enthusiasm – Palestinian Chicken. (edited by Steven Rasch,...

HollywoodNews.com: “The Social Network,” (edited by Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter) and “Alice in Wonderland” (edited by Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.) won Best Edited Feature Film (Drama) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical) respectively at the 61st Annual Ace Eddie Awards tonight where trophies were handed out in nine (9) categories of film, television and documentaries. The black-tie ceremony was held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel with over 1,000 in attendance to celebrate the year’s best editing. “Toy Story 3” (edited by Ken Schretzmann & Lee Unkrich, A.C.E.) won Best Edited Animated Feature Film and “Exit Through the Gift Shop” (edited by Tom Fulford & Chris King) won Best Edited Documentary. Television winners included “Modern Family: Family Portrait”

(edited by Jonathan Schwartz) for Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television, “The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye” (edited by Hunter Via) for...

The editors of "The Hurt Locker," "The Hangover" and "Up" won feature film competitions Sunday at the 60th annual American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards at the Beverly Hilton.

"The Hurt Locker" editors, husband-and-wife team Bob Murawski and Chris Innis, earned the trophy for a dramatic film, topping a category that included "Avatar," "District 9," "Star Trek" and "Up in the Air."

"It's a great way to spend Valentine's Day, to win an award with my wife," Murawski said onstage, adding with a smile, "she did most of the work."

"The Hangover" editor Debra Neil-Fisher, Ace, topped the category for comedy or musical, which included nominees "500 Days of Summer," "Julie & Julia," "A Serious Man" and "It's Complicated."

  Editor Kevin Nolting earned the award for best edited animated feature for "Up," leading a group that included "Coraline" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox." Additionally, "The Cove" editor Geoffrey Richman won best edited documentary, a...

Editfest, a weekend seminar focusing on the craft and business of editing, which first took place last year in Los Angeles, is expanding to New York, where it will take place Friday and Saturday, June 12 and 13 at the Directors Guild of America at 110 W. 57th Street.

American Cinema Editors and Manhattan Edit Workshop are co-producing the two-day event.

"One of Ace's highest priorities is to help educate and mentor the next generation of editors," Ace president Randy Roberts said. "Editfest is a unique opportunity for attendees to spend time with some of the most accomplished editors working in film and television today."

Confirmed panelists include: Michael Berenbaum; Scott Brock; Robert Eisenhardt; Ken Eluto; Alexander Hall; Tom Haneke; Brian Kates; Anne McCabe; Craig McKay; Bill Pankow; Lee Percy; Sam Pollard; Jay Rabinowitz; Meg Reticker; Stephen Rotter; Kate Sanford; Karen Schmeer; Larry Silk; Tim Squyres; Kate Sanford; Thelma Schoonmaker; Troy Takaki; Chris...

"Slumdog Millionaire's" triumphant march across the Hollywood awards landscape continued Sunday night at the 59th annual Ace Eddie Awards, where the film's Chris Dickens took home the trophy for the best edited feature film drama.

At the American Cinema Editors awards dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, "WALL-E" also made history for the organization by becoming the first animated feature film to win an Eddie, when its editor Stephen Schaffer captured the prize for best edited feature comedy or musical.

"Man on Wire," the documentary about tightrope-walker Philippe Petit, was named best edited documentary, with the award going to Jinx Godfrey.

Television winners included "30 Rock: The Reunion," edited by Meg Reticker; "Breaking Bad: Pilot," Lynne Willingham; "True Blood:  Strange Love," Michael Ruscio and Andy Keir; "Recount," Alan Baumgarten; and "24: Redemption," Scott Powell.

For the second year, the awards added a best edited nonscripted/reality series category,...

Frankfurt, Germany -- Leading VFX supervisors emphasized the goal of realism as they dissected some of the summer's biggest tentpoles for standing room crowds here Tuesday as the Edit Filmmakers Festival wrapped.

"My premise is that I'd like to have at least 50% of the image in camera," said Industrial Light + Magic's Pablo Helman, VFX supervisor on "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," as he showed various shots in jungle and temple sequences that included numerous live-action elements. "I would not come up with a shot that is all CG or all miniature. The state of visual (effects) literally is such that people can tell if there is only one technique. I think it works better to put things together."

Academy Award winner John Nelson, the VFX supervisor on Jon Favreau's "Iron Man," similarly aimed to incorporate live-action elements where possible.

"Realism was beaten into me on a daily basis,...

Frankfurt, Germany -- Oscar-winning editor Anne V. Coates received Festival Honors -- the highest honor awarded at the Edit Filmmakers Festival -- Sunday at the event's opening gala at the Cinestar Metropolis theater in Frankfurt.

A capacity crowd of 650 walked the red carpet and filled the theater to honor Coates, who is perhaps best known for "Lawrence of Arabia."

In the evening's other highlight, cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno, a longtime collaborator with Federico Fellini, was honored with the first Tribute Award from Imago, the European Association of Cinematographers.

Tom Rolf, an Oscar-winning editor ("The Right Stuff") and past recipient of Festival Honors, presented the award to Coates, who was accompanied by her son, writer-director Anthony Hickox.

"Anne is one of the great editors of all time," Rolf said. "Anne cares about taking gifted performances and making them the focus of the story."

The program included a clip reel of Coates' body of work,...

Randy Roberts has been elected president of American Cinema Editors.

The editor served as vp of the honorary society for the past four years and has served on several of its committees.

He succeeds Alan Heim, who has completed his second consecutive term as president and therefore takes a required break from the role. Roberts appointed Heim to complete the final year of his vp term.

Roberts earned Ace Eddie Award nominations for "L.A. Law," "Early Edition" and "Chicago Hope," for which he also received an Emmy nomination. He is also a director and producer and is currently a supervising producer on "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit."

Heim earned an Academy Award for "All That Jazz."

Lillian Benson was re-elected as Ace secretary. Ed Abroms continues as treasurer.

Also elected to the Ace board are Anita Brandt Burgoyne, as well as incumbent members Kate Amend, Edgar Burcksen, Tina Hirsch and Harry Miller.