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The Museum of the Moving Image and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced 2022 award recipients from the Sloan Film Program on Friday. A pilot script titled “Until Then We Keep Breathing” by UCLA student Samantha Sewell and a feature script called “Woodside” by Florida State University student Gerard Shaka were among the projects recognized.

“While the four honored scripts (two winners and two honorable mentions) deal with a broad range of settings, genres, and scientific and technological themes — from cystic fibrosis and congenital disability to climate change and permafrost, from marine conservation and mangrove systems to IVF and reproductive medicine — all of the stories evoke the formative and central role of families and family relationships in the lives of their protagonists,” wrote Doron Weber, vice president and program director at the Sloan Foundation. “They are quintessentially human stories about how nature shapes us and how science and technology seek to reshape nature.

The Museum of the Moving Image and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced finalists for their nationwide Film Program on Wednesday. The Sloan Student Grand Jury awards two outstanding film or series screenplays that integrate science or technology with a cash prize of 20,000 and a year-round mentorship from a scientist and film industry professional. The winners will be honored in the fall at a MoMI awards ceremony.

The Sloan Student Prizes were created with the goal of advancing the paths of emerging filmmakers. Established in 2011 with the Grand Jury Prize and expanded in 2019 with the Discovery Prize, the former awards students from the program’s six partner film schools, while the latter nominated scripts from six public universities.

“We are thrilled to continue our partnership with the Museum of the Moving Image and to honor the best-of-the-best screenplays from our partner film schools while also discovering new screenwriters who integrate...

Samantha Grant denied trying to cash-in on sister Meghan Markle's fairytale romance with her upcoming book. The sibling addressed the allegation while appearing on the British TV show The Wright Stuff on Channel 5. "I think the term 'cash-in' is a low blow," Grant told host Matthew Wright. "I think any of us who have experiences and feelings, positive, warm, insightful or otherwise and we are able to share them apparently—I wouldn't say that we're cashing in because there's certainly a large audience and market of people who are interested and curious. So why not share information that is socially and historically valuable? I feel like it's kind of a service to...

Meghan Markle’s sister says that her father will walk the actress down the aisle at her wedding to Prince Harry in May.

There have been conflicting reports that Thomas Markle or Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, would perform the honor. On Monday Samantha Grant, who is the actress’s half-sister from her father’s first marriage, addressed Thomas’s potential wedding involvement during an appearance on the U.K. morning show The Wright Stuff.

“Yes he is ,” she said. “He will be there one way or the other. Any rumor to the contrary is . . . my favorite new word is becoming ‘Oh,...

Meghan Markle's half sister Samantha Grant had some choice words for Prince Harry after he said the royals were the family his fiancée "never had." "Actually she has a large family who were always there with her and for her," Grant tweeted following the prince's interview on BBC Radio 4's Today program. "Our household was very normal and when dad and Doria divorced, we all made it so it was like she had two houses. No one was estranged, she was just too busy. Read my book complete with facts and photos." Grant is penning a tell-all book about the former Suits actress. "Meg's family (our family) is complete with sister, brother, aunts, uncles, cousins, and the...