La La Land wins Directors Guild award

La La Land swept up another major Hollywood prize in its bid for Oscars glory, as Damien Chazelle was honoured at the Directors Guild of America Awards. La La Land swept up another major Hollywood prize in its bid for Oscars glory, as Damien Chazelle was honoured at the Directors Guild of America Awards.

Oscars 2017: Emma Stone proves she’s the top with lead actress nomination for ‘La La Land’

For as much as “La La Land” is a throwback to the mainstage musicals of yore, star Emma Stone has the trappings of a Freed Unit starlet who shines brightest when playing characters caught in the sometimes bracing glow of the footlights. But the silver screen has always served as a siren song for the native off Scottsdale, Ariz., who at 14 pitched her parents a Power Point presentation aimed at relocating to California where she could pursue a career in acting, a dream she made reality in 2004.

‘The Founder’ is scathing biopic that reveals history of…

That’s enough to condemn him in many people’s eyes, but did he cheat the true founders of McDonald’s while becoming the company’s CEO? That’s the question at the center of the sad, effectively told biopic “The Founder.” Michael Keaton employs all of his intensity and charm to play Kroc, a milkshake machine salesman desperate for a payday in the 1950s.