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ROMA wins Best Foreign Language Film, but misses the chance for winning both Foreign Language and Best Picture awards

ROMA wins Best Foreign Language Film, but misses the chance for winning both Foreign Language and Best Picture awards

On the heels of this year's Academy Awards show and in anticipation of WWMPC’s release of The Road to Mother this Spring, we look back and think the potential history that would have been. Never has a film won both Best Foreign Language Film and Best Picture at the same time. We witnessed Alfonso Cuarón’s ...
71st DGA Awards Recap and Winners

71st DGA Awards Recap and Winners

The World Wide team was pleased to be in attendance at the 71st DGA awards held at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood this past Sunday (Feb 3rd). Despite the rainy weather which soaked the red carpet, the stars were in attendance to show their support for the nominated directors. There was another win for ...
Directors Guild Awards Foreign Film Nominees – Getting Deserved Recognition

Directors Guild Awards Foreign Film Nominees – Getting Deserved Recognition

Awards Season is upon us, including the upcoming DGA Awards on February 2, 2019, and It looks as though foreign language films like Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma and Pawel Pawlikowski's Cold War are receiving more recognition this year at awards ceremonies than in past years. Hopefully this will start a trend with American cinema because, as ...
A Look at John Carpenter’s “Halloween” through the Ages

A Look at John Carpenter’s “Halloween” through the Ages

by Brian Fee The infamous baby-sitter slasher film, “Halloween”, created by John Carpenter is widely regarded as a classic horror movie and has been known to influence several proceeding slasher pictures. The “Halloween” franchise consists of 11 films ranging from the original, which was released in 1978, to today with the newest adaptation which was ...
Sweetbitter Actress Ella Purnell Celebrates 22nd Birthday!

Sweetbitter Actress Ella Purnell Celebrates 22nd Birthday!

by Cecilia Farmer Big, brown eyes. There are few actresses who can pull a viewer in with her gaze alone, but it is the first thing you notice about Ella Purnell in all her films. There’s a child-like innocence that comes through her face which is often juxtaposed with serious, dramatic turns in such notable ...
“Ways to Live Forever” Actor,  Robbie Kay, Turns 23 Today!

“Ways to Live Forever” Actor, Robbie Kay, Turns 23 Today!

By Ashley Callahan Talented actor, Robbie Kay, celebrates his twenty-third birthday today. From sweet, boyish characters to action and science fiction, the young star has grown up in the spotlight. He has appeared in major feature films such as World Wide Motion Pictures’, Ways to Live Forever (2010) and Griff Furst’s Cold Moon (2016). With ...
Women Heroes in Film

Women Heroes in Film

By Ashley Callahan For over four decades, Women’s Equality Day has been celebrated every year on August 26th. It was originally celebrated in 1973 to commemorate the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment into the US Constitution in 1920. It was this Amendment that granted women the right to vote. Women continue to make significant strides ...
Happy Book Lovers Day: Books That Became Major Motion Pictures

Happy Book Lovers Day: Books That Became Major Motion Pictures

By Mia Miller From paper, to hardcover, to script to film celebrating books on National Book Lovers Day - we recognize the international best-selling books that made it to the big screen by being international best-sellers. One international best-seller dating back to the 1800s was Jane Austen’s, Pride and Prejudice, which most recently was adapted ...
Susan Lynch and National Sisters’ Day

Susan Lynch and National Sisters’ Day

By Ashley Callahan On August 7th, 2011, National Sisters’ day became an unofficial holiday and was celebrated for the first time. It has been recognized annually ever since. The day acknowledges the strong bond people share with their sisters and encourages them to celebrate the special relationship. Studies from Brigham Young University actually show that ...