Prime Minister, the HBO/CNN original documentary about popular New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern, was named best documentary at Thursday’s Documentary Emmy Awards. The doc, directed by Michelle Walshe and Lindsay Utz, had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary.

The 47th News & Documentary Emmy Awards has concluded, with Madison Wells’ Prime Minister winning Best Documentary.

Andrew Rannells says getting to work with Allison Janney "felt like I had won the gay acting lottery" in their new movie, which debuts on HBO May 29.

The world premiere of “Heartbreakers,” the “Romeo and Juliet” adaptation using the rock catalog of Grammy winners Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, is slated for May 4 to June 6, 2027, in CST’s small Upstairs Studio.

After a secret screening at Sundance, Miss You, Love You, a film that stars Allison Janney and Andrew Rannells has found a home. HBO has snapped up the rights to the film, which was written and directed by Jim Rash.

In the best documentary category, the nominees are Black Snow, Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time, Life After, Love + War, 2000 Meters to Andriivka, Prime Minister, Turning Point: The Vietnam War and Union.

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding peeks into the lives of an older generation, in 2019, having emigrated from the same part of the continent. Both plays probe Black female identity using a single setting yet this one takes it a step further by confining the story to one working day.

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre have released rehearsal images ahead of the UK premiere of the Tony Award-winning play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding which runs at the venue from Wednesday 18 March – Saturday 25 April 2026.

The film, which blends new interviews, archival footage and watercolor animation, will drop on the service later this year, and seems likely to contend for the best documentary short Oscar a year from now.

On Tuesday night, the Golden State Warriors star earned Sundance Film Festival recognition when “The Baddest Speech Writer of All,” a short film he co-produced and co-directed, captured the Grand Jury Prize at the festival’s short film awards in Park City, Utah.

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has unveiled the complete ensemble for the U.K. premiere of “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” the Tony Award-winning Broadway comedy that will run at the London venue from March 18 through April 25.

Four-time NBA title winner Steph Curry can now call himself a champion in another arena – filmmaking.

The Baddest Speech Writer of All — a short film co-directed and produced by Curry and directed by two-time Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot — picked up the grand jury prize Tuesday night during the festival’s short film awards ceremony and party in Park City, Utah.

Winners will be announced at the PGA’s awards ceremony on Feb. 28 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City.

Founder Gigi Pritzker and film and TV head Rachel Shane recall wooing former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and taking the film to Sundance: "There were people coming up to us afterward crying."

A roundtable discussion hosted by Abby Phillip will stream exclusively on CNN after the film’s debut.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s lawyer and speechwriter reflects on the personal cost and surprising truths of making history, offering an intimate insider’s view of the Civil Rights Movement,” reads the fest description referencing Dr. Clarence B. Jones.

A five-way co-production of Jocelyn Bioh’s Harlem salon comedy, directed by Whitney White, makes its final stop after crisscrossing the country.

The Tony award-winning play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding will receive its UK premiere at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre as part of its new season of work.

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre Artistic Director Rachel O’Riordan has announced three new productions for 2026.

The digital release from Joy Machine Records features the cast of the upcoming world premiere New York Theatre Workshop musical.

The Tony Award winners J. Harrison Ghee and Joaquina Kalukango star in this new musical alongside Bryson Battle (“The Voice”), who makes his professional stage debut as Ulysses, a young New Yorker whose world opens up when he discovers the L.G.B.T. haven of Saturday Church.

Nostalgia courses through Nonnas, along with a strong sense of community through food; the feature’s mantra is “One does not grow old at the table.”