Reba McEntire stars in and executive produces NBC sitcom ‘Happy’s Place,’ returning for Season 3
The series, which debuted in October 2024, stars Reba as Bobbie, who inherits her father’s Knoxville, Tennessee, bar, Happy’s Place, upon his death. After running the tavern for many years, Bobbie is less than thrilled when she learns she has a new business partner: Isabella (Belissa Escobedo, “Blue Beetle”), the much younger half-sister she didn’t know she had until their daddy died.
Read MoreDirector Incubator participants to present at the 2026 National Association of Latino Independent Producers’ Media Summit
The National Association of Latino Independent Producers is a nonprofit organization that addresses the professional needs of Latino content creators and industry professionals. For more than 20 years, NALIP has been devoted to the advancement of Latino creatives across all media platforms.
Read MoreNgozi Onwurah’s ‘Welcome II the Terrordome’ to get Criterion Collection Blu-ray release
The first theatrically distributed British feature by a Black woman, the dystopian science fiction film furiously evokes a near future in which Black people are segregated within a slum called the Terrordome, where simmering violence and anger threaten to boil over in the wake of a young boy’s murder.
Read MoreZoe Kazan’s ‘East of Eden,’ starring and executive produced by Florence Pugh, coming to Netflix
Kazan’s modern interpretation of John Steinbeck’s 1952 Nobel Prize-winning novel explores the multigenerational saga of the Trask family, focusing new attention on its indelible, enigmatic antihero, Cathy Ames, played by Pugh (“We Live in Time,” “Dune 2,” “Oppenheimer,” “Little Women”).
Read MoreToronto International Film Festival to honor Penélope Cruz, Rosalind Eleazar, Siân Heder and Isabelle Huppert
The 51st Toronto International Film Festival is set for Sept. 10-20 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Tribute Awards gala is TIFF’s largest annual fundraiser and a world-class celebration of cinematic excellence, with proceeds supporting expanded access to cinema, championing artists, strengthening the industry, and bringing communities together through film.
Read MoreSerena Rossi to be honored with Passion for Film Award at Venice International Film Festival
The Campari Passion for Film Award is an accolade created to honor the talent, dedication, and bold artistic vision of those who transform passion into a driving creative force. The award honors those who turn passion into a driving creative force — not simply as a lifetime achievement, but as a tribute to the will to stand out and leave an indelible mark on the art of cinematic storytelling.
Read MoreRebecca Hall serving as guest director of Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival
Hall’s work spans independent films, major studio productions, television and the stage. She will next star in Adam Wingard’s A24 action thriller “Onslaught” and appears in the upcoming season of Netflix’s “Monster,” as well as “The Man I Love” and “The End of It,” which both premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
Read MoreEllen Burstyn to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice International Film Festival
The Golden Lion will be awarded to Burstyn in conjunction with the festival’s screening of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s short film “Flesh Impact.” Dedicated to Marilyn Monroe on the centenary of her birth, the film co-stars Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, and Sepideh Moafi.
Read MoreAgnieszka Holland’s Franz Kafka biopic ‘Franz’ is coming soon to theaters
Billed as Holland’s most ambitious project to date, her biopic of the iconic 20th-century Czech writer had its world premiere last year at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, and it became Poland’s official entry to the 98th Academy Awards.
Read MoreDirected by Georgia Oakley, new take on Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’ to bow in fall
Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Twisters,” “Where the Crawdads Sing”) as Elinor and Esme Creed-Miles (“The Sandman,” “The Chronology of Water”) as Marianne. George MacKay (“1917”) is portraying Elinor’s love interest, Edward Ferrars. Frank Dillane (“Urchin”) stars as Marianne’s initial love interest John Willoughby, and Herbert Nordrum (“The Worst Person in the World”) plays her later suitor, Colonel Brandon
Read MoreWelcome to The Week in Women, an AWFJ Network Blog authored by Brandy McDonnell
An Alliance of Women Film Journalists blog.