THE SPACE RACE: Filmmakers Diego Hurtado de Mendoza and Lisa Cortes on new NASA documentary – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/20/2024
THE SPACE RACE key art | ©2024 National Geographic

Directors Lisa Cortés and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza came together to direct and produce THE SPACE RACE, now streaming on both National Geographic and Disney+. This is the first time the filmmakers have collaborated. Separately, Cortés won an Emmy for the documentary THE APOLLO. Cortés’s other credits include ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY, THE REMIX: HIP HOP X FASHION and LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING. Hurtado de Mendoza has made documentaries including BRANDING KOSOVO and THE PEOPLE’S FIGHTERS: TEOFILO STEVENSON AND THE LEGEND OF CUBAN BOXING. Jointly Hurtado de Mendoza and Cortés have already won three awards for THE […]Read On »


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THE SPACE RACE: Executive Producer Frank Marshall on new National Geographic film – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/12/2024
THE SPACE RACE key art | ©2024 National Geographic

THE SPACE RACE, National Geographic’s documentary about the history of Black astronauts in NASA, premieres Monday, February 12, and is available thereafter on Nat Geo and Disney+. The stories and interviews include now ninety-year-old Ed Dwight, who was on track to be the first Black American in space until the assassination of President John F. Kennedy interrupted his career. THE SPACE RACE also includes discussion of Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, a Cuban cosmonaut who became the first Black man in space in 1980 on the U.S.S.R. Soyuz mission. Frank Marshall, the producer who won the Academy’s Irving G. Thalberg Award in […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from the OBLIVION American Premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER 04/17/2013
Tom Cruise At the American Premiere of OBLIVION | ©2013 Sue Schneider

Universal Pictures presented the American Premiere of OBLIVION at the Dolby Theatre, where the Academy Awards are held in Hollywood on April 10th. It was a big setup with Hollywood Blvd. closed from Highland to Orange, fans on both sides of the street and in pens on the black carpet. The press was asked to check-in by 4:30 pm, because Tom Cruise who loves his fans was arriving early to sign autographs and take pictures with as many fans as he could. The spacecraft used in the film also was on display on the carpet. After Tom signed and posed […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 2 – The Guests

By SUE SCHNEIDER 11/26/2012
THE HOST cast - Jake Abel, Saoirse Ronan and Max Irons at the World Premiere of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 2 | ©2012 Sue Schneider

November 12th, SUMMIT Entertainment held the World Premiere of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 2 at the Nokia Theater at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles. Now the guests that walked the black carpet and joined the stars on this special night: Bella Thorne, Alexa Vega, DJ Qualls, Paul McDonald, Molly Sims, Justine Wachsberger, The Boom Circuits, Sterling Beaumon, Nancy O’Dell, Frank Marshall, Brent Smith, Sarah Habel, Jared Kusnitz, Mayim Bialik, Max Burkholder, Willow Shields, Olivia Holt, Luke Benward, Inbar Levi, Shar Jackson, Brandon and Savannah, Aramis Knight, Amanda Stenberg, Jaleel White, Jacqueline Emerson, Shaun Robinson, A Boy […]Read On »


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