ACORN TV
Programming from several countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Ireland, New Zealand, and UK. AMC Networks chief Josh Sapan told The Hollywood Reporter that Acorn TV has "among the lowest churn" among major services owing to its focus as well as viewers' "dedication and affinity" for its content.

TThe WGA is currently holding a referendum over introducing an "Additional Literary Material" credit that would, by all accounts, open up a new path to accreditation for hundreds of writers who currently are ineligible. In a letter to membership, the WGA Screen Credits Review Committee noted that: Currently, many screenwriters who have worked for weeks or months on a project do not receive any on-screen credit, nor are they listed in online databases. By comparison, every crew member — even someone who works for only one day — will see their names in the end credits and on IMDb. In television, writers' names appear on all episodes on which they are employed. The more exclusionary standard for feature writers often results in 'résumé gaps' and empty IMDb pages that may not accurately reflect a screenwriter's career...

The periwinkle pastel home where a young Winona Ryder and heavy metal, but in a sad way, Johnny Depp find love in Burton's "Edward Scissorhands" has been transformed into a living museum of the movie, complete with wild topiaries and a recreation of the film's kitchen wallpaper. The current owners, Joey and Sharon Licalzi, bought the house in 2020 for $230,000 outside of Tampa, Florida, and have officially opened the delightfully named (and entirely free) Scissorland up to Scissorfans everywhere. The periwinkle pastel home where a young Winona Ryder and heavy metal, but in a sad way, Johnny Depp find love in Burton's "Edward Scissorhands" has been transformed into a living museum of the movie, complete with wild topiaries and a recreation of the film's kitchen wallpaper. The current owners, Joey and Sharon Licalzi, bought the house in 2020 for $230,000 outside of Tampa, Florida, and have officially opened the delightfully named (and entirely free) Scissorland up to Scissorfans everywhere. (Courtesy Kaylee Dugan)...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has linked up with nonprofit FilmAid for a series of conversations and masterclasses on the art of filmmaking. Dubbed Academy x FilmAid: Visiting Artists Series, the initiative enlists Academy members for sessions designed to provide insights into a variety of filmmaking topics like directing, documentary filmmaking, costume design, cinematography, sound mixing and more. In addition to being distributed as part of FilmAid’s training programs, the series is available on the Academy’s YouTube channel which already features a conversation with Oscar-winning duo Matthew Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver about Hair Love, Michael Goi talking about visual style, sound mixer peter Devlin, Kenyan filmmaker Toni Kamau and Oscar winner Ruth Carter...

After two years of going digital because of the pandemic, the TCM Classic Film Festival announced Wednesday that it is welcoming fans back to Hollywood for its 2022 edition April 21-24. The theme: “All Together Now: Back to the Big Screen.” Passes for the 2022 festival will go on sale in November and include an early bird discount window. Execs say appropriate safety protocols based on guidance from the CDC, the state of California and the city of Los Angeles will be implemented...

Just about every year this time of year, Danny Elfman invites fans to his live-to-film concert experience of The Nightmare Before Christmas. The event gives people the chance to see the stop-motion animated movie with the added element of the movie being set to live music and Danny Elfman reprising his voice role as Jack Skellington in the flesh. Elfman has announced that this time around, Billie Eilish has joined the performance to voice Sally and undoubtedly sing her own rendition of “Sally’s Song”...

British broadcaster Sky is launching a TV that streams content via the internet, removing the need for a satellite dish. The company describes Sky Glass as a "no-fuss" streaming TV. One expert said it would put the broadcaster in direct competition with TV makers such as Samsung and Sony. Another said while ditching the "outdated satellite dish" was long overdue, it was "an expensive way to watch TV"....