The AFI FEST came to a close today and after a week of movie marathoning, the Jury and Audience awards were chosen.

“Land and Shade” took home the New Auteurs grand Jury Award. The film, a debut from writer director Cesar Augusto Acevedo, is a portrait of a family in rural Colombia. The jury, which consisted of Inkoo Kang (TheWrap), Sheri Linden (The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times), and Nigel M. Smith (the guardian), awarded the film for “its visual eloquence, formal rigor and emotional power.”

Also receiving a jury award was “Disorder,” with a Special Jury Mention for Direction. “Desde Alla” received a special mention for Screenplay. “Boys” and “World of Tomorrow” each took home Grand Jury Awards for Shorts, live action and animated, respectively. Many shorts were honored with special mentions: “Rate Me” (Directed by Fyzal Boulifa) for innovative storytelling, “The Reagan Shorts” (Directed by Pacho Velez) for Nonfiction Filmmaking, “Teeth” (Directed by Tom Brown and Daniel Grey) for Screenwriting, and “Manoman” (Directed by Simon Cartwright) for creative vision.

“Landfill Harmonic,” a documentary about a poor community in Paraguay who turn waste into unique instruments or an orchestra, received an audience award for World Cinema. “Mustang,” a story about five sisters locked in their Turkish home after being deemed scandalous, received high praise, winning the New Auteurs Audience Award.

In the American Independents category, James Mond’s “James White” took home the Audience Award. Mond’s directorial debut starring Cynthia Nixon (Sex in the City) and Christopher Abbot (Girls) is a drama about a young self destructive New Yorker who has to deal with his mother’s fight with a serious illness. “Ma,” by director Celia Robison-Hall captivated audiences with her dialogue-free film about a virgin birth, and won the Breakthrough Audience Award.

The festival program featured 130 films – 77 features and 53 shorts- from 45 countries. Categories included: Galas/Tributes (5 films), Special Screenings (8), American Independents (9), New Auteurs (11), World Cinema (29), Midnight (3), Breakthrough (5), Cinema’s Legacy (5), Presentations (2) and Shorts (53).

Jennifer Lawrence isn’t really known as someone who frequently speaks up about feminism, she gets more attention for her funny red carpet moments, photobombs and, of course, films, but on feminism she’s self-admittedly stayed mum — that is until this past Tuesday when she wrote an essay expressing her anger over sexism in Hollywood.

While the Oscar-winner actress said she’s “remained ever-so-slightly quiet” on feminist issues because she does not like to participate in “conversations that feel like they’re trending,” she acknowledged that the only way to make change is by talking and J. Law was ready to speak out.

In an article on Lena Dunham’s site Lenny, Lawrence sounded off about being paid less than her male co-stars on “American Hustle,” and other double standards between men and women. She said she was, “over trying to find the ‘adorable’ way to state my opinion and still be likable!”

Lawrence said she only found how much less she was being paid when emails from Sony Pictures were hacked last November.

“When the Sony hack happened and I found out how much less I was being paid than the lucky people with dicks, I didn’t get mad at Sony. I got mad at myself,” Lawrence said. “I failed as a negotiator because I gave up early. I didn’t want to keep fighting over millions of dollars that, frankly, due to two franchises, I don’t need. (I told you it wasn’t relatable, don’t hate me).”

While the amount of money at stake may not have been relatable, her reasons for not pushing harder have circled through most women’s minds –it was about being likable. Many women worry about how they will come off to others and it can interfere with the way they have business conversations, Lawrence was no different.

“If I’m honest with myself, I would be lying if I didn’t say there was an element of wanting to be liked that influenced my decision to close the deal without a real fight,” Lawrence said. “I didn’t want to seem ‘difficult’ or ‘spoiled.’ At the time, that seemed like a fine idea, until I saw the payroll on the Internet and realized every man I was working with definitely didn’t worry about being ‘difficult’ or ‘spoiled.'”

Her worries over how she was perceived in negotiations also got her thinking about the way people expect women to talk. She pointed out that when women are blunt or stern people treat them as though they are angry.

“A few weeks ago at work, I spoke my mind and gave my opinion in a clear and no-bullshit way; no aggression, just blunt. The man I was working with (actually, he was working for me) said, ‘Whoa! We’re all on the same team here!’ As if I was yelling at him,” she noted.

She then pointed out that men don’t have to think about how people will interpret the things they say.

“I don’t think I’ve ever worked for a man in charge who spent time contemplating what angle he should use to have his voice heard,” Lawrence said.

In the end she acknowledged that she couldn’t be sure her experiences were due to sexism, but that she’s never really seen other men in her predicament either.

“Again, this might have NOTHING to do with my vagina, but I wasn’t completely wrong when another leaked Sony email revealed a producer referring to a fellow lead actress in a negotiation as a “spoiled brat.” For some reason, I just can’t picture someone saying that about a man.”

Neither could we J. Law, neither could we.

After the essay hit the internet by storm, many of her Hollywood peers commented in support of her stance.

O Jennifer Lawrence I love you so. X

— Emma Watson (@EmWatson) October 13, 2015

“I’m over trying to find the “adorable” way to state my opinion”.

— Emma Watson (@EmWatson) October 13, 2015

Yessssssss! Get it girl xx https://t.co/L3w0nNnqGQ

— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) October 13, 2015

I love Jennifer Lawrence. http://t.co/x2jAbnUsmy

— Elizabeth Banks (@ElizabethBanks) October 13, 2015

Selena Gomez has finally opened up about the real reason she was forced to take a break from the limelight.

In a recent interview with “Billboard” magazine Gomez discussed her struggles with lupus for the first time. While reports that Gomez was battling the autoimmune disease first broke nearly two years ago, the singer never addressed the claims and her reps wouldn’t confirm or deny any health problems.

Now, after years of speculation –and several reports that she may be dealing with drug and alcohol abuse– the 23-year-old has decided to set the record straight.

“I was diagnosed with lupus, and I’ve been through chemotherapy. That’s what my break was really about. I could’ve had a stroke,” Gomez said in the interview, referring to a period in late 2013 and early 2014 when the singer suddenly canceled the Asian and Australian leg of her Stars Dance tour.

The cancellation prompted rumors that she was dealing with addiction and soon after reports started coming in saying Gomez had entered rehab. Her rep at the time confirmed that the singer sought treatment at Dawn at The Meadows recovery facility in Wickenburg, Ariz., for “emotional issues” and “partying,” but specified she wasn’t seeking treatment for substance abuse.

So while Gomez did stay in rehab for two weeks in February 2014, at some point she apparently also underwent chemotherapy to treat her lupus.

“I wanted so badly to say, ‘You guys have no idea. I’m in chemotherapy. You’re assholes.’ I locked myself away until I was confident and comfortable again,” she told Billboard.

The Lupus Foundation of America describes lupus as “a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). Chronic means that the signs and symptoms tend to last longer than six weeks and often for many years.”

There is no cure for lupus though patients often go through periods of remission followed by flare ups. According to the Cleveland Clinic, chemotherapy usually isn’t the first course of treatment unless diagnosis is severe. Strokes are also one of the more rare symptoms of lupus so for Gomez to have been told she was at risk is pretty serious. Without proper treatment lupus can be life threatening.

While the singer didn’t elaborate on the current status of her health, she did open up to Us Weekly about her mental health.

“This was the first year I ever dealt with anyone talking about my body,” Gomez told the magazine. “I’d land at the airport and people would yell out, ‘You’re fat!’ It was awful. I’ve been working in therapy. Even if I did gain weight, I’m fine.”

Gomez also touched on her body image issues again in the Billboard interview.

“I was in a bikini and got publicly ripped for being overweight,” Gomez said. “I believed some of the words they were saying. When somebody else has your self-esteem in their hands …”

Gomez says she put some of that negativity to good use, revealing that the comments from body-shamers inspired her to pose nude on the cover of new album “Revival.” She further explained that she’s been channeling her frustrations and anger into the music, and credits her critics as one of the driving forces for the album.

“I’m so f–king nice to everybody, and everyone is so vile to me. I’ve been working since I was 7. I’ve been a UNICEF ambassador since I was 17. It’s so disappointing that I’ve become a tabloid story,” Gomez said. “The hate motivated me.”

The full “Billboard” cover story will be released Oct. 8.

It looks like the gang is getting back together! It’s been confirmed that Ernie Hudson, star of the original “Ghostbusters” films, will appear in Sony’s female led reboot along with Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hudson was spotted on set of the new film for the final day of shooting. Hudson will be joining the already announced Aykroyd and Murray in a cameo role, briefly interacting with new stars Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Melissa McCarthy.

It’s unclear whether Hudson is reprising his role as Winston Zeddemore. Sony declined to give any details on his role, but if what we’ve heard about Aykroyd and Murray’s appearances are true, Hudson probably won’t be donning the iconic jumpsuit. As of right now none of the original “Ghostbusters” characters will be appearing in Paul Feig’s new version.

Murray leaked some info on his role back when his cameo was confirmed. He won’t be back as Dr. Peter Venkman, instead he will play a skeptic of the team who wants to prove that they are a fraud. Originally, it was thought that the four original Ghostbusters would pass the torch, or act as mentors to the new team in some degree, but the death of Harold Ramis forced some changes on the original idea.

That being said, it’ll be fun to see the consistently underrated Hudson play off the new cast and what kind of one liners he might deliver. We just hope the scenes he does film stay in the movie, considering how much he says his original character was cut from the franchise.  In an essay for Entertainment Weekly earlier this year, Hudson said his character’s backstory was completely removed from the original film.

“Instead of coming in at the very beginning of the movie, like page 8, the character came in on page 68 after the Ghostbusters were established. His elaborate background was all gone, replaced by me walking in and saying, ‘If there’s a steady paycheck in it, I’ll believe anything you say.’ So that was pretty devastating,” Hudson said.

Apparently that steady paycheck is still enough since he is coming back for the reboot, even after publicly criticizing it.

Last October, he told Britain’s Telegraph, “If it has nothing to do with the other two movies, and it’s all female, then why are you calling it ‘Ghostbusters?’ I love females. I hope that if they go that way at least they’ll be funny, and if they’re not funny at least hopefully it’ll be sexy. I love the idea of including women, I think that’s great. But all-female I think would be a bad idea. I don’t think the fans want to see that.”

But Hudson soon changed his mind after the cast was announced, telling The Hollywood Reporter in January, “Four fiercely funny, foxy, females busting ghosts… phenomenal!”

Drama aside, we’re just excited to see what the remaining original Ghostbusters will do in the film.

Take a look at what Hudson told us about the prospect of being brought on to the film when we spoke to him last year.

If you haven’t heard any Tom Hardy news in the last week and a half, you are living under a rock. The “Mad Max: Fury Road,” star has been busy promoting his new film “Legend” over the last few weeks and we learn so much more about him at every appearance. For example, now we know not to ask him awkwardly phrased questions about his sexuality.

While at a press conference at the Toronto International Film Festival, a reporter asked about Hardy’s sexuality in a very roundabout way.

Reporter Graeme Coleman from LGBT site Daily Xtra started the exchange with, “In the film, your character Ronnie is very open about his sexuality, but given interviews you’ve done in the past, your own sexuality seems a bit more ambiguous. Do you find it hard for celebrities to talk to media about their sexuality?”

A noticeably confused Hardy replies, “What on earth are you on about?”

Coleman continued, “I was wondering if you find it difficult for celebrities to talk about their sexuality?”

Tom replied, “I don’t find it difficult for celebrities to talk about their sexuality… Um, are you asking me about my sexuality?”

Then a very awkward Coleman said, “Sure.”

All Hardy had to say at that point was, “Why?” He then said “thank you,” cutting off the reporter before he could say anything else.

The reporter was trying to ask about a 2008 interview where Hardy discussed his sexuality, saying, “I’ve played with everything and everyone. But I’m not into men sexually. I love the form and the physicality, but the gay sex bit does nothing for me.”

We’re not sure if Hardy was more annoyed that the reporter couldn’t ask him the question directly or if he didn’t like being asked about his sexuality, but his overall attitude towards the reporter was, “bye Felicia.”

Photo taken from Tom Hardy’s original MySpace page

The TIFF press conference was not the first memorable moment from Hardy since his press tour began. He has no shame in his game — last week he was asked about pictures he posted of himself sporting tighty-whities on his Myspace profile years ago.

Hardy told the U.K.’s Sky News that not only is he not embarrassed of the pictures — which have resurfaced numerous times despite his Myspace profile being deleted years ago — but also that he considers the images to be “glorious.”

“I’ve got no shame about my Myspace photos, especially the one of me in my underpants, which is a glorious photo of a man in his natural habitat,” Hardy said.

The Myspace photos featured everything from underwear to pornstaches and, yes, he even rocks a Speedo, and Hardy embraces all of it.

“I might not be an Adonis, but I like to think of myself as an Adonis in that photo,” said Hardy of the underwear pictures.

Prior to his statement about the MySpace photos, Hardy brought his dog along to a red carpet premiere. Between his dog, embarrassing selfies and shutting down a reporter –Tom Hardy gives zero fucks!

The comedy Gods have come together and sent us what could be the next dynamic duo. During an interview discussing the last ‘Hunger Games’ film, Jennifer Lawrence leaked to The New York Times what her post ‘Hunger Games’ future holds.

One thing she mentioned is that it holds a lot more of Amy Schumer. Since becoming fast friends this summer, the two decided to write a screenplay together in which they plan to star.

Lawrence told the New York Times, “We play sisters. We’re almost done writing. It just flowed out of us. We’ve got about 100 pages right now.” She went on to explain how the writing process between them works:

“Amy and I were creatively made for each other. We have different flavors. It’s been the most fun experience of my life. We start the day off on the phone, laughing. And then we send each other pages. And we crack up. I’m flying out tomorrow to see her in Chicago. We’ll write a little bit with her sister, Kim, who worked with Amy when she was writing Trainwreck.

I know just hearing about the project is filling you guys up with anticipation over the movie itself (something Jon Stewart predicted would happen!), but before we get there, just think about what the Lawrence-Schumer publicity tour will look like when this film gets made. Lawrence is already a charmer on red carpets and once you combine her charm with Schumer’s signature deadpan delivery, we get giddy just thinking about it. Assuming their writing styles do translate well on film, the whole thing will be double the goof and double the fun.

So whose brilliant idea was it to pair J.Law and Schumer? Well, the friendship developed when Lawrence reached out to Schumer after watching Schumer’s film, “Trainwreck.”

“I emailed her after I saw Trainwreck,” Lawrence said. According to Lawrence, she wrote, “I don’t know where to get started. I guess I should just say it: I’m in love with you.” Lawrence said the e-mailing turned to texting and the rest, as they say, is jet-skiing history.

For an early taste of what their banter will look like, here’s what happened after Lawrence realized she inadverdantly announced the project. Lawrence texted Schumer to warn her that news of their collaboration was out. According to Lawrence this is what texts between these two new friends and partners look like:

J.Law: I just spilled the beans to The New York Times. Is that O.K.?

Schumer: That you’re gay? Totally! It’s exciting!

One Direction surprised fans on July 31st with the release of their latest single, “Drag Me Down.” The song, which marks the first since Zayn Malik‘s departure, set the record for the most Spotify streams in one day, with 4.75 million plays on Friday.

On Tuesday, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson appeared on Good Morning America to perform the single. After Malik tweeted his support with “Proud of my boys the new single is sick. Big love :)x” GMA hosts Lara Spencer and Michael Strahan asked the band about life as a foursome.

“Obviously, it’s different but, you know, when you lose a member of your team obviously everyone gets a little bit close together. No, it’s still going great. And that’s what this album is about, we’re still going strong, and we’re all still here,” Payne replied.

Fans were noticeably excited when Tomlinson finally broke his silence on his impending fatherhood. Strahan turned to Tomlinson and said, “Louis, from one father to another I want to congratulate you on your upcoming fatherhood. So how are you feeling?” Louis replied with a big smirk, “Thank you. Obviously it’s a very exciting time, so I’m buzzing.”

Well, sorry it’s officially official ladies.

We’re betting Khloe Kardashian‘s Thursday morning playlist likely featured Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off,” because the 30-year-old Kardashian’s social media has been filled quite a bit of haters over the last 24 hours.

Khloe’s been hitting the gym hard for a while now and she recently showed off all her hard work in a photo spread for the August/September issue “Complex” magazine.  In typical Kardashian fashion, the photos are racy and show off the star’s best ASSets. But, while mostly everyone agreed that Khloe looks great in her photos, the internet is full of bullies and some people took shots at the reality star claiming Photoshop should take the credit for her toned physique.

We all know Khloe’s never been to one to shy away from a confrontation and on July 27 she responded to the Photoshop allegations by posting an original, unaltered image on Instagram side-by-side with one that made it into the magazine. We would say the haters are probably feeling really dumb right now –but we also know that’s not really how trolling works.

Nonetheless, the photo was accompanied by a message to her detractors:

So there you have it, in the battle of Khloe vs. the Internet, Khloe wins.

It’s been a wild roller coaster ride of a year for One Direction fans. Back in March, Zayn Malik left the band, claiming he wanted to be “normal” and live a less stressful life. Many fans are still recovering from their loss, and today, People exclusively revealed that Louis Tomlinson is expecting a baby with LA based stylist Briana Jungwirth.

A mutual friend of the two told the magazine, “Louis is happy and very excited about becoming a dad and he thinks Briana will be an amazing mother. It was a surprise at first, but he and Briana are very, very close friends and this has brought them even closer.” A surprise in deed! Louis and Briana were spotted together partying in LA back in May after meeting through mutual friends. (Perhaps the same mutual friend who so rudely opened his/her mouth about this?) The “friend” also made sure to note that the two are not in a relationship, but are very close friends. In fact, “she’s absolutely not interested in Louis’ fame. She’s very private and most of the time they spend together is out of the public eye, just hanging out with their friends.” She hadn’t even been to a One Direction show until recently!

“People” goes on to say that Louis, who broke up with his longtime girlfriend Eleanor Caldwell back in March, has been to every ultrasound so far and is even looking for properties near Briana. So far, Louis and the rest of the One Direction have been silent, which leads us to believe that this fan fiction sounding rumor might actually be true. The guys have a show tomorrow in Seattle, where surely fans will have signs about Louis’ love child. Fingers crossed for some sort of comment.

And of course, One Direction fans had a lot to say on the matter. Some fans questioned whether or not they had wasted years shipping the wrong couple (Looking at you Larry shippers), while others made up conspiracy theories about this all being a huge PR stunt. We’ll just say congratulations Louis!

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On Friday June 26, the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples can marry nationwide, making the United States the 21st country to legalize gay marriage. In the 5-4 ruling, married same-sex couples will now be legally allowed to marry in any state with the same rights as heterosexual couples. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote, “No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than they once were.” He added, “Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.” President Obama called the decision history, adding, “This decision affirms what millions of Americans already believe in their hearts. When all Americans are truly treated as equal, we are more free.”

With the SCOTUS ruling, celebrities took to Twitter and Instagram to celebrate America’s victory. Harry Styles shared a rainbow flag on Instagram, and tweeted, “Huge day for America.. Happy to see the news. All the love.” Matt Bomer and Neil Patrick Harris, whom are both in same sex marriages, rejoiced in the step towards equality, with Harris tweeting, “It’s a new day. Thank you Supreme Court. Thank you Justice Kennedy. Your opinion is profound, in more ways than you may know. #huzzah.”

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