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Disney has released a second trailer for its sea rescue adventure “The Finest Hours,” two months before its Jan. 29 opening.

“Live By Night,” a new Ben Affleck film, will shoot scenes next week in Boston’s North End, around the area of Margaret and Prince Streets. Assistant Location Manager, Greg Chiodo, presented the plans to the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) for the Warner Bros., Kiki Tree Pictures film.

Expect street closings, detours and some prohibition-era drama as Hollywood actor Ben Affleck comes to downtown Lawrence this week to film his new movie.

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Ghostbusters star Melissa McCarthy wants the world to know that the movie’s “girl power” goes beyond its four leading ladies.

The actress posted a photo on Tuesday of her and co-stars Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon posing with the many “remarkable women” who worked on both sides of the camera for Sony’s upcoming reboot of the supernatural action-comedy.

New Chemistry Series Brings Science to Life on PBS THE MYSTERY OF MATTER: SEARCH FOR THE ELEMENTS, an original series that tells the amazing human story behind the Periodic Table, …

The Expo brings the Massachusetts film and media industry together for the largest exhibition, conference, and gathering of industry professionals in the region.

Toronto Festival announces 2015 lineup.

Nominations for the 67th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were officially unveiled at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles. Nominations were announced by Orange Is The New Black‘s Uzo Aduba and So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley. The Emmys this year will air live September 20th on Fox.

The 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations were announced July 16th. Here is the full list of nominees.

The 5th annual Critics’ Choice TV Awards took place Sunday at the Beverly Hilton hotel and aired live on A&E. “So You Think You Can Dance” host Cat Deeley emceed the proceedings.

The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents the first major traveling exhibition about American painter Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) in more than 25 years. American Epics: Thomas Hart Benton and Hollywood explores how the motion picture industry influenced and ignited Benton’s creative imagination. Melding Old Master European painting traditions with Hollywood’s cinematic and production techniques, Benton reinvented 20th-century American narratives and captivated the public with his signature brand of visual storytelling.

Hollywood visitors Kate Winslet, Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall are just a memory, but now you can easily find some local buildings where scenes from the movies “Labor Day” and “The Judge” were filmed.

Viewers at the Cannes Film Festival will get a look at Worcester’s Clark University, Park Avenue and other city spots thanks to the locally filmed movie “The Sea of Trees” heading to compete there next month.

Star-studded English-language dramas from Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, Denis Villeneuve, Justin Kurzel, Paolo Sorrentino and Matteo Garrone will vie for the Palme d’Or alongside new films by Valerie Donzelli, Jacques Audiard, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Jia Zhangke at the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival, which unveiled its official selection lineup on Thursday.

For those looking to see somewhere different during the next couple of weeks before the Academy Awards arrive or for those thinking ahead to warmer days in the summer, here are five spots where prominent made-in-Massachusetts films were shot and a look at what they have to offer.

Every year just a few New England filmmakers secure a coveted debut at the Sundance Film Festival, which opened Jan. 21 and runs through Feb. 1 in Park City, Utah.

Many of this year’s Academy Award nominated movies have diverse story lines, casts, settings and endings. But some have at least one attribute in common: a Massachusetts link.