Pariah News

It was announced today that independent film producers Cassian Elwes and Robert Ogden Barnum have launched e2b Capital, a new entertainment company for independent filmmakers and financiers seeking financing and global distribution expertise.

Films like Wadjda do not come around very often. Haifaa al-Mansour 's debut feature is not only the first shot entirely in Saudi Arabia by a woman director, but also the first feature film ever shot entirely in Saudi Arabia.

Ever since it was announced that "Avatar" star Zoe Saldana had been tapped to play jazz/blues/folk singer and activist Nina Simone , there has been sizable backlash from the Simone family and around the blogosphere, because Saldana is deemed too light for the role, according to the New York Times .