Acclaimed film and commercial director Ridley Scott will curate the Saatchi & Saatchi annual New Directors’ Showcase for this one special celebratory year at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity in June.
Saatchi invited Scott to take on the task as his RSA Films celebrates 50 years of commercial production. Recently honored with a BAFTA fellowship and having such recent feature credits as All the Money in the World and The Martian, Scott will work with Saatchi and VFX house MPC to select this year’s reel of the best new directing talent.
Saatchi’s Showcase has been wooing and wowing audiences at the Cannes Lions Fest for the past 27 years. The Scott family and RSA have a long association with the Showcase. Jake Scott, for example, was featured in the very first Showcase in 1991. And RSA/Black Dog Films alumni Chris Cunningham and Dawn Shadforth were featured in 1997 and ‘99, respectively.
Jean Smart, Ariana Grande, Michael Keaton among hosts for “SNL” season 50
Fresh off her Emmys win, Jean Smart will kick off the landmark 50th season of "Saturday Night Live."
NBC on Thursday announced the lineup of hosts for the season, which premieres Sept. 28. Joining Smart on the first show will be Jelly Roll as the musical act. He was also at the Emmys, singing during the ceremony's in memoriam segment.
It will be Smart's first time hosting "SNL."
Comedian Nate Bargatze will host on Oct. 5, with Coldplay as the musical guest.
Ariana Grande will host Oct. 12, with musical guest Stevie Nicks.
"Beetlejuice" star Michael Keaton will host on Oct. 19, the last show before Halloween, and Billie Eilish will be that night's musical guest.
The host on Nov. 2 will be "SNL" alum John Mulaney, with breakout sensation Chappell Roan as the music guest.
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