SXSW Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

South By Southwest (SXSW) festival.A gunman opened fire near the Alamo Ritz theatre around 2:50am this morning (March 20), according to local police (via The Independent).The incident at East 6th St and Neches St. left four people injured, who were taken to a nearby hospital by emergency responders.

a controversial joke about slavery.The comedian and actor was attending a John Cleese In Conversation event at SXSW in Austin, Texas, on March 11 alongside comedians including Duclé Sloan, Jim Gaffigan and Ricky Velez.The Monty Python and Fawlty Towers star asked his fellow panellists who was more oppressed by colonisation and started discussing “competition” between cultures. “[People] get competitive about this business of being oppressed,” Cleese said.

Beck and Lizzo are among the keynote speakers announced for this year’s edition of SXSW Festival next month.The two artists join author Neal Stephenson, director Celine Tricart, Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McHill Johnson and Brentwood Growth Partners Founder Reggie Fils-Aimé in giving keynote addresses as part of the program.TX IM COMING BAAAACK—- it’s been a min, is @torchystacos vegan

SXSW Festival has announced another wave of acts for its 2022 edition.The annual music, film and media event is set to return to Austin, Texas between March 14-20 after its 2020 and 2021 festivals were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.Yesterday (January 26) it was announced that Wet Leg will take to the stage at SXSW ’22 ahead of releasing their anticipated, self-titled debut album on April 8.Other additions to the bill include Big Joanie, Pom Pom Squad, Pillow Queens, Balming Tiger, Cassandra Jenkins, La Doña, Mélat and many more. You can find the full list of new names below and further information here.Over 300 Showcasing Artists including @lilchoster, @Moonsanelly, @wetlegband, @Xchrispatrick, @mikiratsula and more just joined the #SXSW 2022 lineup! Browse the full list and start listening here.

Want a little preview of our soon-to-publish Most Anticipated Films Of 2022 list? Well, let’s just say the upcoming film is going to be on it. Remember Daniels? aka directing duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, known for their hilarious absurdist film “Swiss Army Man” (aka the farting dead Daniel Radcliffe movie)? Well, they’re back with a new movie starring Michelle Yeoh (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Shang Chi“) and it’s going to be the opening night of the SXSW Film Festival.

SXSW Festival has announced the first music acts for their 2022 event.The annual music, film and media event is aiming to return to action in-person next year in Austin, Texas after its 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.SXSW’s music festival is set to run in multiple venues in Austin from March 14-20, with over 240 artists being announced so far.The likes of Horsegirl, Yard Act, Poppy Ajudha, Priya Ragu, Ezra Furman, Wargasm, Walt Disco, Maxo Kream, Aeon

SXSW will make its return to Austin, Texas next year, running from March 14-22. On Wednesday, the festival announced its first run of musicians: Maxo Kream, BLACKSTARKIDS, Ezra Furman, Y2K92, Aeon Station, Claire Rousay, Delta Spirit, DUMA, Horsegirl, Yard Act, Vitreous Humor, Poppy Ajudha, HOODLUM, TEKE::TEKE, W.I.T.C.H.

In an SXSW littered with feature directorial debuts, the runway for new voices to emerge has never been wider. While the opportunity has been there, however, the results have been mixed, at best.

SXSW announced the winners of the 2021 Gaming Awards last night (March 20) during a live-streamed event which featured awards, insights and reveals.The SXSW Gaming Awards ceremony is held each year as part of the wider South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival, which features music performances, interactive films and conferences.Described by the organisers as “recognising the most creative and influential titles, teams and individuals in the industry.” The 2021 SXSW Gaming Awards included 12

Charli XCX has shared more details about a new documentary that chronicles the making of her 2020 album ‘How I’m Feeling Now‘.Alone Together, the title of which was originally reported to be 6ft Apart, will premiere on March 18 at the 2021 edition of the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival.“The documentary tells the story of not only the 5 week process surrounding the making of my album, ‘how i’m feeling now’, but also all the emotions that creating, connecting and living in a quarantine and

The 2021 Sundance Film Festival is in the rear-view mirror, so that means, next up, the SXSW Film Festival that has unleashed its line-up today. Running March 16-20, 2021, SXSW announced the full program for the 28th edition of the SXSW Film Festival.

One of the first high-profile music industry casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic was SXSW, the annual Austin music festival. It was officially axed on March 6, 2020, and a year later public health still haven't improved enough to bring the festival back to the IRL sphere.

South by Southwest has revealed that they’ll be hosting an online 2021 event, following the cancellation of their 2020 event due to coronavirus restrictions.The virtual festival will be taking place from March 16 – March 20 next year, and is set to offer a variety of keynote speeches, conferences, film screenings and more.SXSW’s education conference, SXSW EDU, will take place the week before, commencing on March 9 and going until March 11.

Judith Light hires a mortality solutionist to help her die in the upcoming dramedy  -- and ET can exclusively debut the trailer.The film follows a young woman, Lex ('s Roberta Colindrez), who counsels terminally ill patients having trouble letting go. She meets her match in Light's Val, a mouthy client with no time for her own mortality who forces Lex to question everything she thought she knew.

The festival said it "is in a dire financial situation" and wishes it were "able to do more"

There’s a silver lining for the silver screen after the industry came to a halt at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic.

The online event will support filmmakers affected by SXSW's cancellation

Amazon Prime Video announced that it will host a handful of titles that were set to screen at this year’s SXSW film festival. The SXSW 2020 Film Festival Collection will be open to all users with an Amazon login in the United States, not just those with a Prime subscription, for ten days. A launch date for the online festival has yet to be announced. See more details about the program here.

We’re all going to SXSW this year, and we don't even have to drag ourselves off the couch.

We’re all going to SXSW this year, and we don't even have to drag ourselves off the couch.

“Tomboy” filmmaker Lindsay Lindenbaum spent five years following four female drummers trying to make it in a male-dominated world.

The San Sebastian and Zurich film festivals have teamed to launch new film markets that will cater to the gaps created by the cancellation of SXSW and the postponement of Tribeca due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The 2020 South by Southwest Film Festival was set to be a career-making moment for many creators, and a particularly bright spotlight for women, as 70% of the films in competition were directed or co-directed by female filmmakers. 

As the coronavirus pandemic forces global audiences into their homes and film and television production grinds to a halt, unsold independent films have become attractive options for distributors seeking fast content, numerous industry insiders tell Variety.

Neon has acquired the worldwide rights to Amy Seimetz’s apocalyptic thriller, “She Dies Tomorrow,” which had been set to premiere at the SXSW Film Festival before the event was canceled

Though this year’s SXSW was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the film festival held annually in Austin, Texas announced 2020 award winners.

Film festivals. At the worst of times they can seem like ridiculous, overblown affairs choked with brands and studios positioning their product for maximum awards attention.

“Charm City Kings” won over many critics in its Sundance premiere earlier this year, and likely would have been doing the same in Texas this week if it were showing, as planned, at the canceled South by Southwest Film Festival.

"Now is the time we should be going to restaurants, going to clubs, and buying musicians' merchandise"

The canceled SXSW Film Festival will still hand out awards by allowing jurors to see the festival’s competition films.