Fox Searchlight led the industry with six wins at last evening’s 90th Academy Awards. “The Shape of Water” led all films with four awards, including Best Picture and Best Director; and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” took home two awards, including Best Actress in a Leading Role. 21st Century Fox entered the evening with an […]
Monthly Archives: March 2018
Women in Technology @ 21CF hosts Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye for conversation with FNG General Counsel Rita Tuzon
21CF Global Inclusion and Women in Technology @ 21CF (WiT@21CF) welcomed Chief Justice of California Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye to the Fox Studios Lot for an in-depth discussion about her life and trailblazing career. Fox Networks Group General Counsel Rita Tuzon moderated the Feb. 22 event, which welcomed women from across 21CF’s entertainment businesses to discuss how Cantil-Sakauye broke new ground in a male-dominated field, […]
Nat Geo welcomes Emma Watson as first guest editor of @NatGeo on Instagram to celebrate International Women’s Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day (Thursday, March 8), National Geographic is welcoming its first guest editor for the @NatGeo Instagram account: actor, activist and UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson. Working alongside National Geographic’s editorial team, Emma will curate the account and highlight the work of eight female Nat Geo photographers from Saudi Arabia, […]
FNG and Nat Geo colleagues at Columbia University’s ‘She Opened the Door’ conference: Digital innovation, women’s voices
Last month, Columbia University hosted its first “She Opened the Door” women’s conference to bring its alumnae together to celebrate its network of women and learn from each other’s professional and personal experiences. The event featured a conversation with Associate Justice and alumnae Ruth Bader Ginsburg. One of the sessions, “The Future Is Here and […]
Sanjay Gupta, Managing Director of Star India, at FICCI FRAMES: India’s stories need to be told around the world
At FICCI FRAMES 2018, the three-day global conference covering media and entertainment in India, Sanjay Gupta, Managing Director of Star India, delivered remarks about the opportunity for innovation and bigger ambitions for the country’s storytellers and creators. Sanjay challenged the audience to lift their standards of quality, change the way they use technology and increase […]
21CF Chats: Robert Gottlieb, EVP of Marketing for FOX Sports, on the final 100 days to the 2018 World Cup
There are only 100 days to go until the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, and that means FOX Sports’ marketing efforts are about to ramp up in a meaningful way. There have been a couple times when the network dropped some strategic messaging during the NFC Championship game and a year […]
This week in 21CF news: FOX to air O.J. Simpson interview, ‘Planet of the Apes’ VR game, ‘Archer’ Season 9 premiere date
This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes FOX airing 12-year-old footage from an O.J. Simpson interview, 1 billion streams for “The Greatest Showman” soundtrack, a premiere date for “Archer: Danger Island” and more. FOX to finally air O.J. Simpson’s infamous ‘If I Did It’ interview (The Hollywood Reporter) FOX […]
Fox Noir celebrates Black History Month with ‘Red Tails’ screening and Q&A with Tuskegee Airmen
The 21CF Colleague Network and Resource Group (CNRG) Fox Noir kicked off its Black History Month celebration with a screening of the 2012 Twentieth Century Fox film “Red Tails,” which tells the heroic story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American fighter pilots in the U.S. Armed Forces. The Feb. 6 event, produced in collaboration […]
21CF Oscars Countdown: Best Art Direction (Color) and Best Special Visual Effects for ‘Fantastic Voyage’ (1966)
In the weeks leading up to the 90th Oscars on Sunday, March 4, we’ll take a look at our rich Academy Award history by sharing from the 20th Century Fox Archives. This year, Fox Searchlight’s “The Shape of Water” is nominated for Production Design (production design: Paul Denham Austerberry; set decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeffrey […]
21CF Oscars Countdown: Best Actress in a Supporting Role winner Marisa Tomei in ‘My Cousin Vinny’ (1992)
In the weeks leading up to the 90th Oscars on Sunday, March 4, we’ll take a look at our rich Academy Award history by sharing from our 20th Century Fox Archives. This year for the 90th Academy Awards, Octavia Spencer is nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Fox Searchlight’s “The Shape of […]
