The Golden Globe Awards® will take place for the 81st time on January 7, 2024, but some changes have been made since last year’s ceremony. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which started the Golden Globe Awards® in the 1940s, disbanded on June 12, 2023. It handed the awards over... Read more
Dear friends, This year, our annual holiday letter has a special purpose. Of course, we want to warm your hearts with the holiday spirit. Blah blah blah. More urgently, we need to convince you of an indisputable fact: We do NOT deserve torment from the Yule Lads. During the Christmas... Read more
You can’t cross a creek if you drift with the tide; when boating, like voting, you must pick a side. The above is an excerpt from D.C. Swanson’s X account, a rhyming diary of thoughts and anecdotes often in short, four-line form. This poem, in particular, must have been inspired... Read more
Independently produced films had an outstanding year in 2023. In fact, they won tops prizes at the Academy Awards® (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Cannes Film Festival (Anatomy of a Fall), and Venice Film Festival (Poor Things). These titles demonstrated, once again, why indie films are integral to cinema as... Read more
“Keep Austin Weird,” the city’s inhabitants have been saying since 2000, when a community college librarian coined the phrase to explain his donation to local public radio. Being weird ourselves, we are in no position to judge how well the phrase expresses Austin’s unique identity. All we know is, when... Read more
Every fall, as Thanksgiving approaches, we CreativeFuture employees receive an e-mail (slightly reworded from last year) asking us to report what we’ve appreciated during the past year. ‘Tis the season for us to release involuntary groans as we wonder how we’re going to dredge up the appropriate sentiments once again.... Read more
Denise Huth is not a fan of horror. And that’s surprising, considering that she produced the biggest sci-fi/horror series in television history, The Walking Dead. Moving to Los Angeles from Denver, Colorado with zero ties to the entertainment industry, she had no idea her journey would take her from working... Read more
Every year, a certain day creeps toward us, stealthily approaching while we remain unaware. Suddenly, the nightmare pounces, grasping us in its clutches. All we can do is scream! We’re talking, of course, about the end of Daylight Savings Time. Seriously, who really thinks the sun should come up an... Read more
After winning three Latino Alternative Theater Awards for “Hamlet in Harlem” (Best Production, Direction, and Ensemble) Alberto Ferreras refuses to sit on his hands. He is planning to bring the show back before the end of the 2023 and is also scheduled to premiere a new show in February 2024.... Read more
Portland, Oregon, is known for many things – its many bridges, the International Rose Test Garden, literary greats like Ursula K. Le Guin and Chuck Pahlaniuk, craft beer, indie music, comics publishers, craft beer… It’s easy to become blissfully lost in “Beervana.” Before we do, we had better share our... Read more