Nothing could stop Borderline at Friday night’s 37th annual Redstone Film Festival, not even an errant fire alarm in the Tsai Performance Center that temporarily halted the film halfway through its screening. Despite that five-minute interruption, Borderline, directed by Emily Sheehan, took home the best film and several technical awards for its gritty depiction of… Read More
The Hollywood Reporter honors dynamic women in the entertainment industry on their yearly Women in Entertainment Power 100 list. In an industry where women are making notable strides against the ever-present glass ceiling, commemorating the power of women as successful members of the entertainment industry is essential. This year’s list includes four COM alumnae; Bonnie… Read More
Krista Vernoff’s (CFA’93) film, “Stars,” took first place in the alumni short film category at the L.A. Redstones April 7. The film features woman who, haunted by the traumas of her own childhood, makes a powerful decision regarding her daughter. Vernoff’s other projects include Grey’s Anatomy (Executive producer, Co-Executive producer, Supervising Producer), Charmed (Co-Producer, Producer), Shameless (Co-Executive… Read More
The Redstone Film Festival, sponsored by Sumner Redstone (Hon.’94), chairman emeritus of CBS and Viacom, showcases films and screenplays created by undergraduate and graduate students in a COM film, television, or video production class or as a graduate thesis project. This year’s six finalists were first chosen by a committee of production, screenwriting, and… Read More
COM is excited to announce the call for submissions to the 2016 Redstones! The Redstones, sponsored by Sumner Redstone, Chairman of VIACOM, are held each spring and honors the best films of current BU undergraduate and graduate student work. The film awards are sponsored by Canon, Avid, and Gary Fleder and Scott Rosenberg, and include Canon… Read More
Viacom and CBS chair Sumner Redstone (Hon. ’94) has donated $2.5 million to the College of Communication (COM) for the creation of a new professorship that will study and teach narrative storytelling. The new Sumner M. Redstone Professorship in Narrative Studies will be endowed in perpetuity through a gift from the Sumner M. Redstone Charitable… Read More
Executive Chairman of Viacom, Inc. and CBS Corporation and former LAW professor Sumner Redstone addressed the BU community in Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 27, 2007, at Paramount Studios. The event was held on the heels of a visit to campus in September, where Mr. Redstone also served as a guest lecturer. President Robert A…. Read More