::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

(LOS ANGELES) - February 27, 2017 - With a bit of a dramatic ending,  Moonlight concluded the awards season last night with three Oscar statues at the  89th Academy Awards . Actor  Mahershala Ali  won " Best Supporting Acto r;" director Barry Jenkins  and playwright  Tarell Alvin McCraney  earned " Best Adapted Screenplay " and the film won " Best Picture " - the most coveted prize of the night. On Saturday,  Moonlight  dominated the  2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards , winning every category they were nominated in:  "Best Feature," "Best Director," "Best Screenplay," "Best Cinematography," "Best Editing"  (for which co-editor  Joi McMillon  became the first black woman to win such an award), and the  "Robert Altman Award." Take a look at all the acceptance speeches below, and congratulations to  Moonlight  and the entire team at A24 and Plan B. "Best Picture" Osca...

buzzz worthy. . . Academy Award®-winning filmmaker  Kevin Macdonald  (MARLEY, TOUCHING THE VOID, ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER) and Academy Award®-winning producer  Simon Chinn  (MAN ON WIRE, SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN) and his Lightbox Media partner  Jonathan Chinn  (FANTASTIC LIES, AMERICAN HIGH) have partnered with multi-Emmy award nominated producer  Lisa Erspamer  (RUNNING FROM CRAZY) on the official Whitney Houston documentary, a revealing theatrical feature documentary about the life and genius of global superstar Whitney Houston. While this is the first documentary to be officially authorized by the estate since Whitney's death, Macdonald and the producers have been given the estate's blessing to tell the unvarnished and authentic story of the singer's life in a film that will examine both the highs and lows of her dramatic career. With unprecedented access to friends, family and collaborators - some of whom have never told their side of the st...