A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit As the town starts to shut down for Christmas break next week, fear not. The Oscar Season remains in full force as campaigners know ...

GVN Releasing is out with historical drama The Performance starring Jeremy Piven and directed by Shira Piven. Written by Shira Piven and Josh Salzberg based on a short story by Arthur Miller.

Joyce Hiller Piven passed it to him, and ultimately his older sister Shira Piven co-wrote the screenplay (with Joshua Salzberg) and directed the film. "She's an actor's director," he says ...

Joyce Hiller Piven passed it to him, and ultimately his older sister Shira Piven co-wrote the screenplay (with Joshua Salzberg) and directed the film. "She's an actor's director," he says ...

Piven had begun learning how to tap shortly ... But that didn’t keep him from getting injured. “[Shira] was the adult in the room and said, ‘You don’t have to do this.

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The film stars three-time Emmy Award-winning actor Jeremy Piven and was directed by his sister Shira, both of whom grew up in Evanston. Piven is in town this weekend for a special showing of the ...

Piven's parents founded The Piven Theater Workshop in Evanston. He and sister, Shira, who directs the film, learned to act there. Mom, Joyce, brought him the Arthur Miller story, and the film has ...