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November 16, 2019

A fresh batch of producers selected for the 92nd Oscars

The 92nd Oscars is getting some fresh faces behind the production. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says ...

November 14, 2019

The barrier-breaking ‘Atlantics’ heralds Mati Diop’s arrival

Mati Diop has always lived in Paris but as a French-Senegalese woman whose family is from Dakar, she’s long been acutely ...

November 14, 2019

“Schindler’s List” producer Branko Lustig dies at 87

Branko Lustig, an Oscar-winning Croatian film producer and Holocaust survivor, died Thursday. He was 87. The Yad Vashem ...

November 08, 2019

5 screenwriters get career jumpstart with film academy honor

Five emerging screenwriters gained the film academy's stamp of admission into Hollywood with help from an ensemble of actors ...

November 07, 2019

Streep, Miranda and Stone are named as Met Gala co-chairs

Next year's Met Gala may be the closest we'll ever come to getting a Miranda Priestly moment at the starry event.

October 28, 2019

Stars advocate for progress at honorary Oscars event

Inequality in the film industry got a high-profile spotlight at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 11th annual ...

October 27, 2019

Wes Studi to make Oscars history for Native American actors

When Cherokee actor Wes Studi was thinking about moving to Los Angeles to take a shot at being an actor in the 1980s, he ...

October 25, 2019

Actresses cite lack of Hollywood stylists who get black hair

Tiffany Haddish recalls leaving the set of a big-budget movie in tears in search of someone who could properly do her hair.

October 23, 2019

Governors Awards honoree Geena Davis on advocacy and equity

When Geena Davis got a message on a Saturday morning that the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ...

October 18, 2019

Film academy honors 16 Student Academy Award winners

"I'd like to thank the academy" is a phrase many only ever get to say in front of their bathroom mirrors. But 16 student ...

October 18, 2019

'Spirited Away,' other Studio Ghibli films head to HBO Max

The vast catalog of storied Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli is heading to the new HBO Max streaming service.

October 12, 2019

Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for 'Jackie Brown,' dies at 78

Robert Forster, the handsome and omnipresent character actor who got a career resurgence and Oscar nomination for playing ...

October 04, 2019

Spanish cinema great Almodóvar plans his 1st film in America

Pedro Almodóvar is a master of cinema who has found international acclaim with 21 films he's shot in his native Spain.

September 24, 2019

Zellweger on her empathy and adoration for Judy Garland

For Renee Zellweger, the task of becoming Judy Garland was too daunting to contemplate all at once. Such a character needed ...

September 15, 2019

'Jojo Rabbit' wins Toronto's sought-after audience award

Taika Waititi's Nazi Germany-set satire "Jojo Rabbit" won the People's Choice award Sunday at the Toronto International Film ...

September 05, 2019

Almodóvar's 'Pain and Glory' picked to bid for a 2019 Oscar

Pedro Almodóvar's latest drama "Pain and Glory," which was inspired by his own life story, will represent the country in the ...

September 04, 2019

At Toronto, audiences to feast on a fall film omnibus

When a movie first comes in contact with an audience, strange things can happen. Take, for instance, the case of "Dolemite," ...

September 04, 2019

Timothée Chalamet makes a big impression in Venice

Timothée Chalamet made a movie star's debut at the 76th Venice International Film Festival this week for his Henry V film ...