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Oscars 2019

How Modern Hollywood Doomed Jeff Skoll’s Participant Media Dream

At the Oscars in 2019, one production company was at the center of the year’s most talked about films and on the cusp of the industry’s sweeping trends. The man who backed it, however, wasn’t at the ceremony. That year the films made by Participant Media collected 17 Oscar nominations, for Green Book, which eventually […]

DGA Awards: ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Watchmen’ Among Comedy, Drama Series Nominees

The Directors Guild of America on Friday revealed its final group of TV nominees — in the categories of comedy and drama series and variety/talk/news/sports — specials — for the 2020 DGA Awards.

Oscars: These Are the 42 Films Vying for Best Picture

Awards season is here, and dozens of films are ready to shake up this slightly shorter Oscar race, from a group of hungry hustlers to an imaginary friend named Hitler. Here are the 42 films vying for best picture.

‘Shindisi’: Film Review

Georgia’s Oscar submission 'Shindisi' from leading director Dito Tsintsadze is a harrowing true story taken from the Russo-Georgian War of 2008.

Oscars: Pakistan Selects ‘Laal Kabootar’ for International Feature Film Category

Pakistan has selected Kamal Khan's crime thriller 'Laal Kabootar' as its submission for the 2020 Oscars international feature film category.

ABC Sees Increased Ad Demand for 2020 Oscar Telecast

ABC has seen increased demand for next year’s Oscar telecast, selling half of its advertising inventory for next year’s telecast during the just concluded upfront market.

Inside the Entre Nous Showroom, Where Star Stylists Score Red Carpet Rentals

Entre Nous Showroom owner Randi Wood explains how Hollywood stylists to Justin Bieber and Gwyneth Paltrow shop vintage and consignment options at her Robertson Blvd. store.

Oscars: Steven Spielberg, Donna Gigliotti Among 63 Finalists for Academy Board (Exclusive)

All 11 incumbents seeking re-election to their same seat and all three departing governors-at-large seeking re-election to different seats have advanced.

Makeup Artists Respond to Oscar Rule Change: “This Is Going to Give Us a Chance”

Along with upholding Rule Two — requiring only a week in theaters to compete in the Oscars, a big win for Netflix — the Academy voted to expand the makeup and hairstyling category to five nominated films.

New Power Couple Alert: Barry Jenkins Makes Red Carpet Debut With Indie Filmmaker Lulu Wang

Barry Jenkins made his couple debut with Indie filmmaker Lulu Wang after they walked the red carpet at the Oscars.

Walmart Oscars Ads Validate Red Carpet Styling, Says George Clooney’s Stylist

Walmart Oscars ads validate red carpet styling, says stylist Jeanne Yang, whose clients include George Clooney and Jason Momoa.

‘A Star Is Born’ Soundtrack Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Post-Oscars

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s 'A Star Is Born' soundtrack returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a fourth nonconsecutive week on top, as the set climbs from No. 3 with 128,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. 28 (up 152 percent), according to Nielsen Music.