LOS ANGELES— After a movie year often light on crowds, the Academy Awards named an unabashed crowd-pleaser, the deaf family drama “CODA,” best picture Sunday, handing Hollywood’s top award to a streaming service for the first time in a ceremony that […]
NEW YORK — After a pandemic year that hobbled movie theaters and saw streaming services make new inroads into Hollywood, the Academy Awards put its strongest support Tuesday behind two films made with big-screen grandeur that were also streamed into […]
NEW YORK— Red carpet glam was back Sunday at the Oscars with Andra Day and Carey Mulligan shimmering in award-worthy gold and Maria Bakalova among several stars in bright white princess gowns during the pandemic era’s first big parade of […]
LOS ANGELES — The Latest on the Oscars (all times local): 5:30 p.m. Daniel Kaluuya used a lead role to win a best supporting actor Oscar. He’ll take it. Kaluuya won his first Academy Award on Sunday night for playing […]
Todd Phillips’ much-debated supervillain origin story and R-rated box-office smash “Joker” topped all films with 11 Academy Awards nominations, while Martin Scorsese’s elegiac crime epic “The Irishman,” Quentin Tarantino’s 1960s Los Angeles fairy tale “Once Upon a Time … in […]
LOS ANGELES — A vandal has destroyed President Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Los Angeles police Officer Ray Brown says the vandalism was reported around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, and someone was subsequently taken into custody. Brown […]
LOS ANGELES — Terry Crews alleges talent agents at William Morris Endeavor are “knowingly permitted and encouraged to engage in sexually predatory conduct” in a lawsuit filed Tuesday against the agency and one of its top executives. Crews’ complaint filed […]
NEW YORK — The sex harassment scandal roiling Hollywood jumped across the Atlantic Ocean, dove decades into the past and abruptly tanked an upcoming film release and comedy special Friday. The BBC scrapped a TV series in the wake of […]
NEW YORK — Hollywood’s widening sexual harassment crisis has ensnared a prominent film director after six women — including actress Olivia Munn — accused Brett Ratner of sexual assault or misconduct in a Los Angeles Times report on Wednesday. The […]
LOS ANGELES — A tentative deal was reached between screenwriters and producers Tuesday, averting a strike that could have crippled TV and film production. The three-year agreement, which requires ratification by members of the Writers Guild of America, was confirmed […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Much like the American presidential race, it’s never too early to start campaigning for Hollywood’s awards season, and stars got an early chance Sunday at the Hollywood Film Awards . The show has been criticized for […]
LOS ANGELES — The deal is done, and the Playboy Mansion has a new owner. Daren Metropoulos, who lives next door, said Tuesday that escrow has closed on his $100 million purchase of Hugh Hefner’s man cave. But the 33-year-old […]
LOS ANGELES — If there was any doubt about how Nina Simone’s family feels about the upcoming biopic starring Zoe Saldana, recent social media posts make it clear they are not pleased. A fresh round of criticism for the film […]
NEW YORK — Dustin Hoffman feels there’s a systemic racial problem in America that goes beyond the Oscars. The two-time Oscar winner did not attend Sunday night’s ceremony, nor did he watch the broadcast. But he was in the same […]
Oscar host Chris Rock didn’t merely acknowledge the elephant in the room. He brought it stage front and center, where it stayed much of the night. From his very first words in a hotly anticipated monologue that deftly blended humor […]
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Halle Berry said Hollywood’s lack of diversity stems from a lack of honesty. Filmmakers and actors should tell the truth, she said, “and the films, I think, that are coming out of Hollywood aren’t truthful.” […]
LOS ANGELES | Pioneer-era drama “The Revenant” led the Oscar nominations on Thursday with 12 nods, including best picture, but actors of color were shut out for the second straight year. “The Revenant” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” will vie […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Will Smith isn’t expecting any pushback from the NFL over his upcoming football drama, “Concussion.” “I don’t think it’s going to generate too much controversy (with the NFL). There will be a little difficulty in swallowing […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When a group of American Indian actors walked off the set of an Adam Sandler movie this week, their decision generated praise and scorn on social media. But everyone agreed on one thing: Despite growing awareness, outdated […]
LONDON — It’s hard to imagine Robert Downey Jr. as the authoritarian type, but the actor says he played a stabilizing force amid the ever-growing cast of superheroes during the filming of “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” “I am an assistant […]
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Jedis are all but extinct, the Old Republic is in turmoil and the threat of the Death Star is looming in “Rogue One,” fans learned at Star Wars Celebration on Sunday. Director Gareth Edwards (“Godzilla”) debuted […]
LOS ANGELES — Harrison Ford is as much the daredevil in real life as Han Solo, Indiana Jones or the other larger-than-life characters he’s played on the screen. While his fictional adventures in “Star Wars” and as bold archaeologist Jones […]
Broadway and TV did Hollywood a favor, sharing Neil Patrick Harris for duties hosting the Oscars. Harris not only did himself proud, as expected after numerous triumphs presiding over the Tonys and Emmys. Even better, he stewarded an Oscarcast that […]
LOS ANGELES — Fans in bleachers above the Oscars red carpet on Sunday cheered on even the most fleeting of starry moments, such as early arrival Anna Kendrick sweeping past. Kendrick, wearing a peach colored gown, flashed a devil’s sign […]
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