A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. This week, Helen Mirren at the American Cinematheque Awards, the history-making connection between Godzilla Minus One and Stanley Kubrick, plus live on stage with Maestro […]
Jennifer Lopez is baring her heart and soul in “This Is Me … Now: A Love Story,” and it might just be enough to earn her a much-coveted Oscar … at least according to one […]
The film academy announced last week that casting directors, the people responsible for bringing in just the right actor for a role, will have their own awards category at the Oscars beginning in 2026. And […]
Da’Vine Joy Randolph is her name, and she has been barreling through this awards season on a tear. Randolph has won a Golden Globe, Critics Choice Award, National Board of Review Award and just about […]
Boiling down an entire performance to one important, key scene for an actor is no easy task. Audiences might expect it’s a bombastic speech or a tearful moment of heartbreak or a rageful tantrum. But […]
Diane Warren at the 2024 Oscar Nominees Luncheon. Photo Credit: Mike Baker, A.M.P.A.S. Diane Warren chatted about her 15th career Oscar nomination for “Best Original Song.” Warren wrote “The Fire Inside,” which is performed by […]
We’re just one month away from the 2024 Oscars and all of the nominees stepped out to celebrate their achievements together at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon! Margot Robbie, Emma Stone, Emily Blunt, and so many […]
Emma Stone enjoyed a mini “La La Land” reunion with Ryan Gosling. Margot Robbie chatted with Billie and Finneas Eilish. “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig and “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan — whose two films will forever […]
—For his participation on “Maestro,” Steven Spielberg amassed his 13th best picture nomination, a record for an individual producer. —Thanks to the epic drama “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese becomes the most-nominated living […]
AN OSCAR winner and her son have taken the New York subway home after a Knicks game. Julianne Moore, 63, – who won an Oscar for Still Alice – shared her subway experience in a […]
The Oscars are still more than a month away, meaning there’s plenty of time for awards campaigners to sabotage the best-laid plans of their rivals and go through the ordeal of trying to find the […]
It was good to be from Down Under at the 76th annual Academy Awards, held Feb. 29, 2004 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood: Not only did New Zealander Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings: […]
EXCLUSIVE: Ingo Fliess, producer of director Ilker Çatak’s German International Feature Film Oscar nominee The Teachers’ Lounge, tells Breaking Baz that he has partnered with Munich-based Trimafilm to explore “common” projects. Fliess’ production outfit If… Productions […]
If you are nominated for an Oscar this year, you are probably making your travel plans to head to Santa Barbara. That is because the Santa Barbara Film Festival is taking place from February 7-17, […]
Given the strong slate of this year’s Oscar nominees, the pre-Academy Awards season has been devoid of the intrigues and mud-slinging of previous epochs. Oops! – could a new outbreak of Barbie-phobia break the harmony […]
One of the first and last things you see in “Tótem,” Lila Avilés’ lovely and astonishing second feature, is a shot of a young girl’s face. It’s a beautiful face, with gentle eyes, a radiant […]
EXCLUSIVE: Annette Bening, who just received her fifth Oscar nomination last week for her acclaimed portrayal of champion swimmer Diana Nyad in Nyad, has been named as the inaugural recipient of the Santa Barbara International […]
Diablo Cody‘s all about the dollar bills, and she’d give up seemingly anything for enough of them … including her Oscar! The writer/producer talked about Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig getting snubbed for Best Actress […]
Barbie collectors can start counting the Benjamins, ’cause the movie’s Oscar noms are about to blow up the Barbie resale market … according to one toy expert. We talked to “America’s Toy Scout” Joel Magee […]
The director of a ‘Road House” reboot is mad the movie won’t run in movie theaters — potentially costing Jake Gyllenhaal an Oscar — but Patrick Swayze‘s widow says that’s a highbrow aim compared to […]