This “Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot,” the first in a series that THR will run ahead of Oscar night, reflects the votes — and candid rationales for them — of a male member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 202-person short films branch, as communicated to THR in return for anonymity. THR does not necessarily endorse these views …
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Tommy Dix, who starred as a young military school cadet opposite Lucille Ball in the 1943 MGM musical comedy Best Foot Forward after appearing in the Broadway original, has died. He was 101. Dix, of Williamsburg, Virginia, died Jan. 15, his family announced. “He was, for those who knew him well, a living link with some of the great American …
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Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World stayed atop the domestic box office in its second outing with $28.3 million despite slipping a concerning 68 percent. It’s certainly not the worst drop — some Marvel pics have collapsed after fallen 70 percent or more — and the pic still has time before another event pic to make up ground. On the …
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[This story contains spoilers from the season two premiere of 1923, “The Killing Season.”] Brandon Sklenar has been on quite a journey with Spencer Dutton. 1923, which returned with its second season on Sunday, has been charting the transcontinental escapades for the elder Dutton in the Yellowstone prequel series from Taylor Sheridan. Will Spencer ever make it home to Montana, …
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Until I saw NBC’s Grosse Pointe Garden Society, I’d never thought about how far it might be possible to take a gardening metaphor. Each of the four episodes sent to critics is threaded with voiceover narration, always from a different perspective but invariably laden with floral language comparing individual personalities to specific species or unwanted houseguests to pests. To the …
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When talking about their new Netflix limited series, the creators of Zero Day have been fielding a common question: How did you get Robert De Niro to do TV? If you ask De Niro, it’s a simple answer. “I didn’t have any hesitations,” he tells co-creator Eric Newman in a video interview for The Hollywood Reporter about his first small …
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MSNBC is set to shake up its programming lineup across all dayparts in a dramatic reworking of the left-leaning cable news channel’s slate, multiple sources familiar with the changes confirm to The Hollywood Reporter. Shows in primetime, dayside and the weekends will be impacted, with some notable cancelations, elevations, and new additions expected, one of the sources says. The moves …
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A Complete Unknown, The Wild Robot and Music By John Williams were the motion picture winners at the 61st Annual Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards. The celebration of excellence in sound mixing across film, television and non-fiction programming also honored Masters of the Air, Shogun and The Bear in its TV categories. “This year’s winners transported audiences to historic battlegrounds, …
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Ozzy Osbourne once had a chance to join the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Sharon Osbourne was a guest on a recent episode of The Magnificent Others With Billy Corgan podcast, where she revealed that her husband was offered to read for the film, and she regrets stopping it. “Do you want to know the biggest mistake I ever made …
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The writers behind the feature film Conclave and TV series Say Nothing took home top honors at the USC Scripter Awards, which were handed out Saturday night. The Scripter Awards honor the best adapted projects of the year. Both the original authors and the screenwriters share the award. Conclave was adapted by Peter Straughan from the novel by Robert Harris. Say …
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