He’s proud to have appeared in, and championed, films that show off Black men at their soulful best. His roles in “Candyman” and “Zola” are different.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:23AMMoving quickly in the pandemic, a wealthy money manager underwrote performances via a new foundation, with a little help from a violin-obsessed adviser.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:33AMThe group behind the awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has been under pressure for its lack of Black members and its financial practices.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:15AMFor decades, the producer has cultivated and castigated people at all levels of entertainment. Now his past is catching up with him.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:29AMSome 40 women will participate in the bankruptcy court agreement, though others who have sued Mr. Weinstein and accused him of sexual abuse have objected to the terms and are considering an …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:50AMResourceful tourists whose dream trips to New York have been upended by the pandemic are doing their best to cobble together alternative entertainment.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:48PMOne of the nation’s most successful theaters, the Public, shortened the run of a monologue by a prominent artist-activist, Josh Fox. Now each party is blaming the other.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:03PMAsia Kate Dillon of “Billions” is calling on the Television Academy to scrap gendered categories. But the organization and others have no plans for change, for now.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PMOn a movie set “we control anything over people’s heads,” one female key grip explains. But when you’re the exception on an all-male crew, other factors come into play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:00AMBorders, formerly president of the WNBA, is leaving Time’s Up for family reasons after four months in the position.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:42PMMs. McDormand, who mentioned the contract provision as she accepted the best actress Oscar, said she just learned about it two weeks ago.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:46AMThe actor, favored to win an Oscar for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” also responds to critics of his racist-cop character.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:00AMUp for an Oscar for playing J. Paul Getty, a part that initially went to Mr. Spacey, Mr. Plummer recalls thinking: “To hell with it, I’m doing it.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:55PMWith his latest film, the director Sean Baker continues his look at people on the margins of American society, stories he isn’t seeing in cinema.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AM“Okja,” Bong Joon Ho’s fable about meat eating and a six-ton genetically engineered animal, has angered theater owners around the world. Here’s why.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:28AMAs he moves into film, the “Hamilton” star gets tips from Hollywood royalty and eyes EGOT status, something he says he never set his sights on.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:54AMThe actor, nominated for “Fences,” discusses bringing more of August Wilson’s work to the screen. And he finds a path to social progress.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32PMOn another night of political acceptance speeches, the prize adds to the film’s momentum as it heads into the Oscars.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:09AMThe honors, which are known as strong predictors of the Oscars, also went to the nonfiction “O.J.: Made in America” and the animated “Zootopia.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:25AMAs academy members consider high-profile categories, signs point toward this festival darling winning the best-picture award.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:13PM“Manchester by the Sea” and “Moonlight” are making strong showings, too. But the industry awards will be the real indicators.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:00AMThe studio’s new animated movie did better on Wednesday, its first day of release, than Disney’s blockbuster did upon its debut in the same period in 2013.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:44PMThe owner of the popular boutique movie house in Williamsburg will convert the Pavilion theater in Park Slope to Nitehawk Prospect Park.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:05PMSee acclaimed British star of stage and screen Damian Lewis talk about his career in such television hits as Homeland and Wolf Hall, in films like Dreamcatcher and Romeo and Juliet, and on s…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:52AMAfter more than four decades of hosting “A Prairie Home Companion,” which he created and which, in turn, created him, the public radio legend is retiring.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:25AMAwards were spread around as “Beasts of No Nation,” “Tangerine” and “Carol” also collected trophies.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:58PMThe actresses bring their personal chemistry to “Miss You Already,” a film about best friends facing an illness that threaten one of them.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:43PMGender affects hiring behind the scenes, according to an academic report.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:30AMRoughly one-fifth of the productions staged at hundreds of theaters nationwide over the past three seasons were written by women, according to a new study.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:33PMThe actress talks about naming her nameless character and singing in front of Stephen Sondheim.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00AMRob Marshall promised the Broadway legend and his collaborator, James Lapine, that the long-gestating adaptation would finally see the big screen.
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