The 80-year-old Oscar and Emmy winner, who was being celebrated at the fest, sat down with THR's Scott Feinberg to discuss her life, career and unique worldview. read more
Marcia Nasatir, the first woman ever to serve as vp production in Hollywood and a member of the Academy for the past 40 years, rejoined THR's awards analyst Scott Feinberg for the second ins…
A half-century after winning an Oscar for her first film and starring in the biggest blockbuster to that point, the legendary actress, nearing her 80th birthday, reflects on a life that hasn…
The popular 23-year-old's three-time costar Miles Teller, opposite whom she's now appearing in 'Insurgent,' will present her with the honor on April 12.read more
Ben Mankiewicz, the grandson of the film's late co-writer Herman J. Mankiewicz, introduced the unprecedented screening, a fundraiser that was given the go-ahead by Hearst's great-grandson St…
The 82-year-old legend told his story in a 2005 memoir and a new documentary because, he says, he wanted people to "get it from the horse's mouth and not from some horse's ass after I'm dead…
The fest also announced that three people whose lives have been depicted on screen"Tony Mendez ('Argo'), Aron Ralston ('127 Hours') and Mark Schultz ('Foxcatcher')"will appear together on a …
THR's awards analyst performs a post-mortem on the winners, the show and his own predictions.read more
An anonymous male Academy member says 'Nightcrawler' is drawn from "a tremendous script," 'The Salt of the Earth' is "transcendent" and he can't vote for 'American Sniper' because it's "a ri…
An anonymous female Academy member says she has a crush on the writer of 'Whiplash,' backed 'Ida' because she's "obsessed with stories about the Nazis and WWII" and felt Patricia Arquette wa…
Marcia Nasatir, the first woman ever to serve as a VP of production in Hollywood and a member of the Academy for the past 40 years, joins THR's awards analyst Scott Feinberg for the first ep…
Two of the last three films that won the best film Spirit Award " but only three in 29 years " went on to win the best picture Oscar, as well.read more
An anonymous male Academy member backs his former classmate "Bobby Duvall" ("Even in a bad picture, he held his own"), calls 'Inherent Vice' "amazing" and says he is "not so much into specia…
An anonymous female Academy member also says she voted twice for 'Unbroken,' 'Nightcrawler' deserved a best picture nom and Benedict Cumberbatch "can do just about anything."read more
An anonymous male Academy member also says he "didn't care for" 'Birdman,' backed Robert Duvall "because I don't believe that this will happen for him again" and voted for 'Leviathan' becaus…
Three weeks before the Oscars, a visit with the dedicated protesters who picket every major awards event with a not-so-nice message for Hollywood and a mission to "get people saved."read more
An anonymous male Academy member "loved" 'Interstellar' and 'Into the Woods,' wanted more "feelings" from 'American Sniper' and yearns for a "Paul McCartney or Bob Dylan caliber song."read m…
THR's awards analyst expects the Academy's love to be spread around to several films, including 'Birdman,' 'Boyhood,' 'American Sniper' and 'Grand Budapest Hotel.'
An anonymous male Academy member relished getting to vote for Julianne Moore, grew tired of 'Citizenfour' and loved 'Wild Tales' so much he's seen it three times.read more
An anonymous male Academy member also says 'Inherent Vice' was a "disaster," 'Whiplash' "blew my mind" and he backed 'Virunga' because "I'm just a sucker for the gorilla."read more
An anonymous female Academy member gives Patricia Arquette a nod "for having no work done in 12 years," says she "could have watched my hair grow" during 'Foxcatcher' and resented 'Selma' fi…
The annual gathering draws several hundred people, including a not inconsiderable number of Academy members, many with ties of some sort to Italy.read more
THR's awards analyst explains why many Oscar-nominated scripts, such as this year's "The Theory of Everything" and "Birdman," aren't even eligible for a WGA Award, resulting in spotty correl…
Tom Quinn and Jason Janego, who head the distribution label, discuss the secrecy involved with releasing the controversial film (code names, encrypted messages)"as well as their fears about …
"I wish I had written the [nominated] song," the Maroon 5 frontman and host of 'The Voice' tells THR, "but I get to do the next best thing, which is perform it!"read more