Motion picture academy invites largest class ever in continued push for diversity
The film world’s most exclusive club – the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – just got a whole lot bigger. On Monday, in its latest and most dramatic...
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Why the state of the big-screen comedy is no laughing matter
In years past, the summertime box office could always be counted on to deliver at least one mainstream comedy smash that would break out of the pack of superhero films,...
Sex, violence and a Russian accent: Jennifer Lawrence takes another big risk with ‘Red Sparrow’
As she slipped into a corner booth in a restaurant at a Beverly Hills hotel on a recent afternoon, Jennifer Lawrence was buzzing. An obsessive fan of reality TV, she...
Motion picture academy outlines new standards of conduct for the post-Weinstein era
As Hollywood continues to grapple with the wave of sexual harassment scandals that have reverberated across the entertainment industry and beyond, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sent...
Kevin Spacey’s unprecedented fall from grace tests a stunned Hollywood
In early October, Kevin Spacey was right where he wanted to be: singing and hamming it up in front of an admiring crowd. Inside Stage 33 on the CBS Television...
Harvey Weinstein expelled from motion picture academy
Embattled film mogul Harvey Weinstein — a once-dominant force in the Academy Awards who rewrote the rules of Oscar campaigning — has been expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture...
Trump blasts late-night TV hosts for ‘unfunny & repetitive’ jokes, demands equal time
In the latest salvo in his ongoing war with the entertainment industry, President Trump took to Twitter on Saturday morning to slam late-night talk show hosts in a pair of...
In push to diversify, movie academy invites the largest class ever with 774 new members
Hollywood's most exclusive club is rolling out the red carpet to 774 industry professionals – including such boldfaced names as Kristen Stewart, Gal Gadot, John Cho, Chris Pratt, Elle Fanning...
World Series cuts into ‘Inferno’ audience as ‘Madea’ reclaims top spot at box office
Director Ron Howard's "Inferno" — the third installment in Sony's franchise based on author Dan Brown's bestselling series that kicked off with "The Da Vinci Code" — came into this...
First look at Rita Repulsa’s radical makeover for the ‘Power Rangers’ reboot
Rita Repulsa has done some serious morphin'. Lionsgate's "Power Rangers" reboot won't hit theaters for nearly a year, but fans of the 1990s Saturday-morning TV staple can now catch an...