Critic's Notebook: Oscar Producers' Big Gambles Yield Wildly Mixed Results

The behavior of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is once again in the spotlight following an attempted confrontation with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) and, on Friday, CNN’s release of a newly unearthed video.

Footage from 2019 resurfaced Friday showing Marjorie Taylor Greene yelling insults outside of Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Congressional office.

Paul Schrader’s next film “The Card Counter,” which stars Oscar Isaac in a revenge thriller, has been set for a theatrical release on Sept. 10, 2021.

Clayton Davis If there’s a Hollywood equivalent to a cinematic President’s Day, it has to be the birthday of Katharine Hepburn, who was born on May 12, 1907. The legendary actress, who passed away in June 2003, was a revered figure in the City of Stars and set a standard for every actor or actress who wants respect from their peers.

Oscar Lang has today (May 11) shared a dreamy new song, ‘Are You Happy?’ – listen below.The latest song from the London-based artist, multi-instrumentalist and producer is taken from his upcoming debut album ‘Chew The Scenery’, which is released on July 16 via Dirty Hit.

Cassadee Pope is teaming up with some of country music’s leading ladies.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThe producers of this year’s International Feature Film Oscar winner “Another Round” and Berlin Silver Bear winner “Natural Light” have been selected for European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move program, which promotes promising producers and fosters international co-productions. The 20 participants for the program, which runs online from May 17-21, will be presenting their latest projects in speed meetings and during roundtable sessions.

Oscars producer Steven Soderbergh is opening up about the controversial decision to switch up the show order of this year’s ceremony. In a new interview with theLos Angeles Times, Soderbergh revealed that he and his fellow producers were trying to do something different given the unusual nature of this year's awards season.«We thought it might be fun to mix it up, especially if people didn’t know that was coming,” Soderbergh said.

Amazon’s free streaming service IMDb TV has unveiled a sizeable development slate with projects from the likes of The Good Place creator Mike Schur, All American showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll and CSI: New York star Melina Kanakaredes.

Pairing a purple Dolce & Gabbana gown with a dramatic bob and baby bangs, Halle Berry had everyone talking, and apparently fooled at the 2021 Oscars.

Michael B. Jordan is speaking out in response to his late co-star Chadwick Boseman losing the Best Actor at the Oscars this past weekend.

Most of this year’s Oscars moments went viral for the wrong reasons, but at least the people sharing them knew what awkwardness they were witnessing! (Ugh, that In Memoriam…)

The tradition of featuring the Academy Award winner for Best Director on Variety‘s post-Oscars cover continues with “Nomadland”‘s Chloe Zhao. On the morning after her historic award win that saw her become only the second woman to win the directing honour and the first woman of colour to do so, Zhao tells Variety all about the honour and “Nomadland”‘s Best Picture win.

The Academy Award producers weren’t joking around when they said Zooming into the ceremony wouldn’t be allowed.

When Daniel Kaluuya said he was «going up» after winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at Sunday's Academy Awards for his performance in , he meant it.«I'm so happy to be alive, so I'm going to celebrate that tonight,» he said during his acceptance speech. «I'm going to get back to work Tuesday morning, because tonight I'm going up.

No thanks to the pandemic, it was a longer Oscar season than originally planned. Even though the Oscar ceremony was late this year, Searchlight fired off its campaign for Nomadland at the traditional starting gun point of early September with the multi-festival debut of Nomadland at Venice, TIFF and Telluride-sponsored drive-in at the Pasadena Rose Bowl.

Seventy women representing a record 76 Oscar nominations translated to a record number of female wins Sunday with 17 awards, beating a previous high of 15 set in 2019 and running the gamut from best director and picture to original screenplay, animated film and song.

Production designer Donald Graham Burt and set decorator Jan Pascale took home statuettes for their work on Mank, at the Academy Awards on Sunday.

No matter which film takes home Best Picture Sunday night, that title will be the lowest grossing ever in Oscar history.

This year’s Oscars may be toned down, but the gift bag will be as glamorous as ever.