Hollywood Flashback: Walt Disney Got His First Animation Job 100 Years Ago

Willem Dafoe has to date had a long and diverse acting career that’s seen him work with some of the world’s most renowned filmmakers, among them Martin Scorsese, Zhang Yimou, William Friedkin, Oliver Stone and Dee Rees. Dafoe has a fondness for playing misunderstood oddballs and men who march to their own beat, which somewhat explains why his turn as a kind, generous motel manager in Sean Baker’s The Florida Project was greeted with surprise.

The "Miracle on Ice" was a medal-round hockey game between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid New York that is considered one of the greatest sports underdog stories in U.S. history.

Nick Hornby's 1995 novel High Fidelity has had quite the post-publication life.In 2000, it was adapted into a Disney film when Joe Roth headed the studio. It starred John Cusack and brought him a Golden Globe nomination.

One of the busiest weeks in Hollywood has come to an end and may we say that it was quite an eventful. From major releases and news to the Oscars, it was an exciting one. While some went on to make history, others made headlines for various reasons. The day of love, Valentine's Day, was also celebrated widely and undoubtedly it was a mush fest on social media.

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Sixteen months before THR was launched — and 91 years before 1917 entered the Oscar race — the World War I film Wings won the first Academy Award for "outstanding picture." And in May 1929, besides not being called best picture, the award presented in the Hollywood Roosevelt ballroom wasn't even called Oscar; that didn't happen until the mid-1930s, after the Academy's Margaret Herrick reportedly said that the statuette resembled her Uncle Oscar.But Wings was not an unexpected choice.Though it

Gary Holt says he hopes a return to Livingston will bring out the best of Dolly Menga after the attacker’s loan spell at Atletico Petroleos was cut short prior to the transfer deadline.

#Roommates, Super Bowl 2020 is officially behind us, but for many it was an afterthought because they were still protesting the big event in support and solidarity of Colin Kaepernick. One of Kaepernick’s earliest supporters, Jay Z, faced backlash when he partnered with the NFL to place Roc Nation artists to perform at some of the league’s biggest events—including the Super Bowl. Well now, Jay is addressing the rumored tension that occurred between himself and Kap following that partnership.

The film that gave Al Pacino — an Oscar nominee in this year's best supporting actor race for The Irishman — his first starring role was 1971's The Panic in Needle Park.He wasn't the only participant in the film who went on to big things.Park was produced by Dominick Dunne, who decades later would become famous for his writing in Vanity Fair.

While awards season has The Two Popes and HBO has The New Pope (it premiered Jan. 13), Hollywood had one old pope visiting Sept.

When American Beauty bowed in September 1999 at the Toronto Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter wasn't quite sure what the public would make of the pitch-black dramedy.While THR's review acknowledged the "charismatic power" of the performances by its actors — singling out not just stars Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening but also Thora Birch, Wes Bentley and Mena Suvari — it wondered whether audiences might not "tire of [director Sam] Mendes' arch and often condescending style.