Oscar Nominees Steven Bognar And Julia Reichert On Working With The Obamas For ‘American Factory’: “It’s Very Meaningful To Us”

Taika Waititi, Lorene Scafaria, Kasi Lemmons, Anthony McCarten, Destin Daniel Cretton and Charles Randolph share tactics to tackle real life as well as subjects to avoid entirely, all while exploring humanity "in the service of the truth."Beginning Sunday, Jan. 5, viewers have been able to watch the roundtable discussions on SundanceTV as part of the cable channel's original nonfiction series, Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter, produced in partnership with The Hollywood Reporter.

Nominated for a historic total of six Oscars, South Korean director Bong Joon Ho'sParasiteis the big surprise of awards season 2020.

Invitation to that most exclusive of groups, the Oscar winners club, must be gratifying to those who have come up short in the past.

As far as the Academy’s concerned, “Honeyland” is the bee’s knees.

The 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam's co-production market CineMart – part of the fest's IFFR Pro industry umbrella and now in its 37th year – came to a close on Wednesday night with six awards handed out to promising projects."This edition of IFFR Pro proved that bringing together talent and ideas, and those who can support them, remains a very important thing to do," said IFFR Pro head Marit van den Elshout.

Being an Oscar nominee comes with a lot of perks, the swanky parties, the fancy celebratory dinners and perhaps most importantly the coveted swag bag.This year the "Everyone Wins" 2020 nominee gift bag presented by Distinctive Assets, is stuffed full of more than an estimated £150,000 worth of gifts, that is sent out to all nominated celebrities in the Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress and Best Director categories.

Nineteen Oscar nominees, a myriad number of ways they’ve been seen together — other than on the red carpet and hobnobbing at awards shows.For instance, supporting actress nominee Laura Dern portrayed a divorce lawyer supporting her client Scarlett Johansson in her divorce from Adam Driver in Marriage Story.

The Irish Film Institute (IFI) has revealed its first IFI Ambassador and it’s an Oscar nominee no less.

He might not have a date to Oscars 2020 (yet), but we wouldn't mind being Brad Pitt's date to the 92nd Academy Awards going by his look at the 92nd Oscar Nominees Luncheon. The actor, who has been nominated at the Oscars this year for his role in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, attended the luncheon with other Oscar nominees. The actor joined Leonardo DiCaprio, Cynthia Erivo, Charlize Theron, Kathy Bates, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro at the event. 

By Pete Hammond, Patrick Hipes

After losing out three times in Oscar's best documentary category, American Factory co-director Julia Reichert is certainly ready to finally take home an Academy Award."I'll be real honest, it would be extremely meaningful after four nominations and my age and my state of life, it would be very meaningful," Reichert, who is undergoing chemotherapy as she battles terminal cancer at age 73, told THR. "There's no cure for what I have.

By Pete Hammond, Patrick Hipes

The awards season is getting even more green. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has just announced a collection of moves to make the Oscar season more environmentally friendly.

The Oscars’ failure to nominate any female directors has ignited a fierce backlash, as has the lack of diversity among top acting nominees.

Editor Lindsay Utz admits filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert never fully counted the hours of footage shot for the Oscar-nominated documentary “American Factory,” but she puts it close to 2000 hours.

Tom Hanks, Adam Driver Robert De Niro, Adam Driver, Jamie Foxx and Adam Sandler share dark moments, trade secrets and the roles that redefined their lives on the full Actor Roundtable.Beginning Sunday, Jan. 5, viewers have been able to watch the roundtable discussions, on SundanceTV as part of the cable channel's original nonfiction series, Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter, produced in partnership with The Hollywood Reporter.

The Irishman, Marriage Story and more have had to find other homes