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Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor An Oscar ceremony with Beyoncé and Taylor Swift? What television producer wouldn’t want two of the biggest names in entertainment gracing the red carpet for the 96th Academy Awards? But despite two upcoming concert films from the megastars — “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé” — neither are eligible to submit or compete for an Academy Award nomination for documentary feature, or any technical category, under the current guidelines. Per the Academy’s bylaws, the Documentary Branch defines a documentary film as “a theatrically released nonfiction motion picture dealing creatively with cultural, artistic, historical, social, scientific, economic or other subjects.

On the heels of a staggeringly triumphant run with Barbie, the fantastical comedy which she co-wrote and directed for Warner Bros, Greta Gerwig has been appointed by the American Film Institute to serve as Guest Artistic Director of AFI Fest 2023.

Outfest on Thursday announced Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine and Transparent breakout Trace Lysette as the recipients of its 2023 Legacy Awards, which will be presented at NeueHouse in Hollywood on Sunday, October 22nd.

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Columbus’ production company 26th Street Pictures has optioned the David Michael Slater novel The Vanishing for film, tapping Jay Lender (SpongeBob SquarePants) to script an adaptation.

Though it doesn’t exactly have the same warm, melancholic charm, Alice Troughton’s elegant literary thriller The Lesson could give star Richard E. Grant the kind of late-career bump that last year’s Living afforded Bill Nighy. An Oscar nom might be a little fanciful at this stage, but a Bafta shot is a no-brainer, with Grant on top form as a mercurial, narcissistic British author. Co-star Julie Delpy might also find new offers coming in, showing a stiletto-sharp new side to herself as his enigmatic wife.

An Oscar statue goes missing in Hassan Nazer’s amiable feature Winners, which had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Elaine May was the last to arrive and the first to leave at the Governors Awards on Friday in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Elaine May was the last to arrive and the first to leave at the Governors Awards on Friday in Los Angeles. Her fellow honorees, Samuel L. Jackson, Liv Ullmann and Danny Glover, all arrived hours earlier, each holding court at the Ray Dolby Ballroom, posing for photos and enjoying their moment amid the lead-up to the 94th Academy Awards.

Academy Awards.It was a celebration, after all. They were about to get something for the first time in their long Hollywood careers: An Oscar statuette of their own.Jackson, whose right foot was in a walking cast boot and his left in a black velvet slipper, sat at the base of an oversized Oscar statuette as everyone from Quentin Tarantino to Magic Johnson came over to congratulate him.But May, the 89-year-old writer, filmmaker and comedy legend, walked into the Ray Dolby Ballroom arm in arm with Bill Murray long after attendees had finished their chicken pot pies, accepted her honorary Oscar with grace and wit, then departed soon after — still linked to Murray.Yes, it’s the kind of move that could upend a live broadcast.

Eight more celebs have been added to the presenters lineup for the 2022 Oscars ceremony, which is less than two weeks away!

Kodi Smit-McPhee was reportedly offered a role in an upcoming Marvel movie, but he had to turn it down unfortunately.

wrote on Instagram. “He and his beautiful Evie have been in my life for over 50 years.

An Oscar and Grammy Award has eluded him thus far, but if there is any artistic justice, Nicholas Britell will take home a second Emmy Award this September for his stunning original score for “The Underground Railroad.” His third collaboration with Barry Jenkins after “Moonlight” and “If Beale Street Could Talk,” the orchestrations for “Railroad” have already amounted to 3 hours and 13 minutes of original music.

We have some cool new photos from the set of Thor: Love and Thunder!

Emma Stone has a huge crush on Leonardo DiCaprio.

An Oscar-nominated actress, a Grand National hero and a GAA legend – Friday night’s Late Late Show won’t be short of glittering stars to keep us entertained.

An Oscar-nominated actor is lending his voice to Netflix’s action-packed new trailer for “Yasuke”.

Well, that was a thing, I guess. An Oscar telecast that promised to be a “film” and not your typical telecast ceremony (a ludicrous concept from the beginning) was nothing of the sort.

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

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentSidney Poitier — who turns 94 on Feb. 20 — has received virtually every showbiz award possible: An Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, plus Life Achievement Awards from AFI, BAFTA, NAACP Image Awards, SAG and Kennedy Center Honors, to name a few.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn 1970, Gil Scott-Heron recorded his famous poem-song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” But that anthemic line, as forceful as it was, has been proved wrong time and again. Two years earlier, starting on Sept.

A post shared by (@haileesteinfeld) on Judge Nicole Scherzinger speculated that hiding beneath the sea animal could be the super popular Pitch Perfect actress. An Oscar-nominated actor is supposedly involved in this season, and Hailee did receive an Academy Award nod for her work in True Grit.

LOS ANGELES — An Oscar nomination can open doors to bigger roles and higher pay. This year, it also comes with a cruise on a luxury yacht, cosmetic surgery, and a personal matchmaking service in a gift bag worth more than $225,000.

By Matt Grobar

By Matt Grobar