Nathan Crowley On Boarding The Emerald Express Train To ‘Wicked’ And Touching Oz
When speaking to production designer Nathan Crowley a few weeks ago, he recalled how he wanted the movie to feel like you were “touching Oz.” “Wicked” is a movie with a massive amount of practical sets. They grew 9,000 tulips.…
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Sean Baker Takes Best Director At 2025 DGA Awards
It was a busy Saturday night as the Producers were handing out their PGA Awards in Century City and a mile away, the Directors Guild of America was honoring their own in Beverly Hills. The DGA Awards include a slight…
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‘Nosferatu,’ ‘Wicked,’ And ‘Shōgun’ Among 2025 CDG Awards Winners
Guild award season is upon us! The 2025 Costume Designer Guild Awards kicked off the honors for 2025. There were few surprises as “Nosferatu,” “Conclave,” and “Wicked” took the film categories as expected. “Hacks,” “The Masked Singer,” and “Dune: Prophecy”…
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Kelsey Mann On The Rainbow That Keeps Following ‘Inside Out 2’
He may not realize it, but Kelsey Mann is a Hollywood success story. The maestro behind “Inside Out 2” is celebrating his first Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature for what is, remarkably, his directorial debut. An opportunity that came…
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PGA Presidents On Wildfires, Bringing Production Back To LA And Those Missing Producers Credits
Hollywood’s awards season calendar resumes this weekend with the PGA Awards, the DGA Awards, and the Critics Choice Awards all revealing their winners within 36 hours of each other. On Sunday, the Grammy Awards broke the damn by being the…
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Robert Downey, Jr., Emma Stone, Cillian Murphy And Da’Vine Joy Randolph To Present At 2025 Oscars
In a surprise to no one, the acting winners from the 2024 Oscars are returning to present at the 2025 Academy Awards ceremony. Today, The Academy made it official revealing that Best Actor winner Cillian Murphy, Best Actress winner Emma…
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Billie Eilish Is Still #TeamAri As She Has A ‘Wicked’ Conversation With Ariana Grande
On Thursday, Billie Eilish performed with Green Day and her brother Finneas at the FireAid concerts at the Forum and Intuit Dome. On Sunday, Eilish performed at the 2025 Grammy Awards. Two days later, the two-time Academy Award winner made…
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Juliette Binoche Announced As President Of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival Jury
For the second time in the 78-year history of the Cannes Film Festival, a female jury president will be followed by another female jury president. In 2024, “Barbie” and “Little Women” director Greta Gerwig presided over a jury that rewarded…
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Karla Sofia Gascón Can’t Stop And It’s A Problem For ‘Emilia Perez’
A version of this story originally appeared in The Breakdown Newsletter. Subscribe for free and get exclusive awards and industry commentary first. Someone forgot to tell Karla Sofía Gascón not to provoke Brazillian fans. They make incel “Star Wars” and Snyderverse fans seem like…
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‘Atropia’ Wins Grand Jury Prize At 2025 Sundance Film Festival
The 2025 Sundance Film Festival has two more days of in-person and online screenings, but the world premieres have been over since Tuesday. This morning, the festival revealed its juried and audience awards. The big winners were “Atropia,” “Seeds,” “Twinless,”…
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Demi Moore, Ariana Grande, Jeremy Strong
This morning was a very happy one for many new Oscar nominees. Demi Moore, Ariana Grande, Jeremy Strong, and Fernanda Torres were just a few of the first-time acting nominees. Brady Corbet and James Mangold spent over five years trying…
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‘I’m Still Here,’ Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan
There are always winners and losers when it comes to the Academy Awards and the nominations game is no different. This year, with so many races wide open, the list of snubs and surprises was long and varied. Here are…
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