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AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron said there's room for both cinemas and streamers in the current marketplace and the latter would benefit from wider theatrical release of films. He made the comments to CNBC after Apple made history last night with Coda's Best Picture Oscar win. "I've been saying for years that the…

After several years in which the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences vacillated between eight or nine Best Picture nominees, Oscar has returned to a set number of 10 films for its top prize. The whole idea of doubling the amount from five to 10 came about in 2010 to encourage voters to select a broader range…

Every year at the Cannes Film Festival there is a critics' favorite. Last year, it was Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's Drive My Car, a loose adaptation of three stories from Haruki Murakami's 2014 compendium Men Without Women, that stars Hidetoshi Nishijima as Yūsuke Kafuku, an actor and theater director dealing with a tragic…

Each of this year's Best Picture Oscar nominees has survived a journey to cross the finish line, before earning the Academy's consideration. Here's how they came together. Deadline's Contenders Film: The Nominees Streaming Site Belfast Writer-director Kenneth Branagh began work on Belfast at the beginning of 2020…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday revealed the 276 feature films that are eligible for consideration at the 94rd Oscars, which are set to air live March 27 on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The number is 90 fewer than last year’s 366, but this year’s eligibility period was only 10…

For Oscar Best Picture contenders, the time has come to deliver an inventory of the racial/ethnic identity and sexual/gender orientation of those involved with your film. On Wednesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which presents the Oscars, quietly launched its new RAISE platform, an online system…

While the night featured some surprises, there was no surprise when Oscar-winner Rita Moreno announced the Best Picture winner with Searchlight’s Nomadland taking home the top prize and completing its historic season long sweep of the top award. It was the film’s third win of the night with director Chloé Zhao making…

Each of this year's Best Picture nominees has survived a journey to cross the finish line, before earning the Academy's consideration. Here's how they came together. The Father Playwright Florian Zeller's The Father enjoyed several award-winning runs on the stage before it made its evolution to film, but first-time…

EXCLUSIVE: The race is on. Well, it still might be a little early to say that since the 93rd annual Academy Awards won’t happen until April 25, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today told its roughly 9,000-plus members — about to get much bigger with Tuesday’s announcement of new members — that the…

After a series of meetings, and approval Thursday by the board of governors, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the next phase of its ongoing efforts toward equity and inclusion, Academy Aperture 2025. This comes after a previous initiative largely aimed at making membership regarding women…

Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite won the top prize Saturday from the National Society of Film Critics as the group announced winners of its 54th annual voting meeting in New York. The South Korean drama was named Best Picture and also picked up the Best Screenplay award. Mary Kay Place won Best Actress for Diane, and Antonio…

Sources said that the Academy has a surprise in store for the end of the Oscarcast. Deadline hears that Julia Roberts will present the Best Picture prize. Roberts was exceptional in Ben Is Back, but didn’t get nominated. But she certainly adds star power to the proceedings that so far has been wanting.