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EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed almost a dozen senior production figures to its Production Arts division in the wake of the Oscar telecast snub to several major categories, including those who’ve worked on Dune, You and Bombshell.  The likes of Oscar-winning Dune VFX supervisor duo Brian Conner and Tristan Myles have been…

Disruption will continue to weigh on the international theatrical system as the Russia-Ukraine war drags on and well over half of China's theaters are shuttered in the latest Covid crackdown. Andrew Cripps, president, international theatrical distribution, Warner Bros Pictures, said that Russia — which is currently…

“It makes me nostalgic for the year of La La Land and Moonlight,” one executive lamented about the infamous Will Smith-Chris Rock debacle that is all anyone is talking about after the 94th Oscar show. Another top marketing exec with a Best Picture nominee this year actually told me at the Governors Ball that he thinks…

The 94th annual Academy Awards spread the wealth more than usual Sunday night at the Dolby Theater, with Dune scoring a leading six wins and Best Picture champ CODA finishing second with three. The Eyes of Tammy Faye was the only other multiple winner Sunday night. Will Smith Apologizes To The Academy For Slapping Chri…

CODA won Best Picture tonight at the 94th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, becoming the first film from a streamer to win the marquee prize at the Academy Awards. ‘CODA’s Troy Kotsur An Inspiration To Deaf Stars Of Oscar-Nominated Doc ‘Audible’ The Apple Original Films drama about the hearing daughter of deaf…

Production designer Patrice Vermette and set decorator Zsuzsanna Sipos took home statuettes for their work on Dune at the Oscars on Sunday, with Vermette paying “special” tribute to his “friend” Jean-Marc Vallée—the Canadian filmmaker behind Big Little Lies, Dallas Buyers Club and more, who died suddenly in December at…

Joe Walker offered a heartfelt thanks to Dune director Denis Villeneuve on Sunday while accepting his Oscar for Best Film Editing for the sci-fi epic. "Merci du fond du coeur,” or thanks from the bottom of my heart, he said, switching to French as he received the statuette. He slipped in a joke as well. "So you may…

Dune won the Oscar for Achievement in Sound, in one of Sunday’s category outcomes that had been widely predicted. The statuette was one of eight being handed out in a non-televised series of announcements leading up to the main broadcast. While the decision to cut the categories from the main telecast has drawn a…

After already taking home Oscars on the night, Denis Villeneuve's epic adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune continued its below-the-line domination at Sunday’s Academy Awards as it took home the Best Visual Effects Oscar. The film looked to be the favorite in the category after taking home the top honor at this year’s…

At the 94th Oscars, Dune‘s Greig Fraser landed his first win for Best Cinematography, joking that he was happy his award was up early in the broadcast, so that he could “get out and get to the bar.” “Denis Villeneuve, sir, Master Denis,” Fraser continued, praising the film’s director. “He’s brought a whole group of…

The Oscars got underway Sunday though you might not have known it, with the first eight winners of the night presented in a non-televised preshow as the red carpet was still in full swing outside the Dolby Theatre. Nominees in eight categories — Sound, Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Production Design…

UPDATED with Zimmer’s tweets: Hans Zimmer won his second career Oscar tonight, Original Score for Denis Villeneuve'sDune. This was Zimmer’s 12th nomination in the category and second win after The Lion King in 1995. He also has been nominated for Rain Man (1989), The Preacher's Wife (1997), As Good as It Gets (1998), T…