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No matter how the Oscars go down on Sunday, March 4, one thing is for certain and that is that Greta Gerwig’s feature directorial debut Lady Bird has left a lasting impression on many women yearning to become directors. One of the greatest takeaways for Gerwig from screening to screening is hearing from aspiring…

It was the monologue that launched a thousand casting calls. In 1984 Laurie Metcalf made her New York stage debut, appearing alongside her Steppenwolf peers in John Malkovich's revival of Lanford Wilson's 1965 play Balm in Gilead. And in a sea of odd, unsympathetic characters, who ranged from heroin addicts to hookers…

Location Managers Guild International has unveiled its 5th annual awards nominees, which includes Oscar Best Picture hopefuls Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Dunkirk, Lady Bird, and Phantom Thread. On the TV side Game of Thrones, The Crown, The Handmaid's Tale, and Big Little Lies are among those up for…

Laurie Metcalf is clearly an actor whose career is smokin’ hot right now as she covers the waterfront on Broadway, movies and TV. Currently nominated for her first Oscar as Supporting Actress in Lady Bird, Metcalf is rehearsing for the March 29 opening of the Broadway revival of Edward Albee’s Three Tall…

Laurie Metcalf is clearly an actor whose career is smokin’ hot right now as she covers the waterfront on Broadway, movies and TV. Currently nominated for her first Oscar as Supporting Actress in Lady Bird, Metcalf is rehearsing for the March 29 opening of the Broadway revival of Edward Albee’s Three Tall…

The Humanitas Prize winners were unveiled tonight, awarded annually to encourage, stimulate and sustain the nation's screenwriters. The 43rd annual honors for the first time separated feature film categories by genre, with Netflix’s Mudbound and Fox’s The Post tying for drama, A24’s Lady Bird winning for comedy and…

With the final voting about to begin for the Best Picture Oscar, Deadline looks at the challenges and the hard road for each of the nine finalists. First up was Awardsline cover film Get Out. Here are the rest of the films contending for Oscar’s top prize. Call Me by Your Name The exhilaration of each year's crop of…

The Los Angeles City Council and six of its Hollywood partners today announced the seventh annual Made in Hollywood Honors, which celebrate Oscar-nominated films produced in Greater Los Angeles and California. A24’s Lady Bird, Disney/Pixar’s Coco and Fox’s The Boss Baby will be feted Tuesday during a ceremony at City…

By the time March 4 arrives when Oscars are handed out, those lauded pics still in play at the box office are projected to amass close to $150M, that is from the time since nominations were announced last Tuesday. Of that figure, 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight combined with five titles —The Shape of Water (13…

UPDATED at 11:25AM PT. Oscar nominees dominated the specialty box office over the weekend, with Darkest Hour and Lady Bird hitting new milestones, and The Shape of Water showing the biggest nomination bump. With 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water showed the biggest Oscar…

Coming on the heels of the Women’s March, believed to be the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated women across virtually every Oscar category to match a record set in 2016. An official Academy tally reveals that 40 women received nominations in…

This morning’s nine Best Picture Oscar nominations mostly stayed true to form with the rhythm of this awards season, with staples like Fox Searchlight’s The Shape of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri joining fellow studio specialty label fare like Focus Features’ Darkest Hour and Phantom Thread and…