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UPDATED with Bezos donation: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has committed to donate $100 million and Oprah Winfrey $1 million to support those facing food insecurity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bezos’ donation to Feeding America is the largest single gift in the charity’s history. “Even in ordinary times, food insecurity in…

Leonardo DiCaprio perhaps pulled off the biggest surprise of the night at the 4th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors, which was held last night at the Beverly Hilton hotel. The Oscar-winning actor was on hand to present his Django Unchained co-star Jamie Foxx with Excellence in the Arts award. “There is…

"I just won an Oscar, but will that help me earn a living?" So asked F. Murray Abraham in a note sent to me in 1984 – one that I have faithfully saved. Unlike some Oscar winners, Abraham was both modest and bewildered by his Amadeus triumph. He also correctly predicted the uncertainties of his future. I thought of him…

Robert De Niro made use of his platform when picking up the 56th SAG Life Achievement Award on Sunday as he took a clear shot at President Donald Trump, despite not naming him directly. To loud cheers and a standing ovation, De Niro accepted the award after an introduction by Leonardo DiCaprio, then aimed fire at our…

EXCLUSIVE: Landing 10 Oscar nominations spanning nearly every major category including Best Picture, Best Director and nods for his leads Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt marks the latest development in a long odyssey that Quentin Tarantino has gone through with Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood. This was a movie that…

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Earth Alliance environmental organization is the latest to donate big bucks to help the wildfire relief efforts in Australia. The foundation said in a statement that it will donate $3 million to aid an “international response to the catastrophic bushfires” that have been raging in the country since…

Brad Pitt poked a little fun at his Once Upon a Time in Hollywood co-star Leonardo DiCaprio during his Golden Globes acceptance speech Sunday night. Picking up the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Pitt, highlighting “the man, the myth, the legend” and “his partner in crime&#8221…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. You can really tell it is Oscar nomination voting crunch time by the sheer number of For Your Consideration ads blanketing the airwaves, Internet and print outlets. With the voting period lasting only four more days through Tuesday, nearly every…

Asked to assess what it meant to get Leonardo DiCaprio for his first starring role since his Best Actor Oscar win for The Revenant, Quentin Tarantino is blunt: "He is one of the most if not the most talented actor of his generation, and the most naturally gifted actor I've ever worked with." Tarantino's first written…

Leonardo DiCaprio received his 12th Golden Globes nomination on Monday when he was nommed for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy for Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It was won of five nominations this morning for Tarantino’s ode to 1969 Hollywood, which Sony Pictures released in July and has…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit. OK, the fun of November when everyone still has high hopes of Oscar glory has now turned to the chill of December as reality starts to cloud the picture. The week kicked off Sunday with the announcement of winners of the British Independent Film…

In case you haven't noticed, Adam Driver delivered memorable performances this year as a newly divorced husband, a government whistleblower, a zombie fighter and a Star Wars warrior (in a Kylo Ren mask). I missed his Broadway opening (Burn This). Indeed, at 36, Driver has appeared in 25 movies in the seven years since…