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When the first Oscar show was scheduled for broadcast 90 years ago, several stars, even Douglas Fairbanks Jr., lined up to host it. Radio was a kind and friendly medium. Today an invitation to host an Oscar is akin to a colonoscopy. And the job of producing one may prove equally uninviting. There will be no Oscar…

The so-called "shortlists" of qualified contenders in nine Oscar categories — including the feature documentary and international film races — landed on schedule Monday, one calendar day ahead of last year's December 17 announcement of the 2019 lists. But when it comes to movie awards, the calendar is a tricky beast…

Oscar-nominated A Star Is Born producer Lynette Howell Taylor and Dear White People producer Stephanie Allain will produce the 92nd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Friday. It will be the first involvement with the Oscars for both. "The combined producing talents of Lynette and…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winning actress Brie Larson and Best Picture-nominated A Star Is Born producer Lynette Howell Taylor have made a two-picture worldwide rights deal at Netflix for films produced by Howell Taylor’s 51 Entertainment. Netflix has acquired Unicorn Store, which marks Larson’s directing debut, and Lady Busine…

One of the most glaring omissions from today’s Oscar nominations was that of A Star Is Born‘s director Bradley Cooper from the Best Director category. The Warner Bros. film is nominated eight times including getting noms for Sam Elliott for Best Supporting Actor (surprisingly his first) and Lady Gaga for Best Actress…

EXCLUSIVE: As several suitors and actresses circled, Endeavor Content made a preemptive deal in the mid- to high-six-figure range for Wolf Country, a spec script by Pete Begler. 51 Entertainment’s Lynette Howell Taylor (A Star Is Born) and Samantha Housman will produce. A beloved Colorado lawman who lives by his own…

EXCLUSIVE: Lynette Howell Taylor's 51 Entertainment, a platform agnostic filmmaker-driven production company, is making a major foray into television, signing a first-look deal with MRC, the studio behind critically praised series including House of Cards, Ozark and Counterpart. Under the pact, Howell Taylor will work…

EXCLUSIVE: Sienna Miller and Diego Luna are set to star and Tara Miele to direct Wander Darkly, the latest film from ShivHans Pictures and 51 Entertainment, reuniting the companies that made Captain Fantastic. Wander Darkly is a magical realism love story about a couple who must navigate the aftermath of a devastating…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran indie producer Lynette Howell Taylor is launching 51 Entertainment, a new production shingle that will focus on filmmaker-driven content with an inclusive female sensibility that will span multiple platforms. She has hired producer Samantha Housman and creative executive Derek Iger to join her. The…