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EXCLUSIVE: Klaus, Ford v Ferrari, and animated shorts Sister and Hair Love repped Oscar nominations earned by alumni of The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) yesterday. Since the creation of the Best Animated Feature Oscar category in 2001, 12 of the winning films were directed by CalArts alums with the last…

Sony Pictures said Tuesday that Greta Gerwig's Little Women will be released February 14 in China. The news comes a day after the latest adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s iconic novel scored six Oscar nominations including Best Picture. The film recently passed $100 million at the worldwide box office, with its…

First the Twitterverse, now Trevor Noah thinks the Academy has some explaining to do after this morning’s Oscar nominations. The comedian expressed his frustration Monday night on The Daily Show over the fact that no woman was nominated in the directing category. RELATED STORY: Hollywood Heated Over Oscar Snub For Fema…

Universal Music Group Nashville said Monday that it has signed Chrissy Metz, a star on NBC’s ensemble smash TV series This Is Us. The news comes the same day that the Diane Warren-penned song “I’m Standing With You” sung by Metz in the film Breakthrough earned an Oscar nomination. “I am beyond excited. I was like…

Today, the Motion Picture Academy nominated nine films for the Best Picture Oscar, and I have reviewed all of them here at Deadline over the past few months. To say the Academy and I are pretty much on the same page as far as the best movies of 2019 is an understatement. Of the nine nominees, seven also appear on my ow…

Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite continued its storybook trajectory today, becoming the first Korean film nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, and picking up additional nods for Bong for Best Director, International Film and Original Screenplay with Jin Won Han, as well as craft nods for Editing and Production Design. It…

With several Oscar nominations in the bag on Monday, Bombshell has its place in Academy history—something that lead actress and co-producer Charlize Theron told Deadline “really means something,” especially given that the issues the film covers are “part of our cultural conversation.” Bombshell‘s timely exposé of…

Eight months ago, Sheila Nevins, the former longtime president of HBO Documentary and Family Programming, took over as head of MTV Documentary Films, a division of MTV Studios. One of the first projects she set up was short documentary St. Louis Superman, which today landed a Oscar nomination in the Documentary (Short…

"The sun is shining on Culver City through the smog," is how Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group chairman Tom Rothman began a call Monday to discuss Sony's strong Oscar nomination showing. The studio reaped a haul of 20 noms – 10 for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, six for Little Women, a Best Supporting Actor nom for To…

The biggest surprise for me in this morning’s nominations for the 92nd Annual Academy Awards is how few surprises there were. There was no jaw-dropping name in the major categories that came in from left field — so much so that I was able to predict all nine of the Best Picture nominees and most of the acting. Most…

This year at the Oscars, three first-time directors are in the running for Best Animated Feature—Toy Story 4's Josh Cooley, Klaus helmer Sergio Pablos and I Lost My Body's Jérémy Clapin. From the perspective of each director, this morning's results demonstrate what an exciting time it is to be in animation. "It’s a…