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EXCLUSIVE: James Bond 25 might well have multiple Oscar winners in its star studded cast. Sources tell Deadline that Lupita Nyong’o is being courted to join the Bond film UPDATE: her team is now telling me it won’t work out with her — and that Rami Malek is closing his deal to play the villain opposite Daniel Craig…

After rocking major markets in Asia, Fox's Bohemian Rhapsody is headed to China. The National Arthouse Film Alliance said this morning that the Freddie Mercury/Queen biopic will get a Middle Kingdom release. It did not specify a date, however reviews aggregator Douban, where the film has an 8.8 score, has it logged on…

As I made the party stops this weekend, you could tell there was more tension and nervousness than usual about this year’s Academy Awards. “Sunday night could be an earthquake and change the industry as we know it — and not in a good way,” one indie distribution head told me before the Spirit Awards on Saturday. He…

Diversity was one of the biggest winners at the Oscars on Sunday, with three out of the four top acting awards won by non-white actors as Regina King, Mahershala Ali and Rami Malek triumphed for their roles in If Beale Street Could Talk, Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody, respectively. In 2015, not a single non-white…

Rami Malek’s big Oscar night took an unexpected and awkward turn when he slipped near the Dolby Theatre stage following his best actor win for Bohemian Rhapsody. It was later confirmed that Malek did not suffer any serious injuries, according to The Los Angeles Times. Holding on to his golden statuette, Malek seemed…

How is this for symbolism — Mahershala Ali won his second Oscar in three years for Green Book while the finale of his series True Detective was airing on HBO. For the first time ever, all four acting Oscar winners this year have current TV series, Bohemian Rhapsody‘s Rami Malek (USA’s Mr. Robot), The Favourite’s Olivia…

The 91st annual Academy Awards were filled with a slew of first-time winners, including Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) for Best Actor, Olivia Colman (The Favourite) for Best Actress and Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman) for Best Adapted Screenplay. Black Panther‘s Ruth E. Carter became the first African-American woman ever…

The 91st Academy Awards went full Grammys for its opening tonight with a high-octane performance from members of Queen and Adam Lambert, but, to paraphrase a tune by the once Freddie Mercury-led classic rock band, then the hammer fell. This was the first Academy Awards not to have a host or hosts since the all-time…

UPDATED with speech video: When it comes to two of the industry’s biggest awards, first time is a charm for Rami Malek. Just like the Emmys two years ago when he won Best Actor Drama for Mr. Robot off his first nomination, Malek won Best Actor tonight off his first Oscar nomination for Fox/New Regency’s Bohemian Rhapso…

Bohemian Rhapsody soars on the strength of a performance by Rami Malek, who got under the skin of iconic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in a way that has made him the prohibitive favorite in the Oscar Best Actor race. The film chronicles the formation, rise, and adversity weathered by the band before its titanic 1985…

After dissecting the various possibilities in this year’s wild and wooly Oscar Best Picture race, Gold Derby’s Tom O’Neil and I have a go at all four acting categories, where, if you believe the precursor awards shows, Rami Malek, Glenn Close and Mahershala Ali have come on strong in recent weeks to become…

The sound and music editor and re-recording mixer behind Bohemian Rhapsody, John Warhurst and Paul Massey came to the project with ample experience on music-based films, and still needed time to get their footing, figuring out how this particular one could work. Telling the remarkable true story of Queen frontman…