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With the Oscars (mercifully) behind us, it's time to start worrying again about the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. That much-postponed institution is now scheduled to open with a gilt-edged gala honoring Sophia Loren and Haile Gerima, and sponsored by Rolex, on September 25, with a public opening five days…

The long-delayed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures looks like it is finally ready for its close-up. Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum will be spearheading plans for the gala opening on September 25, 2021 as part of a weeklong program of celebrations leading to its official unveiling for the public September 30…

The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences, and inspirations of some of today's great screen artists. Every installment asks the same five questions…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit Voting for nominations for the 93rd annual Academy Awards finally starts today. And you thought this day would never come, right? In the longest season in the modern history of Oscar campaigning, we have now completed six months since the traditional…

When Netflix suggested I might like to preside over a conversation between Sophia Loren and Frank Langella, two titans of the screen and stage, it felt churlish to turn the opportunity down. They both appear in films handled by the streamer this year; Loren makes her return to screens after more than a decade away in T…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Will this now-eight-month awards season ever end? In a normal year, the way it was originally planned, we’d be spending this Valentine's Day weekend checking out the BAFTA Awards and prepping for the Oscars just two weeks from now. Instead Monday…

After the tumultuous year, you might feel hard-pressed to be surprised by anything at this point, but the Golden Globes this morning aimed to prove that notion incorrect. Offering pre-dawn distraction to insomniacs everywhere, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Wednesday rolled out nominations for the…

It has been 11 years since Sophia Loren, the great Italian star and one of the only surviving icons of Hollywood's Golden Age, last graced the screen. And longer still since she last took a leading role. After her Oscar-winning heyday in the '50s and '60s, Loren turned to the only passion that could match her love for…

EXCLUSIVE: Sophia Loren, the Oscar winner who has returned to the screen starring in this year’s Netflix move The Life Ahead directed by her son Edoardo Ponti, will receive this year’s KCET Cinema Series Lumière Award. The honor, which recognizes excellence, artistry and innovation and outstanding contribution to…

UPDATED with video: Director and co-writer Edoardo Ponti brought along his mother for my conversation about his movie, Netflix's The Life Ahead, as part of Deadline's Contenders International awards-season event. That mother happens to be a true screen legend, Sophia Loren, who has been directed by her son (their…

Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed and increasingly relevant political drama The Trial of the Chicago 7, which revolves around the raucous trial of a group of protesters accused of disrupting the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention, took a leading four awards including best picture at the just concluded 25th annual Capri…

EXCLUSIVE: Theatres may be closing again at a rapid pace, but the power of being on Netflix during this worldwide pandemic  certainly appears to be good news for those whose awards hopeful films have been debuting on the streaming service at virtually a weekly pace. For cinema legend  Sophia Loren that means the…