A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Welcome to a special Monday edition of Notes on the Season. Hey, Academy members, you have just moments left to make your mark on this year’s increasingly heated Oscar race. Ballots for nominations for the 91st annual Academy Awards are due today at…

Harvey Weinstein is an occasional contributor to Deadline when he has something on his mind. With Oscar season right around the corner and the strong work of female directors front and center, Weinstein argues it’s time the Academy paid recognition to a storied Italian screenwriter/director who was largely alone among…

Sophia Loren’s performance in the 2013 movie Human Voice will make its U.S. television debut April 21 on Turner Classic Movies as part of its five-film tribute to the actress. The movie, directed by her son, Edoardo Ponti (Between Strangers), has not been seen outside of the film festival circuit. Human Voice tells…

Although the loose theme of this year’s  TCM Classic Film Festival revolves around the word “History” in every possible meaning of the word, organizers could easily have wrapped it around the word “anniversary”  since so much of it seems to be tied to celebrating landmark years in the life of the movies, actors and…

Cannes got a dose of REAL movie star glamour over the past two days when the legendary Sophia Loren came to town for a special screening of her new film, The Human Voice Tuesday night at Salle du Soixantieme and a two hour “Master Class” at the Bunuel on Wednesday afternoon. The film, based on the Jean Cocteau play…

The Cannes Film Festival is firming up plans for the 67th edition at a rapid clip this week, announcing jury members on Monday, followed by new Official Selection titles this morning and now the Cannes Classics sidebar lineup. Sophia Loren has been named the Cannes Classics guest of honor this year. Winner of the 1961…

Italian newspapers today are quoting Sophia Loren as saying she is set to return to the silver screen in La Voce Umana (The Human Voice) based on French poet-writer Jean Cocteau’s one-person play first performed in 1930. The 78-year-old Oscar winner will be directed in the Italian language by her son Eduardo Ponti and…

Tuesday night is a big one for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They hold their annual election for president (expect current prexy Tom Sherak to be easily re-elected for his third and final one-year term) and they will choose the 2011 recipients of the Governors Awards, which will be some combination…

She won her first Oscar for 1961’s Two Women, the first performer to win for acting in a foreign language. Then in 1991, the Academy decided she needed another Oscar and gave her an Honorary Award. Apparently, still wanting to demonstrate their love, the Academy in association with Cinecitta Luce gave Loren another…