Oscars
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How ‘Nyad’ Screenwriter Julia Cox Captured the Marathon Swimmer’s ‘Extreme, Intense, Very Esoteric Dream’
TheWrap Magazine: Cox drew from Diana Nyad’s memoir and conversations with the super athlete to write the biopic starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster
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How ‘Rustin’ Cowriter Found the Mischievous Humor Within the Stature of a Civil Rights Icon
TheWrap Magazine: “Rustin was into pranks and jokes, and I felt like that played into his brilliance as a strategist,” says screenwriter Julian Breece
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‘May December’ Screenplay Was Influenced By an ‘Eternal and Archetypal’ ’90s Tabloid Scandal
TheWrap Magazine: The Mary Kay Letourneau case was a precursor to the “never-ending true crime parade we have right now,” says screenwriter Samy Burch
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How ‘Jaws’ Inspired the Michael Jordan-Infused ‘Air’
TheWrap magazine: “This kind of unknown employee at Nike, an underdog in his own right, was all very interesting to me,” screenwriter Alex Convery says of his massive industry break
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‘The Color Purple’: How Nova Wav’s New Song Kept the Broadway Beat
TheWrap magazine: The Grammy-winning duo talks about “Keep on Movin,’” one of the new songs in the long-awaited musical Christmas release
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How Billie Eilish and Finneas Tapped Into the Personal to Write Their ‘Barbie’ Ballad
TheWrap magazine: “The thing that we can relate to, that anyone can relate to, is having an identity crisis: not knowing who you are,” Finneas tells TheWrap
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Dua Lipa Breaks Down ‘Barbie’ Song of the Summer: ‘It Was Kind of a Jigsaw Puzzle’
The singer came onto the project after the melody for “Dance the Night” had already been written
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How ‘Past Lives’ Director Celine Song Earned Her Cast’s Trust
TheWrap Magazine: “Part of being a director is that you’re the burning, bubbling center of gravity for how much everybody’s going to give,” Song said
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‘Anatomy of a Fall’ and ‘Zone of Interest’ Star Sandra Hüller Explores Shades of Darkness
TheWrap Magazine: With powerful performances in two acclaimed films, the German actress puts her stamp on awards season
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The Academy Replaces Hattie McDaniel’s Historic Oscar at Howard University
The “Gone With the Wind” actress made history as the first Black person to be nominated and win an Oscar – but the award went missing years ago
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‘The Zone of Interest’ Selected as UK Oscar Submission for Best International Feature
Jonathan Glazer’s intense Holocaust drama would mark a first win for the U.K. in this category
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Star Lily Gladstone to Campaign for Lead Actress at the Oscars
The rising star has the potential to become the first Indigenous winner for Best Actress
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2023 Student Academy Award Winners Hail From NYU, Columbia and European Schools
All of the winning films will be eligible for the 96th Oscars, slated to air on March 10, 2024
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The Academy Moves 14th Annual Governors Awards to 2024
The fete — honoring luminaries such as Mel Brooks, Angela Bassett, Carol Littleton and Michelle Satter — will now take place on Jan. 9 due to the double strike
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Rodriguez, ‘Sugar Man’ Singer and Subject of Oscar-Winning Documentary, Dies at 81
Sixto Diaz Rodriguez went from just another Detroit local to a busy second touring career after 2012’s ‘Searching for Sugar Man’
