Josh Rottenberg

Lead Scenic Artist Dena D'Angelo works to cover Oscar statues with plastic to protect them from rain and fingerprints as they are prepared for touch up before they are moved to their locations around the Hollywood and Highland Complex for the Oscar show at the Kodak Theatre in February 2008. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made changes to this year's eligibility rules that will enable films to qualify for Oscar consideration without a theatrical release.

Streaming movies will be eligible for Oscars in the face of coronavirus crisis

April 29, 2020 at 1:41 p.m.

The coronavirus crisis has left Hollywood reeling, with movie theaters shut down and film production at a standstill. But the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is determined that,...

Tom Holland, left, Chris Pratt attend the world premiere of "Onward" at the El Capitan Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Chris Pratt and Tom Holland on their brotherly bond in Pixar’s ‘Onward’ and navigating Marvel stardom

March 6, 2020 at 6:46 p.m.

It's Valentine's Day in Los Angeles, and Chris Pratt and Tom Holland are feeling the love. Though there's a significant age gap between the 40-year-old Pratt and the 23-year-old Holland,...

Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won accept the original screenplay Oscar for "Parasite" during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 9, 2020.

‘Parasite’ makes history as first Asian winner of a screenplay Oscar

February 10, 2020 at 2:18 a.m.

Among its numerous firsts throughout this awards season, the genre-shredding class satire "Parasite" made history Sunday night by becoming the first Korean — and the first Asian — film ever...

Iron Man, portrayed by Robert Downey Jr., appears in a scene from "Captain America: Civil War."

Robert Downey Jr. could’ve done anything after Marvel. Why he wanted to make ‘Dolittle’

January 16, 2020 at 6:28 p.m.

"I've had several careers," Robert Downey Jr. said on an early January afternoon, sitting beside his producing partner and wife, Susan, in a cavernous soundstage on the Universal Studios backlot...

Robert De Niro (left), Al Pacino and Ray Romano in a scene from "The Irishman."

The earliest Oscars ever leave academy voters — and Hollywood at large — scrambling

January 8, 2020 at 3:23 p.m.

We all know the feeling of coming back from a leisurely holiday break to suddenly face a wall of deadlines. This year in Hollywood, that experience has had its own...

Green screen for Robert De Niro? Fuggedaboutit. Technology de-aged ‘Irishman’ stars and is here to stay

January 3, 2020 at 10:03 p.m.

Few actors have undergone more dramatic physical transformations onscreen than Robert De Niro. For 1980's "Raging Bull," the actor, then in his mid-30s, famously put on 20 pounds of muscle...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 10: Sam Rockwell, G. Watson Bryant Jr., Barbara "Bobi" Jewell, and Kathy Bates attend the "Richard Jewell" screening at Rialto Center of the Arts on December 10, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

For Richard Jewell’s mother, Clint Eastwood’s new film brings both pain and healing

December 13, 2019 at 3:18 p.m.

Richard Jewell loved movies, particularly anything with John Wayne or Clint Eastwood. Living with his mother, Bobi, in her Atlanta apartment, Jewell, who worked as a security guard, would sometimes...

Joaquin Phoenix in a scene from the film "Joker."

Why Joaquin Phoenix likes your ‘Joker’ theories. He’s also got his own

November 14, 2019 at 3:44 p.m.

On a late October afternoon, the day before his 45th birthday, Joaquin Phoenix sits in a Los Angeles hotel suite and somewhat sheepishly lights an American Spirit cigarette. Back in...

Will there be a ‘Joker’ sequel? Joaquin Phoenix on the possibilities

November 2, 2019 at 1:52 p.m.

In all of his years of acting, stretching back to when he was 8 years old, Joaquin Phoenix has never done a sequel. And heading into "Joker," he didn't expect...

US director Sofia Coppola smiles on May 16, 2013 during a press conference for her film "The Bling Ring" presented in the Un Certain Regard section at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes.

As Apple, Disney and HBO enter the streaming world, how will movies be affected?

October 31, 2019 at 9:36 p.m.

As mighty players including Apple and Disney prepare to go up against the likes of Netflix and Amazon, industry observers are busy speculating about which corporate behemoth will come out...

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