France’s Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma is facing strong backlash within its membership ranks, a little more than two weeks ahead of the César Awards, the local equivalent to the Oscars. 25 more words

via French Film Academy, Under Fire From Members & As César Awards Loom With Threat Of Protest, Vows Reforms — Deadline

Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Sunday night Oscar win completed her clean sweep of top show-biz awards over the past five months. The Icelandic-born, Berlin-based cellist-composer won for her dark and disturbing “Joker” score. 25 more words

via Hildur Guðnadóttir Wraps Up Her Sweep of an Entire Season’s Worth of Scoring Awards — Variety

There’s a genuinely intriguing story at the heart of “For Life,” ABC’s new legal procedural. But it’s buried under a fair amount of frenetic drama that tends to obscure its most interesting ideas. 25 more words

via ABC’s ‘For Life’: TV Review — Variety

Raphael Coleman, who starred alongside Emma Thompson and Colin Firth in the 2005 film “Nanny McPhee,” died on Friday after collapsing on a run. He was 25 years old. 31 more words

via Raphael Coleman, Child Star of ‘Nanny McPhee,’ Dies at 25 — Variety

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the seventh episode of Season 24 of “The Bachelor.” This week, Peter Weber’s final six contestants were whittled down to four, who would eventually go on to hometown dates. 19 more words

via ‘The Bachelor’ Recap: Peter Weber Picks His Final Four — Variety

“BoJack Horseman” star Will Arnett has said it’s “hard to let go” of the freshly concluded Netflix original, while admitting that the cast is still thinking up future iterations of the show. 28 more words

via Will Arnett on ‘BoJack Horseman’ Ending, Leaving Door Open for Future Series — Variety

Neon is doubling the North American run of best picture Oscar winner “Parasite” to as many as 2,000 locations. Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” is the first non-English-language movie ever to win the Oscar for best picture. 23 more words

via ‘Parasite’ Doubles North American Release After Historic Oscar Wins — Variety

“Parasite” made history as the first foreign language film to ever win the Academy Award for best picture, in addition to taking home three other awards for best director, best international feature film and best original screenplay. 20 more words

via ‘Parasite’ Made History, But When Will the Academy Start Acknowledging Asian Actors? (Column) — Variety

Like Thor’s computer-generated hammer raining down on his enemies, Hollywood’s Visual Effects Society is speaking out against last night’s Academy Awards telecast for making them the butt of a joke. 28 more words

via VFX Society Slams Oscar Jokes About ‘Cats,’ Says CGI ‘Will Not Compensate for a Story Told Badly’ — Variety

Eminem rarely does interviews, and a conversation about last night’s surprise performance of “Lose Yourself” at the Academy Awards — some 17 years after the song won him an Oscar — would seem rarer still. 23 more words

via Eminem Reveals Why He Finally Performed at the Oscars, 17 Years Later (EXCLUSIVE) — Variety