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One of Clint Eastwood's great World War II films has found a new streaming home -- but there's a catch. Letters from Iwo Jima is now available for streaming on Prime Video.

Letters From Iwo Jima was one part of Eastwood's fantastic WWII epic, released in December 2006 and critically acclaimed, including multiple Academy Award nominations. The move to Prime Video allows it to find a new audience, but the film's companion piece, Flags of Our Fathers, is not available on the streamer.

Letters from Iwo Jima arrived in theaters just months after Flags of Our Fathers. Both films were directed by Eastwood, with the former written by Iris Yamashita and the latter written by William Broyels Jr. and Paul Haggis. Whereas Flags of Our Fathers was based on James Bradley and Ron Powers' book of the same name about the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima -- following the action...

Milt Bradford and Alan Robert Murray received tribute in Yellowstone S4 premiere for their behind-the-scenes contributions to the show. Bradford, a close friend of creator Taylor Sheridan, helped shape the authenticity of the show's horse-related scenes. Murray, an Oscar-winning sound editor, worked on over 100 projects, including Yellowstone, adding to the show's immersive experience.

Milt Bradford and Alan Robert Murray were important members of the Yellowstone production family, which is why they received a special tribute at the end of the season 4 premiere. Yellowstone season 4 picks up right where season 3 left off and prepares the way for the thrilling Yellowstone season 4 finale. In the premiere episode, Beth, John, and Kayce manage to survive the various mortal perils they were placed in at the end of season 3. What's more, Rip gets his revenge on Roarke by murdering him before the episode is out.

Season 4, episode 1, "Half the Money", ends with one more moment before the credits.

Who will be included for the special “In Memoriam” segment for Sunday night’s Oscars 2021 ceremony? With last year’s Academy Awards happening over 14 months ago, it means an even larger number of film veterans have died. Producers will hopefully be offering a longer remembrance and not leaving out people for the sake of time.

Superstar actor Chadwick Boseman died late last summer and is a nominee as Best Actor for his role in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Previous Oscar winners from acting categories show who will likely be honored include Sean Connery, Olivia de Havilland, Cloris Leachman and Christopher Plummer. Past acting nominees include Hal Holbrook, Ian Holm, Shirley Knight, George Segal, Cicely Tyson, Max von Sydow and Stuart Whitman.

SEE2021 Oscars presenters: Last year’s winners Renee Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, Brad Pitt returning

Almost all of the near 100 people on the list below were Academy members.

Alan Robert Murray, a two-time Oscar winner and sound editor who has worked on films such as “American Sniper,” “Joker” and “Letters From Iwo Jima,” has died. He was 66.

Murray’s passing was confirmed by his family via Kim Waugh, an executive with Warner Bros. Sound, where Murray has been based since 1979. His family said he died Wednesday. His cause of death was not mentioned.

“I, along with my Warner Bros. family grieve the loss of our dear friend Alan. His contribution to film sound is unrivaled. He will live in our hearts forever,” Waugh told TheWrap.

Murray was a frequent collaborator with Clint Eastwood and won his Oscars for two Eastwood films, “American Sniper” and “Letters From Iwo Jima.” In all, he would collaborate with Eastwood on 32 films, as well as worked as an editor on several more starring Eastwood.

Murray shares both of his Oscars with another frequent collaborator,...

Alan Robert Murray, the supervising sound editor and decades-long collaborator with Clint Eastwood who earned Oscars for his work on the director’s American Sniper and Letters to Iwo Jima, died Wednesday, a source told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 66.

Last year, Murray set a sound editing record with his 10th career Academy Award nomination, for Todd Phillips’ Joker. His first two noms came for his contributions to Richard Donner’s Ladyhawke (1985) and Lethal Weapon 2 (1989).

Murray also received Oscar noms for the Eastwood-helmed films Space Cowboys (2000), Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Sully (2016) and for Chuck Russell’s Eraser (1996) and Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario (2015).

He worked ...

Alan Robert Murray, the supervising sound editor and decades-long collaborator with Clint Eastwood who earned Oscars for his work on the director’s American Sniper and Letters to Iwo Jima, died Wednesday, a source told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 66.

Last year, Murray set a sound editing record with his 10th career Academy Award nomination, for Todd Phillips’ Joker. His first two noms came for his contributions to Richard Donner’s Ladyhawke (1985) and Lethal Weapon 2 (1989).

Murray also received Oscar noms for the Eastwood-helmed films Space Cowboys (2000), Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Sully (2016) and for Chuck Russell’s Eraser (1996) and Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario (2015).

He worked ...

It was a night for the history books. The 92nd Academy Awards, held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, Feb. 9, are done and over. And with them, we've got a whole list of history-making moments. And no, we're not just talking about everything South Korean film Parasite pulled off at this year's ceremony. To start, a handful of nominees made history by breaking Guinness World Records just with their nominations. Sound editor Alan Robert Murray, nominated this year for Joker, broke the record for the most nominations for his work with 10 nods in the category. Martin Scorsese's Best Director nod for The Irishman brought his career tally to nine, the most for a living director. And composer...

South Korean smash stuns Hollywood awards show.

South Korea’s Parasite was the big winner at the 92nd annual Academy Awards, earning awards for best picture, director, international feature film, and original screenplay.

All the winners appear below in bold. The ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Oscars 2020: Full list of winners

Best Motion Picture of the year

Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story 1917 Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Parasite

Best Director

Martin Scorsese, The Irishman Todd Phillips, Joker Sam Mendes, 1917 Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Bong Joon Ho,...

South Korean smash stuns Hollywood awards show.

Parasite was the big winner at the 92nd annual Academy Awards, earning awards for best picture, director, international feature film and original screenplay.

All the winners appear below in bold. The 92nd Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Oscars 2020: Full list of winners

Best Motion Picture of the year

Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story 1917 Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Parasite

Best Director

Martin Scorsese, The Irishman Todd Phillips, Joker Sam Mendes, 1917 Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Bong Joon Ho,...

In a stunning upset, Bong Joon Ho’s black comedy “Parasite” almost swept the 92nd Academy Awards on Sunday night, making history along the way.

“Parasite” became the first foreign-language film to win best picture. Its victories in the international feature film, director and original screenplay categories were also a first for a South Korean movie. The film only lost in two categories: film editing and production design. Taika Waititi nabbed adapted screenplay for “Jojo Rabbit.”

“Parasite” beat out Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story,” Todd Phillips’ “Joker” — which had led nominations with 11 — Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Sam Mendes’ “1917,” James Mangold’s “Ford v Ferrari,” Waititi’s “Jojo Rabbit” and Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” for the top prize.

Meanwhile, Renée Zellweger (“Judy”), Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker”), Laura Dern (“Marriage Story”) and Brad Pitt (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) continued their...

South Korean smash ‘Parasite’ stuns Hollywood awards show.

South Korea’s Parasite was the big winner at the 92nd annual Academy Awards, earning awards for best picture, director, international feature film, and original screenplay.

All the winners appear below in bold. The ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Oscars 2020: Full list of winners

Best Motion Picture of the year

Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story 1917 Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Parasite

Best Director

Martin Scorsese, The Irishman Todd Phillips, Joker Sam Mendes, 1917 Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Bong Joon Ho,...

Awards season officially comes to a close on Oscar Sunday.

The 92nd Academy Awards will be held at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on Feb. 9 and air live on ABC at 5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et. Red carpet coverage will begin at 3:30 p.m. Pt/6:30 p.m. Et. Viewers will be able to live-stream the awards show on abc.com or on the ABC app via DirecTV Now, Hulu, PlayStation Vue and YouTube TV.

The ceremony, which is going hostless again, will include appearances from this year’s nominees, as well as presenters Salma Hayek, Brie Larson, James Corden, Regina King, Lin-Manuel Miranda and more. Additionally, the show will feature performances from Cynthia Erivo, Idina Menzel, Elton John, Chrissy Metz, Randy Newman and five-time Grammy winner Billie Eilish.

A special tribute for Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna is scheduled to take place during the ceremony. The pair,...

‘Joker’ leads nominations with 11; ‘The Irishman’, ’Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’, ‘1917’ have 10 each.

The 92nd Academy Awards takes place in Los Angeles on Sunday night (February 9) and Screen will post all the winners here live and on Twitter as they happen.

As each award is given out, the winner in each category will be shown in bold, below.

For the second year in a row the show will not have a host; instead a rolling list of presenters includes Tom Hanks, Natalie Portman, Timothée Chalamet and Mindy Kaling.

Todd Phillips’ comic book adaptation Joker leads the nominations with 11, 1917,...

‘1917’ leads the way; Joaquin Phoenix, Renée Zellweger, ‘Parasite’, ‘Bait’ among the winners.

The 2020 Bafta Film Awards are taking place tonight (2 Feb) at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Screen will be posting all the winners on this page and on Twitter as they are announced.

The ceremony started at 18:45 UK time and finishes at approximately 21:30, with Graham Norton on hosting duties for the first time.

Joker leads the way with 11 nominations. The Irishman and Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood follow on 10, with 1917 earning nine nods.

Winners as they happen in bold (latest first), below.

Leading Actress Jessie Buckley...

“There is nothing more fun to do at five o’clock in the morning,” laughs sound mixer Tom Ozanich about the excitement he and his fellow nominees felt on the morning of the Oscar nominations announcement, where their film “Joker” led the pack with an impressive 11 nominations, including for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing.

Ozanich is joined by fellow nominee Dean Zupancic who were both nominated for the second year in a row for sound mixing (after ‘A Star is Born’ last year) and who share the nomination with team member Tod Maitland. They are also joined by nominee Alan Robert Murray, who is nominated for the record tenth time for best Sound Mixing (winning twice for “Letters from Iwo Jima” in 2005 and “American Sniper” in 2014). Watch our exclusive video interview with Murray, Ozanich and Zupancic above.

See ‘Joker’ leads Oscar nominations with 11, followed by ‘Irishman,’ ‘1917’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood...

Actor-producer Bradley Cooper, who is a co-producer on "Joker", feels the film's writer-director Todd Phillips is a visionary, and adds that he feels honoured to be associated with the film.

The film, an origin story about superhero Batman's biggest enemy Joker, got 11 Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. Other categories are: cinematography, adapted screenplay, costume design, sound mixing, sound editing, original score, film editing and make-up and hairstyling.

Also Read:?Joaquin Phoenix's 'Joker' leads 2020 Oscar nominations list

Thanking the film's cast and crew, Cooper said: "I'm so incredibly thrilled for Todd Phillips, (the film's co-writer) Scott Silver, Joaquin Phoenix, (co-producer) Emma Tillinger Koskoff, (composer) Hildur GuAonadAttir, Lawrence Sher, Mark Bridges, Jeff Groth, Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou, Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland."

Cooper also thanked the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "Thank you to the Academy...

Filmmaker Todd Phillips' "Joker", an origin story about superhero Batman's biggest enemy Joker, led the Oscar nominations with 11 nods, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.

Sam Mendes' World War drama "1917", Quentin Tarantino's ode to Los Angeles "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood", and Martin Scorsese's mob epic "The Irishman" followed close behind with 10 nods each.

Also Read:?Joaquin Phoenix's 'Joker' leads BAFTA 2020 nominations

Those films, along with "Ford v Ferrari", "Jojo Rabbit", "Little Women", "Marriage Story" and "Parasite" will compete for Best Picture, reports variety.com.

Female filmmakers were entirely shut out of the Best Director race. Along with Phillips, the nominees in the category include Scorsese for "The Irishman," Mendes for "1917", Tarantino for "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" and Bong Joon Ho for "Parasite".

Here is the complete list of Oscar nominations 2020:

Best Film:

* "Ford v Ferrari"

* "The Irishman...

Oscars 2020 nominations : Team Joker reacts

Last night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this year?s Oscar nominees and Warner Bros Pictures, Joker received incredible recognition. Joker leads all films with 11 nominations.

Joker has swept the 92nd Oscar nominations by getting nominated in the following categories

Best Picture - Todd Phillips

Best Director - Todd Phillips

Leading Actor - Joaquin Phoenix

Cinematography - Lawrence Sher,

Adapted screenplay - Todd Phillips, Scott Silver

Costume Design - Mark Bridges

Sound Mixing - Tod Maitland, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic

Sound Editing - Alan Robert Murray

Original Score - Hildur Gu?nad?ttir

Film Editing - Jeff Groth

Make-up and Hairstyling - Nicki Lederman (Make-Up), Kay Georgiou (Hair)?

Needless to add, Team Joker is overwhelmed and here is what they have to say on the nominations to the coveted Oscars

Todd Phillips

?Joker began as an idea, an experiment really?...

The 2020 Oscar nominations have been revealed and it was a big day for Joker. Warner Bros.' blockbuster DC Comics adaptation led the pack with a grand total of 11 nominations, including Best Picture. Not only did it have more nominations than any other movie this year, but it also set a new record for comic book movies overall, as no other movie based on a comic book has scored more nominations in the history of the Academy Awards.

Joker was nominated for Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role (Joaquin Phoenix), Cinematography (Lawrence Sher), Costume Design (Mark Bridges), Directing (Todd Phillips), Film Editing (Jeff Groth), Makeup and Hairstyling (Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou), Original Score (Hildur Guonadottir), Sound Editing (Alan Robert Murray), Sound Mixing and Adapted Screenplay ( Todd Phillips and Scott Silver). Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Martin Scorsese's The Irishman and Sam Mendes' 1917 were...

Chicago – In a sense of deja vu from the recent Golden Globe Awards, the nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards has been named on January 13th, 2020. This breaks a precedent of the last ten years, with the Oscar ceremony moved up to February 9th from it’s usual position in late February to early March.

Nine films were named in the Best Picture category, with “Little Women” and “Ford vs. Ferrari” joining the seven other films recognized by the Golden Globes (including Best Foreign Language Film Globe winner “Parasite”). “Joker” led the numbers game with 11 nominations, with 10 nods for “1917,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “The Irishman.” The Best Actress category was exactly the same as the Globes (Drama), and Leonardo Di Caprio is the only difference in the Best Actor column. As at the Golden Globes, the directing category is the same five men, again snubbing Greta Gerwig for “Little Women.

Making Oscars history, “Joker” joins “Black Panther” as only the second comic book movie ever to earn a nomination for best picture. It’s also the first film adapted from the canon of DC Comics characters to be nominated for the Oscar’s top prize. And, with a record 11 nominations, “Joker” is also the first comic book movie to earn the most nominations of any film in a given year.

The nominations for “Joker” include: Best picture for Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff; best director for Phillips (who was not nominated for the DGA award); best actor for Joaquin Phoenix; best adapted screenplay for Phillips and Scott Silver;, best film editing for Jeff Groth; best original score for Hildur Guðnadóttir (a rare nomination for a female film composer); best cinematography for Lawrence Sher; best costume design for Mark Bridges; best makeup and hair for Nicki Ledermann and...

A film about a villain made a heroic showing at Monday morning's Oscar nominations. Joker earned 11 nominations, the most of any comic book-based movie ever.

Joker got nominations for best picture, best actor for Joaquin Phoenix; best directing for Todd Phillips; best adapted screenplay for Phillips and Scott Silver; best film editing for Jeff Groth; best cinematography for Lawrence Sher; best costume design for Mark Bridges; best sound mixing for Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland; best sound editing for Alan Robert Murray; best score for Hildur Gudnadóttir; best makeup and hair styling for Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou;...

A film about a villain made a heroic showing at Monday morning's Oscar nominations. Joker earned 11 nominations, the most of any comic book-based movie ever.

Joker got nominations for best picture, best actor for Joaquin Phoenix; best directing for Todd Phillips; best adapted screenplay for Phillips and Scott Silver; best film editing for Jeff Groth; best cinematography for Lawrence Sher; best costume design for Mark Bridges; best sound mixing for Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland; best sound editing for Alan Robert Murray; best score for Hildur Gudnadóttir; best makeup and hair styling for Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou;...

Oscar nominations for the 92nd annual Academy Awards were announced Monday morning from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Martin Scorsese’s mob epic “The Irishman,” Quentin Tarantino’s ode to Los Angeles “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” and Noah Baumbach’s drama “Marriage Story” are expected to sweep nominations. Renee Zellweger is favored to land her fourth Oscar nod, this time for her turn as Judy Garland in the biopic “Judy.” Meanwhile, Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker”) and Adam Driver (“Marriage Story”) are the odds-on favorites among lead actors.

Other films that are anticipating recognition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences include Sam Mendes’ WWI film “1917,” Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of “Little Women” and Bong Joon Ho’s social thriller “Parasite.

The Academy Awards will air live Feb. 6 on ABC.

Here is the full list of 2020 Oscar nominations (updating life):

Best Picture:

“Ford v...

We haven’t updated the precursors in a little bit, so that’s what we’re going to do today. Most recently, the USC Scripter nominations were announced, but that comes after a rave of announcements that included a number of guilds that hold major sway over who and what will receive Academy Award nominations next month. In addition, a few days ago the Academy announced the return of their program Oscar Spotlight: Documentaries, an endeavor meant to allow a wider array of folks to see the docs hoping to be nominated. We’ve got the rest of the precursors you haven’t seen yet, guild wise, alongside those announcements. You can see all of that below, so why don’t we run that all down for you now? First up, the nominees for the 32nd-Annual USC Libraries Scripter Award: Film Dark Waters (Focus Features) Matthew Carnahan and Mario Correa,...

The Motion Picture Sound Editors (Mpse) made some noise today as they revealed the extensive list of nominees for the 67th Annual Mpse Golden Reel Awards. The nominees are a representation of the work of the world’s most talented sound artists and their contributions to the past year’s most outstanding feature film, television, animation, computer entertainment and student productions.

“Sound artists continue to push boundaries for artistry and technical achievement in entertainment sound,” said Mpse president Tom McCarthy. “This year’s nominees represent the best work in sound across films, television, games, documentaries and other media. On behalf of The Motion Picture Sound Editors, I would like to congratulate all the nominees for their outstanding contributions to the art of sound.”

The Mpse Golden Reel Awards will give shine to outstanding achievement in sound editing in a staggering 23 categories encompassing feature films, television, animation, computer entertainment and student work.

The next step in Clint Eastwood’s late season crashing of the awards bubble: a buzzy world premiere at one of the last pre-Oscars fall film festivals. The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that Eastwood’s fact-based drama “Richard Jewell” will celebrate its world premiere at AFI Fest this November in Los Angeles. The film, made in short order (as has become Eastwood’s signature), debuted its first trailer just last week, announcing its entry into an already-crowded awards season.

“Clint Eastwood is an American icon,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI President and CEO in an official statement. “It is an honor for AFI to premiere this next chapter in his storied career — one that continues to enrich the nation’s cultural legacy with undeniable impact.” Eastwood himself will be on hand to introduce the new film, starring Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, and Olivia Wilde,...

Roma wins best film and best director, The Favourite wins seven awards including best actress for Olivia Colman.

Roma took home best film at the 2019 Baftas, as well as best foreign film, best director and best cinematography.

The Favourite won the most awards in total, seven, including best actress for Olivia Colman.

The ceremony took place on Feb 10 at the Royal Albert Hall and was hosted by Joanna Lumley for a second time.

The full list of winners Best Film BLACKkKLANSMAN Jason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele The Favourite Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lee Magiday Green Book Jim Burke,...

“Roma” was the big winner at the BAFTA Awards in London, winning Best Film and Best Director even as “The Favourite” won more prizes overall. Yorgos Lanthimos’ regal period piece led all film with seven wins after likewise picking up the most nominations (12), with Olivia Colman (Best Actress), Rachel Weisz (Best Supporting Actress), and screenwriters Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara among the honorees; it was also named Outstanding British Film.

“Bohemian Rhapsody” star Rami Malek continued his awards-season dominance after also winning Best Actor laurels at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild, with Mahershala Ali doing the same in the Supporting category for “Green Book.”

Read the full list of winners below:

Best Film

“BlacKkKlansman”

“The Favourite”

“Green Book”

“Roma” (winner)

“A Star is Born”

Director

Bradley Cooper, “A Star is Born”

Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” (winner)

Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite”

Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”

Paweł Pawlikowski, “Cold War”

Original Screenplay

“Cold War,...

The 2019 Bafta Awards are taking place tonight at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

The 2019 Bafta Awards are taking place tonight (10 Feb) at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Screen will be posting all the winners on this page and on Twitter as they are announced.

The ceremony starts at 18:45 UK time and finishes at approximately 21:30, with Joanna Lumley hosting for a second time.

Yorgos Lanthimos’ historical drama The Favourite leads the way with 12 nominations. Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, Roma and A Star Is Born follow on seven. Vice has six, BlacKkKlansman has five, with Cold War and Green Book on four each.

It’s that time of year again when the great and good of the British Film Industry gather and celebrate the greatest cinematic achievements of the past year. The 2019 BAFTA awards took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London and we were on the red carpet to talk with the stars.

The interviews are below, and the full list of winners follow and are marked in Bold.

Related: Hear from some of the nominees from the 2019 BAFTA Sessions

The 2019 BAFTA Red Carpet Interviews

The 2019 BAFTA Winners Press Conferences

The 2019 BAFTA Awards Winners (updated Live) Best Film

BLACKkKLANSMAN

The Favourite

Green Book

Roma – Winner

A Star Is Born

Outstanding British Film

Beast

Bohemian Rhapsody

The Favourite- Winner

McQueen

Stan & Ollie

You Were Never Really Here

Leading Actress

Glenn Close – The Wife

Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born

Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Olivia Colman – The Favourite – Winner

Viola Davis...

“Roma” was the big winner at the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association’s inaugural film awards, picking up a slew of prizes: Best Picture, Director, Actress, Original Screenplay, Production & Set Design, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, and Foreign-Language Film. Alfonso Cuarón’s black-and-white period piece has dominated this side of awards season, taking home top prizes from critics’ groups in Los Angeles, New York, and London, among others.

Also popular among the Leja was “If Beale Street Could Talk,” which won Best Supporting Actress for Regina King, Best Adapted Screenplay for Barry Jenkins, and Best Music for Nicholas Brittell. Full list of winners below.

Best Picture of the Year

“Black Panther”

“BlacKkKlansman”

“Bohemian Rhapsody”

“Cold War”

“The Favourite”

“Green Book”

“If Beale Street Could Talk”

“Roma”

“A Star is Born”

“Vice”

Best Achievement in Directing

Bradley Cooper, “A Star is Born”

Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma”

Barry Jenkins, “If Beale Street Could Talk”

Spike Lee,...

In this Oscar season’s top contenders for sound editing and mixing, craftspeople personalized their authentic sounds by linking them to characters or dramatic events. What we hear in “First Man,” “A Quiet Place,” “Roma,” “A Star Is Born,” and “Mary Poppins Returns” emanates from the outside world, but also turns inward. It’s heightened reality at its most creative, especially when mixed in Dolby Atmos, which adds greater accuracy and detail.

Since “First Man” is told from the point of view of a grieving Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling), director Damien Chazelle desired both historical accuracy and subjective intensity in the soundscape overseen by his Oscar-winning “La La Land” team. Fortunately, they got the full cooperation of Nasa to depict the Apollo mission to the moon, capturing authentic sounds of spacecraft and Mission Control.

Read More: Oscars 2019: Best Sound Editing Predictions

“We wanted to immerse the audience in the...

Bradley Cooper had lofty sonic ambitions for his directorial debut, “A Star is Born.” In fact, sound editor Alan Robert Murray reveals that the first-time filmmaker had envisioned “four soundscapes that he wanted to incorporate into the movie” — no pressure. Watch our exclusive video interview with Murray above.

See Sam Elliott (‘A Star Is Born’) on how he reacted when Bradley Cooper stole his voice [Exclusive Video Interview]

In addition to directing, Cooper stars in “Star” as Jackson Maine, a fading musician who helps propel a young singer, Ally (Lady Gaga), to stardom. For the film’s many concert sequences, Cooper and Murray wanted “everybody to feel like you were there.” And they contrasted those with more personal sequences that were “ratcheted down.” On top of that, they needed to convey Jackson’s “struggle with tinnitus” as well as transitions from “his loss of hearing” back to “reality.”

Of those four sound schemes,...

While deep into the standard 7.1 sound mix for “A Star Is Born,” Bradley Cooper was approached about doing a Dolby Atmos mix as well. But he was skeptical. After all, this wasn’t a Marvel superhero movie or a Disney/Pixar animated feature. This movie showcased Cooper performing live, intimate, musical performances with Lady Gaga.

Yet the first-time director and his mixing team experimented with Atmos and came away surprised at the way it isolated the vocals and instruments. Like Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” Atmos delivered a more nuanced and authentic soundscape.

Read More: Bradley Cooper Is Game to Perform ‘Shallow’ Live With Lady Gaga at the Oscars, and He’s Already Planning Something ‘Unorthodox’

“Atmos crept in at the last hour, but we didn’t think it was gonna work and we didn’t think it was necessary,” said Jason Ruder, the supervising music editor. “But we spent a week doing an Atmos delivery.

It might seem like an impossible feat, but with his version of “A Star Is Born,” Bradley Cooper both puts a fresh spin on a decades-old movie staple and transcends its very place in cinema history by fixing the story, turning a classic role, finally, into a tragic figure you actually care about.

For that and many more reasons (like a field that isn’t as competitive as usual), the lead actor Oscar race might be over and done with. Cooper is that good as the kind-hearted but haunted Jackson Maine, and the screenplay — from Cooper, Will Fetters, and Oscar winner Eric Roth — finely tunes his story, serving the character far better than any previous version of the tale has for Fredric March and James Mason’s Norman Maine, or Kris Kristofferson’s John Norman Howard.

That you can get two paragraphs into spelling out the virtues of this film...

Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin are ready to go to war. The first trailer for “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” is here, and the border drug war is more intense than ever.

In the sequel to the 2015 film, CIA operative Matt Graver (Brolin) hires revenge assassin Alejandro Gillick (del Toro) after drug cartels start smuggling terrorists across the U.S.-Mexico border. Their goal? To pit the cartels against each other.

“You’re gonna help us start a war,” Graver tells Alejandro. “With who?” he asks. “Everyone. No rules this time,” Graver replies.

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That war involves kidnapping Isabela Reyes (Isabela Moner), the daughter of drug kingpin Carlos Reyes. Suffice it to say, it won’t go smoothly.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Emily Blunt, the original “Sicario” was a modest hit, grossing $84.9 million worldwide. It received three...

In Sicario 2: Soldado, the drug war on the Us–Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the Us border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) reteams with the mercurial Alejandro Gillick (Benicio Del Toro).

Directed by Stefano Sollima and written by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario, Wind River and Hell Or High Water), watch the new trailer now.

In the 2015 film, FBI Agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) is recruited by a shadowy government official to join an inter-agency task force to apprehend a Mexican cartel leader. Guided by a consultant with a suspicious agenda and a tendency to use brutal tactics, Kate embarks on a mission that forces her to question her idealism and leaves her unsure who she can trust.

At Oscars 2016, Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve, saw three nominations for Best Cinematography, Best Original Score and Best Sound Editing. This...

As evidenced by the fact that Donald Trump says he’ll “Probably” be Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, Donald Trump almost certainly won’t be Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. (Also, the fact that chief content officer Alan Murray called it “total Bs.”) Like most communiqués from the tweeter-in-chief, this latest tantrum has inspired mockery from the likes of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jordan Peele, and Ava DuVernay.

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.@nytimes just called to say I was Probably going to be named comedienne of the year but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway! @andy_murray

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD) November 25, 2017

Time Magazine called to say that I was Definitely going to be named “Man (Person...

Update:

Winners are now indicated. I correctly guessed 11 out of the 24 categories, which is slightly better than last year, when I guessed 10 out of 24.

Previous 02.26.17:

I’ve now seen as many of the nominated films as I will be able to before tonight’s ceremony, and here finally are my educated guesses about who will take home each award — projected winners are Xed at the lefthand side. Keep in mind: those Xes don’t represent whom I think should win Oscars but whom I think will win, based on what little I can grasp about how the Academy thinks. I’ve also noted which nominees I think should win. Kindly note that this is not necessarily my take on who did the best performance/writing/FX/whatever of the year, but whom I think is best among the nominees.

I have not noted a “should win” for the feature documentary category,...

The 89th Annual Academy Awards kicked off Sunday at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center, and as expected, the A-Listers came dressed to impress.

La La Land star Emma Stone wowed in a classy, custom-created Givenchy gown, while Hidden Figures star Taraji P. Henson opted for a blue velvet Alberta Ferretti dress, which featured a thigh-high slit. The men looked just as handsome, with Stone's co-star, Ryan Gosling, sporting a Gucci suit, and Fifty Shades Darker star Jamie Dornan in a cream-colored tuxedo jacket.

And while the red carpet looks were undoubtedly fabulous, all eyes were on the night's big winners. See the full list of everyone who took home a shiny statuette and check back throughout the night for updates!

Best Picture

Moonlight

La La Land

Lion

Manchester by the Sea

Fences

Arrival

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

Hacksaw Ridge

Best Actor

Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea *Winner*

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Moonlight claimed the top prize at Sunday’s 89th Academy Awards in a dramatic finale.Full list of winnersBEST Motion Picture Of The YEARArrivalFencesHacksaw RidgeHell Or High WaterHidden FiguresLionLa La LandManchester By The SeaMoonlightPERFORMANCE By An Actress In A Leading ROLEIsabelle Huppert, ElleRuth Negga, LovingNatalie Portman, JackieEmma Stone, La La LandMeryl Streep, Florence Foster JenkinsPERFORMANCE By An Actor In A Leading ROLECasey Affleck, Manchester By The SeaDenzel Washington, FencesRyan Gosling, La La LandAndrew Garfield, Hacksaw RidgeViggo Mortensen, Captain FantasticBEST DIRECTORDamien Chazelle, La La LandBarry Jenkins, MoonlightKenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The SeaDenis Villeneuve, ArrivalMel Gibson, Hacksaw RidgeADAPTED SCREENPLAYArrival, Eric HeissererFences, August WilsonHidden Figures, Allison Schroeder and Theodore MelfiLion, Luke DaviesMoonlight, Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraneyORIGINAL SCREENPLAYHell Or High Water, Taylor SheridanLa La Land, Damien ChazelleThe Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis FilippouManchester By The Sea, Kenneth Lonergan20th Century Women, Mike MillsACHIEVEMENT In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Song)‘Audition (The Fools Who Dream)’ from...

Sunday’s 89th Academy Awards are underway at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney took to the stage at the Dolby Theatre in a popular adapted screenplay win for Moonlight as the drama earned its second win of the night.

Moments earlier Kenneth Lonergan accepted the original screenplay award for Manchester By The Sea in the film’s first prize. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon – winners of this award for Good Will Hunting 19 years ago – presented the honour to Lonergan. Damon was a producer on the film.

Meryl Streep used her Oscar show platform to pay subtle homage to the unifying power of film when she joined Javier Bardem on stage at the Dolby Theatre to present the cinematography award.

“Truth is hard to reveal,” Streep said, “but when it happens on the movie screen filmgoers no matter where they are from, feel their hearts soar.”

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Just days after the two were spotting kissing in Los Angeles, Josh Murray has dropped yet another hint that he may have gotten back together with Amanda Stanton.

“Crazies stick with crazies #breakovermorepackingtodo,” tweeted the Atlanta native on Wednesday, leaving fans speculating if he might be moving back in with Stanton on the West Coast.

Crazies stick with crazies #breakovermorepackingtodo

— Josh Allan Murray (@JoshAllanMurray) February 23, 2017

Murray, 32, and Stanton, 26, met while starring as contestants on Bachelor in Paradise last summer. The two got engaged on the season finale and Murray moved in with Stanton and her two daughters in Irvine, California,...

The nominations for the 89th Academy Awards are in and La La Land leads the pack with 14 nominations! I knew La La Land was going to explode at this event, and it's probably going to end up taking home many of the awards is was nominated for. The 14 nominations ties the record with 1997's Titanic and 1950's All About Eve.

Arrival ended up with eight nominations as did Moonlight, while Hacksaw Ridge, Lion, and Manchester by the Sea all got six. Deadpool ended up with zero nominations. I was hoping to see it somewhere on the list, but it looks like all that hype didn't work.

Every film and actor who was nominated for their work deserves to be on this list, so congratulations to them all! There are so many great films and actors to root for, but there can be only one winner in each category.

Jimmy Kimmel...

Amy Adams, Finding Dory, Billy Lynn shut out; Nocturnal Animals, Silence fail to impress voters.

There were few major upsets to be found among the 2017 Oscar nominations, which were revealed online via live stream earlier today (Jan 24).

As predicted by many industry commentators, La La Land led the way with 14 nominations – a record-tying figure.

Of the films to underperform, Focus Features may be disappointed to see Tom Ford’s thrilling Nocturnal Animals score only a single nomination.

Michael Shannon’s nod in the supporting actor category over Hugh Grant for Florence Foster Jenkins was something of a surprise after the latter received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Bafta nominations.

Titles to outperform Nocturnal Animals include disaster movie Deepwater Horizon and sci-fi romance Passengers.

In the leading actress category, Amy Adams for Arrival and Annette Bening for 20th Century Women were both overlooked, seemingly missing out to Isabelle Huppert for Elle and Meryl Streep for Florence Foster Jenkins.

The...

The 89th Academy Awards nominees were revealed on Tuesday morning, and as expected, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone's musical movie, La La Land, earned the most nominations.

La La Land earned 14 nominations, making the film tied with Titanic (1997) and All About Eve (1950) for the most Oscar nods in history.

Previous Oscar-winning and nominated actors -- including Jennifer Hudson, Brie Larson, Emmanuel Lubezki, Jason Reitman and Ken Watanabe -- read off the nominees in the pre-taped Oscars announcement.

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Here's the full list of nominees:

Best Picture:

Moonlight

La La Land

Lion

Manchester By the Sea

Fences

Arrival

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

Hacksaw Ridge

Best Actor:

Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea

Denzel Washington, Fences

Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Vigo Mortenson, Captain Fantastic

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

Best Supporting Actor:

Dev Patel, Lion

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

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Several of this year’s sound contenders explored battles and other action in a retro fashion very different from the usual superhero mayhem. They include the World War II arenas of “Hacksaw Ridge” and “Allied,” as well as the grittier “Star Wars” battles in “Rogue One”; the terrorist bombing of “Patriots Day”; the miracle on the Hudson in “Sully”; and the unique Indian presence of “The Jungle Book.”

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”

To comply with director Gareth Edwards’ desire for a grittier “Star Wars” movie, sound editors Matthew Wood and Christopher Scarabosio created a new kind of soundscape. “We tried to make it more war-like than a classic ‘Star Wars’ battle,” Scarabosio told IndieWire. “Obviously there are lasers but we were going for impacts that were more realistic, more like you would hear when a bullet hits a tree or some kind of container, and of sand kicking up.

Non-linear storytelling has turned out to be a pivotal Oscar trend, embraced by the three frontrunners “La La Land,” “Manchester by the Sea” and “Moonlight,” among others.

And although flashbacks and flash forwards are often confusing or cliche-ridden, these editors experiment with them in fresh and unpredictable ways. The results not only provide greater character insight but also more adventurous narrative experiences.

“La La Land”

With the bittersweet love story between Ryan Gosling’s Sebastian and Emma Stone’s Mia, Damien Chazelle constructed a musical bridge between the past and the present — La and Hollywood as both dreamland and boulevard of broken dreams. It’s filled with flashbacks, flash forwards and dream sequences, but the challenge for editor Tom Cross (Oscar-winner for “Whiplash”) was giving equal weight to the struggling jazz pianist and aspiring actress. He did so with judicious moments, together and separately in a very musical way, alternating...

Descending from a lineage of Oscar-sound editors—including his Oscar nominated grandfather, Robert G. Henderson, and his father, Oscar winner Alan Robert Murray—editor Blu Murray quickly realized through firsthand experience that sound editing wasn’t for him. Of interest, though, was the craft of picture editing; recognizing that picture and sound editors operate within the same union, Murray put his time into sound work before transitioning over, making his own beginning…...