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Veteran motion picture and television executive Frank Price, who had more than one go-round at both McA/Universal and Columbia Pictures, died Monday in Santa Monica. He was 95.

His son Roy Price, former president of Amazon Studios, reported his death, posting on X, “My father, Frank Price, passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning at 95. He lived a full life and we will miss him deeply.”

One of the few journeymen writer-producers to rise through the ranks to head both television and film production divisions, Price headed McA’s TV division in the 1970s, a period of great prosperity for the company, with such series as “Kojak,” “Baretta” and “The Rockford Files.” He moved on to become president of Columbia Pictures in 1978 and then chairman and CEO before he left in 1983; such films as “Kramer vs. Kramer,” “The Big Chill,” “Tootsie,” “Gandhi,” “Ghostbusters” and “The Karate Kid” were released...

Frank Price, a writer-producer who made the rare leap to studio executive and became the head of Universal and Columbia Pictures, has died at the age of 95, according to his son and former Amazon Studios head Roy Price.

Price’s four-decade rise from CBS story editor to the head of Universal Television and later Columbia has left an immeasurable impact on Hollywood, from helping to pioneer formats like miniseries and made-for-tv movies to overseeing the release of Best Picture Oscar winners like “Out of Africa” and “Gandhi” and some of the biggest zeitgeist-defining films of the 80s like “Ghostbusters” and “The Karate Kid.

“My father, Frank Price, passed away peacefully...

Frank Price, the writer-producer who emerged from the world of TV Westerns to preside over the television and movie divisions at Universal and serve two terms as the head of Columbia Pictures, died Monday. He was 95.

Price died in his sleep of natural causes at his home in Santa Monica, his son Roy Price, the former president of Amazon Studios, told The Hollywood Reporter.

As a movie boss, Frank Price had a hand in such critical successes as the Oscar best picture winners Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Gandhi (1982) and Out of Africa (1985) and huge money-makers including Tootsie (1982), Ghostbusters (1984), The Karate Kid (1984), Back to the Future (1985), Boyz n the Hood (1991) and A League of Their Own (1992).

Earlier, Price had spent nearly two decades as a writer, producer and then head of Universal Television. His idea put The Virginian — one of TV’s longest-running Westerns — in motion, and he executive produced Ironside and It Takes a Thief.

Dustin Hoffman allegedly slapped actress Meryl Streep while working on the critically acclaimed 1979 movie Kramer vs Kramer. The movie, centered around the fallout of a couple’s divorce, features some intense dramatic moments between Hoffman and Streep’s characters.

However, according to reports, Hoffman may have overstepped his boundaries while opting for method acting with a then relatively unknown Streep, who won her first Oscar for her performance in the movie. After years of reports and speculation, Streep admitted to being slapped by Hoffman (via The Independent), and here is what she had to say about working with the actor on Kramer vs Kramer.

Dustin Hoffman Allegedly Abused Meryl Streep on Kramer vs Kramer

Dustin Hoffman is best known for his Oscar-winning roles in movies like Rain Man and Kramer vs Kramer. The latter saw him sharing screen space with Meryl Streep, who played his on-screen wife, Joanna Kramer, in the movie.

A new report from The Wall Street Journal reveals that audio of Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver screaming at each other in Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” is being used by the United States Department of Agriculture to scare off wolves from killing cattle and scaring livestock on farms across the America. The fight scene is the most emotionally volatile moment in Baumbach’s 2019 drama, which earned both Johansson and Driver Oscar nominations.

Per the WSJ: “Riding to the rescue are drone cowhands, whose quadcopters have thermal cameras that can reveal any wolf lurking in the darkness and bathe it in a spotlight. A loudspeaker broadcasts alarming sounds like fireworks, gunshots and people arguing. One recording is of the fight between Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in the movie ‘Marriage Story.'”

“I need the wolves to respond and know that, hey, humans are bad,” a Usda district supervisor in Oregon told the publication.

Before voting for the Emmy winners (beginning Aug. 18), Television Academy members are encouraged to watch all of the nominees' episode submissions, though it's not a requirement. While the lead and supporting acting episode submissions will be unveiled soon by Gold Derby, the guest stars' choices in drama and comedy were publicly available on the nominating ballots.

Read on for everything to know about the Emmy episode submissions for Best Drama Guest Actress and Best Drama Guest Actor, where the contenders include four-time Oscar nominee Jane Alexander and Best Actor Oscar winner Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland).

Best Drama Guest Actress

Jane Alexander as Sissy Cobel in Severance

Episode: "Sweet Vitriol"

Recap: Celestine, or “Sissy, ” is Harmony Cobel’s maternal aunt, whom Harmony visits in Season 2. A fervent acolyte of Lumon founder Kier Eagan, Sissy lives a monastic and reclusive life in the remote town of Salt’s Neck,...

Movistar Plus+ and Sony Pictures Entertainment have renewed their long-standing partnership, securing continued access for Spanish audiences to Sony’s theatrical films and television content, including exclusivity in the Pay 1 window.

The new agreement ensures Movistar Plus+ remains the exclusive Pay 1 home for Sony Pictures films in Spain following their theatrical and home entertainment runs. Among the upcoming titles are “28 Years Later,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and “Karate Kid: Legends.”

The deal extends to Sony’s extensive catalogue, which includes blockbuster franchises such as “Spider-Man,” “Ghostbusters,” “Jumanji,” “Men in Black,” “Bad Boys,” “Hotel Transylvania,” and “The Da Vinci Code,” as well as critically acclaimed films like “Whiplash,” “Little Women,” and “Call Me by Your Name.” All-time classics such as “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” “Easy Rider,” “A Few Good Men,” “Kramer vs. Kramer,” and “My Best Friend’s Wedding” will also continue to be part of the offering.

One of Hollywood’s most independent and original Oscar-winning writer-directors

Cultured, modest, intelligent: not words that immediately spring to mind when describing most Hollywood moviemakers. But for the writer-director Robert Benton, who has died aged 92 they are entirely apt.

Combined with a sparse output, those qualities kept him on the periphery of mainstream cinema and its publicity treadmill – despite Oscar-winning successes including Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984), plus one of the most celebrated debuts in movie history when, at 35, he won his first Oscar nomination as co-writer of Bonnie and Clyde (1967). He was 40 when he made the Jeff Bridges western Bad Company – the first of only 11 feature film directorial credits.

Three-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Robert Benton has died. He was 92.

Per Variety, Benton, who won two Oscars for 1979’s Kramer vs. Kramer died on May 11 in Manhattan. His death was confirmed by Marisa Forzano, Benton’s assistant and manager.

Born Robert Douglas Benton, in Waxahachie, Texas, the filmmaker received a Bfa from the University of Texas. He then went on to pursue a Master’s at Columbia University and aspired to be a painter. In 1954, he was drafted into the Army and painted dioramas at Fort Bliss during his time in the service. He would go on to work as an art director at Esquire magazine from 1958 to 1964.

Benton won two Oscars for Kramer vs. Kramer, the drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, one for Best Director and one for Best Writing. He won another Best Writing Oscar in 1985 for Places in the Heart, the drama that starred Sally Field,...

Robert Benton has died at the age of 92.The Oscar-winning director - who was best known for writing and directing the 1979 drama movie 'Kramer vs. Kramer' - has passed away, with Marisa Forzano, his longtime assistant, confirming the news to the New York Times newspaper.Benton was the art director at Esquire magazine in the early 60s, before he became part of the film industry with the help of acclaimed screenwriter David Newman.Benton once explained in an interview: "I had been working as an art director at Esquire and I got fired."I decided to write a screenplay. I am dyslexic. I cannot spell or punctuate. I knew a young editor at Esquire, a wonderful writer, David Newman. I sold him on the glamorous life of the Hollywood screenwriter."Benton wrote his first screenplay with Newman for 'Bonnie and Clyde', the 1967 biographical crime film that...

Robert Benton, who co-wrote movies such as Bonnie & Clyde and directed films such as Kramer Vs. Kramer and Places in the Heart, died at his home in Manhattan on Sunday at age 92. His passing was confirmed to the New York Times by Marisa Forzano, his assistant and manager.

Benton was born in during the Depression in Waxahachie, Texas, and many of his films echoed that milieu. In the early ’60s, he got a job at Esquire during the magazine’s golden age when it helped pioneer the New Journalism movement. It was also the prelude to the magazine’s great, high-concept covers.

Benton’s first screenplay was Bonnie and Clyde, co-written with David Newman, who would become a frequent collaborator. After becoming fascinated with the criminal couple’s Depression-era story, Benton and Newman decamped to the heartland to interview people who knew them and get a sense of what the film might be.

The writer and director, whose credits also include Bonnie and Clyde, Superman and Places in the Heart, died at his New York City home

Oscar-winning writer and director Robert Benton has died at the age of 92.

He won his two Academy awards for divorce drama Kramer vs Kramer. His longtime assistant and manager confirmed his death to the New York Times.

Three-time Oscar winner Robert Benton, the acclaimed filmmaker behind Kramer vs. Kramer, Places in the Heart, andNobody’s Fool, has died at the age of 92. His death was confirmed Sunday in Manhattan by his longtime assistant and manager, Marisa Forzano, as reported by The New York Times. Benton's career achievements, across multiple decades and disciplines, have made him a legend of American cinema. He won Academy Awards for both directing and writing Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), as well as for his screenplay for Places in the Heart (1984). He was also an Oscar-nominated co-writer of Bonnie and Clyde (1967), which is quite the legacy to leave behind.

Benton was born in Waxahachie, Texas, and earned a Bfa from the University of Texas before beginning a master’s degree at Columbia. He supported himself as a cartoonist before eventually landing a job at Esquire, where he served as art director from 1958 to 1964, and it...

Three-time Oscar-winning director and screenwriter Robert Benton, who helmed the 1979 best picture Oscar winner “Kramer vs. Kramer” as well as such films as “The Late Show,” “Places in the Heart” and “Nobody’s Fool” and collaborated on the screenplay for “Bonnie and Clyde,” died Sunday in Manhattan. He was 92.

His death was confirmed to the New York Times by his assistant and manager Marisa Forzano.

Benton, who started out as an art director at Esquire magazine, was partnered early on with fellow Esquire alumnus David Newman. They penned the innovative, award-winning 1967 film “Bonnie and Clyde,” which launched both their careers. They gradually diverged as Benton expanded into directing starting with “Bad Company,” starring Jeff Bridges.

After “Kramer,” he continued to turn out dramatic films, which he often wrote as well as directed. He brought Oscar fortune to actors including Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Sally Field, John Malkovich, Jane Alexander and Paul Newman,...

Robert Benton, writer and director of the highly acclaimed “Kramer vs. Kramer,” has died, the New York Times reported Tuesday. He was 92.

Benton, who also worked on the screenplay for “Bonnie and Clyde,” died on Sunday at his home in Manhattan, the Times reported, citing longtime assistant and manager Marisa Forzano.

“Kramer vs. Kramer,” a raw look at the realities of a modern divorce, was one of the most decorated films of its time. Nominated for nine Academy Awards in 1980, it took home five: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Benton).

Benton also won an Oscar for “Places in the Heart,” which he wrote and directed. He got his break while working at Esquire magazine, where a colleague, David Newman, was working on a screenplay about infamous bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.

Their script, directed by Arthur Penn...

Robert Benton, the much-admired screenwriter turned director who co-wrote Bonnie and Clyde and received a pair of Academy Awards for his work on the best picture winner Kramer vs. Kramer, has died. He was 92.

Benton died Sunday at his home in Manhattan, his longtime assistant and manager, Marisa Forzano, told The New York Times.

Benton captured a third Oscar for his screenplay for Places in the Heart (1984), an autobiographical saga based on his grandmother’s hard experiences during the Depression in Texas. He received yet another Oscar nomination for his direction of that drama, and he was nominated for his screenplays for Bonnie and Clyde (1967) — one of the fruits of his partnership with David Newman — The Late Show (1977) and Nobody’s Fool (1994). He helmed the last two as well.

Benton and Newman also wrote films including There Was a Crooked Man … (1970), directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and the Peter Bogdanovich screwball...

Marvin Levy, the veteran marketing and communications executive and longtime publicist for Steven Spielberg, died on Tuesday (April 7). He was 96.

In a career spanning 70 years, Levy established himself as one of the most influential public relations executives in Hollywood. In 2018 he became the first and only marketing or PR professional to win an honorary Oscar.

In a statement on Tuesday evening Spielberg said, “Marvin’s passing is a huge loss for me and our industry writ large. There are many talented PR executives, but Marvin was one of a kind.”

Spielberg continued, “For over 50 years, he was a deeply loyal...

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the winners for its third annual Children's & Family Emmy Awards. The event took place March 15 at Television City in Los Angeles and streamed live on TheEmmys.TV app.

Meryl Streep (Storyline Online) won the award for Best Children's Personality, after previously taking home three Primetime Emmys for Holocaust (1978), Angels in America (2004), and Five Came Back (2017). She is a three-time Oscar winner for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Sophie's Choice (1982), and The Iron Lady (2011), which means she now has more overall Emmys than Oscars.

Other big-name champions included Christian Slater (The Spiderwick Chronicles) for Best Lead Performer in a Preschool, Children's, or Young Teen Program; Jacob Tremblay (Orion and the Dark) for Best Younger Voice Performer in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program category; Phoenix Laroche (The Velveteen Rabbit) for Best Younger Performer in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program; and Leslie Carrara-Rudolph...

[This story contains spoilers from Severance season two, episode eight, “Sweet Vitriol.”]

Jane Alexander first discovered Severance because of her grandsons. “It’s very popular, I think, with young people,” she hypothesizes over Zoom.

If Alexander is right, then all those young people currently tuning in to Severance‘s season two might be too young to realize the prestige of her appearance in last week’s episode. Here’s a catch-up: Alexander is well-known for movies like 1970’s The Great White Hope (and the play, with James Earl Jones, the year before), 1976’s All the President’s Men, 1979’s Kramer vs. Kramer and 1983’s Testament. She earned Oscar nominations for all of the above, won two Emmys (Playing for Time in 1980 and Warm Springs in 2005), a Tony (for the aforementioned The Great White Hope) and, from 1993 to 1997, led the National Endowment for the Arts.

“The arts have always been for everybody,” Alexander, now 85, tells The Hollywood Reporter.

Stanley R Jaffe, the US studio executive and Oscar-winning producer of films including Kramer Vs Kramer and Fatal Attraction, has died. He was 84.

Jaffe died peacefully at his home in Rancho Mirage, near Los Angeles, on Monday (March 10).

Born in New York, Jaffe was the son of Columbia Pictures executive Leo Jaffe. After an early stint at the CBS network, the younger Jaffe was recruited in 1969 by Paramount Pictures, where he soon became the studio’s youngest-ever president.

After leaving Paramount, he operated as an independent producer before joining Columbia Pictures in 1977, but he returned to independent production to make Kramer Vs Kramer,...

Stanley R. Jaffe, the Oscar-winning producer and studio executive known for films such as “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Fatal Attraction,” has died at his home in Rancho Mirage at the age of 84. His daughter, Betsy Jaffe, confirmed his passing.

Born in New Rochelle, New York, Jaffe was the son of Columbia Pictures chairman Leo Jaffe, who received the Academy’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1979. He pursued a career in the entertainment industry, earning an economics degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 1962 before starting at Seven Arts as an assistant to co-founder Eliot Hyman.

Jaffe’s early success as a producer came with “Goodbye, Columbus” (1969), based on Philip Roth’s novella. The film, directed by Larry Peerce and starring Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw, became a hit for Paramount and led Gulf & Western president Charles Bluhdorn to offer Jaffe a leadership role at the studio.

At...

Stanley R. Jaffe, the veteran producer and studio executive who won the Best Picture Oscar for “Kramer vs. Kramer,” has died at his Rancho Mirage home at the age of 84, according to his daughter, Betsy.

Born in New Rochelle, New York, Jaffe was the son of Columbia Pictures chairman Leo Jaffe, who received the Film Academy’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award in 1978. The younger Jaffe decided from an early age to follow his father in showbiz and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 1962 before getting his start at Seven Arts as an assistant to studio co-founder Eliot Hyman.

Jaffe’s first film as a producer was the 1969 romantic drama “Goodbye, Columbus,” which stars Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw as an army vet who ends up in a turbulent relationship with the daughter of an entrepreneur who struck it rich.

Directed by Larry Peerce and based on the 1959 novella by Philip Roth,...

Stanley R. Jaffe, who won an Oscar as producer of “Kramer vs. Kramer” in 1980 and served in top positions at several studios, died Monday in Rancho Mirage. He was 84.

Jaffe, the son of Columbia Pictures executive Leo Jaffe, also shepherded notable films including “Fatal Attraction,” “The Accused,” “Goodbye, Columbus” and “The Bad News Bears.”

While partnered with Sherry Lansing at Jaffe-Lansing Productions, he received an Oscar nomination for 1987’s “Fatal Attraction.”

Born in New York, Jaffe started out in the business at Seven Arts Associates, then joined CBS. He produced the audacious 1969 Philip Roth adaptation “Goodbye, Columbus” for Paramount, then joined the studio as executive VP and chief operations officer. He was soon named president of Paramount, staying for just a year before leaving to become an independent producer. His company Jaffilms made “The Bad News Bears” and “Bad Company” before he joined Columbia Pictures as executive VP of worldwide productions.

Stanley R. Jaffe, a former Paramount Pictures president who became the youngest studio chief in history and later won a Best Picture Oscar for producing Kramer vs. Kramer and was nominated for Fatal Attraction, died today. He was 84.

CAA, which repped Jaffe, confirmed his death to Deadline.

Jaffe was a decade into his career when he produced Kramer vs. Kramer, the riveting 1979 child-custody drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, both winning lead acting Oscars — Streep’s first of three. It also scored Best Director and Adapted Screenplay Oscars for director Robert Benton.

He followed that by producing Taps, about a mutiny at a soon-to-close military academy, starred Timothy Hutton and launched the careers of such future stars as Tom Cruise, Sean Penn and Giancarlo Esposito.

Those films came after Jaffe produced the 1969 Richard Benjamin-Ali MacGraw drama Goodbye, Columbus; I Start Counting (1970); the Jeff Bridges Civil War-era Bad Company (1972); and...

Stanley R. Jaffe, the producer and studio executive who won an Oscar in 1980 for Kramer vs. Kramer and shepherded other acclaimed films like Fatal Attraction, Goodbye, Columbus and The Bad News Bears, died Monday. He was 84.

Jaffe died peacefully at his home in Rancho Mirage, his daughter Betsy Jaffe announced.

A son of Leo Jaffe, an executive who spent more than a half-century at Columbia Pictures, Jaffe also received an Academy Award nomination for Fatal Attraction (1987), which he produced alongside Sherry Lansing during their fruitful eight-year partnership at Jaffe-Lansing Productions.

At age 29, Jaffe was named executive vp and COO of Paramount Pictures in October 1969, becoming the youngest head of a major studio in Hollywood history. Before he departed as president in August 1971 to return to independent producing, he greenlighted such films as Love Story (1970) and The Godfather (1972), projects also championed by chief of production Robert Evans.

Jaffe returned to the...

The concept of "twin films" has recently caught the attention of movie fans on social media. Twin films are a pair of movies with shockingly similar concepts that release in the same year. This phenomenon usually happens as a result of some cultural event bringing an idea to the forefront of the Hollywood hivemind, and two different studios entering development without awareness of each other. Some famous and funny examples include 2006's The Prestige and The Illusionist, two films about 19th century magicians, 2013's White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen, two films about attacks on the White House, and 2011's Friends with Benefits and No Strings Attached, two films about friendships turned hook-ups. Somehow, someway, these filmmakers settle on the same exact idea, and end up having to race to get their film released.

While slightly less notable, it's also interesting when films released decades apart somehow stumble upon similar terrain.

Earning his second Best Actor Oscar 22 years after his first, Adrien Brody entered the history books as the first leading actor to win two statuettes on his first two attempts on Sunday.

He won for his role as an ingenious, haunted architect in Brady Corbet’s epic, following his win in 2003 for Roman Polanski’s biographical World War II drama “The Pianist.”

And by wining Best Actor on Sunday, Brody not only made history but also preserved his place among Oscar milestones. Had 29-year-old Timothée Chalamet won in the category for “A Complete Unknown,” he would have become the youngest Best Actor victor ever, beating Brody’s own record from 2003.

Brody is the 11th leading actor to win twice in the top category.

“Acting is a very fragile profession,” Brody opened his acceptance speech. “It looks very glamorous, and certain moments it is, but the one thing that I’ve...

Oscars 2025 (Photo Credit – Prime Video)

The 97th Academy Awards will air on Sunday, March 2, 2025. It will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The event will be live-streamed in India on Monday in the wee hours of 5 A.M. on March 3, 2025. There are only a few hours left, so the red carpet has been rolled out, champagnes have been kept on ice, celebs are getting ready to turn heads with their glamorous looks, and we are waiting for the new batch of Oscar winners.

Conan O’Brien is going to host the event this year. Everyone is anticipating the big night to celebrate the huge wins. Before the celebration for this year begins, here’s a list of actresses, from Meryl Streep and Jane Fonda to Katharine Hepburn and others, who have won the maximum number of Oscars over the years. Scroll ahead.

Katharine Hepburn (4 wins out of 12 nominations...

Miss Rafferty has a mother, and it’s … Meryl Streep?!

The three-time Oscar winner made her first-ever appearance on Saturday Night Live during the 50th anniversary special on Sunday night. She popped up as Colleen Rafferty Sr., the mother of Kate McKinnon‘s iconic character who frequently gets abducted by aliens. Pedro Pascal and Woody Harrelson played their co-abductees, while Jon Hamm and Aidy Bryant interviewed them all as Pentagon officials.

“Us Rafferty gals, we always attracted the freaks,” Streep declared during SNL50. “For years I thought Colleen’s father was part alien, but it turns out he was just uncircumcised.”

The 75-year-old actress added, “I still had my pants on when they took me, but much like her, I’ve got an ‘into the woods’ sort of situation going on. My ex used to say that it was like trying to hack his way through the black forest.” That...

In “The Thing with Feathers,” Benedict Cumberbatch plays a London creator of graphic novels who, quite suddenly, finds himself a widower (his beloved wife collapsed on the kitchen floor and died). In an early scene, we see him try and sustain an atmosphere of everyday normality as he puts breakfast together for his two young sons. But it’s not happening. He feels like he’s juggling four tasks at once; he burns the toast and then frantically tries to scrape off the charred part (a mistake).

The character, who is never named (he’s referred to in the credits as “Dad”), has already shown the depths of his grief, sitting on the couch after the funeral, his tears slowly gushing forth. When Benedict Cumberbatch enacts a moment like this, you can bet that you’re not just seeing an actor cry; you’re seeing him act with every tear.

Meryl Streep, we miss you at the Academy Awards.

It’s been seven years since Streep was last nominated for an Oscar for her work in Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” in 2018.

Seven years without Streep is a long time.

Back then, she broke her own record as the most-nominated actress in Oscar history. Her best actress nod for playing Washington Post publisher Katherine Graham landed Streep her 21st Oscar nomination. Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson are tied in second place with a dozen each.

Streep has won Oscars for “Kramer vs. Kramer” in 1979 (supporting actress), “Sophie’s Choice” in 1982 (best actress) and “The Iron Lady” in 2011 (best actress).

The last time she went missing from the Oscars for a long period of time was in the 1990s when she had a gap between her nominations for “Postcards From the Edge” in 1991 to her best actress nod in 1996 for “Bridges of Madison County.

Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep starred in the Academy Award-winning Kramer vs. Kramer, but some on-set antagonism between the pair left a bad taste in Streep's mouth. Kramer vs. Kramer is what happens when an actor in his prime, an impossibly talented up-and-comer, a capable director, and a fascinating and moving story come together. Before there was Marriage Story, there was Kramer vs. Kramer, a 1979 legal drama that follows a couple's divorce and the subsequent evolution of their relationship through the trauma and how it affects their young son.

Dustin Hoffman is at his best as Ted Kramer, a workaholic advertising executive in NYC whose wife of eight years, Joanna (Meryl Streep), suddenly announces she wants a divorce. Shocked and angry, Ted begins an arduous custody battle with Joanna over their young son, Billy (Justin Henry), eventually coming to understand why his wife made this decision. The film went five...

In the entire history of the Academy Awards, only six Best Picture winners have been 100 minutes or less. It seems that traditional, Oscar-bait "prestige" pictures tend to run long, attracting Academy voters with their sheer volume. Extra-long films are also a little rare, though, as only five Best Picture Winners are 200 minutes or more. Additionally, a whopping 18 Best Pictures have been between 160 and 195 minutes, so voters clearly don't mind longer movies. Indeed, the average length of a Best Picture winner is 136 minutes. In terms of cinematic storytelling, that seems to be the sweet spot. 

Of course, Roger Ebert's adage needs to be mentioned. The famed critics once posited that no good movie is too long, and no bad movie is short enough. The actual length of a film doesn't really matter, so long as it's a quality picture, and it makes good use of its time. Personally, I feel...

Kathy Bates recently told a relatable story to Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) on his Dinner's On Me podcast (via TheWrap) when both she and fellow Oscar winner Meryl Streep lost the Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Catherine Zeta-Jones in 2003: They drowned their sorrows with vodka at the bar.

“It was a very Joan Crawford-Bette Davis moment. She slammed her evening bag down on the bar and said, ‘I’m having a vodka, straight, neat,’ and I slammed my evening bag down, I said, ‘I’m having what she’s having,’ and we tossed it. It was a moment.”

Zeta-Jones won the Oscar for Chicago, playing Velma Kelly. The film also won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Art Direction, and Best Film Editing. Meanwhile, Bates was nominated for her role as Roberta Hertzel in About Schmidt, a film that features Jack Nicholson playing completely against type. Streep...

"Oppenheimer" taking home Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars ceremony was more unusual than you might realize. As much as a WWII-era biopic about a bunch of white guys talking solemnly about Very Important Things qualifies as the ultimate dad movie, Christopher Nolan's film was also the first dyed-in-the-wool blockbuster to win Best Picture in two decades. Just as notably (but more relevant to our purposes here), "Oppenheimer" marked only the second time in that same period that Universal snagged the top prize at the Academy's annual awards show.

Take a step back and you'll notice that the biggest and oldest Hollywood studios, in general, began to win fewer and fewer Best Picture Oscars as the first quarter of the 21st century rolled along. Rather, this was the era in which the likes of indie-style producers and distributors such as Searchlight Pictures, A24, and Neon emerged as major players in the sometimes fun,...

Denzel Washington is on his way to making Oscar history for his performance as a former slave who plots to be the emperor of Rome in Paramount Pictures’ “Gladiator II,” the latest from director Ridley Scott. Right now, he has two Academy Awards to his name for “Glory” (1989) in Best Supporting Actor and “Training Day” (2001) in Best Actor. If he were to prevail for “Gladiator II” in early 2025, he would join an exclusive list of seven other people to win at least three times in the acting categories.

Here are the actors who have achieved this important Oscars milestone:

Katharine Hepburn (4)

Won Best Actress for “Morning Glory” (1933), “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (1967), “The Lion in Winter” (1968), and “On Golden Pond” (1981)

Frances McDormand (3*)

Won Best Actress for “Fargo” (1996), “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2017), and “Nomadland” (2020). *She also has a fourth Oscar for producing “Nomadland.”

Meryl Streep (3)

Won Best Actress for “Sophie’s Choice...

The Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece “The Godfather” (1972) has been voted the greatest Oscar Best Picture winner ever. The results are from a recent Gold Derby ballot cast by 29 of our film experts and editors, who ranked all 96 movie champs.

Ranking in second place is the Michael Curtiz classic “Casablanca” (1943). Following in third place is the powerful Steven Spielberg film “Schindler’s List” (1993). Rounding out the top five are Coppola’s “The Godfather Part II” (1974) in fourth place and Billy Wilder‘s “The Apartment” (196o) in fifth place.

At the bottom of the list of the Best Picture winners is “The Greatest Show on Earth” (1952) from Cecil B. DeMille. Just above that film in the rankings are “Cimarron” (1931) from Wesley Ruggles, “The Broadway Melody” (1929) from Harry Beaumont, “Crash” (2005) from Paul Haggis, and “Around the World in 80 Days’ (1956) from Michael Anderson.

Our photo gallery above features the full top 10. See the complete rankings of all 96 films below.

The Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece “The Godfather” (1972) has been voted the greatest Oscar Best Picture winner ever. The results are from a recent Gold Derby ballot cast by 29 of our film experts and editors, who ranked all 96 movie champs.

Ranking in second place is the Michael Curtiz classic “Casablanca” (1943). Following in third place is the powerful Steven Spielberg film “Schindler’s List” (1993). Rounding out the top five are Coppola’s “The Godfather Part II” (1974) in fourth place and Billy Wilder‘s “The Apartment” (196o) in fifth place.

The worst among 96 Best Picture winners is “The Greatest Show on Earth” (1952) from Cecil B. DeMille. Just above that film on the bottom of the rankings are “Cimarron” (1931) from Wesley Ruggles, “The Broadway Melody” (1929) from Harry Beaumont, “Crash” (2005) from Paul Haggis, and “Around the World in 80 Days’ (1956) from Michael Anderson.

Our photo gallery below features the full top 10. See the complete rankings of all 96 films below.

It took everything I had not to raise my hands in the air as if riding the front car of a rollercoaster as our shuttle bobbed and weaved through the winding stretch of Lucas Valley Road. With each farmhouse and animal enclosure we passed, I felt more and more lightheaded. It could have been the increase in altitude, but likely, we were on our way to one of the most historic retreats in Hollywood, Skywalker Ranch. I could not think of a better place to learn about Ultraman: Rising, an animated film honoring its title character’s legacy and cinematic history.

What is Ultraman: Rising about before we get into the nitty-gritty? The story centers on baseball star Ken Sato, who reluctantly returns home to take on the mantle of Ultraman. But the titanic superhero meets his match when he is forced to adopt a 35-foot-tall, fire-breathing baby Kaiju, Emi.

Indie filmmaker Sean Baker lamented the diminishing quantity of films not geared toward the superhero, action flick or horror genres.

“What I miss,” Baker began in a recent interview with the Associated Press, “where are the mature film for adults that had human stories, that didn’t have to have explosions or didn’t have to have superheroes or a horror-based [concept]? Where are those?”

The Anora helmer listed such titles as the multi-Oscar-winning Kramer vs. Kramer, as well as films by Jonathan Demme and Robert Altman.

“Where are they these days? They don’t exist, unfortunately, or they’re very few and far between. And it’s like, let’s get the audience to remember that that stuff is just as worthy of being on the big screen as the big tentpole films, the big blockbusters.”

He continued,...

With his latest film, the Palme d’Or winning and critically acclaimed comedy “Anora,” indie filmmaker Sean Baker is aiming to upend the notion that only superhero movies or action sequels are worthy of being seen on a big screen with a large audience.

“What I miss,” Baker said in a recent interview with the Associated Press, “where are the mature film for adults that had human stories, that didn’t have explosions or didn’t have to have superheroes or were horror-based? Where are those?”

In listing examples, Baker acknowledged the Oscar-winning 1979 marital drama “Kramer vs. Kramer,” as well as the work of Jonathan Demme and Robert Altman, both of whom were filmmakers focused on rich characters over explosions and gun fights.

“Where are they these days?” Baker said. “They don’t exist, unfortunately, or they’re very few and far between. And it’s like, let’s get...

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Meryl Streep is undoubtedly one of the best actresses of her generation, and there are certain movies from her spectacular career that define her career overall. Streeps filmography kicks off with 1977s Julia, her first film after starring on the stage for two years, and her role as Anne Marie is the first of several iconic characters of hers. Meryl Streeps best movies prove why she is such a talented performer, but not all of these films are necessarily the ones that encapsulate her work altogether.

Streep can turn her hand to any and all kinds of characters. In fact, there are multiple MCU characters Meryl Streep would be perfect for, even though she isnt known for appearing in superhero movies. Her versatility as an actress has kept her busy for years, and its no surprise that Meryl Streep surpassed a huge Oscar milestone,...

Although Nicole Kidman recently accepted the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award in recognition of her four-decade acting career, there is no indication that her life’s work is anywhere near finished. Indeed, according to Gold Derby’s racetrack odds, the 56-year-old is well on her way to picking up her sixth Oscar nomination for her lead performance in the critically acclaimed “Babygirl,” which would make her the 13th AFI honoree to subsequently earn film academy recognition in a competitive category.

The fact that Kidman’s life achievement award was presented by her pal and costar, Meryl Streep, is quite fitting given that she’s the only woman to go from being an AFI recipient to an Oscar contender. Since receiving the AFI honor in 2004, she has racked up a whopping eight bids, including a successful one for “The Iron Lady” (2012). A previous champ for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1980) and...

A television adaptation of The Corrections is in the works with Meryl Streep. The 2001 Jonathan Franzen novel covers multiple years in the lives of the Lambert family, namely an elderly married couple and their three adult children. It spans the latter half of the 20th century, leading toward a holiday gathering that is intended to be their final Christmas together before the death of ailing patriatch Alfred. In addition to winning the National Book Award, it was featured as part of Oprah's Book Club in 2001.

Per Variety, Meryl Streep is attached to star in a television adaptation of The Corrections. While the character she will be playing has not been reported, it seems likely she will portray Lambert family matriarch Enid, who is a driving force behind bringing the family together for their final Christmas.

The project, which has moved to CBS Studios after originally being developed at the now shut down Paramount Television Studios,...

“Megalopolis” is now playing in theaters, and director Francis Ford Coppola is in the Oscar hunt yet again after already winning multiple Academy Awards throughout his esteemed career. Let’s look back at his many Oscar races.

After building his credits as a screenwriter and director in the 1960s, Coppola’s breakthroughs arrived in the early 1970s with “Patton” and “The Godfather.” He wrote the screenplay to the beloved epic drama “Patton,” directed Franklin J. Schaffner and starring George C. Scott, both of whom won Oscars for the film. Coppola also received his first Academy Award for his original screenplay, which he shared with co-writer Edmund H. North. His only threat in the category that year was “Five Easy Pieces,” which got into Best Picture, but with “Patton” dominating in a bunch of categories that year, winning the Screenplay prize was all but inevitable.

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Meryl Streep is attached to star in a series adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s novel, “The Corrections.”

The project, which comes from CBS Studios and will be adapted and executive produced by Franzen, currently has no streaming service or network attached. Mark Roybal of wiip also executive produces. A spokesperson for CBS Studios declined to comment.

“The Corrections,” which was published in 2001, revolves around the troubles of an elderly Midwestern couple and their three adult children, tracing their lives from the mid-20th century to “one last Christmas” together near the turn of the millennium.

CBS Studios’ adaptation of “The Corrections” marks the second attempt to turn the novel into a TV series.

HBO shot a pilot for a series adaptation of the book in 2011 starring Chris Cooper, Dianne Wiest and Ewan McGregor, though it was ultimately not taken to series.

The project was formerly at Paramount Television Studios prior...

Meryl Streep could soon have her next major TV role. Variety has confirmed with sources that Streep is attached to star in a series adaptation of the Jonathan Franzen novel “The Corrections.”

No streaming service or network is attached to the project at this time, but it will be taken out to market soon. Franzen is adapting the novel for the screen and will serve as executive producer. Mark Roybal of wiip will also executive produce. CBS Studios is behind the project. The project was formerly at Paramount Television Studios before it was shut down in August, with Nicole Clemens of Ptvs executive producing as well.

Reps for CBS Studios declined to comment.

“The Corrections” was originally published in 2001. It tells the story of an elderly Midwestern couple who try to hold a Christmas reunion with their three adult children due to the father’s failing health.

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Edward Burns' new film, Millers in Marriage, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Wednesday, September 11. The ensemble drama follows three siblings, who all end up on very different paths, despite their shared upbringing. Viewers are transported to some of their most pivotal life moments, highlighting how the characters' slow evolutions impact their romantic relationships over the years.

In addition to being the writer and director, Burns stars in the film alongside Morena Baccarin, Benjamin Bratt, Minnie Driver, Brian d'Arcy James, Julianna Margulies, Gretchen Mol, Campbell Scott, and Patrick Wilson. He has worked on projects such as Saving Private Ryan, She's the One, and Bridge and Tunnel, serving in several different roles. Burns shares that, as an experienced creative in his mid-fifties, he questioned whether he could still find an audience. However, the writer-director opted to tell a story that resonated with him, above all else.

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Many would surely agree with the argument that Meryl Streep is the best actor ever. Having made her stage debut in 1975, the Yale School of Drama alum already had two Oscar nominations to her name by 1980, even winning the Best Supporting Actress award for "Kramer vs. Kramer." You can't get a more auspicious start in Hollywood than that, and to Streep's credit, she managed to maintain her momentum throughout the next decade, receiving a further six Oscar nominations and scoring a Best Actress win for 1982's "Sophie's Choice." That's a remarkable achievement considering the actress had made her feature film debut just five years prior in 1977's "Julia."

Perhaps the only thing more impressive than Streep's almost instantaneous domination of Hollywood is the fact that she has remained just as esteemed as her career played out. Almost 50 years after her film debut, Streep is still one of the most respected actors in the game,...

Denzel Washington has consistently delivered standout performances — including as a director in recent years! — across his decades-long career. He already has two Oscars to his name and could be on his way to a third Academy Award with his role in Ridley Scott‘s “Gladiator II.”

This follow-up to the 2000 Best Picture champ stars Lucius (Paul Mescal) as Lucius, the grandson of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. Lucius is forced into slavery but resolves to fight as a gladiator under the leadership of power broker Macrinus. And that’s where Washington comes in. The titanic Washington plays Macrinus, who is the mentor figure to Lucius and also opposes the rule of emperors Caracalla (Fred Hechinger) and Geta (Joseph Quinn).

We are predicting that Washington will be nominated for Best Supporting Actor alongside Samuel L. Jackson (“The Piano Lesson”), Clarence Maclin (“Sing Sing”), Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”), and Stanley Tucci (“Conclave...