#Sean Penn’s CORE Raises .4M at Pre-Oscars Benefit, as Star Warns Against “Growing Disaster of Division” in U.S.

#Sean Penn’s CORE Raises $1.4M at Pre-Oscars Benefit, as Star Warns Against “Growing Disaster of Division” in U.S.

Amid a very busy week of Oscar events, Sean Penn‘s relief organization CORE took a moment to shift the focus from toasting this year’s top films to raising money for ongoing crises around the world. At CORE’s Pre-Oscars Benefit on Tuesday — sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter — $1.4 million was raised to finance the…

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#Which Movies Would’ve Won Over 96 Years

#Which Movies Would’ve Won Over 96 Years

For the first time in a quarter century, a new Oscar category is upon us. Beginning in 2026, honoring films from 2025, the Academy will recognize the best casting of the year. It’s a long-overdue and well-deserved recognition for the casting directors who place such an integral building block in a film’s production but have…

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#‘Oppenheimer’ Sound Editor Richard King on Going “Down the Rabbit Hole With Quantum Physics” In His Research

#‘Oppenheimer’ Sound Editor Richard King on Going “Down the Rabbit Hole With Quantum Physics” In His Research

For sound editor Richard King, it wasn’t the explosion scene in Universal’s Oppenheimer — nominated for 13 Oscars, including best sound — that was most challenging to work on. Instead, it was the smaller quantum particle and wave sequence scenes inside J. Robert Oppenheimer’s head that were most demanding. “They couldn’t sound small, even though…

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#‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Producer David Thion Details Obstacles to Getting the Film From Script to Screen: “It Was a Really Long Process”

#‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Producer David Thion Details Obstacles to Getting the Film From Script to Screen: “It Was a Really Long Process”

Plagued with casting and production challenges, Anatomy of a Fall, the French film now Oscar-nominated for best picture, best director, best actress, best editing and best original screenplay, was no easy film to make. David Thion, one of the producers on the film directed by Justine Triet and starring Sandra Hüller as a woman who…

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