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The Sound The Sound of Music Story: How A Beguiling Young Novice, A Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time” that the studio was on the verge of bankruptcy from the historical epic. “Fox lost $15 million on actual film production, a then astronomical sum that forced the company to sell both stock and real estate,” he writes. “Chairman Spyros Skouras sold off the studio’s fabled and valuable 260-acre back lot to make up the cash shortfall.” Skouras was fired before “Cleopatra” was even released, and Fox rehired the old head of production Darryl F.

David O. Selznick was a demanding producer who often interrupted pitches and then bullied filmmakers once their movies started shooting. I wonder how impresarios of his era — Selznick, Sam Goldwyn or Darryl F. Zanuck — would have coped with the unruly YouTubers, TikTokers, Instagrammers or superstar influencers crowding today’s marketplace.

For only the second time in its 15 year history there is no actor among the honorees for this year’s select group receiving the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Governors Awards. The AMPAS Board Of Governors have chosen to give Academy Honorary Awards to music legend Quincy Jones and veteran Casting Director Juliet Taylor, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to British writer/director Richard Curtis, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The awards ceremony, always a highlight in the very long Oscar season will take place on Sunday November 17, 2024 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood.

Jon Burlingame In an ideal world, the Academy’s music branch would watch all the movies and decide which five have met the criteria for excellence in musical scoring. But we all know that many other factors come into play: Was the film commercially successful? Is the composer already popular with his or her peers? Have voters been swayed by an effective campaign? In fact, dozens of fine scores have been ignored by the Academy over the years. And a handful have gone down in history as among the overlooked gems of the past eight decades: David Raksin’s haunting music for the murder mystery starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney was, by far, the most popular score of the 1940s at 20th Century Fox.

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter Darryl F. Zanuck was a legendary figure in Hollywood known for leading a major studio, producing top films and assaulting aspiring actresses in the 1930s. That same decade, the term “casting couch” surfaced to describe the abuse of power by Zanuck and other high-powered men who were the gatekeepers of access to the big screen.

After Netflix dropped the new trailer for Andrew Dominik's Blonde last Thursday, many took to Twitter to criticize the NC-17 Marilyn Monroe movie for being based on fiction as well as Ana de Armas' Cuban accent.The 34-year-old Golden Globe nominee - who only learned English in 2015 - spent a 'whole year' attempting to perfect the legendary blonde bombshell's Hollywood accent with dialect coach Jessica Drake.But the backlash has already begun with Twitter users blasting Ana's accent as 'awful' with some saying she 'looks nothing like Marilyn Monroe.' Haters gonna hate! After Netflix dropped the new trailer for Andrew Dominik's Blonde last Thursday, many took to Twitter to criticize the NC-17 Marilyn Monroe movie for being based on fiction as well as Ana de Armas' Cuban accent Valiant effort: The 34-year-old Golden Globe nominee - who only learned English in 2015 - spent a 'whole year' attempting to perfect the legendary blonde bombshell's Hollywood accent with dialect coach Jessica DrakeThe 54-year-old Kiwi director also served as writer, adapting Joyce Carol Oates' novel Blonde, which boosts the conspiracy theory that the Golden Globe winner was murdered by former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.Blonde will feature a scene where Marilyn was allegedly raped by 'Mr.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentFor 94 years, the Academy Awards have honored the best in filmmaking. They have also served as a time capsule reflecting what was going on in the world and/or in the entertainment industry each year. In the 21st century, Oscar has lost much of its TV audience, but the name recognition remains as strong as ever.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out their first awards in 1929, with winners announced in advance.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorApple is getting ready to party on Oscar night.As the love and stack of awards for “CODA” have grown throughout awards seasons, I hear Apple is hosting a post-Academy Awards bash at the newly renovated mid-century building at 8899 Beverly Blvd.Not only does “CODA” have more than a strong possibility of picking up best picture but Troy Kotsur has been the long-time favorite to take home the gold for supporting actor.The festivities kick off at 8 p.m. The invitation requests “cocktail attire.”The Apple soiree joins several others taking place on Sunday, including the annual Governor’s Ball, the Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party, Mercedes-Bens Viewing Party and Vanity Fair’s legendary dinner and after-party.

Belfast writer-director Kenneth Branagh and actor Ciarán Hinds have tested positive for Covid-19 and missed the Producers Guild Awards ceremony Saturday, where the film is up for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.

The Producers Guild has pulled back the curtain on the nominations for its 33rd annual PGA Awards, which cover theatrical motion pictures, animated features, TV series and specials and televised/streamed motion pictures. See the full list below.

Janet W. Lee Legendary French singer Juliette Gréco died Wednesday from a stroke near St.