Jean Smart: New heights ahead with 'Hacks'?
The return of “Hacks” sets Jean Smart up for a potential third Emmy Award for playing complicated comedy legend Deborah…
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I am an assistant director. Specialists deserve an Oscar
To the editor: As an assistant director with more than 40 years of work in the film and television industry,…
Emma Stone sewn up in a torn Oscar dress after 'I'm Just Ken'
Emma Stone had a major loose end to resolve backstage Sunday after winning her second Academy Award. Stone, who won…
Comment: The Oscar for 'American Fiction' shows that not all films by black directors have to be about violence and poverty
On an Oscar night that seemed to bounce mainly between the brilliant “Oppenheimer” and the strange “Poor Things,” the adapted…
Oscar review: an optimistic show on the verge of good taste
The 96th Oscars, hosted for the fourth time by Jimmy Kimmel, aired on ABC Sunday night from the Dolby Theater…
The Times wins first Oscar for LAUSD documentary 'The Last Repair Shop'
The Los Angeles Times has covered the Oscars for 95 years and now it won one. The moving “The Last…
Will protests disrupt the Academy Awards?
The Los Angeles Police Department said Friday it would increase security outside the Academy Awards on Sunday in anticipation of…
It's 2024 and the Oscars still pigeonhole black women
As the countdown to the 96th Academy Awards comes to a close, little suspense hangs over who will win the…
Idina Menzel wishes Adele Dazeem a happy 10th birthday
Happy 10th birthday to the “wickedly talented” Adele Dazeem. With love, your alter ego, Idina Menzel. The Tony Award winner,…
PGA Awards: 'Oppenheimer' loses Oscar for best picture
Christopher Nolan's big biopic “Oppenheimer” won the Producers Guild of America's top honor Sunday night, a day after it took…