NEW YORK (AP) — Behind the Wizard of Oz in the two-part “Wicked” movies were people actually pulling the strings. They set the table for the hit double-punch movies long before the cameras ever rolled ...

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Navigating the early days of your acting career means running into industry terms you might not be familiar with. If you’ve auditioned for a role and aren’t sure what it means to hear you’re on “first ...

Casting directors recently achieved a huge victory when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finally added a new Oscar category of casting for films released in 2025 and beyond. “The ...

The first new Oscar to be introduced since best animated feature, more than two decades ago, will be presented for the first time in 2026. By Scott Feinberg Executive Editor of Awards The Academy of ...

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She put Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford before the cameras and cast films including "Midnight Cowboy" and "The Paper Chase" before a long career at Warner Bros. By Mike Barnes, Gregg Kilday Marion ...

Kim Williams’ nephews, who are in college, recently started watching the ’90s sitcom “Martin” and raved about it to their father — how funny it was, how great the characters were and how great the ...