How Much Say Should Families Have in Biopics?

March 6, 2024Posted inAcademy Awards (Oscars), Bening, Annette, Bernstein, Leonard, Cooper, Bradley, Domingo, Colman, Film, Foster, Jodie, Killers of the Flower Moon (Movie), Movies, Nyad (Movie), Nyad, Diana, Oppenheimer, J Robert, Rustin (Movie), Rustin, Bayard, Scorsese, Martin, Vasarhelyi, Elizabeth Chai
The Oscars slate this year is packed with films rooted in historical events and biographies. How much influence should the subjects have?

‘What About Us?’ Strikes Leave Other Hollywood Workers Reeling

October 12, 2023Posted inBening, Annette, Film, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Labor and Jobs, Motion Picture and Television Fund, Movies, SAG-AFTRA, Strikes, Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Writers Guild of America
The lives of hundreds of thousands of crew members have been upended, and even a deal between the actors and the studios might not help much in the short term.