Bardem “started his time at the poduium by saying ‘No to war and free Palestine,’ which earned a big round of applause from the audience at the show.” - Variety
That includes supporting actor, adapted screenplay, director, and the big one, best movie. Ryan Coogler won for best original screenplay, and Michael B. Jordan won for best actor, for Sinners. - The Guardian (UK)
“An anti-monopoly mobile billboard, meant to caution against the impending merger between Paramount and Warner Bros., will circle Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony. The billboard’s message is plain: ‘Call Your Agent. Speak Out. The Deal Is Not Done.’” - The Wrap
A recent report "forecasts more adoption of AI throughout the industry. But it also points to ways that the technology could lead to different kinds of work and open up new possibilities.” - The Conversation
“I’ve seen Night three hundred times. It’s a film that, no matter how many times I watch it, yields new information, especially once I began scrutinizing it frame-by-frame.” - LitHub
Or, to give it its proper name, Oklahoma!: “It’s one beautiful song after another. They really are beautiful melodies. I think the show is corny and embarrassing, actually. … I like the songs when I go see Oklahoma! — I trance out at the story.” - Vulture
“Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw's journey to become part of Coogler's Sinners crew began with a recommendation from her friend, Rachel Morrison, the cinematographer on Coogler’s Black Panther.” - CBC
Geeta Gandbhir says she slept through the phone calls that told her she was nominated for best documentary feature for The Perfect Neighbor and best documentary short for The Devil is Busy. Has she written two speeches? Maybe. - BBC
“Three years after its AI pivot, the writing is on the wall. The company reported a net loss of $57.3 million in 2025 in an earnings report released on Thursday. In an official statement, the company glumly hinted at the possibility of going under sooner rather than later.” - Futurism
“A copy of Gugusse and the Automaton, an 1897 short made by legendary film pioneer George Méliès, was discovered by a man in Grand Rapids, Mich., in a box of films that had been owned by his great-grandfather. The Library of Congress revealed the find on its blog (last month).” - San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo!)
What kinds of disruptive changes will the next two decades bring? We asked five entertainment experts to predict one big change we’ll see in their field. - The Wall Street Journal
After hitting a peak of $4.4 billion in 2022, spending on film and TV production in Georgia has tumbled, reaching just $2.3 billion in the last fiscal year, as total productions dropped from 412 in 2022 to 245 last year. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
In response to a statement to The Boston Globe by GBH’s CEO proposing a merger, WBUR CEO Susan Low said that she and the station’s board have “very closely” examined the idea but that “WBUR and GBH are also very different organizations. And we believe the community benefits from that.” - WBUR (Boston)
