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Drew Barrymore Says Nominating A Child Actor For A Razzie Award Is Bullying

Barrymore and an wider backlash on the internet led to permanent changes: "Razzies organisers have apologised and introduced an age limit for the awards." - BBC

The Sometimes Hazy Line Between Life And Art

Mia Hansen-Love is used to her semi-autobiographical, or perhaps semi-memoirish, movies being "described as autofiction." Her new film about a woman dealing with a dying parent and a new lover walks that same line. - The New York Times

On That Viral Video Brawl Starring The Michelle Yeoh Of Waffle House

"It's a miracle how she dispenses with the chair. 'Dispenses' isn't even the right word: She repels it. She parries it like an anime character deflecting a beam of supernatural power, like Neo dodging bullets in The Matrix, like King Kong swatting away a helicopter." - The New York Times Magazine

Israel’s New Far-Right Government Tries To Claw Back Funding For Two Documentaries About The West Bank

"The (culture) minister, Miki Zohar, of Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud party, has pledged to 'revoke funding that promotes our enemy's narrative' and withhold grants from films that 'present Israeli soldiers as murderers'. … Israeli cinema, including its high-profile documentary industry, is heavily reliant on the state grants." - The Guardian

France’s Cesar Nominations Include Many For A Movie About An Injured Dancer

"Cédric Klapisch’s Rise, about a ballet dancer (Marion Barbeau) who, after an injury, seeks a new future in contemporary dance, picked up 9 César nominations." - The Hollywood Reporter

Rupert Murdoch Calls Off The Reunification Of News Corp. And Fox

"Rupert Murdoch sent letters to the board of directors of News Corp. and Fox Corp. on Tuesday, informing both groups he had decided to withdraw his recent proposal to recombine the two companies, which his family, controlling shareholders of both, split apart in 2013." - Variety

India Bans BBC Documentary About Narendra Modi And Deadly 2002 Riots

The Modi Question examines the anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat state in 2002 and the role in it played by Modi, who was then the state's premier and is now the nation's prime minister. After clips appeared on social media in India. Modi's government used emergency powers to block it. - Time

John Williams Is, Again, The Most Oscar-Nominated Person Alive

With the Academy's nod for his score for Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans,  the 90-year-old composer has tallied 53 nominations (and counting), trailing only Walt Disney (with 59) for the most individual Oscar nominations in history. - The Hollywood Reporter

Hollywood Won’t Survive Without Actual Movie Theatres

"The solution ... is simple: Put new releases exclusively in theaters and give them a real chance to succeed with paying moviegoers. No more muddled hybrid releases, no slow and modest rollouts, and certainly nothing like Netflix’s baffling compromise with Glass Onion." - The Atlantic

The Nominations, Snubs, And Surprises For This Year’s Academy Awards

The fun, searing, rapidly movie Everything Everywhere All at Once led with nominations, but some actors, movies, and directors were - explicably or not - snubbed, and some surprises sneaked in at the last minute. - Los Angeles Times

TikTok Is Experimenting With Podcasting (Well, That’s What They’re Calling It)

"The test allows users to listen to the audio featured in TikTok videos in the background. Until now, putting TikTok into the background paused playback. The audio portion of TikTok videos is hardly what most creators would consider a podcast. But it's the word the app is using." - Inside Radio

“Rust” Is Resuming Its Filming Despite Alec Baldwin’s Indictment For Involuntary Manslaughter On Set

"A person with knowledge of the project who was granted anonymity ... said that as of Thursday, the movie was still on track to be completed with Mr. Baldwin in the lead role and Joel Souza, who was wounded in the shooting, returning as director." - The New York Times

Elon Musk Is Ending Twitter’s Use To Publications

Basically, what referrals Twitter provided - and the percentage wasn't large for most publishers - has dropped to near nothing after Musk's recent decisions. "Only two publishers in the sample set — The New York Post and Fox News — saw their traffic increase." - Digiday

Why An Indian Action Spectacle Film Is Charming The West

Maybe the reason is that blockbusters churned out in the U.S. have been hit with a similarity stick, or with a cynicism audiences can sense - so "a film that's as sincere and well-crafted as RRR was bound to break in eventually." - BBC

When The Closed Captioning Device Failed, Sundance Jurors Walked Out

The problem illustrated a much larger issue: "According to multiple sources, the jury has repeatedly expressed concerns to both Sundance and filmmakers that movies playing at this year’s festival should come with open captions" - but many do not. - Variety

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