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As part of Deadline x Rolling Stone, a special issue of our AwardsLine print magazine dedicated to music in cinema, Noel Murray runs through the 20 Best Oscar music moments. For most of the history of the Academy Awards, the musical numbers have been at once glitzy and sappy, featuring fresh-scrubbed young dancers in…

A word to wise film producers: Start tracking the racial, gender and disability status of your employees now. The film Academy's Aperture 2025 inclusion program is closer than you think. Because once again, an important point is tucked in the fine print. When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced…

Once again, it’s not easy being green. Disney has slapped a warning label on its streaming release of the children’s classic The Muppet Show, warning of “offensive content.” Five seasons of the show started streaming on Disney+ on Friday. Prior to each viewing, a disclaimer warns of the dangers that lay ahead. "This…

It’s not surprising that a man called Saint Bernard once said, “Love me, love my dog” in a sermon. After all, dogs have long been the world’s most popular pet. But now, the meanies at conservative media giant Newsmax have refused to throw man’s best friend a bone, attacking President Joe Biden’s dog, Champ, in…

Comedian Chris D’Elia broke a long silence Friday, posting a nearly 10-minute video to his YouTube page to talk about his past behavior. D’Elia was accused by two women of exposing himself in separate incidents, one in 2011 and one in 2018, with their stories detailed in a report on CNN.com. Earlier D’Elia was accused…

Governor Andrew Cuomo said Friday that New York City’s indoor dining can expand its capacity to 35 percent, and also set several other landmark easings of pandemic restrictions. Currently, indoor dining is limited to 25 percent of capacity. The new limits will be pushed starting Feb. 26. The move comes as the state is…

Outspoken actress Rose McGowan has moved to Mexico and says she will never return to live in the USA. Speaking on the YouTube series The Dab Roast, McGowan said she moved to Mexico in early 2020. “I just got my permanent residency card from Mexico, and I’m so grateful to have it,” McGowan said. “This is a really…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. ‘Tis the season to offer your Oscar contenders for free for the whole world to see. In a follow-up to last week’s column where I questioned how Searchlight’s so-called “world premiere,” as listed on the invite for the February 18 event for Nomadland…

Trevor Noah and The Daily Show took a jaundiced look tonight at the weather and public health crisis in Texas, where people are melting snow for water: “The saddest part is that one poor Texan had to travel 800 miles just to get his water and electricity.” That Texan, of course, was Sen. Ted Cruz, who has become the…

Vampires are immortal, unless a Slayer sticks a stake in them. But the actors who portray them are all-too-human, and thus, age in the way we all do. That’s why Sarah Michelle Gellar says she believes she’s “long in the tooth” for any potential Buffy The Vampire Slayer reboot. Now 43-years-old, the actress made the…

Now that we're entering Year 2 of our pandemic purgatory, here's at least one positive takeaway: We're coming to terms with our past — our movie past, that is. Two films circa 1951 and 1966 represent a personal case in point. Miracle In Milan (1951) starts with a lost baby and an operatic cop, but it's touching and…

The freak winter storm in Texas is seeing people still waiting for the heat to come back on after three days. And it’s no longer fun, notes Trevor Noah on The Daily Show. “All right, this is awful,” said the show host. “I know people were praying for Texas to go blue, but not like this.” Under freezing conditions that…