Photos: Chris Pine, Jenny Slate, Domhnall Gleeson, Midori Francis and more visit our 2026 Sundance studio

Photos: Chris Pine, Jenny Slate, Domhnall Gleeson, Midori Francis and more visit our 2026 Sundance studio

PARK CITY, UtahΒ β€”Β We’re back at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, now unspooling its final edition in a distinctly unsnowy Park City before it relocates to Boulder, Colo. in 2027. What hasn’t changed? Our capacity to get excited for some of the year’s strongest independent cinema: documentaries, dramas, midnight films, even a Charli XCX sighting or…

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Column: ‘Sinners’ is the story of our moment, from a past chapter of ‘divide and conquer’

Column: ‘Sinners’ is the story of our moment, from a past chapter of ‘divide and conquer’

Oscar nominations are officially out, meaning for the next couple of months social media feeds will be saturated with debates over who and what is worthy of a statue. Leading that discussion is another Ryan Coogler masterpiece, this time β€œSinners,” which is up for a record-breaking 16 awards, including best picture. Set in the Mississippi…

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Academy Foundation ends Oral History Project and lays off its staff

Academy Foundation ends Oral History Project and lays off its staff

The Academy Foundation earlier this month laid off all five staffers with its Oral History Projects team, effectively dissolving the department responsible for conducting and preserving interviews with notable members of the film industry. Two of those laid off were transitioned into different union roles within the Academy Foundation, the organization confirmed, Friday. The layoffs…

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Disney’s Bob Iger compensation reaches .8 million as board prepares for CEO succession

Disney’s Bob Iger compensation reaches $45.8 million as board prepares for CEO succession

Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger, who soon will begin winding down his two-decade tenure leading the company, collected $45.8 million in compensation last year β€” an 11% bump from the prior year. In 2024, Iger was paid $41 million in compensation. Disney released its corporate executive compensation packages Thursday, as the board prepares…

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Autumn Durald Arkapaw on her historic Oscar nomination for ‘Sinners’

Autumn Durald Arkapaw on her historic Oscar nomination for ‘Sinners’

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> With her nomination for the cinematography of β€œSinners,” Autumn Durald Arkapaw becomes the first woman of color β€” and only the fourth woman ever β€” to be recognized in the category. The recipient of a record-setting 16 nominations, Ryan Coogler’s vampire film set in the 1930s was advanced in every category for which…

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