Oscar Stuff
As SCOTUS Tackles Affirmative Action, The Film Academy Should Keep A Wary Eye Out
For the last few years, as it happens, AMPAS has been behaving less like an industry adjunct and more like a contemporary, socially conscious university. Admission, once based on merit and a semi-corrupt buddy system (akin to old-school “legacy” enrollments), is now openly grounded in a college-like holistic approach that weighs achievement alongside identity factors. The mix is supposed to yield a membership, a movie community, and film content, that are somehow more diverse than in the past. [Deadline]
The Critics Choice announces Documentary Nominees [AwardsDaily]
Inside the LAFCA’s “Gender Neutral” Vote Decision [AwardsDaily]
Hamptons Film Festival Caps 30th Edition By Giving Top Narrative Prize To A24’s ‘Close’ [Deadline]
‘Till’, ‘Decision To Leave’ Open Strong As ‘Tár’, ‘Triangle Of Sadness’ Persevere; A Comeback For Adult-Minded Fare? – Specialty Box Office [Deadline]
New Trailer for The Son:
Cate Blanchett on Stephen Colbert:
Movie Stuff
New trailer for John Wick: Chapter 4
Other Stuff
Universal Studio Group Strikes Development Deals With TikTokers As Part Of New Initative [Deadline]
“Rattled” Netflix Delays Harry And Meghan Documentary Until 2023 Following Attacks Undermining ‘The Crown’ [Deadline]
Today in Apology Culture
Patti LuPone Has Given Up Her Equity Card, Seemingly Quits Broadway Amid Lillias White Headlines
Brendan Fraser Apologizes to San Francisco for ‘George of the Jungle’ Traffic Jam, 25 Years Later: ‘My Bad. It Won’t Happen Again’ [Variety]
New Zealand arts funder rejects Shakespeare as ‘imperialism’ [AP News]
Ralph Macchio regrets how Elisabeth Shue's The Karate Kid character was written out of the films [Yahoo]
James Kennedy owns up to ‘Southern Charm’ not ‘pretty’ diss, meant different cast [Page Six]