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LOS ANGELES — Music's biggest night is back in Los Angeles after the pandemic upended the last few ceremonies.

So, what is this mysterious film “To Leslie” that garnered English lead actor Andrea Riseborough a controversial, surprise Best Actress Academy Award nomination last week, igniting a storm of Twitter disapproval because Riseborough theoretically took a spot that would have gone to Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”) or Viola Davis (“The Woman…

Poor Andrea Riseborough. Last week, a glitzy, last-minute “grassroots” campaign saw her catapulted into the Oscars Best Actress race for her performance in the indie movie, To Leslie. It did indeed raise the Brit’s profile – but for all the wrong reasons.

Green Lantern, Supergirl and Swamp Thing are also coming to the screen as part of the franchise shake-up

New DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran debuted their plans for a revamped and newly unified DC Universe of films and television series, including a new Superman film in 2025, a Wonder Woman prequel and a Batman movie that won’t star Robert Pattinson

The English actor’s nomination has blown open discussions around racism and privilege in Hollywood

The To Leslie star’s unexpected nomination has led to claims of exclusion of Black performers and a revival of the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag

The American historian on a mind-blowing book, the sheer beauty of South Africa and and seeing his name come up as an answer on his favourite gameshow

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There are always a few big surprises and heartbreaks come the morning of Oscar nominations, as much as awards strategists try to mitigate those. But the batch of nominees for the 95th Academy Awards seemed to have more than its fair share of shockers, good and bad. Here are some…

Anyone who participates in Academy Awards prediction pools knows that old habits die harder than John McClane