The Stars Spill Their Secrets – and Fears: an Oscars Gallery
“I was very nervous, because nobody had ever given me the opportunity to do something like this before. I thought, 'I don't know if I can do it — and I know that if it's David O. Russell directing, I...
View ArticleOscar Gets Arty With New Best Picture Posters (Photos)
Related stories from TheWrap:New Oscar Poster Customizes the Statuette 85 Ways (Photos)Seth MacFarlane Gets Posterized, Plus Oscar Posters Through the Years (Photos)
View ArticleFor ‘Les Miserables’ Sound Mixing, a Challenge Dealing With Live Vocals
With sound-mixing nominations for both "Les Miserables" and "Lincoln," Andy Nelson is one of the two 2012 Oscar nominees who is competing against himself. (The other is film editor William Goldenberg,...
View Article‘Les Miz’ Is Music to the Ears of the Cinema Audio Society
"Les Miserables" has been named the best work of 2012 by the Cinema Audio Society, a non-profit organization that honors the art of sound mixing in film and television. The film, for which director Tom...
View Article‘Les Misérables’ Returning to Broadway in 2014
"Les Misérables" is returning to Broadway. A new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's musical phenomenon will hit the Great White Way in March 2014, producer Cameron Mackintosh...
View ArticleOscar Party List 2013: The Shindigs, From Intimate to Sprawling
As of 5 p.m. on Tuesday, the voting is over. The wave that started with questions over champagne at Cannes, morphed into awards whispers in Telluride, cocktail chatter in Toronto and full-scale...
View ArticleCasts of ‘Les Miz,’ ‘Chicago,’ ‘Dreamgirls’ Set for Oscars’ Musical Tribute
This year's Oscars broadcast will go heavy on the jazz hands. The producers of the telecast have lined up a list of big names for their tribute to "Chicago," "Dreamgirls," "Les Misérables" and other...
View ArticleOscars Producers Promise Singing and Dancing – But Don’t Ask About Show Length
At the end of the year, Academy Awards show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will produce a live, televised version of the musical "The Sound of Music." But before that, they've got the Oscars to...
View ArticlePartying Down During Oscar’s Walk-Up Week (Photos)
The scene at the Spirit Awards, where the cocktails kicked off at 11:00 AM. It was a liquid brunch of Jameson, beers, and Brancott Estate wines for many. Related stories from TheWrap:AMPAS Drops '85th...
View ArticleWith 6 $100 Million Nominees, Oscar’s Slate Is One of the Richest Ever
When “Silver Linings Playbook” crossed the $100 million mark at the box office this week, the David O. Russell film became the sixth of the nine current Best Picture nominees to reach that milestone....
View Article10 Secrets of the Oscar Envelope: ‘It’s Engineered like a German Car’
(See TheWrap's Complete Oscars Coverage) Marc Friedland designs the Oscars' envelope and the “winners’ cards” that are put inside and opened live on-air. Touched only by this year’s presenters like...
View Article‘The Hobbit’ Debuts With $17.8M at China Box Office
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” has opened to an impressive $17.8 million in China, distributor Warner Bros. said Sunday, and it is bearing down on $1 billion at the global box office. The official...
View ArticleAnne Hathaway Wins Best Supporting Actress Oscar for ‘Les Miserables’
Anne Hathaway won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress on Sunday for her work as a poverty stricken mother driven to prostitution in "Les Miserables." It is Hathaway's first Oscar. She was...
View ArticleOscars 2013: Inside the After-Parties (Photos)
For all the lore about the late Swifty Lazar’s iron-fisted control over his Oscar night viewing party — he reportedly forced guests to stay in their assigned seats and watch the show attentively at his...
View Article5 Things We Want to Know About That Oscar Show
What was that? The 85th Academy Awards — I know the producers opted to just call it “The Oscars,” but it really was the 85th Academy Awards — ended an unusual awards season with an unusual show. Seth...
View ArticleOscars: Idina Menzel Performing ‘Let it Go’ From ‘Frozen’
Idina Menzel will perform “Let it Go,” the Oscar-nominated anthem from “Frozen,” at the Academy Awards next month. The Tony-winner joins a line-up of performers that includes Pharrell Williams, who...
View ArticleDirector Stephen Chow Wants to Work With Anne Hathaway, Dishes on Perfect...
Stephen Chow conquered the Chinese box office last year with “Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons,” which became his country’s top grossing film. While he has no plans of abandoning China for...
View ArticleChanning Tatum, Mila Kunis Reclaim Earth in New ‘Jupiter Ascending’ Trailer...
Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis are Earth’s last hope in a new “Jupiter Ascending” trailer. The upcoming science fiction adventure from directors Lana and Andy Wachowski (“The Matrix”) focuses on a...
View ArticleAnne Hathaway Sings Broadway Version of Snoop Dogg’s ‘Gin and Juice’ with...
No, you’re not dreaming a dream: That, indeed, is Anne Hathaway hitting the high note on a show tunes version of Kendrick Lamar’s “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe.” On Tuesday, the Oscar-winner became latest...
View ArticleTelemundo, mun2 Announce New Music Competition, Telenovelas at Upfront
Telemundo and its companion channel mun2 unveiled their upcoming slate of new programs at its upfront presentation in New York on Tuesday, including the music competition “Yo Soy El Artista” and a host...
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