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95th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS® Actress in a Supporting Role JAMIE LEE CURTIS EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Actor in a Leading Role BRENDAN FRASER THE WHALE Animated Feature Film GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO ALEX BULKLEY SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO EDWARD BERGER* DIRECTOR International Feature Film ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT AND SALUTES GLENN WEISS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR 95th Academy Awards® Telecast WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA Drama Series SEVERANCE ANDREW COLVILLE DAN ERICKSON Comedy Series THE BEAR SOFYA LEVITSKY-WEITZ New Series SEVERANCE ANDREW COLVILLE DAN ERICKSON Comedy/Variety Sketch Series INSIDE AMY SCHUMER ROSEBUD BAKER CAZZIE DAVID JON GLASER YAMANEIKA SAUNDERS Short Form New Media THREE BUSY DEBRAS DIANA TAY Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement CHARLIE KAUFMAN Writers Guild of America West Paul Selvin Award REBECCA LENKIEWICZ Writers Guild of America West Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence PAUL SIMMS Writers Guild of America East AND SALUTES MICHELLE BUTEAU** HOST 75th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards East JANELLE JAMES HOST 75th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards West PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO ALEX BULKLEY Outstanding Producer of…

The 95th Academy Awards were both radical and retro. On one hand, the movie that swept the Oscars — “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — was a metaverse action film that ignited the indie box office for A24, but pundits thought it would alienate older voters. Yet it did no such thing, collecting seven statuettes, including best picture, and making history by crowning Michelle Yeoh as the first Asian woman to receive the best actress award. At the same time, the Oscars managed to return to their drama-free roots (sans Will Smith) of honoring movies and the behind-the-scenes people who craft them. After last year’s ill-conceived idea to dole out some of the trophies before the show, the ceremony again handed out all awards during the live telecast. And it paid…

Senior awards editor Clayton Davis almost convinced Ke Huy Quan to jump in the pool at the end of his Variety cover shoot. But like every true Californian, Quan said it was too cold outside. It was 70 degrees. Senior culture and events editor Marc Malkin is going to miss seeing Austin Butler, Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis on an almost daily basis — and Brendan Fraser’s gummy bear deliveries. However, he is looking forward to a much-needed vacation in Miami. Senior entertainment and media writer Matt Donnelly spent Oscar Sunday wrangling Hollywood’s biggest executives for red carpet photos, powered by the gift of Starbursts from the daughter of Warner Bros. exec Pamela Abdy. Andrew Eccles photographed Ke Huy Quan on March 13 in L.A.: “Ke brought the same exuberance, gratitude and…

A24, the scrappy indie studio that has built a brand for itself as a home for hip and cutting-edge movies, triumphed over its deeper-pocketed rivals at the Oscars on Sunday. It scored a leading nine wins, topping that of its closest competitor, Netflix, which had to settle for six trophies. Plus, A24 not only captured best picture for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” but also pulled off the incredibly rare feat of winning every major acting category, with three statuettes coming for the cast of the head-spinning adventure film and the other one recognizing Brendan Fraser’s work in “The Whale.” “A24 has taken a part of the movie business that had seemed geared to older tastemakers and injected a youthful swagger by betting on emerging talent.” But don’t expect the studio to…

Last month, when “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong announced that the fourth season of the Emmy-winning HBO drama would be its last, the internet howled in despair. But Brian Cox — who’s played the ferocious mogul Logan Roy since the show’s 2018 premiere — applauds Armstrong’s decision. “He’s very disciplined in that way, and also he’s very British in that way,” says Cox, who is Scottish, and in conversation seems to mention birthplace to explain behavior. “The American inclination is to milk it for all it’s worth.” Not that Cox, 76, won’t feel the loss. “I’ll miss the cast, I’ll miss the atmosphere, I’ll miss the bonhomie,” he says, ticking off reasons during a recent Zoom interview from London. And Logan? “Logan, probably, I’ll miss a bit. But upward and onwards.” Cox may…

To call “Spinning Gold” a labor of love is an understatement completely uncharacteristic of its subject: the late Neil Bogart. The larger-than-life founder of Casablanca Records launched the famously freewheeling 1970s powerhouse that brought the world Kiss, Donna Summer, Parliament-Funkadelic and the Village People. Some 25 years in the making, the biopic was written, produced and directed by Bogart’s eldest son, Tim — a veteran TV producer, writer and director — with his youngest son, Evan (a songwriter who co-wrote Beyoncé’s “Halo,” among many hits) as executive music producer and other family members as producers. Out March 31, it features Broadway star Jeremy Jordan as Bogart, Michelle Monaghan as his first wife, Lyndsy Fonseca as his second and Wiz Khalifa as George Clinton. Casablanca’s hot streak — and overreach — has had…