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Oscars producer Michael De Luca on that fateful mistake
In an exclusive interview with The Business, Oscars producer Michael De Luca remembers the night that culminated with the biggest flub in Academy Awa…
9 years ago
Cracking down on pay-to-play auditions & a bonus Oscars banter
After an investigation by reporter Gary Baum, the LA city attorney has filed charges against more than two dozen people involved with casting worksho…
9 years ago
'Zootopia' directors on finding their story, late in the game
Production was well under way on Disney's Zootopia when directors Rich Moore and Byron Howard concluded the film needed a major do-over. Breaking the…
9 years, 1 month ago
Director Ava DuVernay on '13th' and survival in the industry
How busy is filmmaker Ava DuVernay? Well, between directing Disney's ' Wrinkle in Time, executive producing Queen Sugar on OWN and working the awards…
9 years, 1 month ago
Director Raoul Peck on 'I Am Not Your Negro'
Director Raoul Peck's film about the essayist and activist James Baldwin was a decade in the making. Now, I Am Not Your Negro is Oscar-nominated for …
9 years, 1 month ago
How 'La La Land' went from constant rejection to awards contention
Writer-director Damien Chazelle and composer Justin Hurwitz have been friends and collaborators since first meeting at Harvard. Together, they strugg…
9 years, 1 month ago
Gloria Calderón Kellett brings Cuban roots to 'One Day at a Time'
When Norman Lear decided to reboot the classic sitcom One Day at a Time, this time with a Latino family, he wanted a writer-producer who could offer …
9 years, 2 months ago
Revisiting 'Moonlight,' a movie made with persistence and kismet
Director Barry Jenkins and producer Adele Romanski tell us about making their Golden Globe-winning Moonlight, about a gay African American boy growin…
9 years, 2 months ago
'Bright Lights' filmmakers on Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
When documentarians Alexis Bloom and Fisher Stevens started working on Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, they could not have…
9 years, 2 months ago
Revisiting Richard Donner and the crazy backstory of 'Superman'
Veteran director Richard Donner talks about the adventures and behind the scenes antics that went into making the original comic book blockbuster, Su…
9 years, 2 months ago