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With a remarkable acting career spanning more than six decades, Maureen O’Hara had her first starring film role as the beautiful and spirited “Esmeralda” in William Dieterle’s classic 1939 movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Soon after, the Irish-born actress starred in several war dramas, including Jean Renoir’s This Land Is Mine. Later, frequent collaborator John Ford directed John Wayne and O’Hara in The Wings of Eagles, the true story of Frank “Spig” Wead, a U.S. Navy pilot turned Hollywood screenwriter.
Marya Gates is a passionate film buff with a Masters in screenwriting. She was also in the bleachers next to the Red Carpet as part of the Oscar Fan Experience last year. She has some insight worth noting.
Actors Clancy Brown, Ansel Elgort, Jack O’Connell and Tessa Thompson will perform a live reading of selected scenes from the four winning scripts at the 2014 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards Presentation & Live Read on Thursday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m., at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. For the second consecutive year, the event will be directed and produced by Rodrigo Garcia and Julie Lynn, respectively, whose credits include “Albert Nobbs,” “Mother and Child” and the upcoming “Last Days in the Desert.”
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 87th Academy Awards. Fifty-eight pictures had originally qualified in the category.
Twenty features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 87th Academy Awards
Watch how a nine-year-old actor wowed his way into getting to play the best friend of a loveable extra-terrestrial.
One hundred thirty-four features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 87th Academy Awards®.
Edith Head’s designs for Kim Novak in Vertigo are arguably some of the most important costumes in film history. The film revolves around the idea of identity and appearance with Novak playing dual characters. Madeleine and Judy are defined by their sharply differing styles: one sophisticated and urbane, the other earthy and more vibrant.
For over four decades Rick Baker has been making monsters in his sprawling studio. Now he hopes to give some of it back.