SAN DIEGO—California researchers have named a newly discovered rare plant after Jimi Hendrix. The plant, found in Baja California, Mexico, has been christened Dudleya hendrixii ,...
LOS ANGELES—Montreal film maker Xavier Dolan has advanced in the race for best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards. His film “It’s Only the...
With its cast of Oscar-caliber actors and pervasive theme of loss, “Collateral Beauty” should have been a deeply moving tear-jerker. Instead, it comes off as a...
Alan Thicke, a versatile performer who gained his greatest renown as the beloved dad on a long-running sitcom, has died at age 69. Carleen Donovan, who...
NEW YORK—Shirley Hazzard, an award-winning novelist who wrote of love affairs disrupted and intensified by age, distance and war, has died at age 85. Hazzard had...
LOS ANGELES—The Hollywood Foreign Press Association never fails to disappoint with their assortment of nominees, which always seem to include some expected picks, some inspired ones...
NEW YORK—The Oscars finally have a host: Jimmy Kimmel will emcee the 89th Academy Awards. The late-night host will be presiding over the ceremony for the...
LOS ANGELES—Dev Patel knows how special a film like “Lion” is. He’s been waiting nearly 8 years, since his breakout in “Slumdog Millionaire,” for a role...
MANILA, Philippines—Can Brillante Mendoza’s 2016 drama Ma’ Rosa make it to the Oscars? The Hollywood Reporter thinks so. Awards analyst Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter...
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Ang Lee believes the new technology that made for hyper-realistic action in “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” is worth trying again. So much so the...