Melissa McCarthy Calls Playing Ursula in 'The Little Mermaid' an 'Out of Body Experience' (Exclusive)

The Windshield Wiper, directed by Alberto Mielgo and produced by Leo Sanchez, won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. “Animation is an art that includes every single art that you can imagine,” Mielgo said during their acceptance speech.

Regina Hall is using her time at the Oscars to play doctor.

Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s “Dos Oruguitas” is one of the nominees for Best Original Song at the 2022 Academy Awards and you can listen to and read the lyrics for the song right here!

Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s “Dos Orguitas” is one of the nominees for Best Original Song at the 2022 Academy Awards and you can listen to and read the lyrics for the song right here!

Though two of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s films earned coveted nominations at the 94th Academy Awards, he has confirmed he will be absent from the red carpet and the Dolby Theatre ceremony.

Lin-Manuel Miranda won't be hitting the Oscars red carpet on Sunday. The actor revealed on Saturday that he won't be attending the star-studded awards show out of an abundance of caution for public health.«Made it to Hollywood… This weekend, my wife tested ➕ for COVID,» Miranda, 42, wrote on Twitter. «She's doing fine.

“Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda had a blink-and-you’ll miss it role on “The Sopranos”. Now the Tony-winner, 42, is speaking out about his experience working alongside the late James Gandolfini on the HBO mob series. “He was never locked up in this trailer,” Miranda said of Gandolfini in Judd Apatow’s new book, “Sicker in the Head: More Conversations About Life and Comedy.”“He [Gandolfini] was just out, and people would talk to him,” Miranda added, noting the actor’s kindness.

set to take place on May 2. Blake Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, are serving as co-chairs for the event as well as Oscar winner Regina King and actor, composer, and director Lin-Manuel Miranda. Miranda was originally slated to co-chair the 2020 Gala before it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Designer Tom Ford, Instagram head Adam Mosseri, and Anna Wintour, the Artistic Director of Condé Nast and the Global Editorial Director of will also co-chair the 2022 event after last September's Part One of the exhibit. This spring's theme will be Part Two,, and is returning to its traditional spot in the first Monday in May. Both exhibits will be on display at the Met through Sept.

Ariana DeBose is likely going to be an Oscar winner by the end of the month, so the offers coming her way will get better and better.

Lin-Manuel Miranda has a cure for parents!

Melissa McCarthy is talking about her unexpected vocal talents. 

Jon Burlingame editorThis year’s Oscar song race may be more competitive than initially thought. Billie Eilish’s James Bond theme “No Time to Die,” long believed the front-runner, has been out for over two years (awaiting a COVID-delayed release of the film it was written for) and now faces opposition from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Encanto” song.While it’s not “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” the TikTok sensation driving the Disney soundtrack to no.

Not bothered. Melissa McCarthy is one of the most successful and highest paid actresses in Hollywood, and she’s never let her body define her — even if casting directors might have other ideas.

Kate Aurthur editorMarielle Heller has set a new first-look deal with Paramount Television Studios for her company, Defiant by Nature. Along with producing partners Havilah Brewster and Leah Holzer, Heller will develop premium television shows for the studio across its platforms.Heller came to prominence as a writer-director for 2015’s “Diary of a Teenage Girl,” for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for best first feature.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe eighth annual Variety Artisans Awards returned to an in-person event at Santa Barbara’s Arlington Theater.Despite COVID protocols, an enthusiastic crowd of movie lovers, local Academy members and students from the nearby University of Santa Barbara came by to see Oscar-nominated artisans share their craft, their process and the films that influenced them.The night began with one on one conversations with each artisan discussing insight into their work.The full panel of honorees included “House of Gucci” hair and make up team Frederic Aspiras and Göran Lundstrom, “Nightmare Alley” production designer Tamara Deverell, “Encanto” composer Germaine Franco, “Dune” cinematographer Greig Fraser, “Encanto” songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda, re-recording mixer, Paul Massey, nominated for “No Time to Die,” VFX supervisor Kelly Port, “The Power of the Dog” editor Peter Sciberra and “Dune” costume designers Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan.Watch the conversation highlights below.