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Film Academy chief executive Bill Kramer dropped a reminder in Toronto on Saturday, that his group’s movie museum will in February devote space to the late director John Singleton’s Boyz N The Hood.

Sylvester Stallone is opening up about how he was almost a background extra in The Godfather.

The Best Actor Oscar has been the pinnacle for leading men since the first Academy Awards in 1929 when the film industry started honoring its best and brightest.

sent his “Suicide Squad” costar a rat to get into character as the Joker. Speaking on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, Andrew Garfield said that people have the wrong idea about what “the method” actually is. “There’s been a lot of misconceptions around what method acting is, I think,” Garfield told Maron. “It’s not about being an a–hole to everyone on set.

Succession’s Jeremy Strong, and Spider-Man star Andrew is on board – but he says there are plenty of misconceptions about it. The actor, who played Sebastião Rodrigues, a role based on a real-life Jesuit priest, in Martin Scorsese’s 2016 film, said he was celibate for six months and also fasted. He said: ‘It was very cool, man.

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Zack Sharf Sacheen Littlefeather dominated headlines this week after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a formal apology to her for the mistreatment she faced at the 1973 Oscars. Littlefeather, who was 26 years old at the ceremony, took to the stage on behalf of Marlon Brando, who was named best actor for “The Godfather,” and declined the award for him.

Amber Heard has sacked her long-time attorney and hired a new legal team as she prepares to appeal the verdict in her defamation trial with Johnny Depp. Elaine Bredehoft, who represented Ms Heard in the six-week long trial, will step down.

Johnny Depp is preparing to direct his first film since his 1997 directorial debut in ‘The Brave’ starring both himself and Marlon Brando. The 59-year-old actor is teaming up with Al Pacino, who will be co-producing a new biopic alongside Barry Navidi.‘Modigliani’ tells the story of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, and will be based on the play by Dennis McIntyre and adapted for the screen by Jerzy and Mary Kromolowski.

After nearly half a century, the Academy is issuing a long-overdue apology to Sacheen Littlefeather for mistreatment at the 45th Academy Awards in 1973. At the time, "The Godfather" was the talk of the town, and it earned Hollywood icon Marlon Brando an Oscar for Best Actor that year.

Academy Awards, where she delivered a powerful speech about Hollywood's mistreatment and misrepresentation of Native Americans. Now, the Academy is sharing an apology for the subsequent fallout from her act of protest.Academy president David Rubin issued a letter to Littlefeather on the Academy's behalf in June, praising her speech and the impact it had.The letter, which Littlefeather made public on Monday, expressed the organization's regret for the way in which she was treated by the film industry after she took the stage at the Oscars in 1973 to refuse the award for Best Actor on behalf of Marlon Brando.«As you stood on the Oscars stage in 1973 to not accept the Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando, in recognition of the misrepresentation and mistreatment of Native American people by the film industry, you made a powerful statement that continues to remind us of the necessity of respect and the importance of human dignity,» Rubin said Littlefeather's remarks at the ceremony in the letter.«The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified.

onstage at the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony on behalf of Marlon Brando.The now-75-year-old was booed, laughed at and heckled for refusing Brando’s award for Best Actor in “The Godfather.” Now, almost 50 years later, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has offered her a formal apology.“The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified,” wrote academy President David Rubin in the note. “The emotional burden you have lived through and the cost to your own career in our industry are irreparable.

Johnny Depp is set to direct his first film in 25 years, about an artist who died broke. The actor, 59, is making a movie about celebrated Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani alongside Al Pacino. Depp is also producing the movie on the artist who died impoverished in 1920 aged 35, but became renowned for his masterpieces of nudes with elongated faces and limbs.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday that it has formally apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather over the actress’ famed appearance at the 1973 Oscars, where she appeared on Marlon Brando’s behalf to decline his Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Godfather.

The Academy has finally apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is making amends.

Johnny Depp will direct his first film in 25 years with the upcoming biopic Modigliani.The actor, who previously directed 1997’s The Brave starring himself and Marlon Brando, announced he’ll be stepping behind the camera for a second time for a film about the life of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani.In a statement (via The Hollywood Reporter), Depp said: “The saga of Mr. Modigliani’s life is one that I’m incredibly honoured, and truly humbled, to bring to the screen.

Johnny Depp is due to hop back into the director’s seat for the first time in 25 years with Modigliani, a feature film about the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, which he will co-produce alongside Al Pacino.

Johnny Depp is directing his first movie since “The Brave” 25 years ago.

Clayton Davis Dustin Hoffman is one of the most versatile actors to ever grace the silver screen. Homegrown in Hollywood, the Los Angeles native has steered a career that has spanned over seven decades and brought forth some of the most vivid character creations in cinema history.To commemorate Dustin Hoffman’s 85th birthday, Variety ranks the 13 best performances of his career.Hoffman broke through as Benjamin Braddock, a 21-year-old who is seduced by an older married woman (Anne Bancroft) in Mike Nichols’ “The Graduate” (1967).

Marta Balaga Matt Dillon might have been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at Locarno on Thursday, but he still has “stuff to do.” And he wants you to know that.“The first thing I thought was: ‘Oh wow, that’s really nice.’ And then: ‘I don’t feel like I am done just yet!’,” Dillon tells Variety ahead of the ceremony. But he has been around for a long time, he admits, having made his first film, Jonathan Kaplan’s “Over the Edge,” back in 1979.“We were a bunch of actors playing juvenile delinquents, staying at a Holiday Inn in Colorado where McDonald’s slaughterhouses are based.

James Caan earned his stripes in the entertainment industry decades ago, starring in one of the most iconic film franchises — "The Godfather."  He portrayed Sonny Corleone, the eldest son of mafia don Vito Corleone, played by Marlon Brando, who was known as much for his fiery temper as he was for his violent, bullet-ridden death scene in the classic 1972 Francis Ford Coppola movie. But Caan's work with Coppola, and in front of the camera, began years before.

about the actor making a comeback after a brief absence from Hollywood. Caan, a 40-something pistol, spoke fondly about his rebellious early years in the movie business.“If there’s any one thing I could attribute my success to, it’s that I said ‘No.’ You’d go to an audition and they were always very cordial and nice and ‘How do you do, sir?’ And if I didn’t like the job, I’d turn it down,” he said.“You were angry in those days?” Ebert asked.“I was just New York, is all.”Caan, who died Thursday at age 82, always screamed New York.

Actor James Caan has died at the age of 82. "It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the evening of July 6," the family wrote in a tweet shared Thursday. "The family appreciates the outpouring of love and heartfelt condolences and asks that you continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time." The tweet was completed with Caan's famous Twitter phrase, "End of tweet." His manager, Matt Del Piano, confirmed Caan's death to Fox News Digital.

The Godfather star James Caan has died at the age of 82, his family has confirmed. The news was confirmed on his social media channels on Thursday evening (July 7).

Carmel Dagan Staff WriterJames Caan, whose indelible, Oscar-nominated performance as Sonny Corleone, the recklessly hotheaded son of Marlon Brando’s Mafia don in “The Godfather,” is sure to be remembered as long as there are gangster movies, died on Wednesday, his family announced on Twitter. He was 82.“It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the evening of July 6,” the tweet reads.

Rita Moreno recalled the scary time she almost lost her life when her ex-boyfriend Marlon Brando paid a doctor to interrupt her pregnancy. The EGOT-winning actor said that now that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, she is “frightened” for everyone who won’t have access to safe abortions.The 90-year-old singer and actress told Variety that before abortion became legal when she found out, she was pregnant while dating Brando, the late actor arranged for her to see a doctor that “some friends” recommended.