Oscars

“White Eye,” from 33-year-old director Tomer Shushan, tackles an Israeli problem familiar to Americans.

Palestinian-British director Farah Nabulsi's short film The Present, starring Saleh Bakri, best known for The Band’s Visit, was also shortlisted in the Best Live-Action Short category.

Plummer flourished in a succession of meaty roles after age 70 - a time in life when most actors merely fade away.

Every year, in addition to the winners of the traditional Oscars, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces winners in various scientific and technical categories.

Her versatility may be attributable to the English repertory theater tradition. There it is common to play a lead in one play while taking a cameo in another.

The 86-year-old silver-screen legend is generating serious awards buzz for her performance in The Life Ahead, her first major film role in 11 years.

This is an unusual year for the Israeli film industry, to put it mildly, because the coronavirus has forced theaters to stay shut since March.

Morricone wrote for hundreds of films, but it was his friendship with Italian director Sergio Leone that brought him fame, with scores for Spaghetti Westerns starring Clint Eastwood in the 1960s.

Previously, a movie had to be screened in a movie theater in Los Angeles for at least seven days in order to be eligible for Oscar consideration.

Tarantino had previously referred to the soon-to-be-born baby as “she” in an interview, but apparently he either didn’t know the sex of the fetus or was just messing with his public.