LONDON—Actress Glenda Jackson, a two-time Oscar winner who later served as a socialist politician in the British parliament for 23 years, has died. She was 87. Her agent said she had died at her home in southeast London after a brief illness. Jackson had starred on stage, television, and film before quitting to take up…

Since condemning the recent inclusivity changes made to the Oscars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), veteran actor Richard Dreyfuss hasn’t back-peddled on his comments nor has there been notable pressure for him to do so. That’s while other entertainment industry experts are also critical, if not skeptical, of the changes…

Author and television personality Dee Dee Sorvino is questioning why Sunday’s Academy Awards show excluded her late husband, “Goodfellas” actor Paul Sorvino, from their “In-Memoriam” segment. The widow shared concerns that her late husband’s conservative political views may have put him at odds with the socially liberal Hollywood gathering and contributed to the snub. Actor…

On March 12, the 95th Academy Awards announced its winners at the Hollywood Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh won the Best Actress award for her performance as a dissatisfied laundry shop owner in “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” Yeoh is the first Asian actor to win the best actress in Oscars…

Born in Vietnam, Jonathan Ke Huy Quan, an American movie star of Chinese descent, won the 95th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Everything, Everywhere All At Once.” At the 95th Academy Awards, “Everything Everywhere All At Once” swept the Oscars floor with wins. Before walking onto the stage, Quan embraced…

Activists are calling on the Oscars to revoke the invitation of Hong Kong actor Donnie Yen to be a presenter at the upcoming Academy Awards due to his ties with the Chinese communist regime and remarks he has made against the Hong Kong democracy movement. A Change.org petition for Yen’s removal from the Oscars’ presenter…

The Directors Guild of America handed its top prize for feature filmmaking to Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” putting them on course to win at the Academy Awards next month. The 75th annual DGA Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday evening, denied Steven…

NEW YORK—The multiverse-skipping sci-fi indie hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once” led nominations to the 95th Academy Awards as Hollywood heaped honors on big-screen spectacles like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” a year after a streaming service won best picture for the first time. Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan’s “Everything Everywhere…

CAIRO—Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most renowned actresses Saturday on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said. The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie “The Salesman,” was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram expressing solidarity with the…

NEW YORK—Stage, TV and film writer-director Douglas McGrath, who earned a Tony nomination for “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” and an Oscar nod for the “Bullets Over Broadway” screenplay he co-wrote with Woody Allen, died Thursday. He was 64. The death was announced by the producers of McGrath’s solo off-Broadway show, “Everything’s Fine,” which opened…