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The streets of Rio de Janeiro have been littered with Fernanda Torres imitators. They drink beer, clutch plastic Oscars and deliver the impromptu acceptance speeches that they hope their idol, the Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, will give on Sunday night at the Academy Awards. “It’s the peak of fame in Brazil: to become a costume … Read more

Years after Gene Hackman retired from acting, he was at dinner with a friend in New Mexico who wanted to know how actors were able to cry on cue. “He put his head down at the table for about 30 seconds and raised his head up and there are tears coming down,” the friend, Doug … Read more

A Movie Game: Can You Match the Oscar-Nominated Film to Our Headline?

When Clint Eastwood needed a performer who could persuasively go boot-toe to boot-toe with him in his brutal 1992 western “Unforgiven,” he needed an actor who was his towering equal onscreen. Eastwood needed a performer with strange charisma, one who could at once effortlessly draw the audience to his character and repulse it without skipping … Read more

The actor Gene Hackman was found dead in a mud room in his New Mexico home and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, was found dead on the floor of a bathroom on Wednesday, according to a search warrant affidavit. An open prescription bottle and scattered pills were discovered near her body on a counter in the … Read more

The New York Times 2025 Oscars Ballot Best Picture ☐ “Anora” “The Brutalist” ☐ “A Complete Unknown” ☐ “Conclave” “Dune: Part Two” ☐ “Emilia Pérez❞ ☐ “I’m Still Here” ☐ “Nickel Boys” “The Substance” ☐ “Wicked” Best Director ☐ Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez❞ ☐ Sean Baker, “Anora” ☐ Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist” ☐ … Read more

other image(s) documented on any media, photography and/or videography equipment, photography and/or videography accessories and/or devises apparently used to facilitate photography and/or videography. 7. Clothing belonging or worn by Eugene “Gene” Allen Hackman or Betsy Arakawa. 8. Photographs of the residence, including the interior and exterior. 9. Latent and/or visible print(s), including but … Read more

Gene Hackman, a celebrated actor whose death at 95 was announced on Thursday, stood out in Hollywood for his ability not to stand out. Not until he was 42 did he make his star turn, winning the Oscar for best actor for playing a gruff narcotics detective in “The French Connection.” But at that point … Read more

Tributes for the actor Gene Hackman, who was found dead on Wednesday at the age of 95 at his home in Santa Fe, N.M., with his wife and one of their dogs, streamed in from collaborators and co-stars as the news spread. Hackman, who played flawed Everymen, inflexible patriarchs and inspirational mentors, had decades of … Read more

On Tuesday night, over 100 Oscar nominees gathered at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles for a class photo in the David Geffen Theater. In the upper left corner of the group, seated two rows above Timothée Chalamet, Ralph Fiennes clasped his hands and looked deep in thought, as though he were still pondering matters … Read more