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Academy’s Governors Awards: Michael J. Fox Tapped for Hersholt Award, Diane Warren, Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy Set for Honorary Oscars

Beloved actor and Parkinson’s disease activist Michael J. Fox will be celebrated with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award while 13-time songwriting Oscar bridesmaid Diane Warren, six-time directing-writing Oscar runner-up Peter Weir and trailblazing Black director Euzhan Palcy will collect honorary Oscars at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 13th Governors Awards on Nov. […]

Location Managers Guild Awards: ‘Chernobyl,’ ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Among Winners

A complete list of the winners of the 2019 Location Managers Guild Awards.

Peter Weir, Michael J. Meehan to Be Honored by Location Managers Guild

Oscar-nominated director Peter Weir and location manager Michael J. Meehan will receive honorary awards at the 2019 Location Managers Guild International Awards this fall.

‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’: TV Review | Berlin 2018

Natalie Dormer leads this six-part retelling of the classic Australian mystery about the disappearance of three schoolgirls and a teacher during a Valentine's Day excursion in 1900.

‘David Stratton: A Cinematic Life’ : Film Review | Cannes 2017

Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush and more appear in Sally Aitken's documentary love letter to a venerable champion of Australian cinema, 'David Stratton: A Cinematic Life.'

‘Dead Poets Society’: Theater Review

Jason Sudeikis steps into one of Robin Williams' most iconic roles in Tom Schulman's stage adaptation of his Oscar-winning screenplay for the 1989 film, 'Dead Poets Society,' also featuring Thomas Mann.

Hollywood Throwback: Dinner at Sam Goldwyn Jr.’s with Charlton Heston and ‘Master and Commander’ Author Patrick O’Brian

Twenty years ago, entertainment royalty gathered to welcome the author whose book would become an Oscar-winning film — APA’s Steve Fisher writes for THR about one of his most memorable nights as a young agent.

Peter Weir On Mel Gibson: ‘I Will Stand By Him’

"He’s a highly talented man. I’m sorry for what has happened to him, and I will stand by him if he ever asks me too,” Weir tells Canadian TV interviewer.

An Oscar for Ed Harris, Already?

Here's why Ed Harris may get a supporting actor nom for "The Way Back," what could keep it from him, and what he says he'd do with his Oscar statuette.

‘The Way Back’ Director Peter Weir to Deliver BAFTA Address

Filmmaker Peter Weir is booked to deliver this year’s David Lean lecture at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in December.