AWARDS HEADLINES
Oscar Winners 2016: The Complete List
The complete list of the winners of the 88th Academy Awards, plus links to Chris Rock’s opening monologue transcript, fashion slideshow and show highlights. (NYT)
Oscar Winners By Film & Studio – Chart
Mad Max: Fury Road rode the craft categories to the most wins of the night with six, twice its closest rival. That means it was good news for its studio Warner Bros in the final tally. (DH)
Full List Of All 2016 Film Independent Spirit Award Winners
Spotlight dominates The Spirit Awards winning Best Picture and Best Director. (IW)
OTHER HEADLINES
Weekend Box Office Wrap-up: February 28, 2016
Pulling off the three-peat is Deadpool with $31.5 million and up to $285.6 million domestically and $609.8 million globally. Debuting in second is the bomb Gods of Egypt, which could only manage $14 million in its first three days. (SR)
Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien: Covenant’ Moved Up To Summer 2017
Fox has moved up the release date for Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott’s sequel to Prometheus, by two months to Aug. 4, 2017, from Oct. 6, 2017. (VAR)
‘House of Cards’ Taps New Showrunners Ahead Of Season Premiere
House of Cards writers Frank Pugliese and Melissa James have been promoted to showrunners of the Netflix political drama and will now take over creative control for the show’s fifth season as creator Beau Willmon departs. (TVG)
‘Kung Fu Panda 3′ Becomes China’s Biggest Animated Film Ever
The record is an important milestone for Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Shanghai-based Oriental DreamWorks venture, which spared no expense in animating the film in both English and Chinese. (THR)
Jimmy Smits Will Play A Senator in New 24 Series
Fox announced that Jimmy Smits has been cast as a U.S. senator in its upcoming 24 reboot, 24: Legacy. Smits will take the role of Senator John Donovan, husband of Miranda Otto’s character. (VUL)
Screenwriters: Where Story Begins – Genre