Plus, the complicated women of "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" and "Django Unchained."
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As I gear up for this year's award-season duties, the academy made a significant move this week, electing the casting director David Rubin as its new president. Given Rubin's history of high-profile projects like "The English Patient," "Men in Black" and "Big Little Lies," and also given Bafta's announcement this week that the British organization will add a new award for casting, many wonder whether we might see an additional Oscar category to recognize the work of Rubin's colleagues. |
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What sorts of movies might be nominated in a casting category, I wonder? Would the academy's tastes dovetail with the Screen Actors Guild, the group that gives out an outstanding-cast award? SAG often goes for best-picture front-runners in that category but last year's race paid special notice to populist hits, nominating "Crazy Rich Asians" and awarding the top prize to "Black Panther." By that measure, maybe a casting category this year would be the place to recognize "Avengers: Endgame," and the decade-long work it took to cast so many actors in their signature superhero roles. |
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| 'Superbad' & MeThe raunchy coming-of-age film still (mostly) holds up. But one of our television editors writes that she might have loved it for the wrong reason. |
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