formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
The ceremony will move to the bigger Peacock Theatre, which hosts the Emmys, in 2029 – the same year as the televised show switches to YouTube. Source: https://news.sky.com/story/oscars-to-leave-hollywood-organisers-announce-move-to-downtown-los-angeles-for-2029-13524987
The new musical film about Michael Jackson has stormed the worldwide box office, scoring the highest opening weekend ever for a biopic. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crl1lpzp4z5o
The organization behind the Oscars is for the first time addressing the use of artificial intelligence in performances and scripts for the 2027 Academy Awards. Source: https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2026-05-01/oscars-organization-expands-international-film-eligibility-addresses-ai-in-new-rules
As Hollywood wrestles with how to use AI, Obsidian Studio’s Wes Walker and Louis Gheysens are making the case that the technology is only as good as the human hand guiding it. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/obsidian-studio-ai-filmmaking-1236577409/
David Anthony Burke — the 21-year-old music star better known as D4vd — repeatedly sexually abused a teenage girl before murdering her and dismembering her body in order to protect his ascendant music career, prosecutors alleged Monday. Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-20/d4vd-murder-charge-slaying-celeste-rivas-hernandez
In the latest in THR’s series about life after Hollywood, a former TV and film scribe undergoes a gut renovation as he settles into a second career as a construction worker. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/life-after-hollywood-hollywood-writer-nick-morton-construction-1236565629/