Bob Mondello

Joining them in the Best Picture race are the Vatican thriller Conclave and the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown with eight nominations each. and the sex worker rom-com Enora with Six. Also in the running, the sci-fi epic Dune Part II, the body horror film The Substance, the Spanish-language drama I'm Still Here, and The Nickel Boys, set in a racist reform school.

Joining them in the Best Picture race are the Vatican thriller Conclave and the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown with eight nominations each. and the sex worker rom-com Enora with Six. Also in the running, the sci-fi epic Dune Part II, the body horror film The Substance, the Spanish-language drama I'm Still Here, and The Nickel Boys, set in a racist reform school.

The Oscars telecast will be hosted by Conan O'Brien on March 2. Bob Mandello, NPR News.

The Oscars telecast will be hosted by Conan O'Brien on March 2. Bob Mandello, NPR News.

Supremely dignified in her later years, she was squeaky when she first made an impression on movie audiences as Laurence Olivier's adoring granddaughter in The Entertainer.

Supremely dignified in her later years, she was squeaky when she first made an impression on movie audiences as Laurence Olivier's adoring granddaughter in The Entertainer.

They married shortly after the movie came out, and Plowright became closely associated with Olivier's stage work. After his death, she came into her own in such films as Tea with Mussolini and her Oscar-nominated performance in Enchanted April as a stern widow in literary circles.

They married shortly after the movie came out, and Plowright became closely associated with Olivier's stage work. After his death, she came into her own in such films as Tea with Mussolini and her Oscar-nominated performance in Enchanted April as a stern widow in literary circles.

Declining eyesight forced Plowright to retire from acting in 2014, but she was amusing as herself in the 2018 documentary Nothing Like a Dame, alongside fellow acting legends Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. Bob Mondello, NPR News.

Declining eyesight forced Plowright to retire from acting in 2014, but she was amusing as herself in the 2018 documentary Nothing Like a Dame, alongside fellow acting legends Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. Bob Mondello, NPR News.

So it turns out Craven's dad was right.

So it turns out Craven's dad was right.

The character recovers, but his movie won't. With an opening of barely $11 million for the weekend, Craven the Hunter, which cost more than $100 million to make, now has the record for the lowest opening ever for a Marvel movie.

The character recovers, but his movie won't. With an opening of barely $11 million for the weekend, Craven the Hunter, which cost more than $100 million to make, now has the record for the lowest opening ever for a Marvel movie.

The film had been sitting on the shelf through much of the pandemic and was probably not helped by the decision to open it in early December, traditionally a rough box office period. Not rough for Wicked or Moana, though, each of which more than doubled Craven's box office take for the weekend. Bob Mondello, NPR News.

The film had been sitting on the shelf through much of the pandemic and was probably not helped by the decision to open it in early December, traditionally a rough box office period. Not rough for Wicked or Moana, though, each of which more than doubled Craven's box office take for the weekend. Bob Mondello, NPR News.

A Disney princess and a couple of wicked witches have families lining up at cinemas and the film industry breathing a sigh of relief. As recently as last month, business was down roughly a billion dollars from 2023. By the end of this weekend, which will easily eclipse previous Thanksgiving box office records, Hollywood will have clawed back about a third of that deficit.

A Disney princess and a couple of wicked witches have families lining up at cinemas and the film industry breathing a sigh of relief. As recently as last month, business was down roughly a billion dollars from 2023. By the end of this weekend, which will easily eclipse previous Thanksgiving box office records, Hollywood will have clawed back about a third of that deficit.

A Roman gladiator is helping out. But 2024's rebound is about families returning to cinemas. They made Pixar's Inside Out 2 the year's biggest blockbuster, and still to come are Sonic the Hedgehog 3, an animated Lord of the Rings prequel, and a new Lion King saga. Bob Mondello, NPR News.

A Roman gladiator is helping out. But 2024's rebound is about families returning to cinemas. They made Pixar's Inside Out 2 the year's biggest blockbuster, and still to come are Sonic the Hedgehog 3, an animated Lord of the Rings prequel, and a new Lion King saga. Bob Mondello, NPR News.