Last year around 19 million people watched the Oscars. This year’s telecast moved up an hour to 7pm, was driven by ‘Barbenheimer’ hype and only managed to bring in 19.5 million viewers— slightly better numbers.

Blanchett, one of the great actresses of her generation, recently lashed out at so-called “trigger warnings.” The most recent example of which came from Max slapping a warning right before streams of “Blazing Saddles.”

Rob Reiner, who directed “This is Spinal Tap” has officially started shooting the sequel, per a press release. There will be a ton of cameos in this one, including Paul McCartney. Elton John, and Garth Brooks.

One of the best moments of last night’s Oscars ceremony was Hayao Miyazaki winning the Oscar for “The Boy and the Heron.” He was, sadly, not at the ceremony, the 83-year-old master win in this category was music to my ears.

The 96th Academy Awards ceremony was held last night at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, and, as is always the case, year in and year out, the “In Memoriam” portion of the show was again botched with key names missing.

After winning the Palme d’Or, and the Original Screenplay Oscar, the French duo of Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, co-writers on “Anatomy of A Fall,” are now being courted by Hollywood heavyweights.

“Coyote vs. Acme” screenwriter Samy Burch is telling IndieWire that conversations are “ongoing” about whether or not the film will see the light of day, adding that the $70 million film is still being screened in some places.

Martin Scorsese has made it no secret that he would have liked to have won more statuettes. As it stands, he has that lone Best Director win, not for “Goodfellas” or “Raging Bull,” but for 2006’s “The Departed.”

What wasn’t expected was the “politicized” acceptance speech Glazer gave when accepting the Oscar . Glazer was being drained out by screams, and cheering, coming from the audience. This is, more or less, the transcript.

This was one of the dullest Oscar telecasts in recent years. Almost every expected frontrunner won.

More Star Wars drama coming in. EmpireCity is claiming that the Rey project has actually been completely scrapped by Disney and that its star, Daisy, Ridley has yet to be told about the decision.

Yesterday’s Variety report claiming “The Holdovers” screenwriters David Hemingson and Alexander Payne plagiarized Simon Stephenson’s Blacklist script, “Frisco,” scene-for-scene, “line-by-line,” certainly surprised many.

“Kung Fu Panda 4” debuted at #1 at the box-office with an estimated $58.3 million domestic take this weekend (from 4,035 locations). It’s the best opening of the franchise since the 2008 original ($60 million).

Animation on the sequel will begin soon, with the team currently storyboarding and working on set designs. Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic will return to direct.

The rumor du jour, which is about to spread like wildfire after this post, is that comedian Shane Gillis might have landed the lead role in Quentin Tarantino’s final film.

A talent manager, who represents A-listers, tells Forbes that Christopher Nolan is “the biggest movie star in the world right now.” Given the incredible year he just had, it isn’t hyperbole to believe that.

The reclusive filmmaker behind the acclaimed “Crumb,” “Ghost World” and “Bad Santa hasn’t directed a film since 2006’s “Art School Confidential,” which was the first film of his to get mixed reviews.

In a just-published Variety report, “The Holdovers” screenwriters David Hemingson and Alexander Payne (not credited) have been accused of stealing, scene-for-scene, line-by-line, another writer’s script.

Coming off two recent test screenings, Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice” will release a trailer within the next week, or so. This one is easily one of the most anticipated big studio sequels of the year.

According to Roger Friedman, corroborating DanielRPK’s previous intel, Kimberly Pierce will be directing and writing a remake of 1981 film noir “Body Heat.” Bad idea.