Month: March 2022

He told me about a few crushes, including his own, and he also made it clear that there were some he couldn't tell me about because he had been sworn to secrecy. I respected his secrets and didn't push any harder. Despite the fact that he seemed happy and at ease throughout our conversation, I wondered if I was asking too many questions or failing to respect boundaries. Was I transgressing the sacred, private space of childhood crushes? The experts say no -- good news to all curious grown-ups out there. Crushes are important, long-ignored milestones in the relational life of preadolescent children that parents and caregivers should be respectfully discussing and unpacking with them. These puppy love infatuations help children explore romantic feelings before they are ready for romant...

Winning an Academy Award is often considered the most prestigious honor you can receive in Hollywood. Earning an Oscar can instantly allow actors to command as much as 20% more money on their next project. But although taking home the top prize in one of the top acting categories can be career-changing, the trophy itself is worth less than a cup of coffee. That's because the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which gives out the Oscars, has strict rules in place to prevent winners from profiting off of the sale of their trophies. In fact, according to the Academy's official regulations, winners are not allowed to "sell or otherwise dispose of the Oscar statuette ... without first offering to sell it to the Academy for the sum of $1." And if an Oscar winner dies a...

The pandemic accelerated the disruption. Traditional studios like Paramount, Universal, Sony, Warner Bros. and Disney rerouted dozens of theatrical films to streaming services or released them simultaneously in theaters and online. For the second year in a row, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, citing the coronavirus threat, allowed films to skip a theatrical release entirely and still be eligible for Oscars. The academy had previously required at least a perfunctory theatrical release of at least a week in Los Angeles. This is about more than Hollywood egotism. The worry is that, as streaming services proliferate — more than 300 now operate in the United States, according to the consulting firm Parks Associates — theaters could become exclusively the land of superheroes, s...

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