What does the Oscars' casting award mean? A guide to the academy's newest category, including eligibility rules, voting and ...

Oscar nominations are coming this week, including for the inaugural best casting Academy Award. What to know about the first new category since 2001.

Nearly 92 percent of the bargaining unit of around 700 casting professionals supported the deal, which established a first-ever TV minimum rate for casting directors. By Katie Kilkenny Labor & Media ...

Behind the Wizard of Oz in the two-part “Wicked” movies were people actually pulling the strings. They set the table for the hit double-punch movies long before the cameras ever rolled out: The ...

By Spenser Mestel For the first time since 2002, the Academy Awards have introduced a new competitive category. Starting this year, films are now eligible for an Oscar in best casting, and while we’re ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has officially approved achievement in casting as a competitive Oscar category, marking the first addition to the awards lineup since best animated ...

Casting directors recently achieved a huge victory when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finally added a new Oscar category of casting for films released in 2025 and beyond. “The ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with host of the Academy Museum's podcast, Jacqueline Stewart, and casting director Reuben Cannon about the art of casting in Hollywood. Every now and then, I'm watching a ...

After decades of lobbying from the casting field, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is adding its first new award category since 2001. By Julia Jacobs The Academy Awards is introducing ...

Pent-up frustration by actors over the way audition process has evolved — or devolved — during the pandemic erupted this week when actors Ever Carradine, Merrin Dungey and Sprague Grayden slammed an ...