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Before casting Harrison Ford in “Blade Runner,” director Ridley Scott and producer Michael Deeley visited the set of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” to meet with him. “After watching only a few minutes of the "Raiders" rushes, Ridley and I knew we wanted Harrison,” said Deeley. The only problem was Ford’s Indiana Jones costume.
“S***, I wanted that hat for Deckard,” Scott said. “Tough. We lost a hat, but we gained a star,” replied Deeley.
To help recreate the frame-by-frame shots of Jacqueline Kennedy’s 1961 “A Tour of the White House” for “Jackie,” director Pablo Larrain used real archival footage from Kennedy’s tour interspersed with shots of Natalie Portman. “From distances, it’s Jackie, and other times, it’s Natalie,” said producer Mickey Liddell.
Portman also wore a replica of the iconic red suit worn by the first lady for the tour. “We had to make two different versions,” costume designer Madeline Fontaine said. “One in the original shade of dark red, and another in pink, so that it would read as gray on camera, just as it did in the black-and-white original.”
One of Tony Duquette’s costume design drawings from “Lovely to Look At” (1952). Does it remind you of any looks from last night’s Met Gala?
Selfies, new friendships and a class photo. Here's a look inside the Oscars Nominees Luncheon.
Lena Waithe and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson
(L-R) Diane Warren, Kathryn Bostic, Ellen Segal
Hannah Gadsby and Academy Governor Laura Karpman
Academy CEO Dawn Hudson
Hannah Gadsby and Lena Waithe
Hannah Gadsby and Lena Waithe
Lily Collins
Amandla Stenberg
Geeta Malik, 2016 Nicholl fellow and recipient of this year's Academy Gold Fellowship for Women
Oscar winner and musician Annie Lennox
Oscar winner and musician Annie Lennox
(L-R) Academy Governor Kimberly Peirce, Rachel Morrison, Taura Stinson, Savi Malik, Anika Noni Rose and Geeta Malik
Academy CEO Dawn Hudson and Dakota Johnson
(L-R) Lone Scherfig, Andrea Riseborough, Joanna Natasegara and Academy Managing Director, Member Relations and Awards Lorenza Munoz
Ethosheia Hylton, recipient of this year's Academy Gold Fellowship for Women
Misan Sagay, Academy Governor Laura Karpman
Eleanor Tomlinson, Ellise Chappel
(L-R) Robert De Niro, Kal Penn and Cuba Gooding Jr.
Academy Governor Larry Karaszewski and Zoey Deutch
(L-R) Melissa Martinez, Bettina Sherick, Dave Chappelle, Laura Brown and Radio
Del Spiva and Academy Governor Teri Dorman
(L-R) Yolihuani Curiel, Sofia Carrillo and Melanie Coombs
Wayne Knight
(L-R) Rob Simonsen and guest, Academy Governor Laura Karpman, Academy Governor Charles Bernstein and Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum
(L-R) Daniel Lindsay, Erin Lindsay, TJ Martin and Erika Buder
Los Angeles New Member Reception
Bay Area New Member Reception
Academy President John Bailey and CEO Dawn Hudson
(L-R) Michael Miller, Michael Agulnek, Marcus Hu and Ross Nakasone
(L-R) Agnes Ann Guerard Rodgers, Connie Field, Julie Parker Benello, Academy Governor Sid Ganis and Boots Riley
Academy CEO Dawn Hudson and Carey Mulligan
New York New Member Reception
(L-R) Elsie Fisher, Nicolette Aizenberg and Annette Insdorf
New York New Member Reception
Olivia Sammons and Maggie Gyllenhaal
(L-R) Paul Dano, Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Academy Governor Whoopi Goldberg and Academy Director of New York Programs and Member Relations Patrick Harrison
(L-R) Luca Guadagnino, Giuppy d'Aura, Timothée Chalamet and Alessio Bolzoni
(L-R) Ellen Dumouchel, Mahershala Ali and Trevor Kennish
Ana DeJesus discusses her evolving path as a storyteller, including her time at Princeton University, interning at Focus Features and participating in Academy Gold.
For more on the Academy Gold program visit:
Best Actress nominees Saoirse Ronan, Sally Hawkins, Margot Robbie, and Meryl Streep embrace during the Oscars.
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) flyer from this date in 1985 for the movie’s opening in LA.
From the Midge Sanford and Sarah Pillsbury production records.
Sanford and Pillsbury are a female producing team, and the movie was also written by a woman Leora Barish, and directed by a woman, Susan Seidelman (an Oscar nominee as well for a short she did later in 1994).
May all your dreams come true this baseball season.
In 1946, Joan Crawford famously accepted her Oscar for Mildred Pierce from her bed.
An Oscars superfan returns to her favorite stretch of Hollywood Blvd.
Presenter Oscar Isaac watches the show from backstage.
