What's news: An Oscars preview, a first look inside the Academy Museum, Birds of Prey gets off to a wobbly start, WGA members sign off on studio negotiation priorities, a new writer for Marvel's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Plus: Roger Deakins' personal photos, and all the titles Netflix has removed due to government pressure. --Alex Weprin

 Oscars Preview

►Inside the new Academy Museum, from the Barbra Streisand Bridge to the 1,000-seat David Geffen Theater. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures lifted the curtains to show what it has in store ahead of its opening later this year (you can see the stunning view from the glass-encased Dolby Family Terrace above). Rebecca Keegan has a preview of what to expect.

Quote: "This museum belongs to everyone," said newly appointed Academy Museum Director Bill Kramer as press gathered inside what will be the museum’s main lobby in the Saban Building at the intersection of Wilshire and Fairfax on Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile. "We want to tell stories from many points of view." The story, the photos, and video.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences hosted the museum event just days ahead of the 92nd Academy Awards, which will be held Sunday. Here's a preview...

--The basics: The Oscars ceremony will kick off at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET Sunday, live from the Dolby Theater at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Los Angeles. The awards will air on broadcaster ABC, which will also have pre-show red carpet coverage. For the second year in a row, there's no host. Lynette Howell Taylor and producer Stephanie Allain are the producers.

Here's THR's Oscars guide...

--The nominees: The nominees for best picture are Ford v Ferrari, The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Little Women, Marriage Story, 1917, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Parasite. The full list of all the nominees... Here's who THR's awards analyst and chief film critic think should win, and who they think will win...

--The parties: Here's THR's complete guide to all the Oscars parties and events happening in Los Angeles... THR's team of reporters has the latest from inside all the parties here... Here's the photo gallery...

+Also: Here's what the stage in the Dolby Theater and the Rolex-sponsored Oscars green room look like... Want to win at Oscars bar trivia? Here are all the noteworthy stats from this year's nominees...

+ABC sets post-Oscars show. The network will air a late-night special called Live From Hollywood: After the Awards at 11:35 p.m. ET/10 p.m. PT Sunday, following the Oscar telecast and late local news. TV host Maria Menounos, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith and entertainment reporter and sportscaster Ben Lyons will serve as hosts, conducting red carpet interviews outside the Governor's Ball and looking back at highlights from the ceremony. More.

+Billy Crystal says hostless Oscars is like a "trial without witnesses." "I think the problem with the no host thing, perhaps, is that there's not somebody out there to capitalize on that moment," the longtime Academy Awards host said of the decision to go without an emcee for the second year in a row. More.

+And then there are the Golden Raspberry Awards, better known as the Razzies. Three films tied for the most Razzie nominations. Cats, A Madea Family Funeral and Rambo: Last Blood each received eight nods, all three getting mentions for worst picture, supporting actress, screen combo and screenplay. Joker is the only film to receive both Razzie and Oscar nods this year. The full list of nominees.

 'Birds of Prey' Trouble

►Box office: Birds of Prey is flying lower than expected. After initially tracking for a $50 million debut (with Warner Bros. estimating a more conservative $45 million), the DC Comics film is coming in below expectations so far, including $4 million in Thursday previews. Overseas, the year's first superhero pic has earned $7.5 million since opening midweek. In parts of Asia, including South Korea, the film is being impacted by fears over the coronavirus. Stay tuned.

►Writers Guild members endorse priorities list for studio talks. The vote was about 91 percent (3,028 votes) to nine percent (308). That’s a slightly lower margin than three years ago, where the vote was 96 percent to four percent, but more than twice as many members voted this time: 3,336 vs. 1,626 in 2017. That may signal an activated membership, which the guild has been vigorously organizing since it began its campaign against the major talent agencies last April. The story.

Elsewhere in film...

--Monster Mash is coming to the big screen. Universal is developing a musical to be directed by Matt Stawski.

--A new take on the cult horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is also coming to the big screen. Legendary has tapped Ryan and Andy Tohill to reboot the 1974 film.

--Inside Grain Media: The London doc house behind a growing haul of Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy winners.

--Avengers director Joe Russo on Joker success and the Endgame theory that's wrong.

►What will Warner Music be worth when it goes public? With Warner Music Group's announcement of plans to go public with an upcoming IPO, now begins a waiting game to see how much of the company will be sold and how the shares will be priced, determining the company's overall valuation. That job will be left up to Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs, the stock offering's underwriters.

--According to the prospectus on file at the SEC -- which leaves blank key information such as stock price and number of shares being offered -- the proceeds of the stock offering are going to current shareholders, not to WMG. The story.

►TV Long View: This week Rick Porter explores awards shows ratings. "[L]ooking at the performance of other big awards shows over the past decade, a pattern emerged: All the big awards shows — the Grammys, Golden Globes and Emmys in addition to the Oscars — had their largest or second-largest audiences of the past 10 years in the 2013-14 season." The column. 

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Revolving door: Just as the sequel to Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange gets a new director, the project is also getting a new writer. Michael Waldron, the showrunner of Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series Loki, has been tapped to work on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness... Wes Ball, the filmmaker behind the hit YA postapocalyptic thriller trilogy The Maze Runner, has signed with WME...

Elsewhere in TV...

--For the first time, Netflix published a list of all the titles it has removed due to government demands, with Singapore leading the way in requests.

--Mythic Quest: How Ubisoft created the fake video game at center of Apple+ comedy.

--Homeland final season circles back to the beginning: "We put Carrie in Brody's shoes."

--Locke & Key cast on the challenges of bringing the comic book story to TV.

--Tamron Hall reflects on talk show success, leaving Today and learning to bet on herself.

 Hollywood's Black Hair Problem

^Hollywood's black hair problem on set: "We've all cried in our trailers." African American stars say productions don't provide makeup artists and hair stylists who are familiar with natural textures and dark skin tones: "It's a real disservice to actors of color." The story.

 Music supervisors for Once Upon a Time, Queen & Slim, Waves and The Last Black Man in San Francisco were among the winners Thursday night at the 10th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards. On the TV side, winners included music supervisors on Euphoria, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Songland, Native Son and The Dirt. The full list of winners.

+ICG Publicists Awards: Joker took home the top honor at the 2020 ICG Publicists Awards, recognizing the best film and TV campaigns of the year, on Friday at the Beverly Hilton. The team from Warner Bros, helmed by unit publicist Larry Kaplan, won the Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Motion Picture Award in a category that included Avengers: Endgame, The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Rocketman and Us. In television, the same honor went to The Mandalorian. The full list of winners.

+Also: Just two days after announcing her upcoming Rare Beauty brand, Selena Gomez celebrated her personal glam team at the Hollywood Beauty Awards on Thursday...

►Jane Fonda debuts "Fire Drill Fridays" in L.A. with Joaquin Phoenix, Norman Lear. After 14 weeks of climate change protests in Washington, D.C., Jane Fonda brought her "Fire Drill Fridays" rally west for the first time this week, leading several hundred environmentally conscious supporters at Los Angeles City Hall. The story.



^1917 cinematographer Roger Deakins shares personal photos — on sets and off. Long before the film legend earned 15 career Oscar noms, he developed a love for still photography that continues to this day. Deakins shares with THR an exclusive selection of arresting images taken during his travels. The photos.

►"Are you Laura Dern?" Divorce lawyer Laura Wasser sees the similarities in Marriage Story. Famed family-law attorney Laura Wasser reflects on the similar fashion and design aesthetics between her and the actress' Oscar-nominated character as she points out how her professional tactics differ. More.

+When Marriage Story is reality: How divorcing couples play real estate games in L.A. Noah Baumbach's Oscar-nominated film strikes a nerve among brokers and family lawyers, who reveal how separating spouses navigate property dilemmas in a divorce industry worth $50 billion nationwide. More.

Obituaries: Roger Kahn, the writer who wove memoir and baseball and touched millions of readers through his romantic account of the Brooklyn Dodgers in The Boys of Summer, has died. He was 92... Kevin Conway, who starred in the Gettysburg miniseries as well as films Thirteen Days and Invincible, has died. He was 77...

It Happened in Hollywood podcast: Comedy great Nathan Lane remembers the "terrifying" moment Oprah tried to out him, and that fame post-The Birdcage wasn't all it was cracked up to be: "It was all so intimidating." Listen.

Behind the Screen podcast: THR's senior awards analyst Scott Feinberg joins THR tech editor Carolyn Giardina to discuss the most likely winners in the categories of best animated feature, cinematography, visual effects, sound editing and sound mixing. Listen.

Casting roundup: Maggie Gyllenhaal is set to play Gladys Presley, the mother of Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann biopic about the king of rock 'n' roll... Chris Wood will play Leo Steadman in the Thirtysomething sequel Thirtysomething(else)... Amazon's rock-music drama Daisy Jones and the Six has found its male lead. Sam Claflin will star opposite Riley Keough in the series...

What else we're reading...

--"Edie Falco can't quit CNN, but jazz and a dog park keep her sane" [Vulture]

--"How the more inclusive Spirit Awards recognize the true diversity in movies today" [LA Times]

--"How the spirit of Mel Brooks lives on in Jojo Rabbit" [The Ringer]

--"TikTok eyes larger post-Super Bowl marketing push" [WSJ]

Today's birthdays: John Grisham, 65, Alonzo Mourning, 50, Klay Thompson, 30, Ted Koppel, 80, Cecily Strong, 36.

Have a nice Oscars weekend...