Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You know the old saying about how you wait ages for a bus and then two come along at the exact same time? New Oscars categories ...

UPDATE (8/1/25): Just two days after announcing the need for thousands of volunteers to serve as extras in a massive concert scene for the new TV series “9-1-1: Nashville,” the casting director has ...

The past 17 years of blockbusters have, in large part, been affected by the decisions of Sarah Halley Finn. Finn has been the casting director for nearly every MCU project, from 2008’s “Iron Man” to ...

Casting directors Francine Maisler (“Sinners”) and Nina Gold and Douglas Aibel (“Jay Kelly”) were among the film winners at ...

Next year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will finally honor one of the most important filmmaking crafts with the first ever Best Casting Oscar. It's a long overdue recognition, and in ...

Casting directors of some of this season’s buzziest films chronicle how enlisting professionals lent credibility to the contenders. By Max Gao For the first time in the ceremony’s 98-year history, ...

Contenders say the criteria for judging the category can vary from, say, the number of newcomers to the seamlessness of the ensemble.

As the Academy Awards prepare to honor them with their very own category, the industry’s foremost ensemble-wranglers reflect on what this moment means—and hope it’ll shed some light on their ...

Emmy-nominated casting directors celebrate the work of their peers from across 2025. So we went out to Emmy-nominated casting directors, asking them to highlight the effort and the craft that’s ...

Whether drama or comedy, bringing someone new into a beloved show isn’t an easy task. With a camaraderie between the actors, the pressure is on for casting directors to find someone who will mesh well ...