https://www.latimes.com/people/michael-ordona Content published by Michael Ordoña. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:30 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-02-12/animated-shorts-oscar-nominees This year's nominees include 'Beautiful Men,' 'Yuck!,' 'Wander to Wonder,' 'In the Shadow of the Cypress' and 'Magic Candies.' Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:30 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-02-12/animated-shorts-oscar-nominees https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-02-12/wild-robot-chris-sanders-a-visual-tour Director Chris Sanders takes us inside the images that make up the emotional touchstones of the film. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:27 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-02-12/wild-robot-chris-sanders-a-visual-tour https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-02-12/live-action-shorts-oscar-nominees This year's Oscar-nominated live-action shorts place viewers in the shoes of people on the front lines of thorny sociopolitical issues, including immigration and child labor. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:21 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-02-12/live-action-shorts-oscar-nominees https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-02-12/documentary-shorts-oscar-nominees This year's nominees examine the aftermaths of gun violence and two female musicians — one a trailblazer and the other just getting started. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:04 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-02-12/documentary-shorts-oscar-nominees https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-02-11/the-four-years-depicted-in-complete-unknown-were-key-to-shaping-bob-dylan The director believes the icon himself wanted to better understand the period in his life depicted in the film, especially the anger that greeted his going electric at a folk festival. Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:00:42 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-02-11/the-four-years-depicted-in-complete-unknown-were-key-to-shaping-bob-dylan https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-01-24/michelle-yeoh-star-trek-section-31 The actor returns to "Star Trek," reprising her character Philippa Georgiou, who leads the franchise's first television movie now streaming on Paramount+. Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:00:27 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-01-24/michelle-yeoh-star-trek-section-31 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-01-08/how-to-make-millions-before-grandma-dies-can-make-you-cry The movie’s underlying economic circumstances — society-wide financial straits driving people to extreme measures — rings true for the filmmaker. Wed, 08 Jan 2025 11:00:14 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2025-01-08/how-to-make-millions-before-grandma-dies-can-make-you-cry https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-12-17/squid-game-season-2-moves-the-story-forward There's plenty more to say about human nature in Seasons 2 and 3 of the hit South Korean drama. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:00:35 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-12-17/squid-game-season-2-moves-the-story-forward https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-26/anora-yura-borisov-mikey-madison-sean-baker The actor explains his hired-muscle character's inner conflict. How can he help out a friend but also not harm the woman at the center of the struggle? Tue, 26 Nov 2024 11:00:09 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-26/anora-yura-borisov-mikey-madison-sean-baker https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-25/jharrel-jerome-unstoppable-jennifer-lopez The young Emmy winner had to learn a lot and face some fears over the five years it took to make the story of real-life, one-legged wrestler Anthony Robles. Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:00:41 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-25/jharrel-jerome-unstoppable-jennifer-lopez https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-25/how-the-worst-wolverine-brought-out-the-best-in-deadpool Good friends Hugh Jackman, Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds bucked the downward multiverse trend by making the first R-rated MCU movie the biggest-grossing R-rated film ever. Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:00:08 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-25/how-the-worst-wolverine-brought-out-the-best-in-deadpool https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-21/buzzmeter-oscars-2025-early-thoughts-round-one Our panel of film experts is back to predict who and what will win Oscars in 10 key Academy Awards categories. Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:00:04 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-21/buzzmeter-oscars-2025-early-thoughts-round-one https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-20/the-wild-robot-lupita-nyongo-chris-sanders-dreamworks The animated feature adapted from the popular children’s books crafts a lovely, bittersweet parable of parenting. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:00:48 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-20/the-wild-robot-lupita-nyongo-chris-sanders-dreamworks https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-20/diane-warren-tyler-perry-moana-songs-oscars The two youngest people to write a Disney song score and one of the most-nominated female songwriters in Oscar history are in this year’s original song mix. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:00:46 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-20/diane-warren-tyler-perry-moana-songs-oscars https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-20/animated-contenders-wallace-gromit-transformers-snails-ghost-cat In another year of wildly varied animated features, Japan, Australia, Great Britain and the planet Cybertron send us their best. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:00:21 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-20/animated-contenders-wallace-gromit-transformers-snails-ghost-cat https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-19/inside-out-2-emotions-get-stronger-in-puberty The makers of the highest-grossing animated film ever put a lot of their families — and themselves — into the movie’s exploration of puberty blues.  Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:00:57 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-19/inside-out-2-emotions-get-stronger-in-puberty https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-19/emilia-perez-songs-camille-clement-ducol Clément Ducol and Camille whip up a suite of songs in a surprising range of genres that suit one of the year’s more surprising films. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:00:36 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-19/emilia-perez-songs-camille-clement-ducol https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-19/lainey-wilson-twisters-out-of-oklahoma 'Out of Oklahoma,' the song she co-wrote for the movie, evokes a long drive on a flat, open highway and aligns with the protagonist's journey. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:00:29 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-19/lainey-wilson-twisters-out-of-oklahoma https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-11/lashana-lynch-one-love-bob-rita-marley 'Bob Marley: One Love' focuses on the music legend’s life. In reading the script, Lashana Lynch realized Rita Marley was 'imperative' to his journey. Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:00:05 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-11-11/lashana-lynch-one-love-bob-rita-marley https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-10-04/joker-folie-a-deux-review-joaquin-phoenix-lady-gaga-todd-phillips Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga and co-writer-director Todd Phillips bend the architecture of the comic-book origin story toward a musical, not all that tunefully. Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:21:18 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-10-04/joker-folie-a-deux-review-joaquin-phoenix-lady-gaga-todd-phillips https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-09-26/the-wild-robot-review-animation-lupita-nyongo-chris-sanders Featuring inspired vocal performances by Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal and a deep cast of animation veterans, Chris Sanders' warm adventure approaches sublimity. Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:00:01 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-09-26/the-wild-robot-review-animation-lupita-nyongo-chris-sanders https://www.latimes.com/l-a-influential/story/2024-06-02/steven-yeun-hollywood-asian-american-actor What makes Steven Yeun a new kind of leading man in Hollywood? Name another Asian American actor to score this kind of variety, this kind of acclaim, in the U.S. Sun, 02 Jun 2024 10:00:22 GMT https://www.latimes.com/l-a-influential/story/2024-06-02/steven-yeun-hollywood-asian-american-actor https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-06-01/2024-emmys-buzzmeter Our BuzzMeter panel of veteran TV journalists and pundits offers their take on what will take the awards at the 2024 Emmys on Sept. 15. Sat, 01 Jun 2024 10:00:29 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-06-01/2024-emmys-buzzmeter https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-02-05/greta-gerwig-margot-robbie-barbie-oscar-nominations In finding the key to making a film about a plastic doll, the idea of an existential crisis took hold. But what if its producer and star suffered a crisis as well? Mon, 05 Feb 2024 11:00:37 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-02-05/greta-gerwig-margot-robbie-barbie-oscar-nominations https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-01-23/oscars-nominations-2024-full-list The 2024 Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday, with big numbers for "Oppenheimer," "Barbie" and two foreign titles, "Anatomy of a Fall" and "The Zone of Interest." Tue, 23 Jan 2024 12:30:13 GMT https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-01-23/oscars-nominations-2024-full-list