A lot of the people who watch the Academy Awards don't go to movies. So what's on stage is the only performance of yours they're going to see.

I think politics are going to play a big part this year. The movies and the people that don't pull punches are getting a lot of attention in the races.

I'm not expecting awards. I want the Philippine audience to troop to the theaters. I did not make the movies for that [awards]. I just want the movies to make money so that the industry can get back on its feet.

Everybody gets more money, the question is how much, ... All About Oscar: The History and Politics of the Academy Awards.

tons of movies are shot in Toronto, but Toronto is never Toronto.

It's a sweeping Western with tough cowboys, telling a time-tested love story that's simply about unrequited feelings. On the other hand, it shows two men having intercourse, which is a first for a mainstream Hollywood film. That's what has people talking.