The Hollywood Reporter’s best of the week

The Hollywood Reporter’s list of its 10 best stories of the week:

OSCAR PRODUCERS PLAN BIG MUSICAL ENDING

Producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan will pair host Seth MacFarlane with Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth; says Zadan, “We want to have an actual ending.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-producers-seth-macfarlane-plan-422474?AP

`ENDER’S GAME’ AUTHOR’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS POSE RISKS FOR FILM

Outcry over DC Comics’ hire of Orson Scott Card to pen a Superman story could mean trouble for the $110 million sci-fi film set for November.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/enders-games-orson-scott-cards-422456?AP

BEATLES GRANT RARE MUSIC LICENSE TO SXSW DOCUMENTARY

`Good Ol’ Freda’ tells the story of the band’s beloved secretary.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/beatles-grant-music-license-sxsw-422512?AP

THR’S OSCAR ICONS PORTFOLIO: EVA MARIE SAINT, STEVEN SPIELBERG, MICHAEL MOORE

Contenders past and present — Spielberg with Benh Zeitlin, Marlee Matlin with Quvenzhane Wallis — swap tales about their biggest awards night fears (giving birth onstage!) and how winning changed their lives.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscars-steven-spielberg-michael-moore-422407?AP

`I WAS ROB LOWE’S SNOW WHITE’: THE UNTOLD STORY OF OSCAR’S NIGHTMARE OPENING

Actress Eileen Bowman breaks her silence on the surreal tale of how she became part of Oscar infamy.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-rob-lowes-snow-white-422225?AP

AN OSCAR VOTER’S BRUTALLY HONEST BALLOT

One director shares his choices, calling “Argo” a “whole lot of nothing,” saying “Django Unchained” is “Tarantino masturbating” and passing on “Amour” because “there’s only so much diaper-changing I can tolerate.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscar-voters-brutally-honest-ballot-422546?AP

5 REASONS SETH MACFARLANE WILL BE A GREAT OSCAR HOST (ACCORDING TO HIS SISTER)

Rachael MacFarlane says this is the gig her brother was born to do.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/seth-macfarlane-as-oscar-host-422475?AP

OSCARS: WHAT’S NEXT FOR BEST ACTOR AND ACTRESS NOMINEES

Hugh Jackman returns to “X-Men” and Bradley Cooper reunites with David O. Russell.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-hugh-jackman-x-men-422446?AP

OSCARS: WHAT’S NEXT FOR NOMINATED DIRECTORS

David O. Russell heads to the 1970s, Ang Lee wants Angelina Jolie in “Cleopatra” — and Steven Spielberg’s still undecided.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-angelina-jolie-cleopatra-projects-422448?AP

AWARDS SEASON FUN FACT: WINNERS THANK HARVEY WEINSTEIN 5 TIMES MORE THAN GOD

THR tallied 48 acceptance speeches so far to see who’s getting the most praise this Oscar season.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-season-fun-facts-422410?AP