The Frame

The Oscar-nominated editors behind "Moonlight," Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders, discuss working with director Barry Jenkins, editing reality TV and making history at the Oscars; A new study from USC finds best picture Academy Award nominees rarely have characters over 60.; What are the trends for the current TV pilot season?

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is in settlement talks with all of the major movie studios after a lengthy investigation into how directors are hired in Hollywood. Is change coming? Then "La La Land" composer Justin Hurwitz reveals how he went about scoring the modern day movie musical that's become an Oscar favorite.

The off-beat show "Baskets" is much closer to the actor's own comic and storytelling sensibilities. He calls it a "slapstick drama"; Facebook is hoping to add more music content to its influential platform.

The latest Marvel TV series doesn’t look anything like a Marvel TV series. And that’s what show creator Noah Hawley had in mind for “Legion”; "4.1 Miles" is a documentary whose title refers to a small strip of the Aegean Sea where tens of thousands of migrants try to make the treacherous crossing.

The HBO documentary “Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis” recounts the band's experience in the Paris terrorist attacks; Sting collaborated with J. Ralph for the Oscar-nominated song, “The Empty Chair”; the Grammy Awards are like a car wreck: you can't look away.

French electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre — who's nominated for a Grammy this year — takes us on a journey through the past, present and future of the electronica genre; It's no accident that five of the last 10 films starring David Oyelowo were directed by women, including his latest, "A United Kingdom"; Hollywood studio execs and filmmakers may get a new relationship with China later this month.

Violin virtuoso Rachel Barton Pine proves that classical music and heavy metal have a whole lot in common. Solange Knowles breaks down her Grammy-nominated song “Cranes In the Sky" in a Song Exploder segment. And the Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer is trying to put an end to one of the oldest scams in Hollywood- pay to play casting agencies.

Producer Dan Lin proved with "The Lego Movie" that he could make a critically and commercially successful film based on a toy. Now the pressure is on to do the same with "The Lego Batman Movie"; Dave and Pos of De La Soul reveal their innovative approach to making their latest album, which paid off with a Grammy nomination; can Warner Bros. help subvert the traditional way movies get distributed?

Lin-Manuel Miranda may have turned Alexander Hamilton's life into a hit Broadway show, but he tells us that passion, not politics, drives his art, "Your job as an artist is to chase what inspires you and finish it"; Gaby Moreno's fusion of R&B with Spanish lyrics has earned her a Grammy nomination; The FTC calls out Vizio for using their TVs to collect data on their users without their consent.

"Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins has gone from virtual unknown to eight Academy Award nominations; "Saturday Night Live" finds comedy gold in the Trump presidency; veteran R&B singer William Bell has two Grammy nods for his comeback album.

Megyn Kelly's "Today Show" debuted to mixed reviews and negative social media chatter; coming soon to an L.A. film festival is a little-seen North Korean film with an incredible back story; Clive Davis reflects on six decades in the music business, making stars and shepherding careers.

"Stronger" tells the inspiring true story of Jeff Bauman, a man who after enduring the Boston Marathon bombing, lost both legs and became a reluctant hero. Jake Gyllenhaal, who stars in and produced the film, discusses how personal the story was and answers criticisms that the lead should not have been played by an able-bodied actor; we look at Hugh Hefner lesser known history as a regular backer and producer of documentaries about pioneering women in early Hollywood.

Actor-turned-director John Carroll Lynch talks about making "Lucky" with Stanton, who died earlier this month; the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is moving toward a 2019 opening; after Sofia Maldonado finished a mural in Long Beach, her return home was canceled by Hurricane Maria.

Zach Anner has cerebral palsy, which helps him as a writer on the TV series, "Speechless"; voice actors who work on video games end their long strike against game producers; Facebook has a new feature where you can watch original video content.

Hannah Beachler's career as a production designer is booming — from "Fruitvale Station" to "Moonlight," "Lemonade" and "Black Panther"; how will the clash between the NFL and President Trump affect TV ratings?; "It" is now the highest grossing R-rated horror film of all time, so who is that little girl featured in the creepy score?

In "Unrest," Jennifer Brea documents life with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or ME–commonly known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. By turning the camera on herself and others she hopes to teach audiences about this misunderstood illness; In 1992, a 24-year-old black man named William Ford, Jr. was shot and killed by a white man in Long Island. Now, his brother, Yance Ford has made the documentary “Strong Island" to uncover why it happened and what the aftereffects were.

Choreographer Matthew Bourne has made a career out of adapting his favorite movies and novels into dance productions. His latest work is based on the 1948 film, "The Red Shoes"; the new streaming service Revry is filling a niche that other platforms miss by targeting an LGBTQ audience; the family of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar ratchets up their trademark dispute with Netflix over "Narcos," while refusing to comment on the killing of a crewmember in Mexico.

Director Darren Aronofsky explains his divisive thriller, "mother!"; MacArthur fellow and USC professor Josh Kun and percussionist Alberto Lopez discuss their curation of the soundtrack to "Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA"; The new players who replaced the familiar, traditional buyers at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

Director Angelina Jolie and producer Rithy Panh discuss their new film, "First They Killed My Father," about the Cambodian genocide. The film was made was made with an entirely Cambodian cast and crew and is the country's official foreign language entry for the Oscars. The online platform Patreon was created in 2013 to help artists connect with patrons. CEO Jack Conte explains what $60 million in new funding will mean for the site.

'Battle of the Sexes' co-directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton say their movie about the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs is both about the public fight for gender equity and King's private struggle with her sexuality; newly minted Emmy winner Reed Morano on directing the first three episodes of 'The Handmaid's Tale'; What were the highs and lows of last night's Emmys?

We discuss some of the films that screened at TIFF and look at how the triad of fall film festivals (which includes Venice and Telluride) have already begun to shape the awards races; Reality TV veteran Jonathan Murray's latest show "Born This Way," follows a group of seven young adults with Down syndrome and their families.

The Pacific Standard Time art extravaganza features more than 60 institutions across Southern California presenting Latino art; Hollywood Reporter TV critic Daniel Fienberg chats about who will win at the Emmy Awards; actress Natalie Portman has helped turn Jonathan Safran Foer’s book, “Eating Animals," into a documentary of the same name.