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In the 94-year history of the Oscars, there is only one category, besides Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, that has never been won by a woman. That would be Best Cinematography, which honors a movie’s lighting, framing and camerawork.

SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association are praising the passage Friday of the CROWN Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act, HR 2116, would prohibit discrimination in education and employment based on a person’s texture or style of hair. Several states, including California and New York, already have such laws.

Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we'll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.

Thom Davis, President of the California IATSE Council, issued the following statement Tuesday: “The tragic shooting of one of our members on the set of “Rust” has made the work of raising safety standards on sets even more urgent for the California IATSE Council (CIC)...

This collaboration with director Joel Coen delivered French cinematographer Delbonnel his sixth Oscar nomination, following Amélie, A Very Long Engagement, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Inside Llewyn Davis and Darkest Hour.

A murder mystery is both the perfect and a slightly odd sandbox for a TV show. “The Afterparty” delights in playing different genres off of each other in each episode, as the audience and Detective Danner (Tiffany Haddish) watch each new potential suspect’s “mind movie” of what happened the night media phenom Xavier (Dave Franco) was murdered at his high school reunion afterparty.

New Mexico's governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has allocated $40m in funding for the development of the Next Generation Media Academy (NGMA) in Albuquerque, which will train New Mexicans to work in the film and TV industry.

In 1997, UCLA cinematography professor William McDonald was home with his newborn daughter. As he looked into her eyes in his sleep-deprived state he began to wonder what her life would be like if she grew up and wanted to become a cinematographer. Would she have the same opportunities as men who wanted to study cinematography? Would she be able to find work after getting a degree and experience?

Sunday marked the 25th anniversary of the death of Brent Hershman, the second assistant cameraman on Pleasantville who was killed March 6, 1997, when he fell asleep at the wheel and slammed his car into a utility pole while driving home after working a 19-hour day – which had been preceded by four 15-hour days in a row.