The Oscars are finally recognizing stunts with a new category, something long desired by stunt people but never realized until now. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ...

In the early 1990s, filmmaker Sydney Lumet put an idea in stuntman Jack Gill’s head: stunt people ought to have an Oscars category. Gill met with the then-Academy leadership as the opening salvo in ...

Stunt performers conquer many death-defying acts on the set of Hollywood blockbusters, but are they trained to do everything? In the latest issue of Us Weekly, a reader asked Us whether these stunt ...

The Oscars are introducing a new award: achievement in stunt design. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday it would add the best stunt design ...

Not all actors are willing to put their lives on the line for an impressive shot. While some action stars, like Tom Cruise, live for the thrill of a high stakes stunt, there are quite a few celebs who ...

After years of requests that the Oscars take a little time to acknowledge some of the most visually impressive, technically demanding, and potentially dangerous work that goes into the crafting of ...

A Walt Disney World cast member was injured after getting knocked to the ground by a prop in the last week of 2025. A Dec. 30 ...

87North, the production company behind films such as “The Fall Guy,” “Nobody” and the John Wick franchise is back for the Stunt Design Showdown. Now in its second year, the showdown is a competition ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X “Each one of us stunt performers has our own unique aspects we bring to the stunt world,” Stevens ...

The Oscars will honor stunt designers starting in 2028 — which may be too late to honor Ethan Hunt’s death-defying feats in ‘Mission: Impossible’ Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise pulls off some of the ...

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Stunt designer Chris O'Hara, who along with his 'The Fall Guy' director David Leitch was instrumental in pushing for the new category, notes that the coming years could see a further evolution of the ...