Nessa Hyams, the casting director who worked on several New Hollywood classics, such as William Friedkin's "The Exorcist" and ...

Laura Adler, an Emmy-nominated casting director and former administrator of Casting Society, died Thursday in Los Angeles ...

Laura Adler, a former Casting Society administrator and casting director, died on Thursday in Los Angeles following a brief ...

Casting directors have long been the unsung heroes behind films like “Wicked.” NEW YORK -- Behind the Wizard of Oz in the two-part “Wicked” movies were people actually pulling the strings. They set ...

It’s no secret that casting directors are the secret ingredient in a film’s success. Whether discovering new talent, assembling the perfect ensemble or putting familiar faces in roles like we haven’t ...

Next year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will finally honor one of the most important filmmaking crafts with the first ever Best Casting Oscar. It's a long overdue recognition, and in ...

When Universal finally greenlit “Wicked,” casting director Bernard Telsey certainly knew the musical. He brought Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth to the iconic Broadway cast when it first opened in ...

NEW YORK — Behind the Wizard of Oz in the two-part "Wicked" movies were people actually pulling the strings. They set the table for the hit double-punch movies long before the cameras ever rolled out: ...