Today’s PeoPle

Wang, grandmothers are going to Oscars

NEW YORK—The 29-year-old filmmaker Sean Wang can’t believe it, himself, but he’s going to the Oscars with his grandmothers.

His Oscar-nominated short “WàiPó and Nǎi Nai” is a deeply charming portrait of his two grandmothers: 96-year-old Yi Yan Fuei and 86-year-old Chang Li Hua.

They’re in-laws but they act more like sisters. They live together. They read the newspaper together. They dance together. They sleep in the same bed and complain about each other’s farts.

And now they’re going to the Academy Awards together.

Travis Kelce gets first producer credit

Travis Kelce is already making moves in Hollywood.

The Super Bowl champ has his first executive producer credit on a new film making its world premiere in March at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

“My Dead Friend Zoe” is described as a darkly comedic drama about a U.S. Army veteran, the dead best friend she can’t let go and her estranged grandfather.

The film stars Ed Harris, Sonequa Martin-Green and Natalie Morales, who are all credited as executive producers alongside Kelce.

Directed and co-written by Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, “My Dead Friend Zoe” will debut on March 9 at the festival.

Franklin from ‘Peanuts’ gets to shine on TV

NEW YORK—The mild-mannered Franklin— the first Black character in the “Peanuts” comic strip— gets to shine in his own animated Apple TV+ special this month in a story about friendship.

Franklin is a newcomer who bonds with Charlie Brown and is welcomed to the Peanuts universe in “Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin,” which premieres on Friday on Apple TV+.

The portrait of Franklin that emerges is of a boy who likes baseball and outer space.

Franklin and Charlie Brown enter a soap box derby competition and their friendship is tested before a deep bond is forged.

AP photo Sean Wang (from left), Yi Yan Fuei, Sam Davis, and Zhang Li Hua pose for a portrait during the 96th Academy Awards Oscar nominees luncheon on Monday, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Apple TV+ image from film via AP Peanuts characters Charlie Brown (left), riding with Franklin as Snoopy follows at right, in a scene from the animated special “Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin,” premiering Friday.