Casting directors finally get their due at Oscars

After nearly a century of handing out golden statuettes, the motion pictures Academy on Sunday will present its first Oscars to the professionals -- often women -- who create the perfect alchemy on set. "I'm really happy for us all," Nina Gold, a nominee for her work on Shakespeare family tragedy "Hamnet," told AFP. "I hope that people will see that casting is a creative -- really, truly creative -- endeavor." Gold, a Briton in the casting business for more than 30 years, knows that her work --...