Authorities have confirmed that British actor Julian Sands died while hiking on a Southern California mountain.

A nod for a nonagenarian and a surge of first-time acting honorees are among the notable numbers stemming from the Oscar nominations announced Tuesday.

Authorities say actor Julian Sands, who starred in the Oscar nominated film “A Room With a View," has been missing for five days in the Southern California mountains.

The summer movie season has not, traditionally speaking, been known for its nuanced attention to female sexuality.

The fall book season will be packed with new works by such high-profile authors as Jonathan Franzen, Sally Rooney and Colson Whitehead.