The Oscars is shaping up to be filled with tight races. Whenever the awards season comes around, industry insiders are all watching to note any trends. If a film wins a Golden Globe or other award, pundits believe it bodes well for that movie’s Oscar chances. Of course, a lot can change from the beginning of awards season to Oscar night. But now the 2020 Academy Awards are so close. And it […]
The UK's BAFTA Film Awards were presented Sunday.The World War I drama "1917" led among the winners with six awards, including best film and best director for Sam Mendes. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts stoked controversy earlier this award season for the lack of diversity among the nominees. (This year's Oscar nominations earned similar criticism.)The full list of winners follows below. Best Film "1917" *WINNER"The Irishman" "Joker" "Once Upon a Time... in […]
Eminem honored 50 Cent during 50’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony. The rapper-actor’s star was added to the landmark on Thursday. “Of all the things I don’t remember about 2002, I have a very clear memory of the first time I met 50,” Eminem said during his speech. “One of the first things I noticed when he walked into the room was his presence. It just kind of felt like he’s going to […]
Google plans to add a live transcription feature to its Google Translate app for Android at some point in the future. The feature will allow users to record audio in one language and have it rendered in another in real time. It’s still in the prototype stage, but Google gave a demonstration of the technology during a series of artificial intelligence demos at its San Francisco office on Tuesday. The […]
GENERAL FIELD 1. Record Of The YearAward to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), if other than the artist. HEY, MABon IverBJ Burton, Brad Cook, Chris Messina & Justin Vernon, producers; BJ Burton, Zach Hanson & Chris Messina, engineers/mixers; Greg Calbi, mastering engineer BAD GUY – WINNERBillie EilishFinneas O’Connell, producer; Rob Kinelski & Finneas O’Connell, engineers/mixers; John Greenham, mastering engineer 7 RINGSAriana GrandeCharles Anderson, Tommy Brown, […]
If Lizzo prevails over Billie Eilish for best new artist, it would mark a reversal from their two previous showdowns at major awards shows. At the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Billie Eilish and Lizzo will go head-to-head in five categories: album, record and song of the year, best new artist and best pop solo performance. It's the fourth time in the past five years that two artists have competed in numerous high-profile […]
The man behind Gollum, Caesar and supreme leader Snoke is to receive the outstanding British contribution to cinema award. Andy Serkis — the man behind a swathe of iconic cinematic characters — is be honored at this year's BAFTA film awards ceremony. The actor, producer, director and founder of motion capture pioneers The Imaginarium is set to receive the outstanding British contribution to cinema award, one of the British Academy's […]
By Deadline After launching two Oscar Best Picture nominees in The Irishman and Marriage Story, Netflix is re-stocking its star-driven prestige film arsenal with a big one. Netflix has acquired all rights to the untitled Leonard Bernstein film that Bradley Cooper will direct, star in and produce from the script he co-wrote with Oscar-winning Spotlight scribe Josh Singer. The project exits Paramount, which set the film as a priority project in May 2018. Amblin remains firmly part of the drama that spans over […]
A number of characters die in The Rise of Skywalker, and a number of them manage to cheat death, just like their Disney stablemates in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, an original trilogy character did die for real in Episode IX — and it seems to have escaped attention. Some would argue that’s because the movie is so frenetic. Detractors have argued the rushed production resulted in a choppy finale to the Skywalker saga, […]
