Iveta Mukuchyan will with the song LoveWave try to live up to the great Armenian results from the past where the country finishes in top 10 more than half of the times. Iveta Mukuchyan was announced as the Armenian representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest a few weeks ago. She had been internally selected by the broadcaster, The Public TV Company of Armenia (AMPTV), but the song not yet released. […]
Following in the footsteps of previous cultural ambassadors like Conan and House Of Lies, The Rolling Stones will now be visiting Cuba to show the socialist nation more of the exciting things it has missed since the U.S. enacted its trade embargo in the ‘60s—specifically Rolling Stones concerts and official Rolling Stones merchandise. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Stones will be playing a free concert in Havana on March […]
Throughout this year's Oscar season, Creed's Sylvester Stallone has always stopped just short of being the odds-on favorite to win Best Supporting Actor. So earlier tonight, when the award went to Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies, it was a disappointment but not a surprise to many fans who hoped Stallone would take home the trophy for his portrayal of aging boxer Rocky Balboa -- a role for which he was […]
Alejandro G. Inarritu won Best Director for "The Revenant" and Leonardo Di Caprio finally won Best Actor for the same movie. "Spotlight" the won Best Picture award being the big surprise of the night. "The Revenant", which had a leading 12 noms, and "Spotlight" were the only other films to win multiple awards, with three and two respectively. See the complete list! Best Picture Spotlight Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers Best Actor […]
The winners that a mathematical model predicts in the top eight categories favor Leonardo DiCaprio and Brie Larson, but Sylvester Stallone may have to sweat it out. The Revenant is twice as likely as Spotlight to take the big prize of best picture at Sunday night’s 88th annual Oscars. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brie Larson are, statistically speaking, assured the top acting awards. But while many are predicting a Sylvester Stallone […]
1. The original design of “Oscar” was by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons. He came up with a statuette of a knight standing on a reel of film gripping a crusader’s sword. The Academy commissioned the Los Angeles sculptor George Stanley to create the design in three dimensions. 2. It was presented for the first time at the initial awards banquet on May 16, 1929 to Emil Jannings, named Best […]
In September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made some waves when he hinted Facebook was working on a way to expand its famous Like button — not by adding the much-fabled “dislike” option, but by making it way more empathetic, expressing sadness and other emotions. Today, Facebook is taking the wraps off what form the new Like may take. It is rolling out “Reactions,” a new set of six emoji that will sit alongside the original thumbs-up to let […]
We cannot all be blessed with a smooth, majestic voice like actor Morgan Freeman, but now you can at least have him give you driving directions. Just fire up the Waze mapping app (which is owned by Google these days) and fiddle around with the settings, then you’ll be off to the grocery store with Freeman’s gentle guidance. This is, unfortunately, not a permanent option. The version of Morgan Freeman in […]
Jude Law has called for the British Government to allow children living in the Calais "Jungle" migrant camp to come to the UK if they already have relatives living here. The 43-year-old actor called for the demolition of the southern part of the camp to be delayed until children are granted protection by French or British authorities. The charity Help Refugees estimate there to be 445 children - 315 alone […]
