Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences selects the very best in cinema from the previous calendar year. This group of industry professionals and insiders is considered by some to be the authority on the subject, and thus the Academy Award is the highest honor a film can receive. But sometimes it’s an honor just to be nominated, and indeed when the Oscar nominations roll around, each […]
Four critics groups have said they won't consider Disney titles for year-end awards — could the HFPA's Golden Globe Awards and BFCA's Critics' Choice Awards be next? The war between Disney and the Los Angeles Times — two of Hollywood's biggest powerhouses — is forcing others to take sides, with implications that could be as far-reaching as the Oscars. Disney, unhappy with a Los Angeles Timesarticle about the company's operations in Anaheim, banned Times film […]
His new movie boldly reveals that suburbs are not always tranquil and idyllic. You’ll be shocked! George Clooney received Academy Award nominations in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2012. Now he’s in a five-year drought, and he would really like another Oscar nomination this year — which explains why he took a tired film-noir script that’s been gathering dust since the 1990s and tried to make it into a parable […]
The Academy Awards can be perplexing, unless you're especially well versed in the difference between "sound editing" and "sound mixing." But that doesn't mean you can't have a competitive advantage with your Oscar ballot, even if you don't have money riding on it. Those who really want to master an Oscar-pool ballot are advised to study earlier award shows, especially the guild honors handed out by actors, directors, writers and […]
The versatile actor Sir John Hurt, who could move audiences to tears in "The Elephant Man," terrify them in "Alien," and spoof that very same scene in "Spaceballs," has died. He was 77. Hurt, who battled pancreatic cancer, died Friday in London according to his agent Charles McDonald. Twice nominated for an Oscar for playing the tortured John Merrick in David Lynch's "The Elephant Man" and for his role as […]
Seven people of color were among the 20 acting nominees, while 'La La Land' earned a record-tying 14 noms and Mel Gibson landed a best director nod. As it unveiled its nominees for the 89th Oscars on Tuesday morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences took to the dance floor with Damien Chazelle's musical La La Land, showering it with 14 nominations – a record for most nominations […]
Last year, 12 of the 15 performers who earned both Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild bids went on to contend at the Oscars as did two of the films. How many of this year’s 19 double nominees, as detailed below, are likely to three-peat with Oscar nominations? BEST PICTURE “Manchester by the Sea” (Drama at Globes) “Moonlight” (Drama at Globes) BEST ACTOR Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea” (Drama at Globes) Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw […]
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 […]
