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Oscar Math: ‘The Revenant’ Should Beat Out ‘Spotlight’ For Best Picture

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 […]

todayFebruary 27, 2016

Miscellaneous

Oscar statuettes: 8 facts you may not know

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 […]

todayFebruary 24, 2016

Entertainment

Help Leonardo DiCaprio finally nab his Oscar in this free browser game

The world needs Leonardo DiCaprio to finally win his Oscar. It just does. It's required for our society to function normally once more, instead of crumbling under the weight of our collective sleepless nights; haunted by the sad puppy-dog eyes of a man who wants something so badly, and yet has been so continually refused it. Until then, The Line has created the perfect game through which to vent all your […]

todayFebruary 18, 2016

Showbiz

Spike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith Call for Oscar Boycott

Despite receiving an honorary Oscar at last year’s Governor’s Awards, Spike Lee posted on Instagram on Martin Luther King’s birthday Monday, saying he and his wife would not be attending the Oscar ceremony. Lee’s statement said, “We Cannot Support It And Mean No Disrespect To My Friends, Host Chris Rock and Producer Reggie Hudlin, President Isaacs And The Academy. But, How Is It Possible For The 2nd Consecutive Year All 20 […]

todayJanuary 19, 2016

Showbiz

Iñárritu Responds To Sean Penn’s ‘Green Card’ Comment

While Sean Penn's "green card" comment during the final moments of the Oscars was widely viewed as insensitive and "xenophobic," Alejandro González Iñárritu thought it was merely a funny joke between long-time friends. Right before announcing "Birdman" as the Best Picture winner on Sunday night, the actor brought up the Mexican director's immigration status. "Who gave this son of a bitch his green card?" Penn asked. As many prominent voices […]

todayMarch 2, 2015

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