Tag: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  • Oscars 2023: How Will Last Year’s Rule Change Impact This Year’s Score Race?

    Oscars 2023: How Will Last Year’s Rule Change Impact This Year’s Score Race?

    Branford Marsalis, Thomas Newman, Howard Shore, and Kris Bowers — what do they have in common, besides each being an accomplished composer, conductor, and/or recording artist in his own right? Within the past four years, they all produced a film score that didn’t even register as a blip on the Oscar radar. “Let Them All…

  • Artisan Guild Winners and Nominees Offer Guidepost to Oscar Night

    Artisan Guild Winners and Nominees Offer Guidepost to Oscar Night

    As Oscar voting opens, the guild awards could prove a guide — or bellwether — to who will take home trophies March 27.Last week’s Costume Designers Guild handed out prizes to “Cruella” (period film), “Dune” (fantasy/sci-fi) and “Coming 2 America” (contemporary).The CDG has matched Oscar 11 times since 1999 (when the guild first handed out…

  • LA Film Critics Awards: ‘Drive My Car’ Wins Best Picture, ‘Power of the Dog’ Runner-Up

    LA Film Critics Awards: ‘Drive My Car’ Wins Best Picture, ‘Power of the Dog’ Runner-Up

    The voting for the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s (Lafca) best films and best performances of 2021 took place virtually on Saturday. The awards were announced via the group’s Twitter account. throughout the day. The top prizes went to Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” for Best Picture, plus Best Director, Best Actor Simon Rex (“Red…

  • ‘Coda,’ ‘Zola’ Set For 2021 Sundance London Program

    ‘Coda,’ ‘Zola’ Set For 2021 Sundance London Program

    Sundance Film Festival: London has revealed that “Zola” and “Coda” will be among the 2021 lineup, when the festival returns to Picturehouse Central next month.“Coda” — an acronym meaning “Child of Deaf Adults” — features Marlee Matlin (“The West Wing”) and 19-year-old Emilia Jones (“Locke & Key”) navigating their relationship, while “Zola” is based on…

  • ‘WandaVision’ Casts A Spell On The 2021 MTV Movie And TV Awards

    ‘WandaVision’ Casts A Spell On The 2021 MTV Movie And TV Awards

    He may have lost the Oscar and BAFTA, but MTV Movie and TV Awards voters made sure Chadwick Boseman was enshrined a winner. The “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” star took Best Performance in a Movie at the 2021 edition of the venerable Viacom awards event. Overall, the ceremony was dominated by Marvel Studios and Disney…

  • Chadwick Boseman Movies That Need to Be in Your Blu-ray Collection

    Chadwick Boseman Movies That Need to Be in Your Blu-ray Collection

    All products and services featured by IndieWire are independently selected by IndieWire editors. However, IndieWire may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.Chadwick Boseman didn’t win a posthumous Oscar on Sunday, but there’s much to celebrate in the career of the…

  • Oscars Scorecard 2021: Wins by Studio

    Oscars Scorecard 2021: Wins by Studio

    “Nomadland” led the 93rd Academy Awards with three wins out of its six nominations, including a historic best director victory for Chloé Zhao, who became the second woman and the first woman of color to win an Oscar in the category.Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first Black women to be awarded an Oscar…

  • Oscars 2021: no real upsets but Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland triumph is a wonderful coup | Peter Bradshaw

    Oscars 2021: no real upsets but Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland triumph is a wonderful coup | Peter Bradshaw

    With best picture also in the bag, it was a great night for Zhao – but Korean veteran Youn Yuh-jung ended the night as queen of this year’s awards seasonOscars 2021 – as it happenedHistoric wins for Nomadland – and surprise victory for Anthony Hopkins – at odd OscarsSo this strangest of years was matched…

  • ‘Ma Rainey’s’ Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson Become First Black Women to Win Oscar for Hair and Makeup

    ‘Ma Rainey’s’ Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson Become First Black Women to Win Oscar for Hair and Makeup

    “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” hair department head Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson, Viola Davis’ personal hairstylist, have become the first Black women to win an Oscar for makeup and hairstyling.Neal and Wilson won alongside Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Davis’ personal makeup artist. They beat out Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti for “Pinocchio”; “Emma’s” Marese Langan,…

  • Netflix Wins Seven Oscars, Biggest Haul Among All Studios This Year

    Netflix Wins Seven Oscars, Biggest Haul Among All Studios This Year

    Netflix had a big night at the Oscars, bringing home a total of seven total trophies — leading all studios — although the streamer failed to grab the prize in the best picture category and came up empty in the acting categories.Netflix had come into Sunday night with 36 nominations, far more than any other…