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12 films that could be in the running for the Oscars in 2019
New projects from Damien Chazelle, Barry Jenkins likely to be among contenders.The 2018 awards race officially closed on Sunday, with the curtain coming down as Fox Searchlight’s The Shape Of Water triumphed at the Oscars.While the 2019 race may feel like a distant prospect, the recent Sundance and Berlin festivals have kick-started murmurings about potential […]
Continue readingJimmy Kimmel Wastes No Time Joking About Last Year’s Oscars Best Picture Flub
Returning to host his second Oscars in a row, Jimmy Kimmel wasted no time addressing the “envelopegate” fiasco — in which La La Land was momentarily crowned best picture before the real winner, Moonlight, was revealed — that dominated the headlines after last year’s Academy Awards.Kimmel, who began the ceremony by narrating black-and-white newsreel footage […]
Continue reading‘Get Out’ & ‘Lady Bird’ Win Big at 2018 Independent Spirit Awards
Tonight’s the big night with the Oscars and per usual, the night beforehand was dominated by the Independent Spirit Awards. The last two ceremonies have proven to rightly predict the winner of the Best Film category – both Spotlight and Moonlight won the Isa’s top honor. Top honors at this year’s ceremony went to Get […]
Continue readingSpirit Awards: ‘Change’ in the Air as ‘Get Out’ Aims for Oscars
Win on Saturday, lose on Sunday? That was the industry maxim that evolved over much of the three decades the independent cinema celebration the Spirit Awards and the annual Academy Awards stood as season-ending foils to one another. But six short years ago, that went out the window as one Spirit winner after another began […]
Continue readingOscars so Right
After Moonlight swept the 2017 Oscars, could this year’s awards be the most socially conscious and boundary pushing yet?.Entertainment awards shows: what are they, but a celebrity party to which the likes of you and me are never invited? The relationship between award-winners and cultural excellence has always been coincidental, at best. How else to […]
Continue readingGreta Gerwig Is Planning Three More Sacramento Movies to Follow ‘Lady Bird’
Lady Bird may have been the first in a series of films set in sunny Sacramento. In an interview with Moonlight director Barry Jenkins on the new A24 Podcast, director Greta Gerwig confessed she was hoping to make a quartet of films in the Lady Bird setting. Super indie movie studio A24 just launched a […]
Continue reading‘Moonlight’ team turns down invitation for an Oscars do-over
The “Moonlight” cast and crew never truly got to enjoy their Best Picture-winning moment thanks to Envelopegate, but they don’t want a do-over at Sunday’s Oscar ceremony. In an interview with Deadline, host Jimmy Kimmel revealed that Oscar producers Jennifer Todd and Michael De Luca had extended an invite to the “Moonlight” team to make […]
Continue readingOscars: Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty Expected to Return to Present Best Picture After Flub
Despite last year’s infamous best picture mix-up, Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty are expected back at this year’s Oscars to again present the final award. Sources confirmed the duo will give it another try on Sunday, this time with much more attention to the handling of the envelope.The “Bonnie and Clyde” actors rehearsed the moment […]
Continue readingWarren Beatty and Faye Dunaway to present best picture Oscar again
Bonnie and Clyde pair get second chance after announcing La La Land instead of Moonlight at the 2017 Academy AwardsAt the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway are getting a mulligan: the Bonnie and Clyde pair will present the Oscar for best picture again, one year after they infamously announced La […]
Continue readingWhat is the best Oscar-winning film of all time?
Casablanca? The Godfather? Moonlight? Or another contender? Our chief critic picks the greatest of 10 all-time classics to win best picture – and reveals the reader’s championThe best film! Of all the awards, this is the one most drenched in glory – and hubris. It comes at the end of a long night, and it’s […]
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