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The 2019 Academy Awards announced their nominations and in light of the discussion of shocking choices and snubs, I propose another solution: expand the categories. The Academy provides the gold standard of filmmaking, but often it feels the categories provided don't represent the scope of the film industry like science fiction/fantasy films While it's inspiring Black[...]

It's been some sort of a gift in my world on a personal level." The 91st Annual Academy Awards will take place on February 28th, 2019. Hard to believe 2019 sees Sam Elliot's first ever Oscar nomination, but here we are Elliot was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role in Bradley Cooper's remake[...]

With a career spanning seven decades, Carol Channing became an icon on the stage and Hollywood with her signature husky voice winning numerous Tony Awards.

With more actors/characters added to the franchise, an on-stage Oscars shindig could end up a pretty crowded affair–if ABC, AMPAS, and Disney's marketing division have their way. At the time of this post, AMPAS has yet to comment on the reports –which may in large part have to do with additional reporting that the details on[...]

Looks like The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and Kevin Hart are finally on the same page about something… Following up on actor/comedian Hart's comments on ABC's Good Morning America Wednesday morning confirming he would not host the 2019 Academy Awards, AMPAS has announced that it will be going without a host – or[...]

As if there's any such thing as "definitive" in the entertainment industry… But this time there might just be, as actor/comedian Kevin Hart confirmed that he would not host the 2019 Academy Awards during an interview Wednesday morning with ABC's Good Morning America co-host Michael Strahan Though appearing on the morning news/talk show to promote his new film[...]

At least it didn't stretch out too long… Looks like the on-again/off-again tango between actor/comedian Kevin Hart and the 2019 Academy Awards is officially off for good (???), with reports circulating that Hart stepped away from re-consideration as host, less than 48 hours after Ellen DeGeneres made public her efforts to have Hart reinstated[...]

Actor/comedian/still-possible Oscars host Kevin Hart took to Instagram to make the case he's grown and changed since his homophobic tweets from years ago.

Let's just put it out there: the Oscars reps at The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts, and Sciences (AMPAS) and ABC are probably going on righteously long vacations after the 2019 Academy Awards airs on Sunday, February 24th The jury is still out on which matter The Academy and network handled worse: let's not forget[...]

So it's not an easy job, and I'm not surprised that they have a tough time finding takers." The 91st Annual Academy Awards will air on February 24th 2019 on ABC. Who do you think should get a shot at hosting? Sound off in the comments below.   Seth MacFarlane, who hosted the Oscars in 2013, has a[...]

The Academy Awards still hasn't named a replacement host for The Oscars following the embarrassing business with comedian Kevin Hart and his stepping down from the position, but several notable personalities have tossed their hats in the ring. Actor, author Bruce CampbellPhoto by Markus Wissmann / Shutterstock.com Like Bruce Campbell, who today tweeted: "Okay, okay, I'll host the damn[...]

It has been a strange two days for the 91st annual Academy Awards aka the Oscars After announcing actor Kevin Hart as the host of the televised event, some not-so-great things came to light. Actor Kevin HartPhoto by Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com Namely, his history of what some critics are calling hate speech; derogatory jokes about the LGBTQ community[...]

A pretty damn impressive crop of animated films, 25 to be exact, are entering into Academy Awards / Oscars competition for the 2018 season. The list is pretty diverse, which is nice.  You can see the list of 25 hopefuls here: Ana y Bruno Dr Seuss' The Grinch Early Man Fireworks Have a Nice Day Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Incredibles 2 Isle of[...]

In a not truly surprising move, the Academy of Motion Pictures has chosen to drop the newly minted "popular film" category from the 91st Annual Academy Awards oscars ceremony. The announcement initially of this new category was met with outright disbelief by many in the industry; why the need to present such a one-sided award when[...]

I understand what they are going for with the new category, but it feels an awful lot like the Best Animated Feature one, where they don't have to stick those films in the bigger categories because they have their own special award. Time will tell what happens with all this, as nominations for the next Academy[...]

If you are devalued – so are we. You can see the complete list of Razzie winners from this year here: https://youtu.be/_spiY3kW1-cVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: 38TH Razzie Award Winners! (https://youtu.be/_spiY3kW1-c) The 2019 Academy Awards Oscar ceremony will take place on February 24th, 2019. [...]

Some big changes are coming to the Oscars -- including an all-new film category, date changes, and just how long 2019's Academy Awards will run.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences just invited a record-breaking number of new (and diverse) members to join.

With 117 million subscribers and its ability to both buy and develop content, Netflix has proven itself to be a growing influential force throughout every corner of the multimedia landscape -- which is why the streaming service's policy towards adding "inclusion riders" is catching a number of people by surprise.

The 90th Annual Academy Awards ceremony has come and gone, the Oscars have been handed out, and thankfully host Jimmy Kimmel didn't have to weather another EnvelopeGate storm. That said, on Monday morning it was widely reported that the ceremony had brought in the lowest Oscars ratings since the Nielsen ratings had been utilized. THE OSCARS¨ – Late-night[...]

Best Actress winner Frances McDormand had an interesting night after the 90th Annual Academy Awards She picked up her second Oscar last night (she'd also won for Fargo back in 1997) for her role in Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri after sweeping the category across multiple awards shows, but the excitement didn't stop there. THE OSCARS(r) – The 90th Oscars(r)[...]

Now we're sure you woke up Sunday morning thinking, "Gee, I hope Bleeding Cool lets us know when and where we can watch tonight's Academy Awards red carpet and show." As if that wasn't bad enough, it was probably followed up with an even more pressing concern: "Wait a minute! How can I watch the[...]

Even AMC's The Walking Dead finds itself facing a foe that's tough to defeat: because of tonight's Oscars coverage, we're pushing back our "Bring Out Your Dead!" live-blog to 11:06 p.m. ET (the first re-airing of the episode after Talking Dead) for this Sunday, March 4th only!

Even if you're not a fan of the Academy Awards Oscars ceremony, you have to admit: their stages are always gorgeously decorated Although this year, I will say it would take something truly spectacular to overshadow the hall of faces style of the BAFTAs stage. Ahead of the 90th annual awards on Sunday, Variety tweeted the[...]

From a slightly more "snarky, glaring" perspective, the announcement represents television's continuing efforts to ensure that talk shows remain a safe haven for middle-aged white guys. Either way won't change the fact that ABC is giving Alec Baldwin his own talk show, set to premiere following the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 4, at 11:35 p.m[...]

It really does seem like someone at the Academy Awards was listening to the complaint that the Oscars really lacked in diversity At least on the presenter side of things — not a whole lot to be done about nominees without a bigger conversation and drastic change, although this year's big nominees sort of reflect[...]

Taking place this year on Sunday March 4th, it seems like the Academy is attempting to be more inclusive with their show this year — at least when it comes to the presenters list. The official Academy Twitter account posted this image this morning, featuring 12 names of the presenters who will be giving out the[...]

Amour's Michael Haneke is taking his turn at television, with the Oscar and Palme d’Or-winning director and screenwriter teaming with FremantleMedia’s UFA Fiction on the futuristic drama Kelvin's Book.

So you're hosting the 89th Academy Awards – which also just so happens to be your first time ever hosting the Oscars – and everything's going great Until it's not And when it's not, it's really not We're talking historic "announcing wrong film for Best Picture" not Something like that might be a little tough[...]

We've been talking a lot this year about the various awards shows, and it's finally time to reveal the list of Academy Awards nominees for this year's Oscars. Films and movies are at their core, a special way to preserve and present an idea and story There have been some pretty incredible performances over the past[...]