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The Academy voters (and also Steven Spielberg) wanted the powers that be to reevaluate the rules for such a production to be included in the running alongside big studio releases in movie theaters, as Cannes International Film Festival did, but nothing has changed. The voting body of 54 gathered members chose to instead maintain "Rule Two", which states[...]

Before Academy Award winner Rami Malek returns to USA Network's 'Mr. Robot' for a fourth and final season, here's a look back at our thoughts on season 3.

Sir Elton John's annual AIDS Foundation Academy Awards viewing party took a musical turn with Taron Egerton joining the legend on stage for a duet on

So Olivia Colman, Oscar winner, and a big one too, Best Actress for The Favourite. She was already lining up to be our new National Treasure, this has now

The 91st Annual Academy Awards just completed in Los Angeles, handing out the golden Oscars statues to the chosen recipients of the various categories celebrating the best of the past year in film, performance, and achievement. With no host this year, the telecast did pretty well time-wise; the various presenters did their duties and ushered the[...]

To be clear, it won't be much of a competition because (A) it's the Oscars, even if it is a dumpster fire; and (2) The Walking Dead doesn't "do" same-day ratings anymore, anyway. Still, we have to appreciate the good faith effort made by TWD showrunner Angela Kang's crew to throw a little love at their[...]

In yet another move that the Academy Awards is making because they think it's a good idea- four main categories will be presented during a commercial break at the 91st Annual Academy Awards (aka Oscars). There are 4 categories total that have been deemed unworthy of the general broadcast awards and we're kind of surprised- Make[...]

After originally announcing only two of the five Best Original Song nominees would be performing their entries during the telecast, it appears The Academy has changed their minds. Previously, it seemed only "Shallow" from A Star Is Born and "All The Stars" from Black Panther would get live performances, which understandably prompted responses from the other nominees. Like Lin-Manuel Miranda: The[...]

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It's been a week of stories about Bryan Singer. Earlier this week, The Atlantic published an expose about the filmmaker which included additional

Yesterday morning, the nominations were revealed for the 91st Annual Academy Awards. Among the Oscar nominations were, of course, leading actor and

Film genres are too far spread to fall within two categories. Here is an op-ed to the Academy about why they should expand to include sci-fi and fantasy.

How great was Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?! So great it garnered a Best Animated Feature Oscar nomination for the 2019 Academy Awards. Spider-Verse directors Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman spoke with Entertainment Weekly shortly after the nominations were read this morning (which you can read here): Entertainment Weekly: Historically, the Oscars have tended to overlook superhero[...]

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

This morning, the 91st Academy Award nominations in all 24 Oscar® categories were announced by Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross in a two-part live presentation. The 2019 Oscars nominees are- Actor in a Supporting Role: Mahershala Ali for Green Book Adam Driver for BlackKklansman Sam Elliott for A Star Is Born Richard E Grant for  Can You Ever Forgive Me Sam[...]

Those presentations would then air as an edited, pre-recorded package towards the end of the broadcast – leaving many in the technical fields feeling disrespected and unappreciated. So now, AMPAS is going without a host–or hosts–forgoing the traditional format and instead having "A-list" presenters introduce a number of themed segments throughout the show. Variety reports the AMPAS[...]

There will also be a number of "starry skits" that will play off the film music that was nominated (here's hoping Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star Is Born get nominated), It's definitely an interesting direction to go in a year that saw music taking a more prominant role in film – but it's still a gamble[...]

I'm a good person, I love to love; if you don't see that, then it's a problem with you." Currently, this year's ceremony is without a host – with the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and ABC leaning toards having multiple hosts throughout the ceremony, working smaller time periods during the broadcast. In early December 2018, Hart went[...]

Williams, Vera Farmiga, John Leguizamo, Felicity Huffman, Niecy Nash, Aunjanue Ellis, Kylie Bunbury, and Storm Reid. With the 2020 elections right around the corner and Trump's expected run for re-election, his involvement in the "Central Park 5" case will definitely become a topic of national debate once again. AMPAS #17 The Oscars' "Outstanding Popular Film" Debacle So trying to cross The Oscars with The People's[...]

As for the old tweets, Hart made the case that he has grown as a person since that time and was no longer the "immature comedan" who wrote those posts. DeGeneres would let Hart escape the issue, even addressing how his decision to not host feeds into the wants and desires of social media trolls: "They (the[...]

In today's episode of 'As The Oscars Turn' (which is an out-dated soap opera reference but you know where we're going with this)… Following up on comments made during his interview with Ellen DeGeneres on her syndicated talk show on Friday, actor/comedian/still-possible Oscars host Kevin Hart took to Instagram to continue making the case that he[...]

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[...]

Williams, Vera Farmiga, John Leguizamo, Felicity Huffman, Niecy Nash, Aunjanue Ellis, Kylie Bunbury, and Storm Reid. With the 2020 elections right around the corner and Trump's expected run for re-election, his involvement in the "Central Park 5" case will definitely become a topic of national debate once again. AMPAS #17 The Oscars' "Outstanding Popular Film" Debacle So trying to[...]

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[...]

Black Panther himself, Chadwick Boseman, appeared on The Hollywood Reporter Awards Chatter podcast about BP's Oscar chances and the Popular Film category.

Mere days after The Academy announced major changes coming to the 2019 and 2020 Oscars, The Razzies have written a letter to the awards ceremony. The Razzies of course are the Golden Raspberries, the antithesis of the Oscars, celebrating the worst in Hollywood fare over the cinema year They're meant to be enjoyed in good humor[...]

Hope everyone likes awards shows, because the Academy has announced some big changes to The Oscars are coming. Namely, we're getting a three-hour broadcast of the annual ceremony — a surprising announcement considering 2018's ceremony had some of the lowest ratings in modern televised history for the event. There was also the reveal of a brand-new category,[...]