Review: An OSCARS Telecast Saved by the Music
Its not as if the Oscars didnt have material to work with. In many ways, 2014 was an interesting and vital year in movies ��� not just artistically, but in terms of engaging viewers and giving them things to talk about. The end of the year in.
Picketing Feet Could Scuff Red Carpets
If the strike continues, the Oscars could become an infomercial about the importance of writers.
OSCARS 2015: American Sniper Snubbed Despite Its $400M.
Clint Eastwoods American Sniper may have hit it big with Americas heartland, but it all but struck out at the Academy Awards.
OSCARS: Picking Academy Award Winners
The Carpetbagger wraps up movie awards season with her predictions for who will win Oscars on Sunday night.
Oscars After Parties Best Dressed: Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Beyonce and More
While the biggest stars of the big screen were at the 87th Annual Academy Awards, tons of hot celebs were at Oscar viewing and after parties ��� and they were dressed to impress! From sexy styles to gorgeous gowns, see who stepped out and VOTE for your .
Birdman flies over Oscars; Moore, Redmayne also win
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OSCARS 2015: The Carpetbaggers Predictions
. Cara Buckley makes educated Oscar guesses.
OSCARS 2015: Passionate Speeches, but Few Surprises
���Life is full of surprises,��� is how Pawel Pawlikowski, the Polish-born director of ���Ida,��� put it at the Oscars on Sunday night. And he was one of them. Mr. Pawlikowski managed to keep talking over the wrap-it-up music, which usually ushers off long.
Joan Rivers -- Oscar In Memoriam Snub. Melissa Is VERY.
Sources close to Melissa say she feels her mom deserved a place in the In Memoriam portion of the Oscars, but shes not going to focus on the snub. Were told shed rather focus on the overwhelming support from her fans,��.
This Is How the End Begins
The overture to Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia” references the Marquis de Sade, “Hamlet,” the Bible and more in its first eight minutes.. Manohla Dargis analyzes the opening sequence of Lars von Triers movie Melancholia, a major contender in the Oscar race.
A Ceremony for Everyone (in Hollywood)
In a year of tough choices, Hollywood’s leading tastemakers have chosen to be less choosy.
Movies Worth Another Look
A look back at some of the smaller films from the year that deserve attention.
Oscars 2015: The Winners List (Updating Live) - Hollywood.
After a competitive awards season, the Oscars ceremony is finally here.
This Oscars statue has a drug problem | The Verge
Hollywoods worst kept secret was exposed in broad daylight this week, in the form of a giant Oscar statuette Hoovering a massive line of coke. The statue is the latest work from Plastic Jesus, a.
The Winner Is. Wait! New Rule!
Because of changes in the vote-counting process, this year’s Academy Awards ceremony may offer more surprising winners than last year’s.. This year’s Academy Awards ceremony may offer more surprises than usual, due to changes in the vote-counting process.
Academy Awards: Birdman Wins Best Picture Oscar
Despite relatively meager domestic ticket sales of $37.8 million, ���Birdman��� had been the favorite to win best picture, having swept the top prize at banquet after banquet leading up to the Oscars. Minutes before, Alejandro G. I����rritu had won best.
Which Editing Is a Cut Above?
Not since 1980 has a movie won best picture without also being up for the editing award.
Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris runs gamut, in his tux and undies
The opening joke was a reference to the criticism Oscar voters faced this year for failing to nominate a single performer of color in any of the acting categories for the first time in many years, including the critically acclaimed star of the civil.
Local Fox anchor complains about Lady Gagas jigaboo.
WJW New in the Morning anchor Wayne Dawson reported on Monday that singer Lady Gaga had performed a tribute for the 50th anniversary of the Sound of Music at Sunday nights Oscars. ���Lady Gaga, surprising a lot of��.
Irina Shayk -- Half-Naked and Rebounding. At Post-OSCARS.
0223-irina-shayk-vanity-fair-oscars-getty-launch Think Cristiano Ronaldos kicking himself yet?? Heres recently single Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit Edition supermodel Irina Shayk. showing off everything from her underboob��.
A Family Coming Apart at the Seams
Asghar Farhadi’s “Separation,” with its deliberate ambiguities and multiple points of view, looks at the complexities of life in Iran.. Stephen Holden discusses the Iranian film A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi, which is a contender for the best foreign language film Oscar.
OSCARS 2015: A. O. Scott’s Picks
The critic makes his choice of films he would like to see on the Academy Awards ballot.
Birdman Wins Best Picture at the 2015 OSCARS | Indiewire
Fox Searchlight won big at the 2015 Oscars with both Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel taking home four trophies each.
These Five Men Get Thanked More Than God at the OSCARS.
When it comes to accepting an Oscar, you might expect most people would be singing the Lords praises for their success ��� but youd be wrong. It turns out if theres anyone most likely to be singled out in an Oscar speech,��.
OSCARS 2015: Neil Patrick Harris Strips to Tighty Whities in.
Neil Patrick Harris stripped down to his briefs for a hilarious Birdman spoof during the Oscars.
Me, Campaign? Just Go to the Film
Mo’Nique’s campaign for her “Precious” role is bracingly simple: It’s the performance, stupid.
Making Marvels: A World for ‘Hugo’
A look at sketches that provide insight into how the production designer Dante Ferretti and his team fashioned the world of Martin Scorsese’s film “Hugo.”. Production designer Dante Ferretti describes some of the elaborate set designs he and his team made for Martin Scorseses 3-D movie Hugo, which will likely be nominated for Academy Awards.
Oscar Winners List For 2015 Includes Birdman, Julianne Moore, Eddie.
Birdman won three other Oscars: Best Director for Alejandro G. I����rritu, Best Cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki (his second Oscars win in a row after last years Gravity) and Best Original Screenplay. It wasnt a total rout for Birdman: star.
The Oscars were mind-numbingly boring
Last week I wrote that the NFL draft combine was a complete waste of time. But after spending more than four hours with the Oscars on Sunday night, the draft combine sounded like a pretty darn good viewing option. The Neil Patrick Harris-hosted Academy .
Why It Should Bother Everyone That The Oscars Are So White
#OscarsSoWhite that if Common and John Legend win an Academy Award for Best Original Song this Sunday, it will be only the 32nd time in 87 years that a black person has held a competitive Oscar on Hollywoods biggest��.
Heres The Complete Winners List From This Years Oscars.
Oscars 2015: Complete Winners List.. This years Oscars had its fair share of surprises, and memorable moments! Sure, Terrence Howard got super emotional, and John Travolta got super creepy, but the winners tonight��.
Don’t Forget: He Acts, Too
Brad Pitt discusses his acclaimed roles in “Moneyball” and “The Tree of Life.”. Brad Pitt demonstrated his range as an actor in 2011 with his roles in Moneyball and The Tree of Life, both of which are likely to be nominated for best picture Oscar.
Oscars 2015: 27 Best Quotes From the Show - Hollywood.
The 87th Annual Academy Awards have come and gone.
Setting a Scene With Words
Screenplay excerpts from “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” “Shame,” “A Dangerous Method” and “The Descendants.”. Selected dialogue from potential Oscar nominees The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Shame, A Dangerous Method and The Descendants.
The B King Takes His Place on the a List
Roger Corman has been recognized, at last, by the industry establishment that for most of his long working life he’d had precious little to do with.
A Method Performance, All Right
Even someone who ages in reverse might have had his patience tested by the years-long process it took to bring such a character to life in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”
OSCARS 2015: Parties for ‘Boyhood and the Beautiful People
. The cast of “Boyhood,” Chris O’Dowd and Gugu Mbatha-Raw were among the celebrities making the rounds of pre-Oscar festivities.
Oscars and Box Office: This Is the Lowest-Grossing Year in.
Even with American Sniper, 2015s best pic nominees are on pace to be the weakest financial crop since the category expanded beyond five nominees in 2009, as the Academys taste becomes increasingly at odds with that��.
Oscar gift bag 2015 - Business Insider
The 87th Academy Awards show is Sunday. After the Oscar statuettes are handed out, dont feel bad for the losers. They still get to go home with a gift bag worth $167,586.76. For the past 13 years, Distinctive Assets has put��.
The Highs and Lows From the 2015 Oscars
Another year, another Oscars night, and this one was as mixed a bag as all the rest. The planned stuff? Not so good. The unplanned stuff? Pretty good! The speeches hit the best notes, Neil Patrick Harris was an unfortunate low, and Chris Pine had the.
They Really Like Me
A look at the films of the three filmmakers, Frank Capra, John Ford and William Wyler, who have won more than two Oscars for directing.
Oscars 2015: An Excellent Night for Prediction Markets
The favorites won in every major category and most smaller categories. Just as important, market prices accurately reflected the night’s uncertainty.
Saying ‘Ciao Bye-Bye’ to Old Borders
The movies contending for the Oscar for best foreign-language film are increasingly international in scope, both in terms of language and subject matter.. Movies contending for the Oscar for best foreign-language film are increasingly international in scope, in terms of subjects and practical matters like casting, financing and choice of language.
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���BIRDMAN��� flew away with the Oscars this year. Alejandro Gonz��lez I����rritus hallucinatory backstage farce won the Academy Awards for Best Film, Director (pictured), Screenplay and Cinematography. If it werent for Eddie Redmaynes uncanny .
Stars take Oscars out to play at after parties
As the Oscars ceremony wrapped up with Birdman winning the best picture prize, stars piled into the Governors Ball, the official after-party hosted by Oscars organizers, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Im feeling tired and.
What John Legend said about slavery at the Oscars | PolitiFact
While accepting an Oscar for a song from the movie Selma Sunday night, singer John Legend claimed that there are more black men under correctional control today than were under slavery in 1850. PolitiFact Rhode��.
Oscars 2015 Makeup Was All About Bold Lips
Were pretty sure Kendricks Oscar beauty look was inspired by angels because she looks heavenly with her rosy cheeks and matte pink lips. And that textured updo allows her metallic gray eyeshadow and those sparkly earrings to really stand out.
Star Wars reboot, Tarantino Western poised for 2016 Oscars
Just when you thought you were safe from any more Oscar buzz for awhile, a group of new biopics, a Tarantino Western and a ���Star Wars reboot are quietly being positioned for the 2016 Academy Awards. The red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles .
Making the In Memoriam Montage at the Oscars Is More Complicated Than It.
Even as the Oscars hangover subsides, some film fans are still worked up about one particular snub ��� and this time its not a nominee. Rather, its the fact that the annual In Memoriam montage reel failed to include Joan Rivers. The late legends.
Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot 2015 - The Hollywood Reporter
This is a lightly edited transcript of a conversation with an Academy member ��� who is not associated with any of this years nominees ��� about her ballot. A conversation with a different member will post each day leading up to��.
Glory sung with both solemnity and purpose at OSCARS
The song ���Glory��� got the staging it deserved at Sundays Oscars. As John Legend and Common performed the song, a recreation of the Edmund Pettus Bridge appeared behind them - the exact location of the historic civil right march that inspired in the song.
The fashion trends of the Oscars 2015 red carpet in photos
The Oscars are often referred to as the Super Bowl of fashion, and last nights 87th annual ceremony was no different. Did you love or hate Lupita Nyongos white pearl dress? (And didnt it seem like everyone was wearing white on the carpet last night.