Academy members receiving new blood: Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything. Academy members to become more ‘diverse’? More than 300 invited to join A.M.P.A.S. The Academy of Motion Picture…
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Featuring its title character as a mere sidekick, George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road places women on top. Cast: Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy.
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Teresa Wright. Teresa Wright: Later years (See previous post: Hollywood actress goes from Broadway hit to late 20th-century movies Somewhere in Time & The Rainmaker.) Teresa Wright and Robert Anderson…
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Teresa Wright: Actress Made Oscar History for her work in The Little Foxes, Mrs Miniver and The Pride of the Yankees - feat still unmatched.
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Catherine Deneuve: Best Actress César Award ‘record-tier’ for ‘In the Courtyard,’ with Oleg Kupchik and Big Dog. Catherine Deneuve: César Award Best Actress Record-Tier (See previous post: “Kristen Stewart &…
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Kristen Stewart in ‘Clouds of Sils Maria,’ with Juliette Binoche. Kristen Stewart & Catherine Deneuve make César Award history Kristen Stewart and Catherine Deneuve are two 2015 César Award nominees…
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Sean Penn in 21 Grams. In Hollywood since 1981 (Taps), Penn has been seen in more than 30 films, both comedies and dramas, hits and bombs, ranging from Fast Times…
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Cecil B. DeMille Award honoree George Clooney in The Monuments Men, with Matt Damon. Produced and written by Good Night, and Good Luck. collaborators George Clooney and Grant Heslov, and…
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Ava DuVernay’s Martin Luther King Jr.-focused drama Selma is a reminder that Civil Rights events of the mid-1960s remain disturbingly relevant.
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Luise Rainer: MGM star in the mid-1930s. Luise Rainer dead at 104: MGM actress was first two-time and first consecutive Oscar winner in acting categories, and oldest surviving winner The…
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Though it fails to fulfill its thematic promise, Christopher Nolan’s ambitious sci-fier Interstellar is an undeniably grandiose achievement.
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Gotham Awards winners include Hollywood stars Julianne Moore and Michael Keaton plus controversial political refugee Edward Snowden.
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Best Documentary Short Film: White Earth is a potential Oscar contender. Best Documentary Short Films Oscar: Illness & death are top subjects Eight films – most of them featuring illness and/or…
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Damien Chazelle’s visually and aurally accomplished Whiplash provides J.K. Simmons with a devil of a role. Also in cast: Miles Teller.
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Christopher Reeve in ‘Superman’ 1978: First superhero blockbuster. Christopher Reeve: ‘Superman’ and his movies Christopher Reeve, Superman in four movies from 1978 to 1987, died ten years ago today, Oct.…
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Best Foreign Language Film Oscar 2015 contender ‘Three Windows and a Hanging’: First Kosovo entry. Best Foreign Language Film Oscar 2015: Record number of entries The Academy of Motion Picture…
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Doris Day & long-running Honorary Oscar “snub.” Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award: Doris Day & Danielle Darrieux among Honorary Oscar non-recipients (See previous post: “Honorary Oscars Bypass Women:…
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Honorary Oscar recipient Angela Lansbury and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient Angelina Jolie at the 2013 Governors Awards. September 2014 Introduction: This three-part article on the Academy of Motion Picture…
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Hayao Miyazaki. Honorary Oscars 2014: Hayao Miyazaki, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Maureen O’Hara; Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award goes to Harry Belafonte One good thing about the creation of the Academy of…
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Featuring elements from a few ‘dystopian future prevention’ thrillers, Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past is a superhero film for adults.
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Meryl Streep in Into the Woods: Oscar date and several early predictions. Oscar date & early predictions The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC has announced the…
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier continues the remarkable collaboration between Marvel and Disney. Chris Evans and Robert Redford star.
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Oscar selfie becomes most retweeted tweet of all time: Ellen DeGeneres, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, and Oscar 2014 company. Oscar selfie +…
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Kelly Greyson in Alone Yet Not Alone. ‘Alone Yet Not Alone’ song has Oscar nomination revoked: Nod for obscure Christian movie had left many scratching their heads Last night, Jan.…
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Best Picture tie surprise: Gravity was one of the winners. Producers Guild of America Awards: ‘Gravity’ & ’12 Years a Slave’ tie for Best Picture Earlier this evening, Jan. 19,…
Oscar Winners: Meryl Streep Breaks Two Academy Award Records, Neil Patrick Harris in his underwear and politically controversial documentary winner.
Golden Globes Winners: Early Technical Glitch Led to Much Ado About Nothing while Julianne Moore took home 1 statuette as expected.
Maureen O’Hara: Honorary Oscar recipient. Maureen O’Hara: Honorary Oscar to ‘How Green Was My Valley,’ ‘The Quiet Man’ actress Veteran actress Maureen O’Hara attended the Academy of Motion Picture Arts…
Neil Patrick Harris. Neil Patrick Harris to host Oscar 2015 ceremony Stage, film, and television actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the 2015 Oscars, a.k.a. the 87th Academy Awards ceremony,…
Honorary Award non-recipient Marlene Dietrich. Honorary Award: Academy ‘snubbed’ Gloria Swanson & Rita Hayworth + Marlene Dietrich & dozens of other women (See previous post: “Honorary Oscars: Doris Day &…
Richard Linklater’s Boyhood movie brilliantly tackles the effects of the passage of time. Cast: Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane.
The Grand Budapest Hotel expands Wes Anderson’s cinematic horizons both visually and thematically. A memorable Ralph Fiennes stars.