Contrary to what the title suggests, perhaps the most shocking aspect of this year’s Academy Awards telecast wasn’t the surprise wins or unpredictable twists and turns the ceremony often expresses to its viewers, rather it was the opposite. Nothing...
The red carpet placeholder has dropped for today’s Oscars. If you’d like to chat about the day, here you go. The one thing we can count on are pretty dresses. It’s a beautiful day in Southern California, not too...
The Academy canceled the luncheon after the fires but they decided to have a gathering to mark the 97th class photo. Per tradition, I’ll post the photos here from the Academy’s site. Also, they’ve announced new presenters: Previously announced...
There was a rumor a while back that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande would be performing Defying Gravity — aka the single best moment in the film — at the Oscars. Erivo denied it, but it looks like the...
“See if Conan O’Brien and Oscar will get their Hollywood ending, only at the #Oscars, LIVE Sunday, March 2 at 7e/4p on ABC and Hulu.” My hope is that Conan O’Brien is very funny and not political. We’ll see...
It was 2010 and I’d just seen the movie I knew was the best film of the year. No, it wasn’t The King’s Speech, it was The Social Network. I learned a hard lesson that year. I learned that...
BEST PICTURE ANORA, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers THE BRUTALIST, Nominees to be determined A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers CONCLAVE, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers DUNE:...
Friday Jan. 17, 2025 – Los Angeles – GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, consisting of over 500 entertainment critics, journalists and media icons, today announced the group’s democratically chosen nominees for its 16th Dorian Film Awards. The Dorians go...
The more time Oscar voters have to vote, the better. Trust me on that one. This gives movies on the bubble more time to rally, like Sing Sing or A Real Pain. It gives some movies more time to...