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A Look Back At Some Of The Greatest Best Original Song Oscar Winners
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 26 April 2021
We remember the iconic songs that came before Fight for You.
The 93rd Academy Awards night saw some well-deserved movies winning gongs including Nomadland for Best Picture and Best Director, and The Father for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as Fight for You from Judas and the Black Messiah winning Best Original Song.
According to reports, a man has now been arrested for grand theft by the LAPD for stealing the 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' star's trophy at the Governors Ball after it was engraved for her. The suspect is a 47-year-old male named Terry Bryant, who apparently had a ticket for the event.
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Academy Awards 2018: Guillermo Del Toro Lands His First And Jordan Peele Makes History
By Holly Mosley in Movies / TV / Theatre on 05 March 2018
It's been an important year for film.
Awards season reached its climax this weekend with the 90th Academy Awards, and the big winners of the night came of no surprise to anyone. It was an important ceremony celebrating films that explored a variety of issues including those of the LGBT community, feminism, race, disability and politics.
The 2018 winner of Best Picture was, of course, 'The Shape of Water' with director Guillermo Del Toro also taking home the award for Best Director. Surprisingly, it's his very first Oscar win, though he was previously nominated for an award for 'Pan's Labyrinth' in 2007.
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Casey Affleck Will Not Present Best Actress Oscar
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26 January 2018
Affleck will not be presenting the Oscar for Best Actress this year, breaking with protocol.
Casey Affleck will break with Oscars tradition and will not present the award for Best Actress at the upcoming Academy Awards next month.
Regular protocol at the Oscars dictates that the winner of the Best Actor gong from the previous year returns to present the trophy for Best Actress. In 2017, Affleck won the prize for his role in Manchester By The Sea.
However, his victory a year ago caused controversy, as Affleck was accused of sexual harassment by two women with whom he had worked on the set of 2010’s I’m Still Here. Those allegations had been the subject of a civil suit out-of-court settlement made at the time, but they re-emerged when the 42 year old actor was being widely tipped for an Oscar bid.
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Rachel Morrison: The First Female Oscar Nominee For Best Cinematographer
By Holly Mosley in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24 January 2018
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She is the first women DP to be recognised by the Academy.
The forthcoming 90th Academy Awards is already making waves in feminism this year by nominating their first ever female cinematographer. Rachel Morrison is named in the corresponding category for her work on the Netflix period drama 'Mudbound', which has been directed and written by Dee Rees.
The 39-year-old photography director is up against Roger Deakins ('Blade Runner 2049'), Bruno Delbonnel ('Darkest Hour'), Hoyte van Hoytema ('Dunkirk') and Dan Laustsen ('The Shape of Water') for the coveted prize of Best Cinematography having worked in the business for almost twenty years.
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2018 Oscars Nominations Officially Revealed; Who'll Win Big At This Year's Academy Awards?
By Daniel Falconer in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 January 2018
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'Darkest Hour', 'Three Billboards' and 'Call Me By Your Name' are amongst the movies being celebrated.
The 90th Academy Awards are right around the corner, and with some fantastic movies coming out of Hollywood over the past 12 months, the categories for Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Actor amongst others are arguably jam-packed with more talent than ever before. Films such as 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri', 'Call Me By Your Name' and 'The Shape Of Water' look set to walk home with at least one of the big prizes on ceremony night this March, but there could also be a few surprises in store!
'The Shape Of Water' leads the pack with a whopping 13 nominations, and Greta Gerwig has become only the fifth woman to ever be nominated for the Best Director award. 'Get Out' director Jordan Peele has also done well with four nominations for his debut feature length film, sitting alongside Gerwig in the Best Director nominations, as well as picking up nods for Best Screenplay, Best Picture and Best Actor, thanks to Daniel Kaluuya's performance.
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Oscars To Retain PwC Despite This Year's Best Picture Mix-Up
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 March 2017
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The Academy has renewed its relationship with accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, despite the much-publicised mix-up over Best Picture at last month's awards ceremony.
The Oscars organisers are to continue using accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) despite the company coming under intense fire for the embarrassing mix-up over Best Picture at this year’s awards ceremony.
PwC had taken responsibility for the “unacceptable” mistake that saw La La Land initially wrongly awarded the Best Picture trophy instead of Moonlight, the Oscars said, and they would continue their working relationship that dates back to 1929.
The Academy’s president, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, issued a letter to members saying that new protocols had been put in place to ensure that a similar mistake could not happen again. Furthermore, electronic devices would be banned from the backstage area in the future.
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Len Wiseman and Kate Beckinsale 17th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards (Oscars) Viewing Party held at the Pacific Design Center West Hollywood, California - 22.02.09 Featuring: Len Wiseman and Kate Beckinsale Where: California, United States When: 22 Feb 2009
Denis Lenoir - Champagne Brunch Reception Honoring The French Nominees For The 88th Academy Awards at French Consulate La Residence de France, Academy Awards - Beverly Hills, California, United States - Monday 29th February 2016
Juliette Lewis - 87th Annual Oscars - Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Oscars - Beverly Hills, California, United States - Monday 23rd February 2015
Laura Cunningham and Chef Thomas Keller - A host of stars were photographed as they attended the Vanity Fair Oscar Party which was held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and The Beverly Hills City Hall in Los Angeles, California, United States - Sunday 22nd February 2015
Paul Young - US Ireland Alliance to Honor Stephen Colbert, Carrie Fisher and Irish Artist Colin Davidson at Pre Academy Awards Event at Bad Robot Santa Monica, Academy Awards - Los Angeles, California, United States - Thursday 19th February 2015