Andrea Riseborough Oscars Controversy Prompts Academy Campaign Review
It looked as though the 2023 Oscar season would be the first in over a decade without some sort of scandal in its midst. After the events of the past week, that does not appear to be the case. The…
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‘A Thousand And One’ & ‘The Persian Version’ Top 2023 Sundance Film Festival Awards
After a two-year virtual in-person hiatus, the Sundance Film Festival returned to Park City and that meant an old-fashioned in-person awards ceremony as well. Well, sorta. The post-ceremony party was absent this year (as well as its traditional host), but…
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Lukas Dhont On Why You Should See His Oscar-Nominated Film This Weekend
The last eight months have been pretty remarkable for Lukas Dhont. After bursting on the global film scene with “Girl” in 2018, the Belgian filmmaker returned to the Cannes Film Festival with his sophomore effort, “Close.” That heartbreaking drama won…
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Everything Everywhere Takes Best Picture Lead But Where’s The Oscars Excitement?
It’s been a little over 48 hours since the Oscar nominations have been announced and we’re sort of wondering, is anyone outside of the nominees themselves actually excited about this year’s ceremony? Sure, hardcore fans of “Everything Everywhere All At…
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The Menu And Nope Earn 2023 WGA Awards Film nominations
The Oscar nomination announcement may have come and gone, but some guild award nominations have not. This morning the Writers Guild of America completed the reveal of the WGA Award nominations by announcing the 2023 film nominees. This year’s crop…
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Oscar Nominations Reactions: Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh
Nothing is better during awards season than Oscar nomination morning. Why? Because so many people are genuinely overjoyed over their nominations. They don’t have to pretend the “nomination was the win” after the ceremony or try to smile at the…
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Viola Davis, Taylor Swift, Brian Tyree Henry
There were many lessons to take from the 95th Academy Award nominations. And publicists, studio executives, and personal publicists will spend the next few weeks wondering what went wrong and, more importantly, what went right. But as in any year,…
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Emilia Jones Shines In Uneven Drama
PARK CITY – When a toddler age Alysia Abbott moved to San Francisco with her father Steve in 1973 her life took a decidedly different direction. She was raised in what today would still be considered unconventional circumstances (no, it…
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‘M3GAN’ Director Gerard Johnstone Loves If You Think It’s A Comedy
Listen, Universal Studios thought they had something special in “M3GAN,” but they certainly didn’t think it would open to over $30 million dollars with the historic blockbuster “Avatar: The Way of Water” still in the marketplace. And despite their conservative…
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An Oscars Performance Of Good Afternoon Is ‘On The Table’ If Nominated
Oscar producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner no doubt have a number of wishes when it comes to the musical performances that will permeate throughout the upcoming 2023 Academy Awards telecast. Rihanna singing “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda…
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Steven Spielberg, Todd Field And The Daniels Earn 2023 DGA Awards Nominations
The Screen Actor’s Guild had their year-end say at sunrise and a few hours later, the Directors Guild of America revealed their own nominees for the 2023 DGA Awards. For the most prestigious honor, Theatrical Feature Film, the nominees are…
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8 Things We Learned From The Last Golden Globes (Maybe)
These likely will not be the last Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association will continue, but many have speculated this will be the last Globes telecast on NBC. Unless the ratings truly surprise, which we doubt they will, the…
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