Category: Award Season
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Sequel city for KPop DH, plus 2 Oscars & it’s amazing
by Chad Aiggia, Screenmancer Film Critic If KPop Demon Hunters from SONY Animation had never won the Oscar? We never would’ve seen it, that’s a fact. But it did on Sunday March 15th, actually two Oscars for Best Animated Feature as well as Best Song for “Golden.” Then we had to watch it on Monday…
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What will we remember from the 98th Oscars?
Op-Ed by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You couldn’t make up the backstory to the 98th Oscars, the black cloud of the Reiner murders with a night-before party at comedian Conan O’Brien’s house where Rob and Michelle Reiner’s now-jailed son had a run-in, then the actual Ides of March (March 15) show date, complete with…
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Why SINNERS is the only unicorn Oscar nom this year?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent What if SINNERS, a vampire movie boasting a record 16 Best Picture nominations, actual bites down hard this 98th Oscar ceremony and sweeps on Sunday, March 15th, on ABC – not because of the critical acclaim only, but because it has one quality all the other noms do not?…
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WGAW Cancels LA Awards Show, WGAE on for 2026
LOS ANGELES, CA: The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) Board of Directors has cancelled the 2026 Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles ceremony, as the WGAW staff union’s strike continues. The show was scheduled to take place at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE on Sunday, March 8. Non-supervisory staff of the WGAW, organized…
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Turns out The Academy Gov Ball has a Wnning Puck too
LOS ANGELES, CA: The Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ official post-Oscars® celebration, which will immediately follow the 98th Oscars ceremony on Sunday, March 15, returns for its 67th year. Celebrated mega-chef Wolfgang Puck is back with his gold-standard winning culinary ways, keeping it fresh for more than three decades for…
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Mile 11 is where Oscars meet LA Marathon March 8
LOS ANGELES, CA: The ASICS Los Angeles Marathon, produced by The McCourt Foundation, partners with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to bring the magic of the Oscars® directly to the course on race day, Sunday, March 8. At Mile 11, on the famed Hollywood Boulevard, the marathon route will be transformed into a…
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Guess who had lunch at The Beverly Hilton, yes, the 98th Oscar Noms
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You can trace a path from Leonardo DiCaprio (far left) across the 98th Nominees’ “Class Photo” – as the Academy likes to call it – to Elle Fanning on the right. But this isn’t about politics. It’s about The 98th Oscars® Nominees Luncheon which was held on Tuesday, February…
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Arts & Faith: 105 Nominees for Top 25 Spiritually Significant Women-Directed Films
CHAPEL HILL, NC: The Arts & Faith Community has announced 105 nominees for its Top 25 Spiritually Significant Women‑Directed Films list, recognizing films across decades, genres, and cultures. The nominations include documentaries, shorts, and narrative feature films that explore spirituality in meaningful ways. The group seeks to elevate films that invite deeper reflection and engage…
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About Last Night: Tom Cruise, His Oscar, Debbie Allen & Wynn Thomas
LOS ANGELES, CA: The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) held the 16th Governors Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood last night (11/16). Honorary Awards were presented to Debbie Allen by Cynthia Erivo, Tom Cruise by Alejandro González Iñárritu and Wynn Thomas by Octavia Spencer. The…
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Poor Things? Post-ingenue Oscars 2024 also rings in the Mangenue
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent There’s a reason Poor Things starring Best Oscar Actress nom Emma Stone with 11 Oscar nods charts so high among big movies, Oppenheimer with 13 nods, Barbie with eight, and Killers of the Flower Moon at 10 nominations. After #metoo and #timesup, we are officially in the Post-Ingenue Era…
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The Academy names show date and timelines for coming Award Season
NEWS: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and ABC today announced that the 95th Oscars® will take place on Sunday, March 12, 2023. The show will air live on ABC once again, and will be available in more than 200 territories worldwide via the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. And security will likely…
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The Academy Strikes Back… sort of
by Screenmancer Staff We will have more to say about this tomorrow, but today is the day The Academy struck back on the Will Smith issue. THE ACADEMY STRIKES BACK – read their letter in its entirely here, and post comments below.
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26th Satellites: Mira Sorvino’s loving tribute to Tom Skerritt, Mary Pickford winner & more
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent At the W Hotel Hollywood this past weekend, the 26th Satellite Awards capped off one of the most protracted Award Seasons in Hollywood history with a touching and emotional tribute from Oscar winner Mira Sorvino for honoree Tom Skerritt (TOP GUN, ALIEN), who recalled that he “started out in…
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Here are all the Winners of the 94th Academy Awards
by Screenmancer To paraphrase Comedian Host Amy Schumer, who shared duties with fellow comedians Regina Hall and Wanda Skyes last night at the 94th Academy Awards? “Did something happen” last night at the show during the time Amy Schumer changed from her Spidey costume? “The room feels different.” Understatement of the year. But here are…
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The Gong Show: Should Will Smith’s Oscar melee go down to a vote?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent UPDATED: (3/30/2022) The Academy members will take this to a vote, no kidding. We were way ahead on this one… On Japanese TV they carried the entire unedited melee when KING RICHARD’s Will Smith crossed from his front row seat at the 94th Academy Awards to clock comedian Chris…
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