Spike Lee storms off in disgust after Green Book wins Best Picture at Oscars 2019
5 years, 10 months ago

Spike Lee storms off in disgust after Green Book wins Best Picture at Oscars 2019

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Spike Lee was visibly angry after learning that Green Book had won Best Picture at this year’s Oscars, saying “the ref made a bad call”. They changed the seating arrangement.” Green Book, which stars Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, has been widely criticised for falling foul to the “white saviour” trope. Elsewhere, The Favourite star Olivia Colman won Best Actress shortly after Rami Malek took home Best Actor for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. Mahershala Ali won Best Supporting Actor for Green Book, while Regina King won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in If Beale Street Could Talk.

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Green Book, winner of Best Picture at Oscars 2019, to re-release in India on 1 March
5 years, 10 months ago

Green Book, winner of Best Picture at Oscars 2019, to re-release in India on 1 March

Firstpost  

Green Book had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2018 Directed by Peter Farrelly, Green Book is based on a true story of friendship and relationship between a working class Italian, American bouncer who becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the American South in the 1960s. Reliance …

Triumph and disappointment for Spike Lee at Oscars
5 years, 10 months ago

Triumph and disappointment for Spike Lee at Oscars

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Spike Lee’s first-ever competitive Oscar award turned a mostly staid ceremony into one with joy and passion, but that later gave way to frustration. But Lee’s mood appeared to turn sharply when the trophy for best movie went to competitor “Green Book.” Seated in the audience, a visibly angry Lee waved his hands in disgust and appeared …

Oscars 2019 records most black winners in Academic Awards history, including Mahershala Ali, Regina King
5 years, 10 months ago

Oscars 2019 records most black winners in Academic Awards history, including Mahershala Ali, Regina King

Firstpost  

Spike Lee said of these wins at the Oscars, that they opened the academy to make it look more like America. With seven wins in six categories, the 91st Academy Awards witnessed the most black Oscar winners at the 2019 ceremony, breaking the previous record of six wins in five categories set in 2017. Not only were Carter and Beachler …

Olivia Colman Oscars speech in full after The Favourite star wins Best Actress
5 years, 10 months ago

Olivia Colman Oscars speech in full after The Favourite star wins Best Actress

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Olivia Colman is being praised for her …

Oscars 2019: Twitter is unhappy with Green Book win, cheers for Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper's performance
5 years, 10 months ago

Oscars 2019: Twitter is unhappy with Green Book win, cheers for Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper's performance

Firstpost  

From Green Book’s surprise win to Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s performance, here is a round up of all Twitter reactions for Oscars 2019 The Oscars 2019 was unusual in many ways: there was no host for the first time in 30 years; viewers are still reeling from the snubs and the surprises. — Mark Harris February 25, 2019 Green …

Green Book's Best Picture win at Oscars 2019 sparks outrage on Twitter
5 years, 10 months ago

Green Book's Best Picture win at Oscars 2019 sparks outrage on Twitter

India TV News  

As Green Book won the prestigious Oscar 2019 award for the Best Picture, there were several who were left utterly disappointed. In a surprise win, Peter Farrelly's biographical comedy-drama Green Book received the Best Picture honour at the 91st Academy Awards upstaging award season favourite Roma. Green Book had a rough Oscar campaign, courtesy controversies involving Mortensen, Farrelly and the …

The 2019 Oscars Came So Close to Getting It Right
5 years, 10 months ago

The 2019 Oscars Came So Close to Getting It Right

Slate  

Over the past year, the Academy Awards has behaved like a dear friend in the midst of a personality crisis. A nonagenarian, like everyone else, can use some freshening up from time to time, but there are ways to go about making effective, important, respectful changes—like say, the academy’s move in recent years to intentionally and thoughtfully diversify its voting …

Green Book’s Best Picture win: An Oscar travesty of the old-fashioned kind.
5 years, 10 months ago

Green Book’s Best Picture win: An Oscar travesty of the old-fashioned kind.

Slate  

The 2019 Academy Awards started off breaking records and defying expectations. In retrospect, perhaps we should have seen Green Book’s Best Picture win coming. Arriving exactly 30 years after the faceoff between Driving Miss Daisy and Do the Right Thing, Green Book’s triumph is a throwback to the days when the academy chose comforting fables about racial tolerance over movies …

Oscars 2019 winners: Ceremony ends in shock as Green Book and Olivia Colman triumph
5 years, 10 months ago

Oscars 2019 winners: Ceremony ends in shock as Green Book and Olivia Colman triumph

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Oscars ended with two major shocks on Sunday night in …

Oscars 2019: Green Book wins Best Picture; BlacKkKlansman director Spike Lee storms out during ceremony
5 years, 10 months ago

Oscars 2019: Green Book wins Best Picture; BlacKkKlansman director Spike Lee storms out during ceremony

Firstpost  

Spike Lee’s action and veiled words seem to be in response to controversies that plagued Green Book, in the run-up to its Oscars 2019 Best Picture win. In a surprise win, Peter Farrelly’s biographical comedy-drama Green Book, received the Best Picture honour at the 91st Academy Awards upstaging award season favourite Roma. Green Book stopped Roma, Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron’s …

Oscars 2019: Green Book’s Best Picture win sends shock waves, Samuel L Jackson and Spike Lee can’t hide disappointment
5 years, 10 months ago

Oscars 2019: Green Book’s Best Picture win sends shock waves, Samuel L Jackson and Spike Lee can’t hide disappointment

Hindustan Times  

Director Spike Lee and actor Samuel L Jackson weren’t the only ones upset after the dramedy Green Book was announced the Best Picture at the 91st Academy Awards, held in Hollywood on Monday morning. Watch | IMDb Oscar coverage: Stars Reveal Who They Want to Work With Next According to Deadline, Lee, who had moments earlier won his first Oscar …

In an upset, ‘Green Book’ wins Best Picture at Oscars
5 years, 10 months ago

In an upset, ‘Green Book’ wins Best Picture at Oscars

The Hindu  

The segregation-era road-trip drama Green Book was crowned Best Picture at the 91st Academy Awards on Sunday, handing Hollywood’s top award to a film seen as a feel-good throwback by some and ridiculed as an outdated inversion of Driving Miss Daisy by others. It’s genuinely quite stressful,” said a staggered Colman, who later turned to Close to say she was …

Oscars 2019: Spike Lee asks us to 'do the right thing' after winning an Oscar for 'BlacKkKlansman'
5 years, 10 months ago

Oscars 2019: Spike Lee asks us to 'do the right thing' after winning an Oscar for 'BlacKkKlansman'

The Hindu  

A visibly angry Spike Lee waved his hands in disgust and appeared to try to walk out of the Dolby Theatre after Julia Roberts announced “Green Book” had won this year’s Oscar for best film. Lee, whose film “BlackKkKlansman was also nominated, had won an Oscar earlier in the evening for best adapted screenplay. Spike Lee’s first-ever competitive Oscar award …

Oscars 2019: Racial discrimination drama Green Book wins Best Picture in a major upset
5 years, 10 months ago

Oscars 2019: Racial discrimination drama Green Book wins Best Picture in a major upset

Hindustan Times  

Green Book, Universal Pictures’ film about race relations in the US South in the early 1960s, was crowned best picture of 2018 at the 91st Academy Awards, an upset win that dashed Netflix’s hopes that Roma would garner the streaming giant’s first top Oscar. Viggo Mortensen as Tony Vallelonga and Mahershala Ali as Dr. Donald Shirley in Green Book, directed …

Spike Lee predicted Twitter outrage over Oscars results
5 years, 10 months ago

Spike Lee predicted Twitter outrage over Oscars results

CNN  

CNN — Before Spike Lee became an Oscar winner on Sunday night, he had a prediction that now seems eerily prescient. Before the latter two results, Lee was in good spirits, having earned his first-ever Oscar for best adapted screenplay for “BlacKkKlansman.” “BlacKkKlansman” tells the story of a black detective who, in addition to breaking down boundaries at his Colorado …

Academy Awards: Green Book’s win is bittersweet
5 years, 10 months ago

Academy Awards: Green Book’s win is bittersweet

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Gene Seymour is a film critic who has written about music, movies and culture for The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post. Video Ad Feedback 'Roma' star makes history 02:55 - Source: CNN These viewers argued throughout the nomination-and-voting process that if Hollywood really wanted to more emphatically challenge white supremacist thinking, there were …

Oscars 2019: Rami Malek, Olivia Colman Win Top Acting Honours, 'Green Book' is Best Picture
5 years, 10 months ago

Oscars 2019: Rami Malek, Olivia Colman Win Top Acting Honours, 'Green Book' is Best Picture

News 18  

Rami Malek continued his awards show reign as he picked up the Best Actor Oscar for Bohemian Rhapsody at the 91st Academy Awards on Sunday, while Peter Farrelly’s Green Book, a biographical drama about Don Shirley’s musical tour through the American South with his driver-bodyguard Tony Vallelonga, was declared Best Picture. One of the night’s biggest surprises came in the …

Oscars 2019: Mahershala Ali wins his second Academy Award for ‘Green Book’
5 years, 10 months ago

Oscars 2019: Mahershala Ali wins his second Academy Award for ‘Green Book’

LA Times  

Mahershala Ali moves as quietly as a breeze through a keyhole, slipping into a scene, like his Don Shirley in “Green Book,” almost unnoticed until he fills the frame. “Trying to capture Dr. Shirley’s essence pushed me to my ends, which is a reflection of the person he was and the life that he lived.” Born in Oakland, Ali, whose …

Must Reads: Oscars 2019: ‘Green Book’ is the worst best picture winner since ‘Crash’
5 years, 10 months ago

Must Reads: Oscars 2019: ‘Green Book’ is the worst best picture winner since ‘Crash’

LA Times  

Film Critic “Green Book” is the worst best picture Oscar winner since “Crash,” and I don’t make the comparison lightly. 1 / 30 Director Peter Farrelly, center, and the cast of “Green Book” as they win Best Picture during the telecast of the 91st Academy Awards on Sunday. 3 / 30 Mahershala Ali, center-left, and Viggo Mortensen celebrate the best …

Late night TV eviscerates "Green Book" for white savior narrative before the Oscars — Watch
5 years, 10 months ago

Late night TV eviscerates "Green Book" for white savior narrative before the Oscars — Watch

Salon  

With the 2019 Oscars just days away, late night television programs “Desus & Mero” and “Late Night With Seth Meyers” aren’t hiding their shade for Peter Farrelly’s nominee “Green Book.” Both programs aired critical takes of the divisive race relations drama during their February 21 episodes. While “Desus & Mero” took more overt shots at “Green Book” with a parody …

Diversity feted as Oscar nominees gather for class...
5 years, 11 months ago

Diversity feted as Oscar nominees gather for class...

Daily Mail  

Pop singer Lady Gaga, Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron and African-American filmmaker Spike Lee were among scores of Oscar nominees who gathered for a group photo on Monday ahead of the Academy Awards ceremony in three weeks time. Cream of the crop: Pop singer Lady Gaga, Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron and African-American filmmaker Spike Lee were among scores of Oscar nominees …

Spike Lee credits #OscarsSoWhite campaign for BlacKkKlansman securing Oscars nominations
5 years, 11 months ago

Spike Lee credits #OscarsSoWhite campaign for BlacKkKlansman securing Oscars nominations

Firstpost  

Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman earned six nominations at the 91st Academy Awards, which he says is because of the #OscarsSoWhite campaign. The nominations for the 91st Academy Awards were announced on 23 January and Spike Lee’s crime comedy-drama BlacKkKLansman earned six Oscar nods, including best picture and best director. Lee had helmed the landmark racial drama Do the Right Thing in …

Green Book named 2018's Best Film by National Board of Review; Lady Gaga wins top acting honours for A Star Is Born
6 years, 1 month ago

Green Book named 2018's Best Film by National Board of Review; Lady Gaga wins top acting honours for A Star Is Born

Firstpost  

Viggo Mortensen also won the Best Actor award for Green Book The National Board of Review declared Green Book the best film of 2018. Actors Viggo Mortensen and Lady Gaga have won Best Actor and Actress awards for Green Book and A Star Is Born respectively. The Best Screenplay awards were given to Paul Schrader’s First Reformed and Barry Jenkins’ …

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