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Critics Choice Awards 2024: Ariana Grande's Wicked leads the race with 11 nods
1 week, 4 days ago

Critics Choice Awards 2024: Ariana Grande's Wicked leads the race with 11 nods

India Today  

Conclave and Wicked lead the nominations for this year's Critics Choice Awards, each earning 11 nods. Celebrating its 30th year, the CCA revealed three of the major categories live on NBC's Today show, including the 10 films vying for Best Picture: A Complete Unknown, Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing, The Substance, and …

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‘Emilia Pérez’ leads Golden Globe nominations with 10, followed by ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Conclave’
2 weeks ago

‘Emilia Pérez’ leads Golden Globe nominations with 10, followed by ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Conclave’

Associated Press  

Jacques Audiard’s audacious musical “Emilia Pérez,” about a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirming surgery, led nominations to the 82nd Golden Globes on Monday, scoring 10 nods to lead it over other contenders like the musical smash “Wicked,” the papal thriller “Conclave” and the postwar epic “The Brutalist.” The nominations for the Globes, which will be televised by CBS …

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Inside the Los Angeles film critics vote that gave ‘Anora’ best picture
2 weeks ago

Inside the Los Angeles film critics vote that gave ‘Anora’ best picture

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. Those included Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or-honored “Anora,” which took the award for best picture and saw two of its actors cited: Mikey Madison and Yura Borisov. GLENN WHIPP: Josh, when you asked me to create a file for this story before the weekend, I put a placeholder headline atop it: “Los Angeles Film Critics …

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Will you be voting for ‘Gladiator II’ for best picture?
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Will you be voting for ‘Gladiator II’ for best picture?

LA Times  

Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” won the best picture Oscar nearly 24 years ago, taking five awards from 12 nominations, including a lead actor trophy for star Russell Crowe. Last best picture winner you loved: “Parasite” “Moonlight” “Gladiator” First question you had when the movie ended: Did the Romans really use rhinos in gladiator fights? Love.” “This kitchen is seasoned with love.” …

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The Best Picture Contender That Explains Why Movies Win Awards
2 weeks, 6 days ago

The Best Picture Contender That Explains Why Movies Win Awards

Slate  

Sometime today—early afternoon, if past precedent is any guide—the New York Film Critics Circle will begin announcing the recipients of its annual awards, and for the sixth time, I will be voting with them. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association—arguably the only critics group besides the NYFCC whose awards have a demonstrable effect—includes runners-up alongside its laureates, and the National …

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Five films that could win best picture
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Five films that could win best picture

LA Times  

Crisps, crumbles and cobblers are better than pie? Ralph Fiennes in “Conclave.” Sean Baker and Mikey Madison push the ‘Anora’ vibes to the brink Have you ever seen a photo of someone you’ve known for years that makes you change how you see them? I’m looking at an image of filmmaker Sean Baker taken shortly after his open-hearted, screwball adventure …

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Oscars 2025: The five leading best picture contenders and how they might win
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Oscars 2025: The five leading best picture contenders and how they might win

LA Times  

We’re heading into the early stretch of awards season where voters are about to embark on a long holiday weekend, give thanks and sift through a topsy-turvy world in which it’s the Dallas Cowboys and not the Detroit Lions who can be safely ignored on the Thanksgiving Day football schedule. Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn in “Anora” “Anora”: It starts …

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Is ‘Wicked’ headed toward best picture?
1 month ago

Is ‘Wicked’ headed toward best picture?

LA Times  

How can you mend a broken heart? In honor of “Wicked” arriving in theaters, here’s one about that much-hyped musical: Assumption: “Wicked” is an undeniable best picture contender. Answer: True At the Los Angeles premiere of “Wicked,” producer Marc Platt, who has been shepherding the project since producing the 2003 Broadway show, struck an early campaign tone. “Wicked” is undeniably …

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The 2025 Oscars BuzzMeter: What’s getting the buzz so far?
1 month ago

The 2025 Oscars BuzzMeter: What’s getting the buzz so far?

LA Times  

The Buzz is back! Mike Leigh — “Hard Truths” “Because of the scale and scope of ‘The Brutalist,’ Venice best director winner Brady Corbet could beat out Sean Baker and Jacques Audiard, but it’s a close race. Marianne Jean-Baptiste — “Hard Truths” “It’s ‘Anora’ vs. ‘Emilia Pérez’ again as Mikey Madison and Karla Sofía Gascón battle. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor — “Nickel …

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Oscars 2025: Early assumptions. True or false?
1 month ago

Oscars 2025: Early assumptions. True or false?

LA Times  

We’re a week out from Thanksgiving, still figuring out how much turkey to buy, how a bird that size will possibly fit into our oven and whether we might use our next-door neighbor’s oven as a backup. Answer: True Karla Sofía Gascón stars in Jacques Audiard’s unusual musical “Emilia Pérez.” It’s usually silly to declare races over this early, but …

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Godfather producer Al Ruddy dead at 94: Hollywood icon, who co-created Hogan's Heroes and worked on Million Dollar Baby, was featured in The Offer... as Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino, Miles Teller and Hil
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Godfather producer Al Ruddy dead at 94: Hollywood icon, who co-created Hogan's Heroes and worked on Million Dollar Baby, was featured in The Offer... as Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino, Miles Teller and Hil

Daily Mail  

The Oscar-winning The Godfather producer Al Ruddy has died at the age of 94 after a brief illness, it was shared on Tuesday. His work had recently come to light in the smash hit series The Offer, where Miles Teller played Ruddy as he put together the epic Francis Ford Coppola gangster movie The Godfather from 1972. Seen in 1979 …

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali reacts to the similarities between Khamoshi and CODA
7 months ago

Sanjay Leela Bhansali reacts to the similarities between Khamoshi and CODA

Hindustan Times  

Did you know that Sanjay Leela Bhansali's debut film Khamoshi: The Musical shares a lot of similarities with the story of CODA? Bhansali's film starring Salman Khan and Manisha Koirala in lead roles did not do well at the box office when it released in 1996. Sanjay Leela Bhansali reacted to Coda winning the Oscar for Best Picture. Based on …

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Emma Stone breaks silence on THAT speculation she called Jimmy Kimmel a 'p***k' at the Oscars after Poor Things quip as star declares: 'I'm near-unoffendable'
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Emma Stone breaks silence on THAT speculation she called Jimmy Kimmel a 'p***k' at the Oscars after Poor Things quip as star declares: 'I'm near-unoffendable'

Daily Mail  

Emma Stone has broken her silence on her viral Oscars moment which saw social media fans claims she called host Jimmy Kimmel a 'p***k' over a quip at her expense. Emma Stone has broken her silence on her viral Oscars moment which saw social media fans claims she called host Jimmy Kimmel a 'p***k' over a quip at her expense …

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Oscars 2025: 10 of the films that could win big next year
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Oscars 2025: 10 of the films that could win big next year

BBC  

Oscars 2025: 10 of the films that could win big next year Warner Bros From Gladiator 2 and Nosferatu to Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, these are the films that BBC Culture predicts will win big at next year's Academy Awards. His follow-up to Poor Things – which earned best picture, director and adapted screenplay nominations along with Emma Stone's …

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Ang Lee revealed Oscars stage manager indicated Brokeback Mountain would win Best Picture, but it lost
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Ang Lee revealed Oscars stage manager indicated Brokeback Mountain would win Best Picture, but it lost

Hindustan Times  

Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain lost the Oscar for Best Picture to Paul Haggis' Crash, in what is still considered a memorable upset. In a new interview with Indiewire, director Ang Lee looked back at the night of the 78th Academy Awards, where he was told by a stage manager to remain backstage after winning Best Director because Brokeback Mountain was …

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Al Pacino issues clarification about his awkward Best Picture announcement at Oscars 2024
9 months, 1 week ago

Al Pacino issues clarification about his awkward Best Picture announcement at Oscars 2024

Hindustan Times  

Al Pacino's anticlimactic announcement of the final award of the 96th Academy Awards – Best Picture for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer – grabbed attention, as he did not name the nominees for Best Picture. Al Pacino presents the award for best picture during the Oscars on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Al Pacino's full statement As reported by …

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Al Pacino says Oscars producers asked him to omit reading Best Picture nominees
9 months, 1 week ago

Al Pacino says Oscars producers asked him to omit reading Best Picture nominees

The Hindu  

Al Pacino says he was following the instructions of the Oscars producers when he omitted the names of the best picture nominees while announcing the winner of the show’s biggest category. The Oscar-winning actor was Sunday night’s final presenter and announced Oppenheimer as the best picture winner without naming the full slate of nominees. The Oscars started late and ended …

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Oscars 2024: Al Pacino says producers asked him to omit reading best picture nominees
9 months, 1 week ago

Oscars 2024: Al Pacino says producers asked him to omit reading best picture nominees

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Al Pacino says he was following the instructions of the Oscars producers when he omitted the names of the best picture nominees while announcing the winner of the show’s biggest category. The Oscar-winning actor was Sunday night’s final presenter and announced “Oppenheimer” as the best picture winner without naming the full slate of nominees. AP AUDIO: Al …

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Emma Stone has Oscar viewers in hysterics as she realises she's missing Poor Things win for Best Makeup and Hairstyling as fans compare her reaction to her cameo on iCarly
9 months, 1 week ago

Emma Stone has Oscar viewers in hysterics as she realises she's missing Poor Things win for Best Makeup and Hairstyling as fans compare her reaction to her cameo on iCarly

Daily Mail  

Emma Stone had a night to remember on Sunday, after scooping the award for Best Actress at the Oscars in Los Angeles. Emma Stone had a night to remember on Sunday, after scooping the award for Best Actress at the Oscars in Los Angeles But the actress, 35, found herself going viral for another reason following the ceremony, after a …

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The Godfather star Al Pacino’s unconventional announcement of best picture goes viral
9 months, 1 week ago

The Godfather star Al Pacino’s unconventional announcement of best picture goes viral

Hindustan Times  

At the 96th Academy Awards, veteran actor Al Pacino's presentation of the Best Picture award captivated the internet due to its unorthodox nature. Oppenheimer", the 83-year-old actor simply declared, "Only one will take the award for Best Picture," as he stood before the stars at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre. One user on X quipped, "Al Pacino announced Best Picture like this …

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Barry Keoghan playfully poses with Callum Turner and Kingsley Ben-Adir at the Oscars Vanity Fair afterparty
9 months, 1 week ago

Barry Keoghan playfully poses with Callum Turner and Kingsley Ben-Adir at the Oscars Vanity Fair afterparty

Daily Mail  

Barry Keoghan playfully posed with Callum Turner and Kingsley Ben-Adir at the Oscars Vanity Fair afterparty in Beverly Hills on Sunday evening. Barry Keoghan, 31, playfully posed with Callum Turner, 34, and Kingsley Ben-Adir, 37, at the Oscars Vanity Fair afterparty on Sunday evening The Saltburn star pouted his plumped lips and stuck a peace sign up in the air …

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Oscars fans convinced Al Pacino's bizarre Best Picture announcement for Oppenheimer has hidden meaning after he skipped list of nominees
9 months, 1 week ago

Oscars fans convinced Al Pacino's bizarre Best Picture announcement for Oppenheimer has hidden meaning after he skipped list of nominees

Daily Mail  

Oscar fans are convinced Al Pacino's Best Picture announcement for Oppenheimer contained a hidden dig at another blockbuster hit nominated for the award. Oscars fans are convinced Al Pacino's bizarre Best Picture announcement for Oppenheimer has a hidden meaning after he failed to read out the list of nominees Based on a joke from Barbie, which saw many Ken's easily …

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Selma Blair swaps her stilettos for slippers while leaving Vanity Fair Oscars party - after attending the event fresh off the heels of her 'racism and Islamophobia' controversy
9 months, 1 week ago

Selma Blair swaps her stilettos for slippers while leaving Vanity Fair Oscars party - after attending the event fresh off the heels of her 'racism and Islamophobia' controversy

Daily Mail  

Selma Blair required help as she swapped her stilettos for comfy slippers while leaving the Vanity Fair Oscars Party in Beverly Hills on Sunday evening. After a good samaritan crouched down to help free her from her towering heels, Selma could be seen breathing a huge sigh of relief The Cruel Intentions actress commanded attention on Hollywood's biggest night in …

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‘Oppenheimer’ crew keeps it low key, other winners revel at Vanity Fair’s Oscar after-party
9 months, 1 week ago

‘Oppenheimer’ crew keeps it low key, other winners revel at Vanity Fair’s Oscar after-party

Associated Press  

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Christopher Nolan stood as staid and nonchalant as ever as crowds surrounded him and music pulsed. Jennifer Lame, winner of the award for best film editing for "Oppenheimer," left, and Cillian Murphy, winner of the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role for "Oppenheimer" pose at the Governors Ball after the Oscars …

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