ANOUSHEH ANSARI: I will be reading a statement by Mr. Farhadi. It’s a great honor to be receiving this valuable award for the second time. I...
Q. Congratulations. I was wondering if you could speak to any of the particular challenges that may have arised when needing to marry the Jazz Age...
KEVIN O’CONNELL: Oh my gosh. Guys, thank you so much. I can’t even tell you what this means to me. It means so much to me,...
EZRA EDELMAN: Thirty, huh? First of all this is incredible, I want to thank Caroline Waterlow for going on this journey with me. Yes, give it...
COLLEEN ATWOOD: Thank you. I’m truly floored. Sting told me I was gonna win tonight, and I didn’t believe him at all. I was like, what?...
CHRISTOPHER NELSON: Do you want to talk? ALESSANDRO BERTOLAZZI: Thank you so very…I want to talk. I have to talk, I waited for 50 years to...
We have only had six awards so far this evening, but already it is turning into one of the most unpredictable Academy Awards of all time....
When this year’s show producers were announced, the signs were there that this might be a show that bucks tradition. If the opener to the telecast...
La La Land, the jazz musical spectacle directed by Damien Chazelle, heads into the Oscars with 14 nominations, equaling the all time record with Titanic and All About...
The Academy Awards have been announced, and after some major drama at the end, Moonlight was crowned this year’s Best Picture after the wrong name was initially...
“Mom, I’m on the red carpet at the Oscars!” whispered a man behind me excitedly into his mobile and I knew I wasn’t the only one overwhelmed to be at the most glamorous event in the world. I boldly pulled out my camera and quickly snapped a shot of the gigantic Oscar beside me. It’s not cool but who cares, no-one can be cool at the starriest party on earth. I’ve attended a few major movie events now but the Oscars carpet has a magic of its own. The BAFTAs may have come a long way in the glamour stakes in recent years. And Cannes, despite passé sequins and visible bra straps, may have the beaches and sunshine but nothing can top Hollywood’s biggest night of the year. Yes, we’re talking The Academy Awards. That’s Oscar to you and me. It’s the glitziest party of the year. But first problem? How do you ever get an invite without a nomination or a blood tie to Mr Spielberg? It was a question that plagued me often as I sat at home in front of the television each year watching the parade of gorgeous gowns and tear sodden acceptance speeches. What would it be like, I dreamed, to be in the midst of all that glamour, all that glitz, all that silicone…? Then lady-luck brought me a friend who had ‘connections.’ A few pleading calls suggesting he sell his first born to get me a pass and hey presto! Quicker than you can say ‘blackmail’ ‘threat’ or ‘I’ve got the photographs’, I had it....
We’re in the final countdown towards the Oscars. Ballots have been ticked and counted, with this year’s winners resting securely inside an envelope inside a briefcase...
Via AMPAS Upon recommendation by the Sound Branch Executive Committee, the Academy’s Board of Governors voted Thursday (2/23) to rescind the Sound Mixing nomination for Greg...
At a pre BAFTAs party once I saw a young woman throw herself at Leonardo DiCaprio. I mean, literally fling herself at him as he passed....
89th Academy Awards Date: Sunday, 26th February 2017 Venue: The Dolby Theatre, Hollywood Host: Jimmy Kimmel Navigating through a minefield of information this Oscar weekend can be a confusing...
Let’s start with a few basic issues before we look at possible changes: Movies are about fantasy. They star impossibly attractive people (or highly charismatic ones...
Via AMPAS Grammy® and Tony® nominated singer and songwriter Sara Bareilles will deliver a special “In Memoriam” performance during the 89th Oscars® ceremony, show producers Michael...