War of words: who is winning the Oscar for best acceptance speech?

found 2025 › Feb › 20 (Thu) @ 19:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

This season’s awards circuit has seen Demi Moore and Sean Baker praised for their speeches, but how much does that contribute to the big win?

Winning an Oscar for acting has never looked particularly …

Why Emilia Pérez should win the best picture Oscar

found 2025 › Feb › 18 (Tue) @ 12:54 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Despite the controversy this is a wildly inventive and ambitious film. Completely absurd, subversive and never, ever boring, it still deserves to be in the discussion

Emilia Pérez, then. It’s the film…

From Blitz to Gladiator II: the Oscar-aiming films that missed this season

found 2025 › Feb › 12 (Wed) @ 20:09 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

This year’s nominations were led by smaller, less expected films like The Brutalist, Anora and Emilia Pérez, which left bigger bets in the cold

While films such as Wicked and Dune: Part Two amassed mu…

The 2025 Grammys celebrated pop being back to its agenda-setting best | Alexis Petridis

found 2025 › Feb › 03 (Mon) @ 16:22 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

It was heartening – if no surprise – to see Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Charli xcx and Chappell Roan all grab gongs, while an award for the Beatles suggests confidence in AI

• News: Beyoncé and Kendrick …

Chappell, chaps, Brat or rap spats: what will – and should – win at the 2025 Grammys?

found 2025 › Jan › 29 (Wed) @ 20:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

It’s tough to call the quality-stacked top categories, featuring Academy darlings such as Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift alongside pop’s new tyros

The Beatles – Now and Then
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Academy Award nominee Fernanda Torres apologizes for wearing blackface in resurfaced comedy sketch

found 2025 › Jan › 27 (Mon) @ 10:09 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Torres, 59, appeared in blackface in a sketch 17 years ago on Brazilian TV. In her apology, she said, 'It's now very clear in our country and everywhere that blackface is never acceptable.'

Oscar-nominated movies you can enjoy from the comfort of your sofa! All the 2025 contenders that are already available to stream - and where to find them

found 2025 › Jan › 24 (Fri) @ 11:47 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

This year's crop of Oscar nominated films and actors have been revealed after the Academy announced the films which will be recognised for the 97th ceremony.

Oscars goes to war with Trump by nominating two trans dramas for 21 awards after president's two-genders law was branded 'shameless' by Hollywood wokerati

found 2025 › Jan › 24 (Fri) @ 11:47 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The Academy has nominated Emilia Pérez for an astonishing 13 awards. Tackling similar themes of gender identity, the political drama Conclave picked up a total of eight nominations.

The 2025 Oscar nomination reactions: A-List stars are 'crying' over nods while one calls it 'bittersweet'

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 20:56 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Demi Moore shared a note on her Insta Stories that thanked the Academy for her Best Actress nomination and recognized the director of her film The Substance.

Academy says Oscars will go on as planned and ‘honor’ LA amid fires

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 07:32 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Letter from Academy leadership also says show will ‘move away’ from live performances to celebrate songwriters

The Oscars will go on as planned in March, though with special accommodations to acknowle…