During his acceptance speech for Best Original Song (“Writing’s on the Wall” from Spectre), British singer Sam Smith thrust himself in the identity politics game by labeling the moment as a potential milestone. He said:
“Luckily, I drank blood. If not, I’d be crazy, calling to prayer from the trees,” says Inong, a thin, old man in a knitted skull cap. “If you drink blood, you can do anything! Salty and sweet. Human blood.”
You might think that in a year when the Academy Awards have been under fire for lacking diversity, the powers that be would ask the first trans performer nominated for an Oscar to take the stage at some point during Sunday’s ceremony. Even if Hollywood remains transphobic for the foreseeable future, even if no one…
Variety magazine’s most recent issue takes on the controversy of this year’s whitewashed Oscars with a cover that reads “SHAME ON US.” But before that, there’s a more pressing issue to attend to.
Two-time Academy Awards nominee Ian McKellen has spoken out about the lack of diversity in the film industry, as it relates to being acknowledged by the Oscars (and landing the kind of roles that could yield gold-plated glory). “The fact that black people feel underrepresented in studio movies and big movies…well,…
It’s heartening that Spike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith, and, as of this morning, her husband Will Smith have publicly denounced the Academy Awards, declaring that they will not be attending this year’s ceremony. The Oscars, though seen as a pinnacle of artistic achievement, really amount to cherries on top of a bowl of…
Hollywood loves a fairytale, and on March 29, 1993, it got one all to itself.
Two days after it first went missing from a West Hollywood hotel, Lupita Nyong'o's pearl-encrusted Oscars dress was recovered by police on Friday, apparently abandoned as "almost worthless" by the thief.
At the Oscars last night, several celebrities admirably used their time on stage to speak about issues like equality, discrimination, and poverty. This would have been a good time to rob their houses.
Many viewers were moved to tears while watching John Legend and Common's show-stopping performance of ''Glory'' at the Academy Awards, including David Oyelowo—who portrayed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the film Selma—and also The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement star Chris Pine.
After a year of missteps and black eyes, the very expensive experiment that is First Look Media has a positive moment in the spotlight: Citizenfour, a film based largely on the crew's Edward Snowden reporting, just nabbed an Oscar.
Mo'Nique was featured in this week's Hollywood Reporter claiming she's been blacklisted from Hollywood, in large part because of how she handled the 2010 Oscar campaign for the movie Precious.
Will Reese Witherspoon win an Oscar for "Wild" because she overcomes the hardship of wearing a really heavy backpack for most of the film? I sure as hell hope not, but she probably will, because Hollywood is stupid. In any case, this movie was awful, and terrible for women. Wild was by far the worst movie I saw this…
The internet was weird this week. Mostly in a good way. But also in a bullshitty way.
After a segment starring 5-year-old cancer-battling superhero Miles "Batkid" Scott was cut from the Academy Awards, some cast his scheduled co-host, Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield, as the bad guy. Good news, though: Spidey didn't really let Miles down.
The misery of Liza Minnelli stretches into yet another agonizing day. Paparazzi caught up with the living legend in West Hollywood (where else?) on Monday night, and a cameraman asked her what she thought about Ellen DeGeneres' Oscars joke at Liza's expense. ("Hello to the best Liza Minnelli impersonator I've ever…
Here's John Travolta at Sunday night's Oscar ceremony, introducing the star of Frozen... Adele Dazeem? Uh...? Who's that?
Which ancient, neurotic pervert got more applause at the Oscars on Sunday night—Woody Allen or God?
