There is nobody more deserving of that trust than Alejandro Inarritu. The other is how the Academy keeps giving some if its richest rewards to films that crowds shy away from because of dark and difficult-to-watch content.
The only best-picture contender without a white protagonist is “Straight Outta Compton”, which has an outside shot of joining the favourites. The other nominees include “Room”, “Brooklyn” “The Big Short”, and “Bridge of...
The best actress category is the most fearsome this year, with Larson, who many feel is a front-runner, going head to head with Saoirse Ronan in “Brooklyn”, Cate Blanchett in “Carol”, Charlotte Rampling in “45 Years”, and 2013’s best...
“The Revenant”, about a fur trapper mauled by a bear and left for dead by his companions, brought nominations for DiCaprio, who has never won an Oscar, and supporting actor for Tom Hardy.
The 41-year-old is one of Hollywood’s most eligible bachelors again after recently ending his romance model girlfriend Kelly Rohrbach, who he had been dating since June (15).
Other familiar faces are returning, as well, like last year’s best actor victor, Eddie Redmayne (“The Danish Girl”), Jennifer Lawrence (a record fourth nomination for the 25 year-old for “Joy“) and mainstay composer John Williams, who notched,...
When up to 10 titles can get Oscar nominations in the best film category, some directors will be left out in a category that’s limited to five nominees.
In all the lead categories – best director, picture, and all four acting categories – only Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the Mexican auteur who won best director and picture a year ago, for “Birdman”, adds a note of diversity.
A spokesman for the California lottery, Alex Traverso, said late Wednesday a winning ticket had been purchased in Chino Hills, a modest suburb of Los Angeles. But considering the chances of winning the pot were 1 in 292 million, there’s hardly room to complain.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., slain Civil Rights leader and pre-eminent advocate of non-violence, will be remembered on his birthday at two Martin Luther King Day events in Kings Mountain Monday.