Tag: Academy Awards
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The Oscars envelope often fails to deliver
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Just because it’s the Academy Awards doesn’t mean the judges always get it right As the world girds for “Sinners” to battle it out with “One Battle After Another” for Best Picture at the Academy Awards tonight, now seems like as good a time as any to reassert my claim that the two best films…
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‘Sinners’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ poised for an Oscars showdown
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood will convene Sunday night for a nail-biter Academy Awards that’s steering toward a coronation for either Paul Thomas Anderson or Ryan Coogler. Most would call that a win-win. Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” is the favorite heading into the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. But Coogler’s “Sinners”…
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Colorado doc lights up Academy Award nominations
‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ chronicles last year of Colorado State Poet Laureate Andrea Gibson’s cancer journey For a documentary, the light doesn’t get much better than it does at the Academy Awards. The critically acclaimed “Come See Me in the Good Light,” which focuses on the late Colorado State Poet Laureate Andrea…
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Kimmel’s rise from radio to cultural icon hits roadblock with ABC’s suspension of late-night TV show
Jimmy Kimmel has become a cultural fixture over two decades in late-night television, blending humor with political satire
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France selects the Iranian drama ‘It Was Just An Accident’ as its Oscar submission
France announced Wednesday that it has selected the Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning drama “It Was Just An Accident” as its submission to the Academy Awards
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Americans still give awards shows consideration, a new AP-NORC poll finds
Most Americans still want to thank the academy, at least a little
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Colorado’s Mandy Moore tickles the Oscars pink
Emmy-winning choreographer conceived ‘the most lovable Oscars musical moment in years’ for Ryan Gosling of ‘Barbie’
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Will ‘Barbenheimer’ bring back the Oscar ratings? | John Moore
Two years ago in this space, I said the Oscars have a big, boring problem. Then along came Will Smith a few hours later to slap me – and Chris Rock – right in the face. Whatever that was – it was not boring. But when it takes a befuddled old person to name the wrong winner…
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Oscars return Sunday night with a big boring problem | John Moore
The Oscars are back tonight. The question is: Does anyone care? It seems not that long ago when Oscars Night was second only to Super Bowl Sunday for automatic TV party-gathering. You got together with friends to nosh, fill out a ballot, judge the fashion, groan at the winners and drink every time someone breathlessly…
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The 9 best movies the Oscars missed and where to stream them
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We didn’t have theaters in 2020. But oh, how we needed the movies. It was Pixar’s “Soul” that really did it for me. I pulled it up on Disney+ Jan. 31, and it was just…