Moneyball (2011) CREDIT: MELINDA SUE GORDON/COLUMBIA / SONY Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill to delivered an original, moving and dramatic with the 2011 Moneyball. Based on Michael Lewis’ best-selling book that provides an account of the Oakland Athletics’ 2002 season, the film details the strategy implored by the team’s general manager Billy Beane (Pitt) and assistant […]
Oscar Actors: Pitt, Brad–Best Roles–Moneyball (2011)–Natural Charisma, Easy Going Delivery
August 21, 2022 by
Oscar Actors: Pitt, Brad–Best Roles, A River Runs Through It (1992)
August 20, 2022 by
Pitt’s Vast and Intriguing Filmography: Over the past 30 years, Brad Pitt has packed a punch in various roles. In some performances, as underground fighter in both Snatch and Fight Club, he’s done so quite literally. But movie fans have fallen in love with Pitt for other, former roles: as a baseball manager, a stuntman, a […]
She Done Him Wrong (1933): Mae West Cast Cary Grant (Before he Became Star)
August 20, 2022 by
In 1933, She Done Him Wrong—an adaptation of Mae West’s own play Diamond Lil (1928)—was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar category, but it lost out to Cavalcade. The young Cary Grant had caught Mae West’s eye in the studio, whereupon she had queried about him to one of Paramount’s office boys. The boy replied, […]
Oscar Quiz: Best Picture–Consecutive Winning Producers, Acting
August 19, 2022 by
Selznick himself was not awarded the Oscars as at the time the statuette went to the studio instead of the producer.
Oscar Actors: Debose, Ariana–Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage, Tony Nom, LGBTQ, Queer)
August 18, 2022 by
For West Side Story, she received multiple accolades, including Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, a Critics’ Choice Movie Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, making her the first Afro-Latina and queer woman of color to win the latter award, and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
