In the major Oscar categories this year it was a list of mostly white nominees, an issue that immediately ignited outrage, frustration, and pushback. Only one person of color, Cynthia Erivo for the black-themed Harriet, was nominated in the acting categories. Female directors such as Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”), Kasi Lemmons (“Harriet”), and Lulu Wang […]
Oscar Artists: Chayefsky, Paddy–Three Academy Awards
March 25, 2020 by
The playwright Paddy Chayefsky, a winner of three Oscar Awards, died of cancer yesterday in Manhattan. He was 58 years old. Between his early great success with intimate dramas for television and his later success with large-scale Hollywood extravaganzas, Chayefsky wrote several plays for Broadway. His most famous play was Marty, the story of a […]
Oscar: Records 2
March 23, 2020 by
Films with the largest number of nominations, but without a Best Picture nomination They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) with 9 nominations Most Oscars without a nomination for Best Picture The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) with 5 wins Fewest nominations for a Best Picture winner Grand Hotel (1932) received only the Best Picture nomination. […]
Oscar Actors: Whitman, Stuart (Nominee for The Mark) Dies at 92
March 17, 2020 by
Stuart Whitman, the handsome actor who received an Oscar nomination for playing a convicted child molester trying to start a new “normal” life in The Mark, has died. He was 92.
Parasite: Bong’s Oscar Winner is UK’s Highest-Grossing Film of All-Time
March 9, 2020 by
Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning thriller Parasite has broken records at the U.K. box office, becoming the country’s highest-grossing foreign-language film of all time.
