Vet silent actress Mary Pickford won her first and only Best Actress Oscar for the melodrama Coquette, in which she plays a southern belle whose affair with a man beneath her class leads to a disaster.
Oscar 2018: Paul Thomas Anderson Raves about Chris Nolan’s Dunkirk
February 11, 2018 by
It’s nice when one Oscar nominated director praises another one-despite competition for the same award. Paul Thomas Anderson was vastly impressed by Chris Nolan’s Dunkirk. The Phantom Thread director recently attended the Santa Barbara Film Fest, where he raved about the movies made by his fellow Oscar nominees for Best Director Oscar. Anderson and Nolan […]
Oscar Actors: Lancaster, Burt–Women Winning Oscar in his Films
February 10, 2018 by
Burt Lancaster received top billing in three movies in the 1950s, all produced by Hal Wallis. In Come Back Little Sheba (1952), he played opposite Shirley Booth, who won the Best Actress Oscar. In The Rose Tattoo (1955), he appeared with Anna Magnani, who won the Best Actress Oscar. In The Rainmaker (1956), he co-starred […]
Oscar Artists: Johannsson, Composer of Arrival and Theory of Everything, Found Dead at 48
February 10, 2018 by
óhann Jóhannsson, the Oscar-nominated composer of “Arrival,” “Sicario” and “The Theory of Everything,” was found dead on Friday in his Berlin apartment, his manager said. He was 48.
Oscar 2018: Supporting Actress Nominees
February 9, 2018 by
Supporting Actress Oscar: The youngest nominee this year is Octavia Spencer, who is 40; the oldest is Laurie Metcalf, who’s 62.
