Ettore Scola, the great Italian writer-directors, best known for “Il Sorpasso” (1962), “We All Loved Each Other Very Much” (1974), “A Special Day” (1977), “The Family” (1987) and “The Dinner” (1998), died Tuesday at a Rome hospital. He was 84 and had fallen ill on Sunday.
Oscar Directors: Scola, Ettore–Oscar Nominated Italian Director (A Special Day) Dies at 84
January 20, 2016 by
Oscar 2016: Lupita Nyong’o Joins OscarsSoWhite Debate
January 20, 2016 by
Lupita Nyong’o has joined the #OscarsSoWhite debate: She is “disappointed by the lack of inclusion” and stands with her “peers who are calling for change.”
Oscar: OscarsSoWhite–Clooney on Lack of Diversity in Hollywood
January 19, 2016 by
Around 2004, certainly there were black nominees — like Don Cheadle, Morgan Freeman–and all of a sudden, you feel like we’re moving in the wrong direction. There were nominations left off the table–George Clooney
Oscar Actors: DiCaprio, Best Actor–The Revenant
January 18, 2016 by
Is it Leo DiCaprio’s year at the Oscars?
Oscar Actors: Swanson, Gloria–Three-Time Nominee (Sadie Thompson, The Trespasser, Sunset Boulevard)
January 16, 2016 by
Gloria Swanson received three Best Actress nominations, the last of which is her best-known, Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard.
