Oscar 2012: Argo Speeches

Best Picture: Argo Accepting the Oscar were: Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, “Argo” The most unexpected question for the “Argo” trio of producers came in the form of an invitation to a foreign service event in Washington on May 3. “Grant and I will be in Berlin shooting, so we won’t make it, […]

Oscar Actors: Waltz, Christophe–Two Oscars in Three Years! (Tarantino Films)

Christophe Waltz won his second Supporting Actor Oscar in three year, playing a bounty hunter in Tarantino’s revenge Western, “Django Unchained.”

Oscar: Lawrence, Jennifer–One of Youngest Best Actress Oscar Winners

Feb 24, 2013–At 22, Jennifer Lawrence becomes one of the three youngest women to have won the Best Actress Oscar.

Oscar Show 2013: MacFarlane, Conventional, Disappointing Host

MacFarlane might have a reputation for juvenile humor, but he also possesses an obvious love for old-style variety. Perhaps that’s why he really wasn’t an avant-garde choice, reflecting a bait-and-switch tactic the Oscars have employed before — hoping people will tune in to see what might happen, and then serving up the same old show. In a sense, MacFarlane was playing Billy Crystal, just 25 years younger.

Oscar 2012: Breaking Records

“Argo” became the first Oscar best picture without a director nomination since 1989’s “Driving Miss Daisy,” which was helmed by Bruce Beresford.