Oscar Speeches: Booth, Shirley (Come Back Little Sheba, Reprising Stage Role)
Shirley Booth won the 1952 Best Actress Oscar for reprising her acclaimed stage role in Come Back Little Sheba.
Honorary Oscars 2022: Michael J. Fox, Euzhan Palcy, Diane Warren and Peter Weir
The Governors Awards tonight announced that the Oscar season is officially back to its pre-pandemic level of glamour and frenzy.
Oscar Directors: Iñárritu, Alejandro G.–Seven Nominations, 4 Wins
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, whose Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths is Mexico’s submission for the best international feature Oscar this year, is an Academy favorite.
Oscars 2023: Academy Partners with Sustainability Nonprofit Red Carpet Green Dress Global
The environmental partnership will expand existing efforts by The Academy, including the adoption of RCGD Global’s “Sustainable Style Guide” for red carpet fashion.
Oscar Speeches: Binoche, Juliette–The English Patient (1996)
Oscar Speeches: Juliette Binoche, Best Supporting Actress, The English Patient (1996) Oscar Speeches: Binoche, Juliette–The English Patient (1996) Binoche’s win was a major upset, a function of the sweep factor. Oscar gurus predicted that the award would go to the sentimental favorite, vet actress Lauren Bacall for her role in Streisand’s The Mirror Has Two […]
Oscar Movies: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)–2 Noms (Cinematography, Sound Mixing)
Inside Llewyn Davis was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Sound Mixing. It lost both to Gravity.
Oscar Politics: Kazan’s HUAC testimony–and Honorary Oscar
HUAC testimony Kazan testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA) in 1952, during the postwar era that journalist Michael Mills, calls “arguably the most controversial period in Hollywood history.” When Kazan was in his mid-20s, during the Depression years 1934 to 1936, he had been a member of the American Communist Party in […]
Indie Companies 2022: Focus Chair, Vice Chair to Receive Gotham Awards’ Industry Tribute
Focus Features chair Peter Kujawski and vice chair Jason Cassidy will be honored with the industry tribute award at the 2022 Gotham Awards.
Oscar Songs: Moon River (1961)–Originally Sung by Audrey Hepburn; Impactful Song
It was originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s, winning the Best Original Song Oscar.
1 Oscar Directors: Nationality, Social Class, Family, Occupational Inheritance (Winners and Nominees, A to Z)
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