“Parasite” has won the best picture Academy Award, making history as the first foreign language film to win the ceremony’s top honor. Bong Joon Ho’s thriller has been one of the season’s darlings, despite failing to garner any Academy Award nominations for its cast. Bong’s acumen in creating his tale of a grifter family that […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Oscar for best feature-length documentary has gone to “American Factory,” the first documentary released by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram The Netflix film is about an Ohio auto glass factory that is run by a Chinese investor. It explores many issues, including the […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Rock, Mahershala Ali, Regina King and Spike Lee are some of the presenters who will take the Oscars stage at the Dolby Theatre during Sunday’s ceremony. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain announced Wednesday the final slate of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen King says he cares only about “quality,” not “diversity” when deciding on awards. Some are asking why he thinks the two must be different. “I would never consider diversity in matters of art. Only quality,” King tweeted this week. “It seems to me that to do otherwise would be wrong.” […]
Todd Phillips’ much-debated supervillain origin story and R-rated box-office smash “Joker” topped all films with 11 Academy Awards nominations, while Martin Scorsese’s elegiac crime epic “The Irishman,” Quentin Tarantino’s 1960s Los Angeles fairy tale “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and Sam Mendes’ World War I tale “1917” all trailed close behind with 10 […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Beyoncé’s “Spirit” from “The Lion King” didn’t roar loud enough for the Academy Awards: The song didn’t earn a nomination for best original song, though Randy Newman, Elton John and the husband-wife duo Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez have a chance at winning another Oscar for songwriting. RELATED: Oscars a Joke? […]
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Oscars are going without a host again this year. ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke said the Feb. 9 telecast will focus on what worked last year: “huge entertainment value, big musical numbers, big comedy and star power.” Last year’s ceremony attracted 29.6 million viewers, the second-smallest in Oscars history but […]
