The 2019 Oscars By The Numbers
Despite the bad rep it has in some quarters, there are many things that are great about the Oscars. Well-deserved recognition for actors who’ve been working for years, the highlighting of bright new talents, mo...
‘Green Book’ Writer Says Dr. Shirley Wanted His Family Excluded: “I Didn’t Even Know They Really Existed” [Oscars 2019]
In a night highlighted by a record amount of women and people of color being awarded Oscars, the awards ceremony seemingly left a bad taste in many people’s mouth after the surprise wins by “Green Book” for Bes...
Watch Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper Reduce Viewers To Emotional Mush With Their Incredible ‘Shallow’ Performance [Oscars 2019]
Before the telecast even kicked off last night, there was already a lot of talk surrounding the Oscars Best Original Song performances. Originally rumored to only feature performances by Lady Gaga and Bradley C...
Oscars 2019 In Memoriam: Burt Reynolds, Margot Kidder & More Celebrated As Stanley Donen & Others Left Out
One of the staples of any awards telecast, especially a show as big as last night’s Oscars, is the In Memoriam segment. This segment is the ceremony’s way of honoring those Hollywood figures that have passed aw...
The Hostless, Controversy-Filled 2019 Oscars’ Ratings Rise Above Last Year’s Low
With controversies seemingly every day leading up to last night’s telecast, the 2019 Oscars had all the makings of a true trainwreck. That being said, the show went on, and survived, without so much as one majo...
Watch The Emotional Oscars Speeches By Olivia Colman, Alfonso Cuarón, Lady Gaga, & More [Oscars 2019]
The Oscars ceremony is largely seen as the crown jewel for awards shows every year. With the biggest names in Hollywood all vying for the gold trophies, which represent the highest honor many of these filmmaker...
The Snubs & Surprises Of The 2019 Oscars
With there being such a cottage industry of prognostication and precursors around the Oscars, it sometimes feels that the true surprise is a thing of the past when it comes to the actual day itself. Take last y...
Spike Lee Gets Called Out By Trump For “Racist” Speech As Filmmaker Calls ‘Green Book’ Win A “Bad Call”
Depending on how you read between the lines, last night’s Oscars telecast can be seen as one of the least anti-Trump or most anti-Trump awards shows in recent memory. While there weren’t any real overt callouts...
The Best & Worst Of The 2019 Oscars
It was the best of Oscars, it was the worst of Oscars. It was the age of wisdom (Spike Lee, Olivia Colman), it was the age of foolishness ("Green Book"), it was the epoch of belief (Regina King), it was the epo...
In The End The 2019 Oscars Turned Out To Be An Epic Tease
When all was said and done, the most highly contested Academy Awards season in at least a decade was something of a tease. The tease that a Foreign Language Film such as "Roma" could win Best Picture. The tea...