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Netflix, Amazon, ‘The Irishman’ & The Academy: Oscars In The Age Of Streaming

February 28, 2017 3:13 pm

Sunday night's Oscars ended in one seismic Hollywood event that largely obliterated the memory of any earlier tremors. But some of those lesser quakes may actually turn out to have more lasting consequences tha...

Sony Pictures Classics Exec Says Oscar Buzz For Foreign Film Winner ‘The Salesman’ Is “Fake News”

Kevin Jagernauth

February 27, 2017 9:48 am

News

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Last night, something rare emerged at the Oscars: class. All season long, Film Twitter has engaged in an ugly battle pitting Team "Moonlight" versus Team "La La Land," a fracas that the makers of either film ha...

Oscars 2017: All The Acceptance Speech Highlights & Best Picture Blunder

Kevin Jagernauth

February 27, 2017 1:41 am

Awards, News

The film world is still recovering from Best Picture blunder unlike anything the Oscars has seen, but let's not let that overshadow the rest of the night. The evening was not short on inspirational speeches,...

Oscars 2017: ‘Moonlight’ Surprise Best Picture Winner, ‘La La Land’ Wins 6

Kevin Jagernauth

February 26, 2017 8:26 pm

Awards, Features, News

Well, that was something. As per usual, the Oscars were a marathon, and it was the very last category that provided the biggest spark the show has seen in decades, and maybe the most embarrassing moment in Warr...

What To Expect From The 2017 Academy Awards Telecast: Matt Damon, Sara Bareilles, Politics

Gregory Ellwood

February 23, 2017 5:49 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The Oscars are only days away, and while nominees anxiously wait to find out how their long awards-season journeys will end (spoiler: "La La Land" nominees will be happy), first-time producers Jennifer Todd and...

Dear Academy: Do The Right Thing And Vote For ‘The Salesman’ For Oscar

Gregory Ellwood

February 17, 2017 5:01 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

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Let's start off with the easy stuff, first. Maren Ade’s “Toni Erdmann” should have won the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. It also should have won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language ...

40-Minute Talk With Asghar Farhadi About His Oscar Nominated ‘The Salesman’

Christian Gallichio

February 3, 2017 12:45 pm

News

While Iranian director Asghar Farhadi will not be attending the Academy Awards this year because of his protest of Donald Trump’s immigration ban, his film "The Salesman" stands a good chance of taking the Osca...

Why Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar Ban Should Provoke A Flashpoint Of Protest At This Year’s Ceremony

Oliver Lyttelton

January 30, 2017 1:17 pm

Features, News

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If he wasn’t already — and there was a good argument that he was — Iranian director Asghar Farhadi became the most important filmmaker alive this weekend. Farhadi became a favorite of festival-goers starting ne...

‘Split’ Wins Second Straight Weekend, ‘La La Land’ Crosses $200 Million Worldwide [Box Office]

Kevin Jagernauth

January 29, 2017 9:54 pm

Box Office, News

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The weekend arrived with new movies offering a little bit of everything — cutesy family fare, another franchise sequel, and an A-list drama vehicle — but audiences wanted more M. Night Shyamalan. "Split" top...

Update: Trump’s Muslim Ban Will Keep Asghar Farhadi From Attending Oscars, Academy Reacts

Gregory Ellwood

January 28, 2017 5:00 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

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The Trump administration signed an executive order on Friday that bars anyone from seven countries from entering the United States for 90 days. The order, titled “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist E...

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