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Samuel L. Jackson believes he should have won an Oscar for his stellar performance in Quentin Tarantino’s classic 1994 film Pulp Fiction. “I should have won,” the 73-year-old actor told The Times in an interview. Not only does Jackson believe he should have won the award for his role in that film, but went on to say that he deserved to at […]
Despite the pandemic maintaining its grip on day-to-day life for another year, 2021 still gave us plenty to be inspired by, including a vast assortment of cinema of the highest caliber. On Tuesday, several of those entries were among those now set for Oscars glory, with a special announcement hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross and […]
Academy Award nominee LaKeith Stanfield has announced he’ll be taking a break from social media after issuing apologies for moderating a Clubhouse room that contained anti-Semitic rhetoric. Earlier this month, the 29-year-old Atlanta star appeared as a moderator during a bigoted discussion on Clubhouse, according to the Daily Beast, while sources confirmed he personally did not say anything that could be considered anti-Semitic. The following day, […]
A member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association took to Twitter Monday to apologize and explain what led many viewers to think she mistook Daniel Kaluuya with another Black actor. “I’ve been following you since the beginning of your career, and I was wondering what it meant for you to be directed by Regina, what this means for you […]
Diddy is now a two-time Academy Award winner, and Joey Badass just scored his first. The two MCs earned the Oscar together on Sunday night, with Diddy executive producing and Joey starring in the short film Two Distant Strangers, which came out victorious in the best live-action short category. The film, directed by Free and Martin Desmond Roe, follows a […]
Anthony Hopkins wasn’t expecting to bag his second Oscar on Sunday night. With his win in the Best Actor category for his performance in The Father, Florian Zeller’s devastating exploration of the continual heartbreaks of dementia, Hopkins made history as the oldest winner in the show’s history. Previously, Hopkins—83—won in the same category for his […]
Nomadland director Chloé Zhao made history on Sunday night. With her Best Director win at the 93rd Academy Awards, Zhao became the first woman of color to win in the category. She’s also only the second woman to ever win the award, with Kathryn Bigelow having become the first—and prior to Sunday, the only—woman to have […]
Glenn Close might not have won Best Supporting Actress at the 93rd Oscars for her role as Bonnie “Mamaw” Vance in Hillbilly Elegy but she did win audiences over with her seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of movie soundtrack history. Close showed off said knowledge when Questlove played Experience Unlimited’s 1988 track “Da Butt” from the soundtrack for Spike Lee’s film School Daze […]
Following a year that challenged the film industry like no other, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony—delayed by two months thanks to the ongoing pandemic—is upon us. Heading into Sunday’s ABC-broadcast ceremony, Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland had been discussed as a likely contender to emerge as the night’s most awarded production. The film, based on Jessica Bruder’s 2017 nonfiction […]
Hollywood has taken a major step forward in recent years in terms of recognizing Latinx actors and filmmakers. However, there is still a long way to go. During a conversation with Variety, groundbreaking Latinx actor Rosie Perez revealed that she hadn’t been invited to the Academy Awards in over 25 years. “Not even to sit in the […]
