Tyler Perry urged the global Oscars audience to “refuse hate” and work harder to uplift those on the margins as he accepted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award on Sunday night at the 93rd annual Academy Awards. Perry, the mogul who built a thriving studio in Atlanta from humble beginnings that include periods of living out
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The trio of composers behind Disney-Pixar’s “Soul” won the Oscar for best original score Sunday night. It was the first Academy Award for jazz artist Jon Batiste and the second for Nine Inch Nail rock writers-turned-film composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Finch. Batiste becomes only the second Black composer to clinch the original score award
H.E.R. brought the themes and even subject of the film “Judas and the Black Messiah” into the performance of her Oscar-nominated song “Fight for You” on the Academy Awards’ pre-show telecast, “Into the Spotlight,” Sunday. Watch it below. The singer-songwriter started the number off at a drum kit before moving out in front of her
New release title “Recalled” injected a little excitement into the South Korean box office over the weekend, deposing last week’s winner “Seobok.” But the nationwide aggregate remained moribund. The indie film is a mystery thriller that features a woman suffering from disturbing visions of accidents, post traumatic stress and her fight to find the truth
Facebook just won its first Oscar. “Colette,” from the social giant’s Oculus VR group and EA’s Respawn Entertainment, picked up the trophy for documentary short subject Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards. The 24-minute film follows former French Resistance member Colette Marin-Catherine as she travels to Germany for the first time in 74 years. “Colette”
Hulu premiered the first trailer for its upcoming drama series “Nine Perfect Strangers,” featuring a star-studded cast led by executive producer Nicole Kidman, that is set to debut this year. The series, which also features Regina Hall, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Manny Jacinto, Tiffany Boone, Luke Evans, Melvin Gregg, Grace Van Patten, Asher Keddie, Samara
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Play video content ABC Regina King was the first presenter to kick off the 93rd Academy Awards — and she instantly got into the Derek Chauvin trial … with a powerful message to audiences at home. The actor/director — who’s actually nominated for an Oscar this year with her film ‘One Night in Miami’ —
Daniel Kaluuya won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for “Judas and the Black Messiah.” For his stirring portrayal of Black Panther party chairman Fred Hampton in the Shaka King film, Kaluuya has been decorated heavily this awards season. This marks his first Oscar win and second nomination, the previous in 2018 in the
Anchored by spiritual performances and heartfelt speeches from his friends and family, DMX’s Homegoing Celebration on Sunday was less of a funeral and more of a celebration of the legendary rapper’s life and legacy. After a monumental “Celebration of Life” at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Saturday led by Kanye West’s Sunday Service Choir to honor
Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony was historic in more ways than one, making the 441-day wait for the 93rd Academy Awards well worth it. “The Father” star Anthony Hopkins nabbed actor, Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) took home the actress prize, Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) won for supporting actor and “Minari’s” Yuh-Jung Youn claimed supporting actress (becoming the first
Leslie Odom Jr. performed his song “Speak Now,” from the film “One Night in Miami,” on the Academy Awards’ pre-show telecast, “Into the Spotlight,” Sunday. Watch it below. [embedded content] The singer is nominated for best original song for the theme, which he performs over the end credits of a drama in which he plays
“Better Days” is Hong Kong’s first Oscar submission to be nominated for best international feature film since 1993, but its nod has only inflamed political tensions at home. Many members of the Hong Kong public believe that “Better Days” does not represent them. Although it was directed by Hong Kong’s Derek Tsang, produced by Jojo
Linda May and Swankie, two of the featured performers in “Nomadland,” are attending the Oscars. The two nonprofessional actors are the plus-ones of Chloé Zhao (nominated for four Academy Awards) and the movie’s nominated cinematographer, Joshua James Richards (who is also Zhao’s partner). “Nomadland,” based on Jessica Bruder’s 2017 nonfiction book of the same name,
With the Oscars coronating another winner for best original song, it’s an occasion to look back at 20 of the times when the golden guy got it most right with the tune he carried, from “Lullaby of Broadway” to “Lose Yourself.” 1: “White Christmas”from “Holiday Inn” (1942), by Irving Berlin It always feels strange watching
Let the glamour flow! The 2021 awards season wraps up on the Oscars red carpet with a final chance for the Hollywood elite to deliver their fashion prowess. The undefined dress code leaves the door wide open for a spectrum of looks that could speak to the escapism of high fashion or the relaxed trends that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because the Academy Awards is an
All 2021 Academy Awards nominees for Best Original Song will be performed during the preshow, which begins at 6:30 p.m. ET — not during the main show, which begins 90 minutes later. The pre-show and main ceremony will be broadcast on ABC, as well as available to stream on Hulu Live TV, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV,
Andra Day is hosting a COVID-safe Oscar afterparty. The singer-actor, who is nominated for a best actress statuette for her work as Billie Holiday in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” will hold court after the Academy Awards at Spring Place LA, a private members-only club in Beverly Hills. Director Lee Daniels and co-stars Trevante
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After much delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 93rd Academy Awards are nearly here, and the world will soon know who is taking home the ceremony’s top prizes. But, who are you rooting for this year? Make your choices known — and compare them to your friends’ — with your own Oscars ballot, brought
ABC is spreading its promotional wealth on Oscar night around a few key programming priorities, notably “American Idol,” dramas “Big Sky” and “Rebel” and comedy “Home Economics” as well as “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the NFL Draft and the upcoming “Sesame Street” documentary. The network today released a clutch of promos and trailers that will air
Katie Thurston has made her debut as “The Bachelorette” in the first promo for her season, which premieres June 7. The promo begins with a clip of Thurston’s elimination from Matt James’ season of “The Bachelor,” during which Thurston says: “I don’t regret being myself. I know what I deserve.” Thurston then appears wearing a
The NFL is calling a brand-new tech audible: The league struck a partnership with buzzy interactive-audio chat app Clubhouse. Clubhouse and the National Football League announced that they are teaming up to produce an exclusive lineup of programming for the 2021 NFL Draft on the app this week. Clubhouse — which debuted just 12 months
For the first time since the pandemic struck, not one, but two movies brought in notable opening weekend ticket sales at the domestic box office. It’s the clearest indication yet that people appear ready to return to the movies after nearly a year of staying home to stream. “Mortal Kombat,” a martial arts-inspired adaptation of the
The 19th annual “Night Before” benefit, hosted by the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was held on Saturday evening, featuring a star-studded virtual affair made up of multiple Academy Award nominees, presenters and industry influencers. Those in attendance included multiple nominees from this year’s upcoming Oscars telecast, including Vanessa Kirby (best actress for “Pieces of
Almost 50 years ago, another disease was ravaging Europe and called for enforced quarantine measures and mass vaccinations to save lives: Smallpox. The last epidemic in Europe occurred in spring 1972 in communist Yugoslavia. The docu feature project, “Another Spring” by Mladen Kovačević, pitched at this year’s Visions du Réel’s Industry platform, explores this other spring
Premiered simultaneously in Vision du Réel’s International Competition and at CPH: DOX, “Holgut” is a documentary-fiction hybrid which takes viewers on an immersive double journey deep within the Siberian tundra. Prague-based Filmotor is handling international sales. The film follows the journey of two brothers who travel north upriver to hunt the last wild reindeer and
Mexico-based, El Salvador-born Tatiana Huezo has quickly emerged in the world of documentary as one of its most talented and thought-provoking directors of her generation. As she finally jumps from documentary to fiction with the upcoming “Noche de Fuego,” a strong big fest candidate, the director delivered a three-hour masterclass at this week’s Swiss doc
Among the 16 projects pitched at this year’s Visions du Réel is “Science Fiction” – a genre-busting documentary about Argentine filmmaker Ezequiel Yanco’s flight of imagination during the confines of quarantine. Yanco and producer Ana Godoy first visited the Swiss festival three years ago when “La Vida en Común,” their hybrid documentary about a group of
Germany’s Deckert Distribution, a world sales agent on two-time Oscar nominee “Honeyland,” has confirmed first deals on “The Bubble,” “Bellum – Daemon of War” and “Les Enfants terribles,” three world premiere standouts in International Competition at Nyon Switzerland’s Visions du Réel. “Les Enfants terribles” shared the prestige Swiss doc fest’s Special Jury Prize, announced at
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