A Garden of Gifts for DPA’s Pre-Oscar Event
Angela Bassett at DPA pre-Oscars event 21 (photo credit Claire Painchaud) It was Academy Awards weekend 2021, under circumstances that had never before happened, yet there were still a few in-person exclusive events going on around town. Among them, the DPA pre-Oscars event 21, which offered its celebrity and VIP guest list the choice of doing a drive-through or attending a mini garden party. Held at the landmark Luxe Sunset Boulevard...
‘Nomadland’ Makes History at Pandemic Edition Academy Awards
Historians will be dissecting the 93rd Academy Awards for years to determine whether they presage a turning point for the inclusion of women and people of color in categories where they have been represented only in single digits over the course of time. The immediate Oscar headlines are about the dominance of Nomadland with its golden statuettes for best picture, best director for Chloé Zhao and best lead actress for Frances...
GBK Brandbar Marks Award Season’s First In-Person Oscar Lounge
Oscar nominee for best actress Andra Day at at GBK’s eOn Sanitizing Mist Pre-Oscars Celebrity Gift Lounge (photo credit: Tiffany Rose) The mood was practically euphoric at the first in-person gift lounge in more than a year. The GBK pre-Oscar soirée is always highly anticipated but this year, under these circumstances, more so than ever. (It’s hard to believe, but in 2020, the Oscars were held in early February, a month before...
‘Nomadland’ Scores Again at Independent Spirit Awards
It should not come as any surprise at this point that Nomadland crushed the competition at the Independent Spirit Awards held virtually and televised Thursday night April 22. The film itself won as did director Chloe Zhao and the film’s cinematographer and its editor. So yes, we will be seeing all of them down the road at the Oscars on Sunday night. Another female-led film, Promising Young Woman also garnered more hardware with the...
Even More Trouble for the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.
Just when you thought things could not get much worse for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which has been under fire for two months since the Los Angeles Times broke an explosive series of investigations about the organization which hands out the Golden Globe Awards—well, they did. Earlier this week, the Times revealed that former HFPA president Philip Berk sent out an email to the membership and staff which could be construed...
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