Academy Awards Make History with Diverse Wins and Memorable Performances
The 91st annual Academy Awards will go down in the history books for a number of reasons. For the first time in 30 years there was no host. “Green Book” took the best picture crown when just about everyone predicted that “Roma” would win. Olivia Colman scored the best actress award against all odds, when again, everyone thought Glenn Close was going to win, as she had swept every other industry honor leading up to the big night. Rami...
‘Water’ Wins, McDormand Rules as 90th Annual Academy Awards Go Down in the History Books
The 2018 Oscars will go down in history for several reasons, notwithstanding the fact that the broadcast received the lowest ratings in a decade, with about 26 million people watching on ABC as Jimmy Kimmel hosted for the second year running. In her rousing acceptance speech for Best Actress, after she put her Oscar on the floor and asked all of the other female nominees to stand up, Frances McDormand brought a new phrase into the...
Oscar Nominations: The Shape of Change is the New Backdrop for This Year’s Academy Awards
Guillermo del Toro’s romantic fantasy The Shape of Water stopped just shy of breaking a record by coming away with 13 nominations for the 2018 Academy Awards, scoring nods in nearly all of the marquee categories. The World War II epic Dunkirk followed behind with eight nods and Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri with seven. All three films earned best picture nominations. Meanwhile, all those efforts to make...
Women in Film Celebrates the 46 Female Oscar Nominees
This may have been the year of #OscarsSoMale, but let’s not lose sight of the actual numbers. Women in Film didn’t. In what has become a highly anticipated awards season tradition, the organization feted the 46 femmes that received Academy Award nominations. Last year’s best actress winner Brie Larson and WIF president Cathy Schulman hosted Women in Film’s 10th annual pre-Oscar cocktail party at West Hollywood’s...
Swarovski Sets the Stage for the Academy Awards
The mood was undeniably sparkly as Swarovksi hosted a pre-Oscar champagne reception at its Atelier at The Grove in Los Angeles. Television host Louise Roe was on hand to help guests find the perfect red carpet looks for all the upcoming soirees, including those on Hollywood’s biggest night. Roe herself will be on the red carpet at the Dolby Theater for Access Hollywood, presumably decked out in Swarovski jewels and a fabulous gown...
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