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Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars for ten years

April 8, 2022 by Gary Collinson

Despite resigning his membership in the wake of his on-stage slapping of Chris Rock, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that King Richard Best Actor winner Will Smith has been banned from attending the Oscars for a ten-year period. Here’s the full statement from AMPAS President David Rubin and CEO Dawn […]

Filed Under: Awards Season, Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Academy Awards, Oscars, Will Smith

Will Smith offers apology for Chris Rock slap at the Oscars

March 29, 2022 by Gary Collinson

The beleaguered Academy Awards found itself grabbing headlines across the globe yesterday, although not for the reasons that the Academy would have liked as the soon-to-be-Oscar-winning Will Smith “smacked the shit out of” presenter Chris Rock live on stage less than an hour before picking up his Best Actor gong for King Richard. While the […]

Filed Under: Awards Season, Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Academy Awards, Chris Rock, Oscars, Will Smith

Yes, Will Smith open-palmed Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards. No, violence is not the answer

March 28, 2022 by Robert Kojder

Robert Kojder on the Will Smith and Chris Rock controversy from the 94th Academy Awards… Will Smith smacked Chris Rock at the 94th Oscars ceremony last night. This is not scripted professional wrestling. It was real. It all went down as the Best Documentary-presenting Chris Rock was cracking some jokes before getting to the nominees, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Movies, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Academy Awards, Chris Rock, Oscars, Will Smith

Oscars 2022: CODA makes history with Best Picture win at 94th Academy Awards

March 28, 2022 by Gary Collinson

Apple TV+ made history at the 94th Academy Awards last night as CODA became the first streaming film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, scooping the top prize ahead of frontunner The Power of the Dog and fellow nominees Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley and West […]

Filed Under: Awards Season, Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Academy Awards, Oscars

1975: The Year Francis Ford Coppola Dominated the Oscars

March 26, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back to the 1975 Academy Awards ceremony, when Francis Ford Coppola had The Godfather: Part II and The Conversation in competition… With the Oscars around the corner, now is a good time to look back at the 1975 ceremony. It was a year filled to the brim with exceptional films. Among an […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Academy Awards, Francis Ford Coppola, Oscars, The Conversation, The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II

The year Heat was criminally overlooked by the Oscars

March 25, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Oscars in 1996, when Heat was criminally overlooked by the Academy… The year was 1996, which looked back over the films of the previous year. It was a fairly strong year, and like a lot of the nomination lists throughout that decade there are some oddities. There are also […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Academy Awards, Al Pacino, Heat, Michael Mann, Oscars, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer

Don’t Look Up shocks with WGA win as CODA continues path to the Academy Awards

March 21, 2022 by EJ Moreno

The Writers Guild Awards is another major stop on the awards season run. The very best of film and television writing is honored at the WGA Awards, and this year’s instalment saw some standout wins. Everything from late-in-the-game Oscars frontrunner CODA landing an Adapted Screenplay win to the critical darling Succession nabbing a win for […]

Filed Under: Awards Season, EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Television Tagged With: WGA, Writers Guild of America

Kristen Stewart & The Power of the Dog win big at LGBTQ-focused 13th Dorian Film Awards

March 17, 2022 by EJ Moreno

Don’t tell Sam Elliott, but The Power of the Dog just won big at the Dorian Film Awards. GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics hosts the Dorian Awards and looks to spotlight the best in film, but usually with an LGBTQ lens. This year was no different as both acting awards went to members […]

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Spider-Man: No Way Home lands three Critics Choice Super Awards, Dune & No Time To Die tie at two

March 17, 2022 by EJ Moreno

Spider-Man: No Way Home led the film winners this year, garnering three awards overall. The film was awarded Best Superhero Movie, while Andrew Garfield took the prize for Best Actor in a Superhero Movie, and Willem Dafoe won Best Villain in a Movie. On the horror side of things, A Quiet Place Part II made […]

Filed Under: Awards Season, EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: A Quiet Place Part II, Critics Choice Super Awards, Dune, No Time to Die, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Titane

BAFTAs 2022: Full list of winners from the 75th British Academy Film Awards

March 14, 2022 by Gary Collinson

Hollywood descended upon London’s Royal Albert Hall yesterday as BAFTA announced the winners of the 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards. The big winner on the night – as is becoming customary this awards season – was The Power of the Dog, the Netflix western drama receiving the BAFTAs for Best Film and Best Director […]

Filed Under: Awards Season, Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: BAFTA, British Academy Film Awards

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