Barry Jenkins wasn't able to say what he'd hoped to, but who can blame him? The producer/writer/director of surprise Best Picture winner Moonlight was understandably flummoxed in the whirlwind of the biggest Oscars gaff ever. Everyone was in a state of shock following the envelope mishap that led to Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway erroneously naming La La Land as [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svnAD0TApb8 It all goes good until it goes really bad. This first official trailer for Alien: Covenant - following a graphic R-rated Red Band teaser from December - further establishes that this sequel to the complicated Prometheus gets back to the franchise's roots of smart but more straight-forward thrills. Even though the filmmakers confirm that The Engineers are still a major part of this mythology, I [...]
https://youtu.be/duGqrYw4usE And finally - Kurt Russell. In the latest trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, we're given glimpses of the most explosive action yet, plus another classic rock jam to add to the mixtape: Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain". But perhaps best of all (next to Russell's debut) is that after three teaser/trailers and [...]
Glamour and class. That marks the style of the Vanity Fair portraits for the 2016 Academy Award Winners. Below is a gallery of those from the top categories. To see portraits of all who won, click here. Click on any portrait for a larger image gallery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECV1oZ2QTfg It's the equivalent of a complete Broadway Original Cast Album. The La La Land soundtrack has been out for months, and the score soon followed. But now for the first time in one complete experience is the entire musical of the Academy Award winning movie - including bonus tracks like the 80s party band covering "Take [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44LdLqgOpjo This looks completely gonzo, in the best way. And can we just start complaining right now about how John C. Reilly has no shot at a Best Supporting Actor nomination but should? Kong: Skull Island opens everywhere on March 10, 2017.
It was bound to happen. Here are a few of the memes that are riffing off of - or responding to - the real ballot image (above) of Moonlight's Best Picture Oscar win. https://twitter.com/thisjenlewis/status/836089977763061761 https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/836214008969637891 https://twitter.com/thisjenlewis/status/836086154491416576 https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/836094568202448896 And my favorite: https://twitter.com/Deshasuxx/status/836239368301916160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYKmJJB3vFY Pixar Animation Studios is giving a new brief look into their upcoming Cars 3 sequel. At just 90 seconds and light on plot specifics, it's still another teaser (following the original one) and not yet a full-blown trailer. Cars 3 opens this summer on June 16, 2017.
A La La Land slide turned into a Moonlight blindside. In what was the most bizarre ending in Oscar history (or possibly the most bizarre Oscar moment, period), and right up there with any live event ever, Moonlight was named Best Picture of 2016 at the 89th Annual Academy Awards after La La Land had already been announced as the [...]
So, tell us what you really think. Six anonymous Academy voters do just that, thanks to The Hollywood Reporter's annual Awards Season tradition "Brutally Honest Oscar Ballots". This year's crop of mystery Academy members includes an unnamed Actress, Producer, Publicist, Executive, Actor, and Director, all who've either been nominated before or have been a part of [...]
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