Who did Adam McKay shade? And who the heck invited Stacey Dash for the silent social media moment unheard round the world? What car does the winner for Best Documentary Short actually drive? Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images I have a Honda City, which is a smaller version. Did the Academy sign off on Chris Rocks opening monologue? They didnt hear it until we did. Why was Stacey Dash there? But the moment fizzled....
Even before Chris Rock opened his mouth to speak at Sunday nights Oscars, the tone had been set. The track was long in the crosshairs for music supervisor Byron Phillips. There was obviously nothing more perfect than Fight the Power for that. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images A lot of Oscar award show music hasnt been super aggressive, Phillips says. We wanted just, overall, the music to be more aggressive in the show this year....
No other film in the race had a longer gestation. He eschewed CG for practical effects whenever possible, upping the budget and the risk. “It didn’t feel like everybody was going to set every day,” he says. Jasin Boland “It felt like we were going into the wasteland: real vehicles with real assailants after you.” “Neither Josh nor I are journalists,” McCarthy says. We wanted to get that right." Jasin Boland...
If you punch links we provide, we may receive compensation. Read on for our take, anddownload our ballot hereto cast your own votes. The only real threat is Barry Jenkins for his rich, restrainedMoonlight. Dale Robinette.Dale Robinette Best Actress: Emma Stone,La La LandIt’s been a fine year for women in film. Stone has the edge. Plus, she’s the only actress whose movie is also nominated for Best Picture. Dale Robinette...
‘I think that African-Americans have a real fair point that the industry isn’t representing them well enough. I think we have a lot of points we need to come to terms with. I find it amazing that were an industry that in the 1930s, most of our leads were women. Credit: Jeff Vespa/WireImage And now a woman over 40 has a very difficult time being a lead in a movie....
If todays Oscar luncheon is any indication, expect Oscar night to be one political evening. She continued, Strong societies dont censor art, they celebrate it. Borders cannot be allowed to stop any of us. Credit: A.M.P.A.S. I will be political, he said. Hopeful and personal, but political. And Isaacs is not discouraging that. You want your words to matter. You want to be inspiring. You want to lift people up, says Isaacs in a later interview....
1 It’s a perilous year to predict who will score Oscars at the 88th Academy Awards. But we’ve got your back. Check out our guide to who will walk away with the gold and why. Pixar Eighty percent of SAG supporting-actress winners in the past 10 years have also won the Oscar. Or as a consolation prize for the otherwise unnominatedCreed. For a guy who keeps getting knocked down, Oscar night looks like Rocky’s triumph....
No actors of color were nominated (again). Inside the fight to fix the Academy. The Oscars made big news last week, but not the way they intended. Credit: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images Then it got serious. … Im not going, my wifes not going. Everyone else can do what they want to do.] Rock began facing pressure to resign as host in protest. Each day, more high-profile figures are lending their voices to the chorus calling for change....
And, just like this years race, their choices are all over the map. There is, of course, some major consensus just hand Leonardo DiCaprio his statue already. But others might surprise you. Kerry Hayes And best of all, they explain the choices they made. We wonder if you will agree. For me, it had everything. Kerry Hayes The Actress: Mad Max: Fury Road. This movie was the most engaging on every level....
But which films and actors were ignored? Check out the year’s biggest snubs, ahead. “Imquite taken aback by that, saidMad Maxdirector George Miller, who was nominated. Giles Keyte; Wilson Webb; Warner Bros.; Lucasfilm; Kerry Hayes Im a fan ofThe Martianand Im a huge fan of his work.” “I think this kid was simply magical,“an EW commenter wrote. The Academy, however, had little interest Beastsgot completely shut out. Giles Keyte “I don’t get it....
…It was so uncomfortably boring because there was nothing but pregnant girls and silly car wrecks in it. …Noise, noise, noise. Nothing but crash, boom, bang. Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures No acting to speak of. The CGI was cheaply done. …The dialogue was primarily grunting. Complaint:Fury Roadhas no story! Counter: Oh,Fury Roadis loaded with story. But every character inFury Roaddoes have an arc albeit thinly drawn and each is largely communicated through nonverbal cues....
Here, we rank the coolest scenes, sets, and scores that set them apart from the pack. AMY THE SESSION 17. Its a belief, whether true or not, that transcends the brutal hell hes living. A24 Its 16 line-drawn minutes that soar with the emotional power of an epic. And he was a priest. ROOM THE ESCAPE Truck. A24 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD THE FINALE Looks like Polecats didnt perish in the apocalypse....
In a moving tribute, Sara Bareilles helped the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences honor the many Hollywood iconswho died in 2016with a poignant performance of Joni Mitchells Both Sides, Now during the specialIn Memoriam tribute. The Grammy- and Tony-nominated singer took the stage at the 89th annual Oscars on Sunday in Los Angeles alongside her signature piano to sing the tune beneath a montage of late stars, including Carrie Fisher, Gene Wilder, and Garry Marshall....
