Writer/director Peter Farrelly accepts the Best Picture Academy Award for “Green Book”; ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) — Dear Motion Picture Academy: Can we have a host-less Oscars every year? Despite months of controversy, on Sunday night, the 91st Annual Academy Awards managed to pull off a faster-moving telecast that clocked in at just about 3 hours …
Oscars 2019 — The Winners
AMPAS(LOS ANGELES) — The 91st annual Academy Awards were presented Sunday night at ceremonies at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, broadcast live in ABC. Here are the winners in key categories. Find the complete list of winners at Oscars.org: Best PictureGreen Book Best ActorRami Malek — Bohemian Rhapsody Best ActressOlivia Colman — The Favourite …
‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ wins big at Film Independent Spirit Awards
Tatum Mangus / Annapurna Pictures(SANTA MONICA, CA) — If Beale Street Could Talk snagged multiple awards at the 34th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards Saturday. The Barry Jenkins film took home three trophies, including Best Feature, Best Director for Jenkins and Best Supporting Female for Regina King. Can You Ever Forgive Me? followed with two …
‘Holmes & Watson,’ Donald Trump are the big, er, losers at the 2019 Razzie Awards
Giles Keyte – © 2018 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — While the Academy Awards honor the best movies of the past year, the Razzie Awards have announced the top picks for the worst of the worst. The Razzies — or the Golden Raspberry Awards, officially – named Holmes & Watson as the worst …
Where’s the beef? Wolfgang Puck’s got it this Oscar Sunday
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — As sure as a winner will forget to thank their significant other on the podium, celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck will be running the kitchen for the famed Governors Ball after the Oscars Sunday night. It’s the 25th year that Puck’s been crafting A-list edibles for A-list guests at the official after-party of …
‘A Star Is Born’ co-star Anthony Ramos would rather the film change a life than win awards
L-R; Lady Gaga, Anthony Ramos; Clay Enos/Warner Bros.(NEW YORK) — A Star Is Born is up for eight Academy Awards this Sunday, including Best Picture, but for one of the movie’s stars, winning isn’t everything. Anthony Ramos, who plays the best friend of Lady Gaga’s character Ally, tells ABC Radio that the film’s effect on …
“Now this is a story…” Will Smith to revive ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ character in children’s book series ‘Fresh Princess’
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Will Smith is bringing something extremely fresh to the children’s book world. According to Entertainment Weekly, Smith has partnered with HarperCollins and author Denene Miller for a new book series called Fresh Princess. Inspired by Smith’s character from his iconic ’90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the three-part picture book series …
‘A Star is Born’ has been “an amazing ride,” says Oscar nominee Sam Elliott
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Oscar Sunday is almost here, and Sam Elliott is — finally — a nominee this year, for his work in A Star is Born. The beloved character actor has been working in front of the cameras for more than 50 years, but he received his first-ever nomination for …
Following arrest, Jussie Smollett is removed from the final two Season 5 episodes of ‘Empire’
Chicago Police Department(CHICAGO) — Hours after returning to the set of his show Empire following his arrest for falsely reporting he was the victim of a politically-motivated hate crime, Jussie Smollett has been temporarily cut out of the show. In a statement obtained by ABC News, the show’s producers announce that they have removed his …
Michael B. Jordan says a ‘Black Panther’ Oscar win would “inspire and motivate” future filmmakers
Marvel Studios(NEW YORK) — With the Oscars only days away, Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan is already envisioning what it would mean for the blockbuster Marvel superhero film to win Sunday night. “It would definitely set the bar pretty high,” Jordan tells ABC Radio. “But, also to inspire and to motivate a future generation …