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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — Preparations were underway in Hollywood on Monday (February 22) for the the biggest event in the global entertainment calendar, the 88th Academy Awards. The Oscars ceremony, which will bring together the biggest names in the film industry, will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday (February 28). “Well we closed down the Boulevard last night at 10 o’clock. We’re starting to assemble all the […]
Actress Kate Winslet said on Sunday (January 17) that she thinks it’s going to be Leonardo DiCaprio’s year for finally winning an Oscar after he was nominated for his lead role in “The Revenant”. DiCaprio, 41, received his fifth Oscar nod on Thursday (January 14), and his friend and co-star from “Titanic” and “Revolutionary Road” said she was backing him to win. “I think it probably will be (his year). I do think it probably […]
Grueling revenge movie “The Revenant” emerged as the Oscar front-runner on Thursday (January 15), with 12 nominations, including best picture, best actor for Leonardo DiCaprio and best director for Mexico’s Alejandro Inarritu. At the film’s London premiere, DiCaprio said the nod from the Academy felt great. “It does feel great, especially when you’ve worked on something for this long a period of time. I keep saying to people, this was almost like going on a […]
Colombia’s ‘Embrace of the Serpent,’ (El Abrazo de la Serpiente), which tells of two mysterious trips deep into the Colombian Amazon, was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film on Thursday (January 14) morning. It is the first time Colombia has been nominated in this category. The film’s director, Ciro Guerra, said the nomination was unexpected. “Honestly it is something you can’t imagine (Oscar nomination). What we do know is that when you […]
A group of African American activists in Los Angeles on Thursday (January 14) evening called on people to “tune out” the Academy Awards to protest the lack of minorities represented in nominations announced early that morning. Following last year’s awards, which shut actors of color out of the industry’s biggest honors, the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite emerged. It was quickly revived on Thursday morning, when only white actors received nods. “They promised to put an institute forward […]
