Academy Shakes Things Up for More Inclusive Oscars
Perhaps #OscarsSoWhite wasn’t such a bad thing, because it has forced big changes at the Motion Picture Academy, a longtime bastion of older white men. In addition to the concerted push to diversify its membership of nearly 10,000, the Academy just announced major moves to make the Oscars more inclusive, particularly the prestigious Best Picture category. To be eligible for the top prize, the Academy announced new representation...
Oscars Delayed Two Months Until April 2021
You could see this one coming, with coronavirus leaving its insidious, invisible handprints all over the world. Its latest victim, Hollywood’s biggest night – the Oscars. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that the 93rd Academy Awards will no longer take place on February 28, 2021 as planned. They’re being rescheduled to April 25 next year. And not only that, because of the current closure of movie...
“Parasite,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Barry’ and ‘Succession’ Score WGA Awards
Ana Gasteyer hosts the WGA Awards in Beverly Hills It’s really a shame that the WGA Awards are not televised because this is an awards show that has it all, from major Hollywood stars to song and dance men and women to storm troopers and clowns. And running all through the kudofest, which itself can last for up to three hours, is a huge vein of humor. At this year’s West Coast event, held February 1 at the Beverly Hilton’s...
35th Annual Artios Awards Celebrate Casting’s Finest
Artios Awards ceremonies at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom The world of casting is so large that the 35th annual Artios Awards were held in three cities on the same night in each of their respective time zones, London, New York and Los Angeles. At the LA edition of the ceremonies January 30, held at just about everybody’s award season-favorite hotel, the Beverly Hilton, host Ron Funches got things off to a rousing...
Big Night for ‘The Irishman’ and the Sandman at Movies for Grownups Awards
Tony Danza came out of the gate right away with a promise. A promise that he was the anti-Ricky Gervais as he took the hosting reins of AARP’s 19th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards. The ceremonies were held Jan. 11 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and will be broadcast Sunday night on PBS’ “Great Performances.” Eschewing Gervais-type jokes aimed at the entertainment industry or specific people in it, which included a starry contingent...
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