It just got a little bit easier for a comedy to win a major Academy Award. No, the Oscars aren’t considering great comedies as potential Best Picture nominees, nor are they creating a specific Best Picture (Comedy) category. But the Academy did announce today that they’re adding a new category for “achievement in popular film.” Eligibility […]
Continue ReadingOver the weekend were two big movie award shows: the Independent Spirit Awards on IFC, and the Oscars on ABC. Both ceremonies featured returning hosts, with Nick Kroll and John Mulaney hosting the Independent Spirit Awards together and late night host Jimmy Kimmel coming back to host the Academy Awards. In case you missed it, […]
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America’s sweetheart Jimmy Kimmel will be returning to host the Oscars next year, it’s been announced. The news comes shortly… MORE
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In honor of last night’s Oscars, compulsive entertainment consumer Donald Trump offered his opinions on all the Best Picture nominees.… MORE
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Jimmy Kimmel made his Oscars hosting debut last night, and in case you missed it, you can watch his full opening monologue above. Kimmel on our new president: “Maybe this is not a popular thing to say, but I want to say thank you to President Trump. I mean, remember last year when it seemed […]
Continue ReadingEveryone’s talking about how the Oscars ended last night, but everything that came before that Best Picture mixup was very on brand for Jimmy Kimmel, who treated his first time hosting the Academy Awards as if it were an extended edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live. Kimmel usually, in fact, hosts a special live episode of […]
Continue ReadingOscar host Jimmy Kimmel had the tough responsibility of hosting this year’s Academy Awards ceremony. With oodles of political material… MORE
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The Academy Awards honor the year’s best work in film, from directing to acting to technical efforts like “sound mixing”… MORE
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Not since Tropic Thunder have we seen someone tackle the notion of “Oscar Bait” quite as accurately as Seth Meyers did last night on his NBC talker, Late Night with Seth Meyers. Here he was, in as the credits tell us if you didn’t blink and miss ’em, A Shoemaker Film, directed by Mike Karnell, […]
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