Oscars 2016

  • NewsVariety

    Jimmy Kimmel to Host 2017 Academy Awards

    Jimmy Kimmel has been tapped to host the 2017 Academy Awards, Variety has learned. The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” star has hosted major several awards shows in the past, notably the recent 2016 Emmy Awards, as well as the 2012 Emmys. Kimmel has also hosted the 2007 ESPYS and the American Music Awards on ABC five times.... <a href="http://variety.com/2016/tv/awards/jimmy-kimmel-oscars-host-2017-academy-awards-1201933631/" title="Read Jimmy Kimmel to Host 2017 Academy Awards">Read more »</a><img src="h

  • NewsKevin Polowy

    'Furious 7' Director James Wan Expected Oscar Nomination for Keeping Paul Walker Alive

    Vin Diesel thought Furious 7 deserved to win Best Picture at the Oscars, a statement that was largely laughed off despite the sequel’s monster box-office haul. Director James Wan agreed that “See You Again” was snubbed by the Academy, but he took larger issue with the film being left out of the Best Visual Effects category, particularly for what VFX house Weta Digital was able to accomplish in seamlessly keeping Walker’s character Brian O'Connor “alive” until the film’s poignant end. “One was

  • NewsMike P Williams

    Charlize Theron Reveals Mad Max: Fury Road Fall Out With Tom Hardy

    ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ star Charlize Theron’s spoken about the on-set rift with co-star Tom Hardy. George Miller’s movie’s made headlines for all the right reasons since its release in 2015, having scooped half a dozen Oscars and gaining a warm response from fans and critics alike. Interestingly, Theron went on to say: “Maybe the movie is what it is because we struggled so much with each other, and those characters had to struggle so much with each other.

  • NewsBen Arnold

    Academy Apologises For Asian Jokes At The Oscars

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has made an official apology for the jokes aimed at Asian people during this year’s ceremony. The move came after it received a letter of protest signed by 25 AMPAS members, including Oscar-winning director Ang Lee. The statement read: “The Academy appreciates the concerns stated, and regrets that any aspect of the Oscar telecast was offensive.

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    That Adorable Asian Kid Didn't Know She'd Be the Butt of Chris Rock's Oscars Joke — and Neither Did Her Mom

    By E. Alex Jung, Vulture One of Chris Rock’s most controversial jokes from Oscars night wasn’t about systemic racism in Hollywood; ironically enough, it was a crack against Asian people. In a bit similar to the one he did the first time he hosted the Oscars, Rock brought out three Asian kids as the “dedicated, accurate, and hard-working” accountants “Ming Zhu, Bao Ling, and David Moskowitz” of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Then, he joked, “If anybody is upset about this joke, just tweet about it on yo

  • NewsBen Arnold

    Oscar Boycott To Thank For Low Ratings, Say Protesters

    The low ratings for this year’s Oscars show were down to the boycotts and the #OscarsSoWhite campaign, civil rights leaders have claimed. This year’s event, hosted by Chris Rock, was watched by 34.3 million people, the lowest figure in eight years for the annual awards beano, and down three million from last year. The reverend Al Sharpton, who urged people to switch off on Sunday night has claimed a victory from the numbers.

  • NewsBen Arnold

    No, Jenny Beavan Wasn’t Snubbed By The Oscars Crowd

    Among the most viral elements of the 2016 Oscars has been the moment that British costume designer Jenny Beavan appeared to be getting rudely ignored as she headed up to collect her gong for her work on ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’. A Vine clip of her walking down the aisle past the likes of 'The Revenant’ director Alejandro Innaritu and 'Spotlight’ helmsman Tom McCarthy, all of whom are looking unimpressed and failing to applaud, has so far been looped some 24 million times after being posted by user D