Movies
Told Ya! Anthony Hopkins Won Best Actor After All But Didn’t Show — He Was in Wales on Holiday
I told you this morning Anthony Hopkins wasn't coming to the Oscars,
He won anyway.
But as I reported this morning he was in Wales, where...
Movies
Oscar Prognosticators Were Wrong About Most Everything: SAG Winners Lose, Stalwarts Win, Show was Refreshing
All the Oscar prognosticators were wrong. Frances McDormand and Anthony Hopkins won Best Actress, old stalwarts who already had Oscars.
The Academy added thousands of...
Movies
Oscars Winners: “Nomadland” Best Picture, Frances McDormand Wins Third Oscar, Best Actor Anthony Hopkins, Best Director Chloe Zhao, Daniel Kaluuya, Youn Yuh-jung, “Soul”
UPDATE: Nomadland wins Best Picture. Producers give Best Picture before best actor and actress for the first time in modern memory. Frances McDormand speaks...
Movies
Anthony Hopkins Not at the Oscars, But Quoting Dylan Thomas at His Father’s Wales Graveside
Where is Oscar nominee Anthony Hopkins? Getting ready for the Oscars? No. He posted a Tweet from his father's graveside in Wales. He's quoting...
Movies
Tonight’s Oscars Are About Great Movies, Not Box Office: It Was the Same in 1980 and Always Has Been
I'm seeing articles lamenting that the Best Picture nominees for tonight's Oscars weren't popular or didn't have big box office numbers.
The Oscars are not...
Movies
Scott Rudin’s Biggest Mistake: Insulting Rita Wilson, aka Mrs. Tom Hanks, Making Her Feel “Worthless, Unvaluable, and Replaceable”
Rita Wilson speaking on the record about Scott Rudin. Don't take this lightly. This is a major headline.
Rita Wilson tells the New York Times...
Books
Remembering “Midnight Cowboy,” The Only X Rated Film to Win Best Picture (and 2 Other Oscars As Well)
The Academy Museum sent out a Timeline featuring many “firsts:” among them citing "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), the first X-rated film to win Best Picture....
Celebrity
“Star Trek” Writer Michael Chabon Recalls Producer Scott Rudin “Demeaned My Wife” Among “Fury, Vitriol and Vituperation”
Before author Michael Chabon got involved as a writer on the recent "Star Trek" TV off shoots, he was a very acclaimed literary novelist....