Movies
Yikes! Oscar Winning “Platoon” Producer Arnold Kopelson and “Star Wars” Producer Gary Kurtz Also Omitted from In Memoriam
I'm getting all kinds of emails this evening about the Oscars In Memoriam-- and I'm on plane!!
The Academy really really goofed. They left out...
Law
UPDATE from 2016: In an “LA Minute” Movie Producer and 2 Music Producers Charged with Fraud by the SEC
This is one for the books. In 2016 I wrote about a movie called "In an LA Minute" that had been shut down while...
awards
Lady Gaga, Queen Conquer the iTunes Charts After Oscar Performances Score with the Audience
The Oscars have been a boon to those who performed on the show.
Lady Gaga has three of the top 5 singles on the iTunes...
Movies
Academy In Memoriam Segment Snubbed Carol Channing, Stanley Donen, Sondra Locke, Verne Troyer, John Mahoney
As usual, the In Memoriam segment of the Oscars has caused a trouble over who they omitted.
The most egregious error was Carol Channing. An...
Movies
Oscars: After All That the Ratings Went Up 6 Percent Without a Host, or Kendrick Lamar, or Involving “Real People”
There was no host, we know that whole story.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar, nominated for Best Song for "All the Stars," wouldn't perform for any of...
awards
Oscars (Full List of Winner) Wouldn’t Have Brought John Lewis to LA for Nothing– They Knew “Green Book” Would Win
Donna Gigliotti did a kick ass job producing the Academy Awards. The show moved fast, the performances were all memorable, and no one noticed...
Movies
“Green Book” Wins Best Picture, Academy Sends a Message to Netflix Rebuking “Roma”
"Green Book," directed by Peter Farrelly, won best Picture tonight at the 91st Academy Awards.
The win was earned. But the Academy also sent...
Movies
Spirit Awards Go to Brand Names: Beale Street, Roma, Glenn Close, Ethan Hawke, Etc. Unknowns Remain Unknowns
The Spirit Awards, as my friend Steve Gaydos wrote on Twitter, were very dispiriting.
All the brand names won. The unknowns remain unknowns. Movies like...