LOS ANGELES (AP) — Held one year ago, the 90th Academy Awards would have very likely been a rose-colored nostalgia fest. But this year, with a culture-wide reckoning over decades of sexual misconduct, a film business in decline, a volatile political climate and the fact that last year the esteemed show couldn’t even manage to […]
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Oscar oops: 'Moonlight' wins best picture at Academy Awards
Barry Jenkins, left, and Tarell Alvin McCraney accept the award for best adapted screenplay for “Moonlight” at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Moonlight” won the best picture trophy at the Academy Awards in a historic Oscar upset that followed Warren Beatty at […]
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‘Birdman’ tops Oscars defined by advocacy, originality
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood is smarter than you thought. Whether by design or chance, the 87th Academy Awards elegantly and subtly shifted the tone of the season from a reductive fixation on snubs and fact-checking to a positive celebration of original filmmaking and purposeful advocacy for causes as diverse as immigration, suicide and equal […]
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Froma Harrop: Actresses endure the red carpet treatment
Lupita Nyong’o picked up an Oscar last year for her searing portrayal of a scarred captive in “12 Years a Slave.” But many in the Academy Awards audience — just reminded of the misery depicted in a film clip — must have felt a bit mixed up when the woman they associated with a tormented […]
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12 Years a slave wins best picture; ‘Gravity’ tops with 7 Oscars, Cuaron wins director
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Historical drama “12 Years a Slave,” took home the best picture award to conclude the 86th annual Academy Awards. With seven Oscars including a history-making best director award for Alfonso Cuaron, the force of “Gravity” exerted itself. The 3-D space spectacle was assured to be the most honored film at the […]