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Why Blockbusters Shouldn’t Be Nominated for Best Picture

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Anghus Houvouras on blockbusters and Best Picture… Before I opine on blockbusters as Best Picture nominees, allow me to vent: Award season is the absolute worst, especially if you consider yourself a true lover of cinema. It’s an absolutely ridiculous time when studios, artists and film fans gets a little too invested in the concept […]

Oscars 2019: Biggest snubs and surprises from the Academy Award nominations

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Tom Beasley takes a dive into the Oscar nominations to spotlight the biggest snubs and surprises from today’s shortlists… Today, the final nominations for the Oscars 2019 were announced over in Hollywood, sending a mixture of joy and rage rattling through the film world. As usual, most of the major players were pretty easy to […]

Oscars 2019: Full list of nominations for the 91st Academy Awards

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has today announced the nominations for the 91st Academy Awards, with Marvel Studios’ Black Panther becoming the first superhero movie to score a Best Picture nomination – an award it will contest with A Star is Born, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book, Roma, The Favourite and Vice. […]

Oscars 2019: Predicting the nominations in the main categories

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Tom Beasley has a shot at predicting which films will make their way on to the Academy’s shortlists in the main Oscars 2019 categories… Last year, I tried to predict the nominees in all of the main Oscar categories. There were some shortlists I got almost bang on, but others for which I was way […]

The Academy looking to assemble The Avengers as Oscars hosts

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With Kevin Hart firmly ruling himself out of contention, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been left scrambling to find a host for February’s 91st Academy Awards, and if a report from THR is to be believed, they may be ready to call upon the Avengers to save the day. According to […]

James Wan says it’s “a f*cking disgrace” that the Academy snubbed Aquaman for Best VFX Oscar

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences recently announced the shortlists for several categories at the upcoming 91st Academy Awards, including the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Ten films remain in contention ahead of the nominations – Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Christopher Robin, First Man, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, […]

UPDATE: Kevin Hart won’t return as Oscars host

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UPDATE: As an update to the earlier story, Deadline is reporting that Hart believes that his hosting of the Oscars would detract from the talent being honoured at the ceremony, and as such he won’t be returning to the position. Original story follows… After a much talked about interview from Kevin Hart on The Ellen […]

Academy Award shortlists for Best Foreign Language Film, Music, VFX, Make-Up and Hairstyling and Documentary Feature revealed

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With the nominations for the 91st Academy Awards set to be announced next month, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the shortlists for several categories including Best Foreign Language Film, Best Music (Original Song), Best Music (Original Score), Best Visual Effects, Best Make-Up and Hairstyling and Best Documentary Feature. Take a look […]

Avengers: Endgame, Kevin Hart Oscar Drama – Flickering Myth Fridays #1

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EJ Moreno rounds up the week in pop culture in the first episode of Flickering Myth Fridays… In this first episode of Flickering Myth Fridays, EJ Moreno recaps the week in pop culture, including the trailers for the Marvel blockbusters Avengers: Endgame (a.k.a. Avengers 4) and Captain Marvel, the Kevin Hart Oscar drama, and the […]

UPDATE: Kevin Hart steps down as 2019 Oscars host

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In the same week it was reported that nobody wanted to host the 2019 Academy Awards ceremony, with The Hollywood Reporter labelling it “the least wanted job in Hollywood”,  Kevin Hart has stepped up to the plate, or stage of The Dolby Theatre, and confirmed that he will host next year’s Oscars. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq_Ig_EFiOx/?utm_source=ig_embed   Revealing that […]