Oscars 2016
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'Fences' Star Viola Davis Will Submit for Best Supporting Actress, Not Best Actress, at the Oscars
Viola Davis has twice been nominated for an Academy Award — for supporting actress for 2009’s Doubt and for lead actress for 2012’s The Help. While she’s yet to bring home a gold statuette, she’ll likely again vie for Oscar glory early next year, courtesy of her upcoming December drama Fences, in which she stars opposite Denzel Washington in an adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1987 play. ...
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'Creed' Director Ryan Coogler Declines to Accept Academy Invitation
He has yet to send in his acceptance letter, and sources tell THR he’s not interested in becoming a member. In June, the Academy announced it had invited 683 new members — among them Nate Parker, Michael B. Jordan, Idris Elba, America Ferrera, Regina King and Cary Fukunaga — to join the Oscars- granting organization.
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'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
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Jennifer Garner Shares Surprisingly NSFW Story About Fitting Into Her Oscars Gown
Jennifer Garner got a respite from questions about her divorce and her Vanity Fair tell-all when she sat down with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday to promote her upcoming faith-based film Miracles From Heaven.
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The Academy's Newest Diversity Moves: Three Takeaways (Analysis)
THR's awards analyst writes that the Academy appears to be tiptoeing away from the most controversial aspects of its response to #OscarsSoWhite — and notes that one-third of its board members will face a referendum on their actions when elections take place in July.
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UPDATE: Academy Apologizes for Asian Jokes on Oscars
Letter to AMPAS seeks answers after “Oscars show was marred by a tone-deaf approach to its portrayal of Asians”
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Smarty-Pants Girl Scouts Capitalize on Leonardo DiCaprio’s Love of Trefoils
Leonardo DiCaprio is helping the Girl Scouts sells treats. Back in my day, I went door to door all over my neighborhood selling Girl Scout Cookies with my sash, cookie sheet, and a strong love for Samoas. Today’s scouts are far savvier — from the San Francisco girl unloading her haul outside of a medical marijuana dispensary to now, some Long Island, New York wizzes using Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio as a marketing tool.
