Vin Diesel and Chris Tucker are joining Ang Lee’s adaptation of “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.”
No joke: Vin Diesel, Chris Tucker set for Ang Lee's 'Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk'
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 9:30 pm · April 8th, 2015
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Watch Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin and Angela Lansbury accept their Oscars
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:38 am · November 19th, 2013
If you’ve been wanting to see Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin and Angela Lansbury accept their honorary Oscars at the Governors’ Awards, help is at hand.
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Roundup: Should honorary Oscars return to the telecast?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:14 am · November 19th, 2013
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, Mark Harris takes issue with the separation of honorary Oscars from the Academy Awards telecast, particularly in a year of such high-profile recipients. Also, Academy members experience doc overload, and a critic takes issue with character posters.
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2014 Oscar contenders work the room at the 2013 Governors Awards
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 12:42 am · November 17th, 2013
A slew of potential nominees for the 86th Academy Awards attended the annual Governors Awards where voters were on hand to salute honorees Angelina Jolie, Angela Lansbury, Piero Tosi and Steve Martin.
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Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin toasted and roasted at 2013 Governors Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:12 pm · November 16th, 2013
The Academy kicked off awards season in its own way Saturday night with the presentation of this year’s Honorary Oscars to Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin, Angela Lansbury and Piero Tosi at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood. Or, as Martin Short considers them, “The highest honor an actor can receive…in mid-November.”
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Oscar Talk: Venice/Telluride/Toronto wrap
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:12 am · September 20th, 2013
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the just-wrapped early fall fest circuit. What landed at Venice, Telluride and Toronto and shows promise in the season? Also, this year’s Honorary Oscar recipients have been revealed.
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Report Card: Grading the last 10 Academy Awards hosts
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:47 pm · August 2nd, 2013
With Ellen confirmed for next year, we size up every Oscar host of the new century.
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The Oscar hosting discussion starts early with Jimmy Fallon
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:27 am · August 3rd, 2012
The talk show host may be a popular pick at home, but what about the rest of us?
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Brian Grazer to the rescue
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:54 pm · November 9th, 2011
After the Ratner-Murphy fiasco, Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer looks like a safe pair of hands for the Oscar show.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Star in more movies, Werner!
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:27 am · October 5th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Werner Herzog is cast (in a stroke of genius) to star as a baddie in a Tom Cruise vehicle, Oscarcast vets Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin and Adam Shankman come together on a new project and Fox Searchlight declares a date for Steve McQueen’s “Shame.”
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Oscarweb Round-up: Taking artists at their work
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · September 22nd, 2011
In today’s round-up, Manohla Dargis argues in favor of considering the work, not the actions, of filmmakers like Lars Von Trier and Roman Polanski, Steve Martin humbly passes along some Oscar emcee suggestions to newly minted host Eddie Murphy and Russia’s foreign language submission stirs up some controversy.
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