• ‘Dune’ trailer: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Jason Momoa ready to kick butt

    ‘Dune’ trailer: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Jason Momoa ready to kick butt

    The first trailer for the highly-anticipated film “Dune”, from director Denis Villeneuve, has dropped online and it’s non-stop action from stars Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Jason Momoa. The trailer was unveiled Wednesday on Twitter along with a panel hosted by Steven Colbert, featuring Villeneuve and members of the cast. The action-packed three-minute trailer sees Chalamet …
  • Kirstie Alley: Oscars’ diversity rule is a ‘disgrace to artists everywhere’

    Kirstie Alley: Oscars’ diversity rule is a ‘disgrace to artists everywhere’

    Kirstie Alley slammed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its new representation and inclusion standards for Best Picture eligibility. The 69-year-old star, who has never won an Oscar, tweeted on Tuesday her disdain for the new diversity rule. “This is a disgrace to artists everywhere…can you imagine telling Picasso what had to …
  • Films Will Be Required to Meet Diversity Quotas to Be Eligible for Best Picture Oscar Beginning in 2024

    Films Will Be Required to Meet Diversity Quotas to Be Eligible for Best Picture Oscar Beginning in 2024

    Ahead of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy’s fifth anniversary, the Academy has announced a new set of inclusion requirements films must meet to be awards-eligible. To be eligible for best picture, films must meet the standards of two out of four categories laid out in a press release on Tuesday: “Onscreen Representation, Themes and Narratives,” “Creative Leadership …
  • Oscars unveil new diversity standards for 2024 best picture nominees

    Oscars unveil new diversity standards for 2024 best picture nominees

    The Oscars are raising the inclusion bar. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which oversees the annual Hollywood awards show, on Tuesday announced new diversity standards for best picture nominees. Beginning in 2024 with the 96th Academy Awards, films must meet two of four standards in representation categories in order to qualify for …
  • Get your supposed front-runners for the much-delayed 2021 Oscars here

    Get your supposed front-runners for the much-delayed 2021 Oscars here

    The Oscars are coming up. No more February. Now almost May. But so what and who cares and why? Nobody’s seen nothing no place. They’re coming up for what? The last flick anybody saw in a movie theater starred Shirley Temple. Some predictions op called GoldDerby — about which who knows or cares or who …
  • Nicole Kidman, Idris Elba and more to read bedtime stories in HBO Max series

    Nicole Kidman, Idris Elba and more to read bedtime stories in HBO Max series

    During these turbulent times, HBO Max wants you to just … relax. The streamer has ordered “A World of Calm,” a series based on the popular app and narrated by a slew of big names. The 10-episode order co-produced by Calm and Nutopia is HBO Max’s first brush with the health and wellness space. From …
  • Golden Globes 2021 postponed to Feb. 28 due to coronavirus

    Golden Globes 2021 postponed to Feb. 28 due to coronavirus

    The 2021 Golden Globes will take place on Feb. 28 — about eight weeks before the 93rd Academy Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the announcement Monday morning. Just a week earlier, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the 93rd Academy Awards telecast has been postponed by two months to …
  • Oscars 2021 postponed to later date due to the coronavirus

    Oscars 2021 postponed to later date due to the coronavirus

    We’ll have to wait a little longer to find out who the winners are. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday that the 2021 Oscars ceremony will be postponed from Feb. 28 to April 25 due to the coronavirus pandemic. This marks the latest the Oscars have been held since 1932, when …
  • Oscars announce new diversity and inclusion plans

    Oscars announce new diversity and inclusion plans

    The academy is still trying to get past its #OscarsSoWhite problem. On Friday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hands out the Oscar statues, unveiled the “next phase” of its program to boost the representation of women and people of color in the entertainment industry and the annual awards. The plan, titled …
  • Protests outside Academy HQ after David Oyelowo calls out ‘Selma’ Oscar snub

    Protests outside Academy HQ after David Oyelowo calls out ‘Selma’ Oscar snub

    Protesters gathered on Friday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to support the Black Lives Matter movement. The protest comes one day after David Oyelowo, who starred in the 2014 best picture nominee “Selma” as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., revealed that Oscar voters were angered by the cast wearing T-shirts that …