“Popular film” to be honoured in revamped Oscars ceremony
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced three changes to try to make future Oscar ceremonies more relevant – and
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The Shape of Water takes top Oscars on a Hollywood night charged with politics
The Shape of Water’s 4 Oscars included Best Picture and Best Director Guillermo del Toro’s romantic fantasy The Shape of Water has triumphed
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Time’s Up for Casey Affleck, as he pulls out of presenting an Oscar
Last year’s Best Actor Oscar winner Casey Affleck has withdrawn from this year’s ceremony, where traditionally, he’d have been presenting the Academy Award
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Shape of Water leads Dunkirk and Three Billboards in Oscar race
Octavia Spencer and Sally Hawkins each have one of The Shape of Waters 13 nominations Guillermo del Toro’s science-fiction-fantasy-romance The Shape of Water
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Moonlight causes Oscars upset – in more ways than one
Two of the producers of the musical La La Land – the equal most nominated film in Oscar’s history and one of the hottest
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Sound mixer loses Oscar nomination at the last minute
The Academy that hands out the Oscars has rescinded a nomination for tomorrow’s awards ceremony, because of a breach of campaigning rules. 13
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La La Land leads the most diverse set of Oscar nominations for years
The traditional movie-musical La La Land has followed expectations and dominated the Oscar nominations, with a record-equalling 14 nods. Emma Stone and Ryan
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Elba, Boyega, Gavron among record Academy invites post diversity row
The body that hands out the Oscars has announced its biggest ever list of film industry professionals invited to join the organisation –
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Oscar spoils shared between The Revenant, Spotlight, Mad Max – and SPECTRE
At an Oscars ceremony where there was as much talk about who was not nominated as about who was, there were a number
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Academy increases diversity through Oscar presenters
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the first eleven awards presenters and performers to be joining the host, comedian
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Academy acts as Rampling accuses black actors of anti-white racism
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, mired in a row over all-white nominees in the acting categories at the Oscars for
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Oscar organisers announce membership review amid race row
The body that hands out the Oscars has announced a review of its membership criteria, after no black actors were nominated for the
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Revenant, Mad Max and Martian lead a strong British year for Oscar nominations
The Revenant leads the field with 12 Oscar nominations The Revenant has followed its Golden Globes success by picking up twelve Academy Award
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Venice and Toronto pave the way for awards season
The starting gun has been fired on the 2016 film awards season, with the announcement of the line-ups of two of the most
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Oscar shows that animators are animated
The Academy might have been staging its 85th Awards this year, but it’s only the twelfth time that it’s handed out an Oscar for
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Oscar asks whether docs can change the world
An Oscar winner for Bowling for Columbine, host Michael Moore “The purpose of documentaries is to remind people that the world is a
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What’s What’s Worth Seeing?
What’s Worth Seeing is exactly what the name suggests; we’ll tell you what’s worth seeing and what’s not, on screen (film and TV), on stage (plays, musicals, gigs, comedy) and beyond (pretty much anywhere other than on screens or stages).
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