Review: Robbie’s glamour cuts through dust in ‘Dreamland’
November 11, 2020 GMTDust, dust and more dust. The parched Texas landscape of “Dreamland,” Miles Joris-Peyrafitte’s Depression-era drama, is chock full of the toxic gray stuff, which billows across fields and coats everything in sight.
With no theaters, film fans find ways to gather virtually
April 7, 2020 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — There are 44 people in the Social Distance Movie Club's Slack channel, where co-workers at Crooked Media have had discussions about everything from a Dwayne Johnson earthquake film to Faye Dunaway’s turn as Joan Crawford in “Mommie Dearest...
90th Oscars dance between honoring and correcting the past
March 5, 2018 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Held one year ago, the 90th Academy Awards would have very likely been a rose-colored nostalgia fest...
Expect the unexpected at 90th Academy Awards
March 3, 2018 GMTWith the approach of the 90th Academy Awards, airing live from the Dolby Theatre in Holllywood at 8 p.m., Sunday on ABC, movie buffs can’t help but hearken back to the jaw-dropping conclusion of last year’s Oscars, when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, his “Bonnie and Clyde” co-star, incorrectly announced “La La Land” as winner of the Best Picture Oscar.
1967 hits ‘Bonnie & Clyde,’ ‘The Graduate’ brought innovations to American moviemaking
June 2, 2017 GMTThe New York Times panned it, and studio chief Jack Warner thought the movie was a bomb, but “Bonnie and Clyde” was a game-changer during the summer of 1967.
The Hollywood revolution the Warren Beatty/Faye Dunaway vehicle began would be bolstered by another sleeper hit released at the end of 1967 — “The Graduate.” Within two years, the major studios would start rolling out a new breed of frankly adult films that would include “Midnight Cowboy,” “Easy Rider” and “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?”
Kimmel Returning To Host Oscars
May 18, 2017 GMTJimmy Kimmel will host the 90th Academy Awards, earning the callback after serving as MC for one of the most memorable Oscar nights in recent history, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The full statements from PwC and the academy on Oscars flub
February 28, 2017 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — The full text of Monday's statement from accounting firm PwC on the best picture debacle of Sunday's Oscars:...
Firm says several mistakes caused Oscars best picture gaffe
February 28, 2017 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — The accounting firm responsible for the integrity of the Academy Awards said Monday that its staffers did not move quickly enough to correct the biggest error in Oscars history — the mistaken announcement of the best picture winner...
The Latest: Accounting firm takes blame for Oscars flub
February 28, 2017 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the mistaken announcement of the best picture winner at Sunday's Academy Awards (all times local):...
Oscars mistake puts consulting firm’s reputation in jeopardy
February 27, 2017 GMTLONDON (AP) — For 82 years, accounting and consulting firm PwC has enjoyed a reputational boon from handling the balloting process at the Academy Awards...
Oscars flap eclipses ‘Moonlight’ win, but civility reigns
February 27, 2017 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — The 89th Academy Awards got off on the right foot, with a song and dance, but ended with the most stunning mistake ever to befall the esteemed awards show when the best picture Oscar was presented to the wrong movie...
‘Moonlight’ wins best picture at botched Academy Awards
February 27, 2017 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscar winner, take two.
Barry Jenkins' "Moonlight" — not, as it turned out, "La La Land" — won best picture at the Academy Awards in a historic Oscar upset and an unprecedented fiasco that saw one winner swapped for another while the "La La Land" producers were in mid-speech...
The Latest: ‘Moonlight’ wins best picture Academy Award
February 27, 2017 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the 89th Academy Awards (all times local):
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The coming-of-age drama "Moonlight" is the winner of the best picture Academy Award...