
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) could see a resurgence of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy it endured last year if the organization does not nominate any people of color for acting honors at this year’s Academy Awards, a possibility seen as increasingly likely by many Hollywood awards insiders.
by Daniel Nussbaum3 Jan 2016, 4:31 PM PST0

Now that his company has mastered online shopping, original programming and books, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says his film and TV studio has its sights set on winning an Oscar.
by Kipp Jones28 Dec 2015, 10:47 AM PST0

Bruce Jenner is leading an Oscar campaign for transgender performer Mya Taylor, who might be in contention for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar at the upcoming Academy Awards.
by Kipp Jones26 Dec 2015, 11:44 AM PST0

Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant has picked up early Oscar buzz ahead of its Christmas Day release, but some viewers and Academy voters could be put off by the film’s brutal violence — according to a report from early screenings, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Hugh Glass gets raped and nearly mauled to death by a bear.
by Daniel Nussbaum1 Dec 2015, 9:57 AM PST0

The Hollywood Reporter issued a pre-emptive “mea culpa” for the fact that all of the actresses on their annual roundtable discussion with female awards contenders happened to be white.
by Kipp Jones18 Nov 2015, 1:14 PM PST0

One of the most expensive films in Iranian cinema history, Muhammad: The Messenger of God, has traveled down a long and controversial road on its way to consideration for a foreign-language Oscar in the upcoming Academy Awards.
by Kipp Jones30 Oct 2015, 1:12 PM PST0

The iconic Spirit of America Goodyear blimp has floated off into the sunset of retirement, to be replaced eventually by the technologically superior semi-rigid airship, Wingfoot One.
by Michelle Moons11 Aug 2015, 11:13 PM PST0

Academy Award-winner Eddie Redmayne will look to take home his second golden statuette in two years when he plays transgender artist Lili Elbe in this year’s upcoming film The Danish Girl.
by Daniel Nussbaum3 Aug 2015, 9:36 AM PST0

Actor Sean Penn unapologetically responded to questions about his Alejandro Iñárritu green card Oscars joke on Saturday in Beverly Hills, CA, and instead opted to blame a “xenophobic” country for the controversy.
by Kipp Jones8 Mar 2015, 5:39 PM PST0

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor gave his own version of the Academy Awards during a UN session in New York this week. The “Oscars for Maintenance of International Peace and Security” mockingly awarded Iran, Hezbollah, Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinians with Oscars in its very own special categories.
by Adelle Nazarian28 Feb 2015, 7:16 AM PST0

The 87th annual Academy Awards were a bit of a letdown; there were no real surprises in any of the major categories, winners’s acceptance speeches got too political, and there was a shortage of good performances (apart from an outstanding turn from Lady Gaga channeling Julie Andrews).
by Daniel Nussbaum23 Feb 2015, 6:02 PM PST0

Sunday night’s Academy Awards was littered with political commentary, with Best Director winner Alejandro González Iñárritu no exception as he dedicated Birdman’s Best Picture win to his fellow Mexicans, “who live in Mexico.” Iñárritu’s comments echo prior statements made by last year’s Best Director and fellow Mexican, Alfonso Cuarón, slamming Mexican government officials over systematic corruption.
by Michelle Moons23 Feb 2015, 10:28 AM PST0

The patriotic film The American Sniper was nominated for six Oscars, astonishing fans and critics alike. But why is it surprising that a film honoring an American hero would be celebrated in the capital of the American movie business? The fact is, despite a few recent signs of dawning good sense—think Zero Dark Thirty, on the hunt for Osama bin Laden, and Argo, about a successful CIA operation—Hollywood still tends to spurn patriotism on the silver screen and to celebrate truly unsavory characters and ideology, as long as they’re on the Left.
by Allan Ryskind23 Feb 2015, 6:32 AM PST0

There are many reasons to celebrate Eddie Redmayne’s Oscar last night – from his charming and refreshingly brief acceptance speech to the fact that the award didn’t go to Benedict “This is what a feminist looks like” Cumberbatch – but
by James Delingpole23 Feb 2015, 4:44 AM PST0

Citizenfour, the HBO documentary about notorious NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, picked up the Oscar for Best Documentary during Sunday night’s broadcast of the 87th annual Academy Awards.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Feb 2015, 8:38 PM PST0

The HBO documentary Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 picked up the Oscar for Best Short-Subject Documentary at Sunday night’s 87th annual Academy Awards.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Feb 2015, 7:16 PM PST0

HOLLYWOOD, California—A planned protest over the lack of diversity in the film industry by Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) has been canceled. The group will instead seek direct dialogue with Hollywood’s central authority, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
by Adelle Nazarian22 Feb 2015, 5:27 PM PST0

Apple teamed up with legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese for its latest iPad commercial, which will air during Sunday night’s broadcast of the 87th annual Academy Awards.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Feb 2015, 5:11 PM PST0

Breitbart News will be live-blogging and commenting on tonight’s Oscar ceremony until the bitter end, which will probably be sometime tomorrow. Latest updates at the top. — 12:06 – It’s Over… Closing Thoughts… By tomorrow everyone will have already forgotten
by John Nolte22 Feb 2015, 5:01 PM PST0

Nominees who fail to bring home an Oscar this Sunday night will still be receiving gifts that are valued at more than $160,000, according to a report from CNN.
by Kipp Jones20 Feb 2015, 7:20 PM PST0

Analysts from Crowdpac, a group that gathers campaign finance data, have attempted to rate this year’s Best Picture nominees from liberal to conservative based on the political donations of those behind the film’s productions.
by Kipp Jones20 Feb 2015, 1:05 PM PST0

The Los Angeles chapter of the Al Sharpton-led National Action Network is set to hold a protest Sunday night outside the 87th annual Academy Awards near Hollywood’s Dolby Theater, over what it claims is a lack of diversity in the film business.
by Daniel Nussbaum20 Feb 2015, 12:26 PM PST0

Street artist Plastic Jesus is up to his old tricks. On Thursday morning, a life-size replica of an Oscar statue bent over and snorting two lines of cocaine was placed on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, ahead of Sunday night’s Academy Awards.
by Daniel Nussbaum20 Feb 2015, 11:59 AM PST0

While film’s all-stars rush to beat the cut-off music during acceptance speeches every year at the Oscars, it’s obvious and visibly frustrating for some that the academy doesn’t allocate enough time to dish out all those “thank yous.”
by Kipp Jones20 Feb 2015, 11:06 AM PST0

Over the last few months Breitbart News has analyzed the performance of director Ana DuVernay’s “Selma,” both at the box office and in the Awards Derby, through the lens of an America completely exhausted by nearly three years of unrelenting,
by John Nolte18 Feb 2015, 10:45 AM PST0