Feb 25 Nielsen: 29.6 million viewers for Oscars, up from 2018 By David Bauder, Associated Press The Nielsen company says ABC's telecast of the Academy Awards reached 29.6 million viewers, a 12 percent bump from last year's record low ratings. Continue reading
Feb 25 ‘Green Book’ producers thrilled by best picture win, downplay controversy By Mike Cidoni Lennox, Associated Press While hailed as a tribute to racial tolerance by its makers and stars, "Green Book" was also widely criticized as an outdated, sentimentalized movie full of racial stereotypes. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 11:29 Louis Armstrong archive brings musician’s influence into the modern era By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman Louis Armstrong, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, left behind a vast trove of materials including collages, scrapbooks, and audio recordings when he died in 1971. The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens digitized its archive… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch 3:42 On Oscar day, science meets climate change at the movies Disaster movies don’t often get Oscar nods, but they are getting attention from climate change scientists. Kate Marvel, an associate research scientist at Columbia University co-hosts a new podcast called ‘Anthropocinema’ where science meets movies. Marvel joins Hari Sreenivasan to… Continue watching
Feb 24 Glenn Close, Barry Jenkins, Bing Liu reflect on Hollywood ahead of Oscars By Mike Cidoni Lennox, Associated Press Glenn Close says she’s still a bit surprised the motion picture academy gave a nod to her performance in “The Wife.” Actor Richard E. Grant says he’s certain he’s going to lose and will never get this close to Oscar… Continue reading
Feb 23 Stanley Donen, director of ‘Singin’ in the Rain,′ dies at 94 By Jake Coyle, Associated Press Filmmaker Stanley Donen, a giant of the Hollywood musical who through such classics as “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Funny Face” helped give us some of the most joyous sounds and images in movie history, has died. He was 94. Continue reading
Feb 22 WATCH: Video of R. Kelly shows 14-year-old girl, Avenatti says By Associated Press Attorney Michael Avenatti says a 14-year-old girl seen with R. Kelly on a video Avenatti turned over to prosecutors is among four victims in a newly released indictment charging the singer with aggravated sexual abuse. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch 6:23 ‘Moonlight’ writer hopes audiences leave his new play ‘full of questions’ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport The hit Broadway play “Choir Boy” chronicles an African-American prep school and its star pupil, the choir boy, who happens to be gay. Written by Tarell McCraney, a MacArthur Fellowship recipient, the play explores themes not often addressed publicly within… Continue watching
Feb 22 At the end of a bumpy year, 2019 Oscars may reward a Hollywood disrupter By Jake Coyle, Associated Press The best picture race to Sunday's 91st Academy Awards remains unpredictable, but odds makers peg Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" as the film most likely to triumph at the end of the night. Continue reading
Feb 22 WATCH: R. Kelly charged with aggravated sexual abuse By Associated Press Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx on Friday afternoon announced the 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse. They involve four victims, at least three of whom were younger than 17. Foxx said the sentencing range for aggravated sexual assault is… Continue reading