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While hailed as a tribute to racial tolerance by its makers and stars, "Green Book" was also widely criticized as an outdated, sentimentalized movie full of racial stereotypes.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 25:00 February 24, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Sunday, Feb. 24, a standoff on Venezuela’s border blocks humanitarian aid, scientists rate Hollywood’s portrayal of climate change on Oscar day, and newly-digitized materials from Louis Armstrong's archives are helping to carry his legacy to new… 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 18 Watch 6:21 Jazz musician Terence Blanchard on the hardest thing about composing for film By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard has six Grammy Awards, but this year, he's received his first Oscar nomination, for his original score in the 2018 film “BlacKkKlansman.” Jeffrey Brown sits down with Blanchard, who grew up in New Orleans,… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch 6:45 Academy Award-nominated film ‘End Game’ examines end-of-life care By PBS NewsHour The Academy Award-nominated documentary "End Game" looks at different approaches in palliative care for people with terminal illness. The film follows medical practitioners, patients, and their families, as they tackle the difficult questions that arise during end-of-life care. NewsHour Weekend's… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch 6:32 Oscar nominee Regina King says ‘Beale Street’ a reminder of black resilience By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Set in New York City in the 1970s, “If Beale Street Could Talk” is the film adaptation of a James Baldwin novel about Tish and Fonny, a devoted young couple almost torn apart by racism and wrongful imprisonment. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch 6:58 How ‘Black Panther’ costume designer found inspiration worthy of a superhero By Jeffrey Brown When it comes to movies, we tend to focus on actors and directors. But many other factors help determine whether a film resonates with audiences. In commercial and critical blockbuster “Black Panther,” for example, superhero suits recall actual African heritage. Continue watching