Just about a year ago, the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences brought in 774 new members as part of a conscious attempt to introduce more diversity to its ranks, all in hopes of avoiding another #OscarsSoWhite controversy. The Academy’s membership includes people from all across the movie-making industry,…
There were many stunning dresses and adorable couple embraces last night on the Oscars red carpet, but the first truly show-stopping moment came during a brief exchange between Ryan Seacrest and Taraji P. Henson.
The 90th annual Oscars ceremony had everything: A historic win (Jordan Peele’s Best Original Screenplay nod), Sufjan Stevens in that jacket, a star-studded field trip, as well as some not-so-surprising picks (kudos to Gary Oldman’s prosthetics). But the biggest prizes were handed out the very end of the night, with…
A.V. Club film critics A.A. Dowd and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky live-blogged the 90th Academy Awards. The surprises, disappointments, and the best Oscar moments are all below:
Frances McDormand actually looked visibly upset when her name was called for the Best Actress award at tonight’s Oscars, but luckily she managed to get over her shock rather quickly because, as she said, she had some stuff to say. McDormand did the usual thanks and call-outs, but then she put her Oscar down and called…
Though he admitted that he didn’t want to risk missing out on winning Jimmy Kimmel’s Jet Ski, Jordan Peele made the most of his acceptance speech time when he won Best Original Screenplay for Get Out at tonight’s Academy Awards. Along with the usual thanks, Peele acknowledged how hard it was for him to get the film…
During tonight’s Academy Awards ceremony, Lupita Nyong’o and Kumail Nanjiani presented the award for Best Production Design, but before that they took a moment to honor immigrants. Nyong’o noted that she’s from Kenya, getting a huge cheer from the audience (“Kenya’s in the house,” added Nanjiani), and Nanjiani—or…
After some supposedly extra safe red carpet festivities, host Jimmy Kimmel kicked off the show itself with a retro-themed opening sequence presented in black and white that featured Kimmel make old-timey jokes about modern Hollywood stars. Plus, if anyone was wondering how quickly and how frequently the show would…
E!’s coverage of the red carpet festivities leading up to tonight’s Academy Awards has just kicked off, but Deadline says that the network has a system in place in case a celebrity brings up the sexual misconduct allegations that have been raised against Ryan Seacrest while they’re being interviewed. The allegations…
Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our diverse lives all led us to convene here together. Got a question you’d…
When Moonlight pulled a big upset and won the Best Picture Oscar a year ago, it felt like a monumental occasion—and not just because of the snafu that resulted in a different film briefly enjoying the honor. Yes, the Academy bestowed best-movie-of-the-year status on an actual, legitimate contender for the best movie…
Last year’s release of Super Mario Odyssey has humanized rotund plumber Mario in ways we could never have imagined. Not only did a pre-release trailer reveal the Italian sprite has a glistening, hairless chest dotted by two pink nipples, but its popularity also prompted the emergence of an ‘80s manga highlighting …
Every year, the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards inspires passionate debate among film fans. Which movie is overrated? Which movie do the critics seem to love? Which one did you actually see and therefore deserves to win? But, as a new video from Vanity Fair explains, before any of these films can even get…
The 90th Academy Awards will air this Sunday, March 4, and Film Club is counting down the days leading up to the ceremony with an examination of this year’s major categories. Each day, A.V. Club film editor A.A. Dowd and staff critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky will break down a category and give us their picks for who …
For most of us at home, the Best Picture mix-up at last year’s Oscars was a delightful moment of live TV madness, the sort of thing that rarely happens in today’s post-”wardrobe malfunction” world, but at least one guy in the entertainment industry seems to have enjoyed it just as much as those of us at home did. As…
The 90th Academy Awards are coming up Sunday, March 4th and Film Club is counting down the days leading up to the ceremony with an examination of this year’s major categories. Each day, A.V. Club film editor A.A. Dowd and staff critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky will break down a category and give us their picks for who …
The end of last year’s Academy Awards ceremony was the most exciting in recent memory, which is to say that it was pretty much the only time the Oscars were ever really exciting. And it was all because of a tremendous fuck-up in which Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway read the wrong card and announced the Best Picture…
Thanks in great part to co-host Tiffany Haddish, today’s Oscar nomination announcements were a lively affair despite having kicked off before the end of most nominees’ REM cycles. But once these actors and auteurs did wake up, they were greeted with some of the best news.
Oscar nominations were announced early this morning in Los Angeles, setting the stage for what’s sure to be a politically charged ceremony similar to the Golden Globes earlier this year. Never ones to turn down a good montage, the Academy’s livestream opened with a stirring tribute to itself before cutting to hosts…
This week on The A.V. Club, we’re talking all the awards! That’s right, every last one of them. From the Oscars to the Emmys to the highly lauded and sought after CableAce Awards—we’ve got them all covered. We’re also discussing which ones, if any, actually matter, and which ones we can let ride off into the sunset.…
