After augmenting their rules for last year’s ceremony allowing 10 movies to be nominated for the prestigious Best Picture Oscar instead of five, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has decided to continue tweaking who they’re willing to bestow their little golden statuette upon. Variety has confirmed that the Academy, after some urging [...]
24 Frames reports that Christoph Waltz, who recently joined Hollywood’s A-list after winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as the repugnant, ruthless Col. Hans Landa in “Inglourious Basterds,” will direct his first feature film, a German-language romantic comedy for Fox International Productions called “Up and Away.” Waltz, a 53-year-old veteran actor of [...]
Considering David Bowie’s longstanding and highly lucrative infatuation with all things celestial, e.g. Space Oddity (1969), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), Station to Station (1976), and Earthling (1997), it’s no surprise that his son’s directorial debut would likewise reach beyond the terrestrial. It is the near future [...]
Academy Award-winning actor, Karl Malden, died Wednesday. He was 97. Malden family says the beloved actor died of natural causes at his Brentwood home. He served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences from 1989-92. “Karl lived a rich, full life,” Academy president Sid Ganis said. “He has the greatest and [...]
The Oscar-winning songwriter and director responsible for “You Light Up My Life” has been indicted on charges of, “raping or sexually assaulting women who answered audition ads on Craigslist,” according to Popeater. 71-year-old Joseph Brooks, will be arraigned later Tuesday. According to Manhattan District Attorney, Robert Morgenthau, nine of the 11 victims answered a Craigslist [...]
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