8 minutes ago, DaytimeFan said:

I think what kills me is the Academy Awards used to be about movie stars. It was a glamorous night where regular people could watch their favourite performers in competitive races. There were only a handful of stars in that audience.

Now it's a bunch of nameless actors in movies nobody has seen winning awards and going on to work in projects for one of a million streaming platforms that a continually splintered audience never sees.

I agree. If not the Emilia Perez controversies I'm not even sure anyone would have talked about the Oscars this year. So different from when I was growing up. I wonder if they will be around in a decade.

2 hours ago, DRW50 said:

And this is shameful. Olivia Hussey was in a film that introduced many to Shakespeare and was shown in schools for decades:

https://deadline.com/2025/03/oscars-in-memoriam-snubs-michelle-trachtenberg-jim-abrahams-alain-delon-1236307934/

I was in high school studying Shakespeare in the early 1970s.  Our school arranged a special screening at the local theatre and we had a "field trip" on the bus to go to the theatre  to see Romeo and Juliet.

I feel bad for Zoe Saldana, who'll get yet more Internet hate over this silly win (and from Ariana Grande stans). I choose to take it as a win for her excellent work in Avatar: The Way of Water.

Demi should've taken it, but I liked Anora a lot and Mikey Madison was wonderful so I'm not too fussed about her win. I wasn't surprised it swept - it's funny, sad, closer to Academy-typical style (almost a Bogdanovich-style screwball farce) without being as old-fashioned as Conclave, and it's nowhere near as long as The Brutalist, which I thought deserved considerably more awards and was equally remarkable. So Anora, while good, was kind of the safe Hollywood choice. I would've rather Brutalist taken a couple of Anora's awards (at least Best Director), and I would've rather Best Actor gone to Fiennes, who was excellent in Conclave.

The Substance is a funny and very well-made but very unsubtle gore-soaked horror satire (and a bit of a riff on silent film - there's very little dialogue for most of the first hour) which it's insane they nominated at all. If not for Demi and the impeccable direction by Fargeat it would've been an underseen and underrated streaming-only release on Shudder last summer. There's nothing wrong with any of that though - Rosemary's Baby got essentially the same makeover. I'm just glad Demi was recognized as much as she has been this season.

I still need to see I'm Still Here and Nickel Boys this week. I will say The Seed of the Sacred Fig is very good and everyone should see it.

5 hours ago, Bright Eyes said:

They absolutely need to get rid of the cringey nominee praising from the presenters. It's always so eye-rolling and suffocating to watch. When they got to the showing clips for the lead categories, it was such a relief. 

Also, and this is a pet peeve of mine, nominees shouldn't be presenters.

That stuff always is so weird. I don't like them directly talking to the nominees, lol. This isn't The Real World.

6 hours ago, DRW50 said:

And this is shameful. Olivia Hussey was in a film that introduced many to Shakespeare and was shown in schools for decades:

https://deadline.com/2025/03/oscars-in-memoriam-snubs-michelle-trachtenberg-jim-abrahams-alain-delon-1236307934/

That's awful. Olivia Hussey has indeed been a school staple for generations.

Edited March 3, 2025Mar 3 by Vee

I don't agree with many of the choices... but... Okay.  And... I  watched pretty much all of the nominated movies these past few weeks. Demi deserved the Best Actress one. In my opinion. I liked Anora A LOT... but Demi's performance was legendary and created a pop-culture moment. It was also... just... in my opinion - stronger, even though it's hard to compare. It just left an off feeling hearing that she didn't win and I'm seeing this all over social media. But hey... congrats to Mikey Madison - only 25 years old and already has an Oscar! 

Best Film in my opinion should have gone to Emilia Perez, if you judge it only as a film and don't take in account the controversies surrounding it. I don't really care for the right-wing people that have been spewing their hate for the movie non-stop. I started watching, expecting to hate it... since I despise musicals... I really do... but not only did I love it... it has become my favorite movie and nothing can change that for me. It made me feel things that no other movie has ever made me feel and I cried for hours. Watched it twice in the same day. Once alone, once with my husband who also loved it. My father, on the contrary - told me this is the worst movie he's even seen in his life. 

Of course, it's destined to be controversial and not liked by everyone... and I do NOT condone what the lead actress wrote years ago in her twitter. But she really also did amazing job in the movie. I completely understand why the movie got 13 Oscar nominations. I am not shocked at that fact AT ALL.

Zoe Saldana is a happy moment for me, because she was really spectacular in Emilia Perez and I started crying in one of her scenes - in the cab. 

Wicked... I'm not surprised how it did. Overrated. 

42 minutes ago, Vee said:

That's awful. Olivia Hussey has indeed been a school staple for generations.

They also shunned Tony Todd and barely mentioned David Lynch. That and Demi losing for the horror movie tells you the contempt they still have for the genre.

2 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

They also shunned Tony Todd and barely mentioned David Lynch. That and Demi losing for the horror movie tells you the contempt they still have for the genre.

That's just a disgrace. Absolute disgrace!

3 hours ago, DRW50 said:

They also shunned Tony Todd

I never saw Tony Todd in any of his films.  But loved him as Worf's brother Kurn on Star Trek.  That voice!

Demi losing for The Substance proved the film's point entirely.

Anora isn’t a bad film, and I’m not going begrudge an independent film that was made on a shoestring budget without major studio backing (initially at least) winning and shedding a light onto relatively unknown creatives and actors. 

 

cross-posting with politics thread.

https://bsky.app/profile/apnews.com/post/3ll5j7sqwvm2u
 

Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” in the occupied West Bank on Monday, and he was then detained by the Israeli military, activists on the scene said.

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— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) March 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM

https://apnews.com/article/no-other-land-oscar-israel-palestinians-084c63f33e748a3279646759e9b705c2

Edited March 25, 2025Mar 25 by janea4old

List of nominees for the 2026 Golden Globes

Film categories

Best film - drama

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• It Was Just an Accident

• The Secret Agent

• Sentimental Value

• Sinners

Best film - musical or comedy

• Blue Moon

• Bugonia

• Marty Supreme

• No Other Choice

• Nouvelle Vague

• One Battle After Another

Best non-English language film

• It Was Just an Accident

• No Other Choice

• The Secret Agent

• Sentimental Value

• Sirât

• The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best animated film

• Arco

• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle

• Elio

• KPop Demon Hunters

• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

• Zootopia 2

Best female actor - drama

• Jessie Buckley - Hamnet

• Jennifer Lawrence - Die, My Love

• Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value

• Julia Roberts - After the Hunt

• Tessa Thompson - Hedda

• Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby

Best male actor - drama

• Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams

• Oscar Isaac - Frankenstein

• Dwayne Johnson - The Smashing Machine

• Michael B Jordan - Sinners

• Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent

• Jeremy Allen White - Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Best female actor - musical or comedy

• Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

• Cynthia Erivo - Wicked: For Good

• Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue

• Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another

• Amanda Seyfried - The Testament of Ann Lee

• Emma Stone - Bugonia

Best male actor - musical or comedy

• Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme

• George Clooney - Jay Kelly

• Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another

• Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon

• Lee Byung-Hun - No Other Choice

• Jesse Plemons - Bugonia

Best supporting female actor

• Emily Blunt - The Smashing Machine

• Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value

• Ariana Grande - Wicked: For Good

• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value

• Amy Madigan - Weapons

• Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another

Best supporting male actor

• Benicio Del Toro - One Battle After Another

• Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein

• Paul Mescal - Hamnet

• Sean Penn - One Battle After Another

• Adam Sandler - Jay Kelly

• Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value

Cinematic and box office achievement

• Avatar: Fire and Ash

• F1

• KPop Demon Hunters

• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

• Sinners

• Weapons

• Wicked: For Good

• Zootopia 2

Best director

• Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another

• Ryan Coogler - Sinners

• Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein

• Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident

• Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value

• Chloe Zhao - Hamnet

Best screenplay

• Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another

• Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme

• Ryan Coogler - Sinners

• Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident

• Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value

• Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell - Hamnet

Best original song

• Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen - Avatar: Fire and Ash; Dream as One

• Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick - KPop Demon Hunters; Golden

• Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson - Sinners; I Lied to You

• Stephen Schwartz - Wicked: For Good; No Place Like Home

• Stephen Schwartz - Wicked: For Good; The Girl in the Bubble

• Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner - Train Dreams; Train Dreams

Best original score

• Alexandre Desplat - Frankenstein

• Ludwig Göransson - Sinners

• Jonny Greenwood - One Battle After Another

• Kanding Ray - Sirāt

• Max Richter - Hamnet

• Hans Zimmer - F1

TV categories

Best series - drama

• The Diplomat

• The Pitt

• Pluribus

• Severance

• Slow Horses

• The White Lotus

Best series - comedy or musical

• Abbott Elementary

• The Bear

• Hacks

• Nobody Wants This

• Only Murders in the Building

• The Studio

Best limited series

• Adolescence

• All Her Fault

• The Beast In Me

• Black Mirror

• Dying for Sex

• The Girlfriend

Best female actor - drama

• Kathy Bates - Matlock

• Britt Lower - Severance

• Helen Mirren - Mobland

• Bella Ramsey - The Last of Us

• Keri Russell - The Diplomat

• Rhea Seehorn - Pluribus

Best male actor – drama

• Sterling K Brown - Paradise

• Diego Luna - Andor

• Gary Oldman - Slow Horses

• Mark Ruffalo - Task

• Adam Scott - Severance

• Noah Wyle - The Pitt

Best female actor - comedy or musical

• Kristen Bell - Nobody Wants This

• Ayo Edebiri - The Bear

• Selena Gomez - Only Murders in the Building

• Natasha Lyonne - Poker Face

• Jenna Ortega - Wednesday

• Jean Smart - Hacks

Best male actor - comedy or musical

• Adam Brody - Nobody Wants This

• Steve Martin - Only Murders in the Building

• Glen Powell - Chad Powers

• Seth Rogen - The Studio

• Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building

• Jeremy Allen White - The Bear

Best female actor - limited series

• Claire Danes - The Beast in Me

• Rashida Jones - Black Mirror

• Amanda Seyfried - Long Bright River

• Sarah Snook - All Her Fault

• Michelle Williams - Dying for Sex

• Robin Wright - The Girlfriend

Best male actor - limited series

• Jacob Elordi - The Narrow Road to the Deep North

• Paul Giamatti - Black Mirror

• Stephen Graham - Adolescence

• Charlie Hunnam - Monster: The Ed Gein Story

• Jude Law - Black Rabbit

• Matthew Rhys - The Beast in Me

Best supporting female actor

• Carrie Coon - The White Lotus

• Erin Doherty - Adolescence

• Hannah Einbinder - Hacks

• Catherine O'Hara - The Studio

• Parker Posey - The White Lotus

• Aimee-Lou Wood - The White Lotus

Best supporting male actor

• Owen Cooper - Adolescence

• Billy Crudup - The Morning Show

• Walton Goggins - The White Lotus

• Jason Isaacs - The White Lotus

• Tramell Tillman - Severance

• Ashley Walters - Adolescence

Best stand-up comedy performance

• Bill Maher - Is Anyone Else Seeing This?

• Brett Goldstein - The Second Best Night of Your Life

• Kevin Hart - Acting My Age

• Kumail Nanjiani - Night Thoughts

• Ricky Gervais - Mortality

• Sarah Silverman - Sarah Silverman: PostMortem

And as well as film and TV, there's a new award for podcasts in this year's line-up.

Best podcast

• Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

• Call Her Daddy

• Good Hang with Amy Poehler

• The Mel Robbins Podcast

• SmartLess

• Up First from NPR