Tag: oscar history

Very brief programming alert. Tonight and tomorrow, Sept 14-15, PBS American Experience will be airing a 2-part profile of Walt ...

Our friends at Fandor have created a cool digital flip book detailing an "alternative history" of the Academy Awards. In ...

On September 10, 1994, Frank Darabont debuted The Shawshank Redemption at the Toronto Film Festival. Two weeks later it opened ...

32 years ago today. Friday June 25, 1982. Newborn Prince William was 3 days old. Sidney Lumet was celebrating his ...

Harper has made available a generous excerpt from William Friedkin's newly published autobiography, The Friedkin Connection. Anyone familiar with Sidney ...

In the circle of gal pals we're playfully calling Oscar's Angels, I discuss with Anne, Thelma and Susan the Best ...

True or False: "Peter Guber has earned 50 Oscar nominations" (Answer: Number of Oscar nominations earned by Peter Guber)

(Which of these filmmakers actually won the Oscar they're posing with?) As already reported tonight, the Academy is discarding the ...

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced that it will bring the 1950 classic All About Eve to Blu-ray on ...

Last night I made an off-the-cuff remarks about how I wouldn't mind if the Oscars just went full retard this ...

There's a Thai saying that translates roughly as "pick your face up off the floor." Good subtitle for this Salon ...

THE JOKER: It's not about money. It's about sending a message... Well, ok. It's a little bit about the money. ...