Oscars 2019 Articles
2019 Academy Awards (Oscars) hilights, gossip, photos, and video.
Dear Gossips,
We are now inside ten days until the Oscars. Earlier this week the Academy confirmed its second round of presenters including Angela Bassett, Chadwick Boseman, Laura Dern, Samuel L Jackson, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, and more. Read Full Intro
Richard E Grant: Oscar’s newest fanboy
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Award season’s best fanboy is a role typically occupied by Timothee Chalamet – at least it was last year and for part of this year. And it’s not even an official “role” since we only made it up for Timmy. Still. There was a vacancy, since Timmy is not nominated for Oscar. Full Story
Jennifer and Cooke’s engagement walk
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It’s not really an engagement walk, they just went out for dinner in New York last night, after it was confirmed that they are engaged. So it’s the first time the public has seen them since the news. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
The Academy officially confirmed yesterday what was already common knowledge: the Oscars will not have a host. This after Karey Burke, the new president of ABC Entertainment (ABC airs the Oscars) spoke at the TCA, addressing media questions about this year’s show. Read Full Intro
Bradley was embarrassed
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Bradley Cooper was in New York yesterday, continuing to campaign for Oscar for A Star is Born, and sat with Oprah for an interview. The quote making headlines today is about the “snub”. I’m putting that in quotes because… well… let’s get to what he said first. Of not being nominated for Best Director, here’s how Coop described it, per E! News: "I was not surprised. Full Story
Lady Gaga, the nominee
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As people say about the Oscars Nominees luncheon, everyone is a winner. There are no losers (yet). Here’s Lady Gaga, the Oscar nominee, at the event yesterday in Louis Vuitton. We’ll come back to the fashion in a minute. This is about the experience, about the fact that she truly reveled in the experience of being there, one of the most exclusive invitations in the business. Full Story
Award season Spike
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The Oscar nominees’ luncheon happened yesterday in LA. It was a full day of campaign stops as The Hollywood Reporter also hosted an event and the AARP held their annual Movies for Grownups Awards. Spike Lee made the rounds. And it reminds me of a question he was asked on the red carpet at one of the awards shows a couple of weeks ago: does award season get old for you? Or something like that. Full Story
JRod: Oscar night?
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The Academy today announced its first round of Oscar presenters. It’s a pretty good list. And remember, there’s been some presenter drama as the Screen Actors Guild called out the Academy a few weeks ago for supposedly trying to sabotage their presenters list Full Story
Gaga & Bradley: the screen test
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Even though the Oscar nominations were announced last week, actual voting for the Oscars doesn’t begin until February 12. The voting period starts two days after the BAFTAs and the Grammys. It lasts a week and ends the Tuesday before the Oscars. Which means there’s still a lot of time to campaign. Full Story
All 5 Songs
It was reported last week that Oscar producers only intended to have two of the five Oscar-nominated songs performed on the broadcast: “All The Stars” and “Shallow”. Full Story
The only two Oscar songs
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The Oscar nominations happened on Tuesday and the Academy is now moving forward, after several weeks of controversy over hosting and presenter drama, trying to turn the story around as we get closer to the big show. Now another headline that might be problematic – Variety is reporting Full Story
