Tag: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oscars Nominate Transgender Person as Best Actress
The Oscar nominations were announced yesterday, and for the most part, nobody seems to care. That’s par for the course these days, with the exception of last year, when they nominated Oppenheimer, a legitimately outstanding movie that people loved. (And even that wasn’t much of a bump.) As someo...
Read MoreOscars So White Charges Reemerge After Best Actress Upset
Our betters are proving to be anything but again, at least by their own superficial standards. At last night’s Academy Awards (for which the ratings are not yet in – I believe those are usually revealed on the Tuesday after the ceremony – but I’ll assume most didn’t watch it), an upset occ...
Read MoreMads Mikkelsen Mocks Diversity Question
Even some in the entertainment industry have had enough of wokeness. During a press conference at the Venice Film Festival a week and a half ago, actor Mads Mikkelsen and director Nikolaj Arcel were discussing their new film The Promised Land – a Danish historical drama that takes place in the 17...
Read MoreOscars Inclusion Standards Will Only Count for Best Picture
You’re not going to believe this, but it turns out Hollywood’s latest big virtue signal was an empty gesture. A few years ago, after an Academy Awards ceremony was deemed too white (not the one where Jada Pinkett made a video about them snubbing the husband she cuckolds; the 2020 one), the Acade...
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