#academy-awards

#academy-awards

In July 1938, a Nazi propaganda film helped inspire Philippe Erlanger to create a new film festival. He was one of many who were displeased that Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia and Goffredo Alessandrini's Luciano Serra, Pilot took home the Mussolini Cup at the Venice Mostra due to pressure from Hitler. Erlanger endeavored to create a fair competition based on merit, not politics.

Conan O'Brien will host the upcoming 99th Academy Awards for the third consecutive time on March 14, 2027. He'll become the first person to host three years in a row since Billy Crystal hosted four in a row from 1990 to '94. "Conan has created remarkable energy around 'The Oscars,'" president of Disney Television Group Craig Erwich said in a statement. "His singular comedic voice makes Hollywood's biggest night one of the most entertaining celebrations of the year. We're proud to welcome him back and look forward to what he and the producing team deliver next."

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein earned nine nominations ahead of the 98th Academy Awards, but he did not win the Best Picture award despite the film's success in other categories.

This achievement is a thoroughly deserved testament not only to Jessie's outstanding performance in Hamnet, but to her performances both in film and on stage across her career to date.

This Southern Gothic drama had everyone racing to the cinema. Cleverly blending horror, supernatural and toe-tapping music, Sinners is a masterclass in how to keep an audience on the edge of their seats. The film takes us to the Mississippi Delta in 1932 (in spite being filmed in nearby Louisiana).

Jordan took home the Best Actor acting award and walked to the stage in disbelief, having beaten out Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke, Wagner Moura and Timothée Chalamet. The latter had been the long-time favourite to win the award, leading people to wonder whether his 11th hour comments on how 'no-one cares' about opera and ballet might have derailed his Oscar dream.

This year's ceremony produced a rare outcome: a tie in the best live-action short film category - only the seventh tie in Oscar history.

My dad bought his first blues album in Sweden, 1964. It was a John Lee Hooker album, and even though it was on the other side of the world in a place my dad had never been, and a place he could not relate to, the music was so powerful that it changed my dad's life and he devoted his whole life to music. When I was about seven years old, a little boy, he put a guitar in my arms and I loved the guitar.

O'Leary had the 1-of-1 numbered, PSA 10-graded card slab -- the first year Triple Logoman cards were produced -- inserted into a bespoke Tiffany's & Co. case, with "2.2 pounds of white gold," diamonds and rubies embedded, and affixed to a chain.