71st Academy Awards

Trying to fix a diversity problem doesn’t have an instant solution. The Academy is facing this and dealing with the racial representation in the Oscar Awards as it has become a huge problem in Hollywood. Ira Deutchman, a member of the Academy, has stated “Like many Academy members, I was embarrassed and disappointed when this year’s Oscar nominees were announced, but I wasn't shocked. After all, no season passes without several scathing articles about the lack of diversity in Hollywood, both on the

It Have Been an Oscar Award Winning Holiday Film? Holiday films such as Elf are meant to spread holiday cheer and joy across families. The question however remains is whether or not it could be an award-winning critically-acclaimed film? It certainly could have been a contender as an award winner for sure. For starters, Elf had a budget of 33,000,000 dollars and ended up grossing over 173,381,405 dollars! Now if that’s not saying it had the potential of being an Oscar award winning film I don’t

Thank God I wasn’t alive and voting for Oscars in 1976. I’m not a huge fan of “Rocky,” but I would have had to contend with voting that included “Network” (which I have seen) and “Taxi Driver” (which I haven’t seen). To complicate matters, I would also would have had to reckon with this film: “All the President’s Men.” As a journalism student and budding cinephile, I might have had to go with this movie as my favorite of the bunch, simply because it’s a near masterpiece. You know the story of this

landscapes and backboards for us, the ultimate image also known as the mise-en-scene. My favorite film of all time is Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump will go down in history as one of the greatest films ever made. This film was nominated for thirteen Academy Awards,

had several award nominations including a Golden Globe. In 2010 she received her first Academy Award for Best Actress. Jennifer Shrader Lawrence was born on August 12, 1990. She has two older brothers, Blaine and Ben. Growing up Jennifer lived on a farm outside Louisville, Kentucky. She lived with her mom Karen, her dad, Gary, and her two older brothers. Jennifer was an athletic child. She was involved in cheerleading, field hockey, softball. She also acted in

24 June 2009 Paper I: Marlee Matlin - Deaf Actress, Cultural Icon Marlee Beth Matlin was born on August 24, 1965 in Morton Grove, Illinois to Libby and Donald Matlin. She is the youngest and the only female of three children. She is an Academy Award winning actress and a world renowned spokesperson for various organizations. Marlee lives in the greater Los Angeles area with her husband, law enforcement officer Kevin Grandalski, and their four children, Sarah, Brandon, Tyler and Isabelle. These

At the 90th Academy Awards, or simply the Oscars, the typical fanfares were underway as many celebrities graced the red carpet and prepared themselves for an evening filled with cinema’s best films of the year. From Call Me By Your Name’s heartrending reminder of love and loss to Lady Bird’s all too familiar coming-of-age, there were many amazing movies this year. Yet of all the great contestants for Best Picture, none surpass Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, a film about a mother angered

of the most legendary and esteemed composer and music conductor in present time. The Lord of the Rings is his most well known compositions and has been the best of his achievements in his entire career. This trilogy alone has earned him three academy awards. This three-part trilogy cost a whopping $300 million dollars. The setting for his music was placed in Middle Earth, and Shore had to write music for Hobbits, Dwarfs, Elves and all the other creatures belonging to Tolkien’s fantasy world. At

man stranded alone on an island. In the 90-year history of the academy awards he is one of five performers to win consecutive academy awards (Oscars Firsts and Other Trivia). Mr. Hanks won his first academy award for best actor in 1993, for his portrayal of a man with HIV who is fired because of his condition, Philadelphia was the first major motion picture to bring attention to the AIDS epidemic. Next Mr. Hanks followed up his award-winning role in Philadelphia with his role in Forrest Gump in 1994

Is Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘The Revenant’ really overhyped? ‘The Revenant’ is Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s darkest and most challenging film starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s latest directorial venture The Revenant is based on the real life events of a fur trapper Hugh Glass. The stunningly ferocious The Revenant glorifies the pinnacle of Iñárritu’s brand of complexity in his glittering career as a director. But, does it live up to the hype? Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays the role of Hugh