Oscar flashback 20 years ago to 2003: Adrien Brody, Nicole Kidman, Eminem and a ‘Chicago’ domination
It was a night of surprise wins, of records being broken or tied, of Oscar firsts and of honoring acting legends. On March 23, 2003, Steve Martin hosted the 75th Academy Awards ceremony, which had the lowest viewership of any Oscar telecast up to that point. Even though there were memorable moments, it was a more somber ceremony, as the war on Iraq had been declared a few days prior, and the event was nearly delayed. It was decided to carry on with less fanfare and a less extravagant red carpet, and a few actors chose to bow out of presenting. Let’s flashback 20 years to 2003 and revisit that event on ABC.
Five films were up for Best Picture, with two coming into the night with strong leads in nominations; one ended the night at the forefront with six wins, and the other left empty-handed. Martin Scorsese‘s historical epic “Gangs of New York...
Five films were up for Best Picture, with two coming into the night with strong leads in nominations; one ended the night at the forefront with six wins, and the other left empty-handed. Martin Scorsese‘s historical epic “Gangs of New York...
- 2/27/2023
- by Susan Pennington
- Gold Derby
The most fun moments of watching the Oscars are always the surprises.
The unexpected wins from dark horses are always so much more thrilling than predictable outcomes.
It's not that the winners were undeserving -- it's often that their wins seemed to come out of nowhere.
With prognosticators having Oscar predictions down to a science, anything remotely surprising is a rare treat.
Here are some of the most shocking wins that left us with our jaws on the floor!
Adrien Brody (Best Actor In A Leading Role) in The Pianist
Brody was the only Oscar-less member of his cohort when he won for his role as Holocaust survivor Władysław Szpilman.
Up against Jack Nicholson, Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, and Daniel Day-Lewis, Brody's win made him the youngest Best Actor in the history of the Oscars, at age 29.
Unfortunately, his behavior is what most people remember about his win -- when...
The unexpected wins from dark horses are always so much more thrilling than predictable outcomes.
It's not that the winners were undeserving -- it's often that their wins seemed to come out of nowhere.
With prognosticators having Oscar predictions down to a science, anything remotely surprising is a rare treat.
Here are some of the most shocking wins that left us with our jaws on the floor!
Adrien Brody (Best Actor In A Leading Role) in The Pianist
Brody was the only Oscar-less member of his cohort when he won for his role as Holocaust survivor Władysław Szpilman.
Up against Jack Nicholson, Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, and Daniel Day-Lewis, Brody's win made him the youngest Best Actor in the history of the Oscars, at age 29.
Unfortunately, his behavior is what most people remember about his win -- when...
- 1/30/2023
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
Over the past few years, iconic rapper and video game star Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has developed a thriving second career as a TV producer, being responsible for practically half of the Starz network’s programming with the “Power” franchise and “Bmf.” Now, the rapper is apparently partnering up with his “Crack a Bottle” collaborator, Eminem, to bring “8 Mile” to the small screen.
50 Cent spoke about his apparent plans to adapt Eminem’s 2002 film for TV during an interview with radio host Big Boy for his YouTube channel (via Complex). According to 50 Cent, he and Eminem are working to develop the series for television and that he wants to bring the story in order to expose younger generations to Eminem’s legacy. The two rappers have been friends since the early 2000’s, and have partnered dozens of times beginning with two songs from 50 Cent’s 2003 album “Get Rich or Die Tryin’
“I wanna bring,...
50 Cent spoke about his apparent plans to adapt Eminem’s 2002 film for TV during an interview with radio host Big Boy for his YouTube channel (via Complex). According to 50 Cent, he and Eminem are working to develop the series for television and that he wants to bring the story in order to expose younger generations to Eminem’s legacy. The two rappers have been friends since the early 2000’s, and have partnered dozens of times beginning with two songs from 50 Cent’s 2003 album “Get Rich or Die Tryin’
“I wanna bring,...
- 1/7/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Eminem just added another award to his already vast trophy case. The Detroit rapper (along with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent, and Mary J. Blige) won a 2022 Creative Arts Emmy award for his participation in this year’s Super Bowl Halftime performance. The star-studded 14-minute set won an award for Outstanding Variety Special during the two-day awards showcase.
With last week’s win, Slim Shady is now only a Tony Award away from the entertainment world’s Grand Slam: an Egot, or Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
With last week’s win, Slim Shady is now only a Tony Award away from the entertainment world’s Grand Slam: an Egot, or Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
- 9/6/2022
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
Even Barbra Streisand was disappointed when Eminem decided to skip the 2003 Oscars.
The rapper, who was 30 at the time, won the Best Original Song category at the show, which Streisand, 77, was presenting. But to the surprise of the crowd, his cowriter Luis Resto was the one who accepted the award for the hit “Lose Yourself,” leaving attendees — including Streisand — miffed over missing out on seeing the rapper after the success of his movie 8 Mile.
“@eminem I had voted for your song too! Was really looking forward to handing you the award. Next time!” Streisand, 77, tweeted after the rapper, now...
The rapper, who was 30 at the time, won the Best Original Song category at the show, which Streisand, 77, was presenting. But to the surprise of the crowd, his cowriter Luis Resto was the one who accepted the award for the hit “Lose Yourself,” leaving attendees — including Streisand — miffed over missing out on seeing the rapper after the success of his movie 8 Mile.
“@eminem I had voted for your song too! Was really looking forward to handing you the award. Next time!” Streisand, 77, tweeted after the rapper, now...
- 2/11/2020
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
One of the few surprises at Sunday’s Oscars had nothing to do with the actual awards themselves — well, unless you were thinking about past Oscar winners. After a montage celebrating songs in movies, Eminem popped up onstage and launched into a rousing performance of “Lose Yourself,” his “8 Mile” (2002) anthem that won Best Original Song 17 years ago. He didn’t show up then to perform or accept the prize, so why now? Well, better late than never.
“I kinda figured maybe since I didn’t get a chance to do it at the time, maybe it would be cool,” the rapper explained to our sister site “Variety.” “Back then, I never even thought that I had a chance to win, and we had just performed ‘Lose Yourself’ on the Grammys with the Roots a couple of weeks before the Oscars, so we didn’t think it was a good idea.
“I kinda figured maybe since I didn’t get a chance to do it at the time, maybe it would be cool,” the rapper explained to our sister site “Variety.” “Back then, I never even thought that I had a chance to win, and we had just performed ‘Lose Yourself’ on the Grammys with the Roots a couple of weeks before the Oscars, so we didn’t think it was a good idea.
- 2/11/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Rapper Eminem surprised many with his performance of "Lose yourself" at Academy Awards 2020, 17 years after the song won him an Oscar.
He'd decided not to attend the ceremony in 2003, leaving his collaborator Luis Resto to accept the award from legendary actress-singer Barbra Streisand.
Also Read:?Song Lyrics of 'Lose Yourself' by Eminem
In an interview with variety.com, Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, opened up about how his Sunday night's performance came together.
"I kinda figured maybe since I didn't get a chance to do it at the time, maybe it would be cool. Back then, I never even thought that I had a chance to win, and we had just performed 'Lose yourself' on the Grammys with the Roots a couple of weeks before the Oscars, so we didn't think it was a good idea. And also, back at that time, the younger me didn't really feel...
He'd decided not to attend the ceremony in 2003, leaving his collaborator Luis Resto to accept the award from legendary actress-singer Barbra Streisand.
Also Read:?Song Lyrics of 'Lose Yourself' by Eminem
In an interview with variety.com, Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, opened up about how his Sunday night's performance came together.
"I kinda figured maybe since I didn't get a chance to do it at the time, maybe it would be cool. Back then, I never even thought that I had a chance to win, and we had just performed 'Lose yourself' on the Grammys with the Roots a couple of weeks before the Oscars, so we didn't think it was a good idea. And also, back at that time, the younger me didn't really feel...
- 2/11/2020
- GlamSham
Eminem rarely does interviews, and a conversation about last night’s surprise performance of “Lose Yourself” at the Academy Awards — some 17 years after the song won him an Oscar — would seem rarer still. The performance in many ways was a belated do-over: He’d decided not to attend the ceremony in 2003, leaving his collaborator Luis Resto to accept the award — from Barbra Streisand, no less — in his place.
Last night’s appearance — which immediately followed a montage celebrating the sound editing/mixing award, which wound down with footage from “8 Mile” — got a rapturous reaction from many screen stars in the crowd. Some of the relatively younger ones were seen singing along, and everyone from Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio to Billie Eilish and Anthony Ramos standing and applauding at the end.
Eminem (real name: Marshall Mathers) has made a habit out of surprises in recent years. His last two albums,...
Last night’s appearance — which immediately followed a montage celebrating the sound editing/mixing award, which wound down with footage from “8 Mile” — got a rapturous reaction from many screen stars in the crowd. Some of the relatively younger ones were seen singing along, and everyone from Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio to Billie Eilish and Anthony Ramos standing and applauding at the end.
Eminem (real name: Marshall Mathers) has made a habit out of surprises in recent years. His last two albums,...
- 2/10/2020
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Billy Eichner, for one, was not losing himself in Eminem‘s music.
At the 2020 Academy Awards on Sunday night, the “Lose Yourself” rapper, 47, took to the stage at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles for a surprise performance of the 8 Mile song, which won him an Oscar back in 2002.
The unannounced live performance prompted many reactions from the A-listers in attendance, with just as many perplexed by the random appearance as those bopping to the hit song.
For comedian Eichner, 41, however, Eminem’s showcase did not sit right, mostly because of the artist’s past use of homophobic slurs. Eichner,...
At the 2020 Academy Awards on Sunday night, the “Lose Yourself” rapper, 47, took to the stage at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles for a surprise performance of the 8 Mile song, which won him an Oscar back in 2002.
The unannounced live performance prompted many reactions from the A-listers in attendance, with just as many perplexed by the random appearance as those bopping to the hit song.
For comedian Eichner, 41, however, Eminem’s showcase did not sit right, mostly because of the artist’s past use of homophobic slurs. Eichner,...
- 2/10/2020
- by Benjamin VanHoose
- PEOPLE.com
During the Academy Awards, Lin-Manuel Miranda presented a montage of music in film showing the influence of music on cinema including songs from Footloose, Hustle and Flow, Back to the Future and others. The montage ended with the iconic scene from the 2002 film 8 Mile where rapper Eminem preps to take the stage set to the tune “Lose Yourself”. This soon turned into a surprise live performance from the rapper.
The live performance was a little bumpy in the beginning due to some sound issues, but as soon as the minor technical difficulties were fixed, Eminem was in full form, performing a heavily censored version “Lose Yourself”, which won an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2003.
The audience seemed to be caught off guard with the surprise performance. Sources said that it was kept under lock and key — so much that he wasn’t on the schedule and he didn’t rehearse during normal hours.
The live performance was a little bumpy in the beginning due to some sound issues, but as soon as the minor technical difficulties were fixed, Eminem was in full form, performing a heavily censored version “Lose Yourself”, which won an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2003.
The audience seemed to be caught off guard with the surprise performance. Sources said that it was kept under lock and key — so much that he wasn’t on the schedule and he didn’t rehearse during normal hours.
- 2/10/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Eminem made a surprise appearance on the Academy Awards show Sunday night, delivering a rousing rendition of “Lose Yourself,” his hit from the 2002 film “8 Mile” in which he starred — some 17 years after it won an Oscar. His appearance immediately followed a montage celebrating the sound editing/mixing award, which wound down with footage from “8 Mile” and concluded with Burt Reynolds in “Deliverance,” saying the famous line, “Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything.”
Eminem’s appearance was a tightly kept secret: Sources say the Dolby Theater was put on lockdown during rehearsals, and that if the news of his appearance leaked to the media, he had the option to cancel.
The reaction of the crowd was impressively ecstatic — the song is nearly 20 years old, after all, and several of the evening’s stars who sang along probably remember it from their teens — with everyone...
Eminem’s appearance was a tightly kept secret: Sources say the Dolby Theater was put on lockdown during rehearsals, and that if the news of his appearance leaked to the media, he had the option to cancel.
The reaction of the crowd was impressively ecstatic — the song is nearly 20 years old, after all, and several of the evening’s stars who sang along probably remember it from their teens — with everyone...
- 2/10/2020
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
“Eminem wants to sample our dad,” Catarina Spinetta told her siblings. It was a mid-October day and they were celebrating their sister Vera’s birthday. “We we were just surprised,” she adds.
It all started in September 2019, when they were contacted by Eminem’s label, Shady Records, along with Peermusic and Sony/Atv Music Publishing. Representatives for the label had requested authorization to use “Ámame Peteribí,” a song composed by Luis Alberto Spinetta, Carlos Cutaia and Black Amaya — which featured in Pescado Rabioso’s 1973 album, Pescado II.
Pescado Rabioso was one...
It all started in September 2019, when they were contacted by Eminem’s label, Shady Records, along with Peermusic and Sony/Atv Music Publishing. Representatives for the label had requested authorization to use “Ámame Peteribí,” a song composed by Luis Alberto Spinetta, Carlos Cutaia and Black Amaya — which featured in Pescado Rabioso’s 1973 album, Pescado II.
Pescado Rabioso was one...
- 1/18/2020
- by Manuel Buscalia
- Rollingstone.com
Can we agree that among the eight Oscar nominations granted “A Star Is Born,” its likeliest win will be Best Song for “Shallow”? That soaring ballad sold the music-packed showbiz saga’s first trailer like nobody’s business as Lady Gaga‘s Ally started to roar before a mic. The pop chanteuse herself would receive the honor alongside her co-writers Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt. The song has already won a Golden Globe and is up for four Grammys, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Judging by the combined odds chart based on rankings by Experts, Editors and Users, “Shallow’s” support is quite deep, with more than 2,200 predicting it will win.
Songs that bring home the Academy Award usually benefit from actually being performed onscreen and not just heard, and Gaga and Bradley Cooper do a mesmerizing job of selling this tune. But...
Judging by the combined odds chart based on rankings by Experts, Editors and Users, “Shallow’s” support is quite deep, with more than 2,200 predicting it will win.
Songs that bring home the Academy Award usually benefit from actually being performed onscreen and not just heard, and Gaga and Bradley Cooper do a mesmerizing job of selling this tune. But...
- 1/28/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Kendrick Lamar was skunked by the Grammys for Album of the Year again this year, with the recording academy once again voting for the most adult-contemporary-friendly option — in this case, Bruno Mars (“24K Magic”). But why wait around for music’s top prize when you can go for film’s highest honor? He co-wrote the entire soundtrack album for the new Marvel film “Black Panther.” He might actually have a better shot at the Oscars since the motion picture academy has demonstrated that it’s far more open to hip-hop music than the Grammys are. Watch Lamar’s video for “All the Stars” with Sza above.
The Oscars have spent recent years trying to respond to the #OscarsSoWhite backlash from 2016 when there were no people of color represented among the 20 acting nominees. Since then the academy has opened up to a broader, more diverse, more international membership, but they were...
The Oscars have spent recent years trying to respond to the #OscarsSoWhite backlash from 2016 when there were no people of color represented among the 20 acting nominees. Since then the academy has opened up to a broader, more diverse, more international membership, but they were...
- 2/12/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Langston Fishburne (son of Laurence Fishburne) stars in the below short film written and directed by Luke Jaden (lukejaden.com), titled "The Neverlands" - the place where lost boys graduate into a life of chaos at a young age to be permanently cast out of society; where squandered youth meets manhood head on, as described by the filmmaker. Produced by Cort Johns, Tom Novell, Gerard Victor, Vincent Shade, and Claire Connelly, "The Neverlands" also features the acting talents of Issac Ryan Brown, Joseph Kathrein, Sam Brice, and Ed Kelly. It was shot by cinematography Joel C. Warren, edited by Nick Hrycyk, with an original score by Luis Resto...
- 3/1/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
The race for best original song at this year’s Academy Awards includes a number of big name recording artists whose work for film has been generating significant Oscar buzz.
In past years the category has seen a number of popular, chart-topping performers take home the statuette, including John Legend and Common’s “Glory” from last year’s best picture nominee Selma, about Martin Luther King’s historic march for civil rights and 2013’s “Skyfall”, performed and co-written by British songstress Adele with co-writer Paul Epworth, for the 007 film of the same name.
This year another James Bond theme is in the hunt for best original song, as Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall”, co-written with accomplished British songwriter James Napier (a.k.a. Jimmy Napes), the Spectre title track that became the first No. 1 in Bond theme history, has earned a Golden...
Managing Editor
The race for best original song at this year’s Academy Awards includes a number of big name recording artists whose work for film has been generating significant Oscar buzz.
In past years the category has seen a number of popular, chart-topping performers take home the statuette, including John Legend and Common’s “Glory” from last year’s best picture nominee Selma, about Martin Luther King’s historic march for civil rights and 2013’s “Skyfall”, performed and co-written by British songstress Adele with co-writer Paul Epworth, for the 007 film of the same name.
This year another James Bond theme is in the hunt for best original song, as Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall”, co-written with accomplished British songwriter James Napier (a.k.a. Jimmy Napes), the Spectre title track that became the first No. 1 in Bond theme history, has earned a Golden...
- 1/6/2016
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Since its premiere at Sundance, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood has been garnering Oscar buzz and rave reviews. The film could score nominations for best picture, director, actor and more, but after submitting three songs to the Academy for consideration in the best original song category, the film could add another nomination. Two of the songs were written by Ethan Hawke, who could garner a best supporting actor nomination for his portrayal of the father. If Hawke receives a best original song nomination for one of his songs, he will join a short list of actors who have scored nominations for songs since 1994.
Both Annette O’Toole and her husband Michael McKean were nominated in 2004, for their song “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow,” which appeared in 2003’s A Mighty Wind. Well known for her role on Smallville as Martha Kent, O’Toole didn...
Managing Editor
Since its premiere at Sundance, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood has been garnering Oscar buzz and rave reviews. The film could score nominations for best picture, director, actor and more, but after submitting three songs to the Academy for consideration in the best original song category, the film could add another nomination. Two of the songs were written by Ethan Hawke, who could garner a best supporting actor nomination for his portrayal of the father. If Hawke receives a best original song nomination for one of his songs, he will join a short list of actors who have scored nominations for songs since 1994.
Both Annette O’Toole and her husband Michael McKean were nominated in 2004, for their song “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow,” which appeared in 2003’s A Mighty Wind. Well known for her role on Smallville as Martha Kent, O’Toole didn...
- 11/10/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
LONDON -- Netherlands-based Fintage Music said Tuesday it has acquired international publishing rights outside North America to 8 Mile Style, the Detroit catalog that features songs by Eminem (Marshall Mathers), Luis Resto and Steve King. No financial details were disclosed for the deal, which includes tracks recorded by 50 Cent, D12, Jay Z and Lloyd Banks as well as songs on Eminem's album "Curtain Call". Joel Martin, managing partner of 8 Mile Style, said he has known Fintage Music executive vp Bruce Lampcov, who recently joined the company, for many years and that made the decision easier.
- 1/10/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rap superstar Eminem slept through his Oscar win on Sunday. The hip-hopper scooped the Best Song Academy Award for "Lose Yourself," from the soundtrack to his 2002 movie 8 Mile. But rather than slip into a tux for the glitzy Hollywood bash - Eminem chose to snooze through the three-and-a-half hour-long event, at his home in Detroit. "Lose Yourself" co-writer Luis Resto, who stepped up on stage at the Kodak Theater to accept the statuette from Barbra Streisand says he called the rapper to congratulate him - and found him fast asleep. Resto explains, "He was asleep. It wasn't out of any disrespect. We just didn't expect to win."...
- 3/26/2003
- WENN
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