Director Kartiki Gonsalves and producer Guneet Monga became the first Indian filmmakers to claim competitive Oscars after their short documentary The Elephant Whisperers won the Academy Award tonight.
Gonsalves gave thanks to “my motherland, India,” as she accepted the award.
The Elephant Whisperers revolves around Bomman and Belli, an Indigenous couple and their “large” family – orphaned elephant calves that they help raise in the Theppakadu Elephant camp within the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in South India. Gonsalves spent five years following this human-elephant blended family for her Netflix documentary.
“I stand here today to speak for the sacred bond between us and our natural world,” Gonsalves said as she began her acceptance speech, “for the respect of Indigenous communities and empathy towards other living beings we share our space with, and finally, for coexistence.”
She added, “Thank you to the Academy for recognizing our film, highlighting Indigenous people and animals, to...
Gonsalves gave thanks to “my motherland, India,” as she accepted the award.
The Elephant Whisperers revolves around Bomman and Belli, an Indigenous couple and their “large” family – orphaned elephant calves that they help raise in the Theppakadu Elephant camp within the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in South India. Gonsalves spent five years following this human-elephant blended family for her Netflix documentary.
“I stand here today to speak for the sacred bond between us and our natural world,” Gonsalves said as she began her acceptance speech, “for the respect of Indigenous communities and empathy towards other living beings we share our space with, and finally, for coexistence.”
She added, “Thank you to the Academy for recognizing our film, highlighting Indigenous people and animals, to...
- 3/13/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
At the 2018 Oscars, Frances McDormand, who’d just won her second Best Actress Academy Award for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” asked all the female nominees to stand. Ten women will always be nominated by the academy: five for Best Actress and another five for Best Supporting Actress. Besides these other nine women, how many others were on their feet in the Dolby Theater?
Forty-seven women other than actresses were nominated for those 90th Academy Awards. Of these, only four won Oscars. By comparison, 151 men other than actors were nominated and 32 took home statuettes. Of the 20 non-gender specific categories, women were contenders in 17 of them; they were shut out of Original Score (5 men), Sound Editing (9 men) and Visual Effects (20 men).
At last year’s Academy Awards, 53 women other than actresses were nominated as were 159 men. Women make up 25% of the nominees in the non-gender specific categories compared to 23.73% in 2018. Thirteen...
Forty-seven women other than actresses were nominated for those 90th Academy Awards. Of these, only four won Oscars. By comparison, 151 men other than actors were nominated and 32 took home statuettes. Of the 20 non-gender specific categories, women were contenders in 17 of them; they were shut out of Original Score (5 men), Sound Editing (9 men) and Visual Effects (20 men).
At last year’s Academy Awards, 53 women other than actresses were nominated as were 159 men. Women make up 25% of the nominees in the non-gender specific categories compared to 23.73% in 2018. Thirteen...
- 1/1/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The trophies for the fourth annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards were handed out on Sunday with Neon’s Apollo 11 taking Best Documentary Feature. The ceremony took place at Bric in Brooklyn.
Neon was the top winner of the night with the space docu, winning five awards. Their docu The Biggest Little Farm walked away with Best Cinematography and their bee-keeping pic Honeyland won Best First Documentary Feature for Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefano.
The Biggest Little Farm led the pack this year with seven nominations while Apollo 11 (also a Neon title) and the Warner Bros. docu They Shall Not Grow Old each had six. Speaking of the latter, The Shall Not Grow Old‘s Peter Jackson won for Best Director tying with Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert who directed the Netflix docu American Factory.
The ceremony also honored the great documentarian Frederick Wiseman with the D.A.Pennebaker Award...
Neon was the top winner of the night with the space docu, winning five awards. Their docu The Biggest Little Farm walked away with Best Cinematography and their bee-keeping pic Honeyland won Best First Documentary Feature for Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefano.
The Biggest Little Farm led the pack this year with seven nominations while Apollo 11 (also a Neon title) and the Warner Bros. docu They Shall Not Grow Old each had six. Speaking of the latter, The Shall Not Grow Old‘s Peter Jackson won for Best Director tying with Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert who directed the Netflix docu American Factory.
The ceremony also honored the great documentarian Frederick Wiseman with the D.A.Pennebaker Award...
- 11/11/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
In 2018, Americans watched in horror from afar as the tiny town of Paradise in Northern California became engulfed in flames. Eighty-five people died in what would become the deadliest and most destructive forest fire in the state’s history, and the sixth deadliest in United States history. The devastating outcome of that fateful disaster has been chronicled in a 40-minute documentary “Fire in Paradise,” titled for the ironically named town at the center of the destruction. The film, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at the Hamptons International Film Festival, has now released its first gripping trailer.
The synopsis provided by the Hamptons International Film Festival reads: “On the morning of November 8, 2018, a seemingly small fire broke out in Butte County, California, near the town of Paradise. Over the course of a few short hours, the Camp Fire grew into...
The synopsis provided by the Hamptons International Film Festival reads: “On the morning of November 8, 2018, a seemingly small fire broke out in Butte County, California, near the town of Paradise. Over the course of a few short hours, the Camp Fire grew into...
- 10/16/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Nine guests of The Hollywood Reporter's 'Awards Chatter' podcast won Academy Awards on Sunday night. You can find their names — and links to listen to their episodes — below. And you can click here to subscribe for free to the podcast, providing you with access to all our past episodes and alerts about future ones.
Mahershala Ali (Green Book), best supporting actor — Listen
Melissa Berton (Period. End of Sentence.), best documentary short — Listen
Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther), best costume design — Listen
Olivia Colman (The Favourite), best actress — Listen
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma), best director and best cinematography — Listen
Lady Gaga (A Star Is ...
Mahershala Ali (Green Book), best supporting actor — Listen
Melissa Berton (Period. End of Sentence.), best documentary short — Listen
Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther), best costume design — Listen
Olivia Colman (The Favourite), best actress — Listen
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma), best director and best cinematography — Listen
Lady Gaga (A Star Is ...
- 2/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nine guests of The Hollywood Reporter's 'Awards Chatter' podcast won Academy Awards on Sunday night. You can find their names — and links to listen to their episodes — below. And you can click here to subscribe for free to the podcast, providing you with access to all our past episodes and alerts about future ones.
Mahershala Ali (Green Book), best supporting actor — Listen
Melissa Berton (Period. End of Sentence.), best documentary short — Listen
Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther), best costume design — Listen
Olivia Colman (The Favourite), best actress — Listen
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma), best director and best cinematography — Listen
Lady Gaga (A Star Is ...
Mahershala Ali (Green Book), best supporting actor — Listen
Melissa Berton (Period. End of Sentence.), best documentary short — Listen
Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther), best costume design — Listen
Olivia Colman (The Favourite), best actress — Listen
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma), best director and best cinematography — Listen
Lady Gaga (A Star Is ...
- 2/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Diversity was one of the biggest winners at the Oscars on Sunday, with three out of the four top acting awards won by non-white actors as Regina King, Mahershala Ali and Rami Malek triumphed for their roles in If Beale Street Could Talk, Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody, respectively. In 2015, not a single non-white actor was nominated in the acting categories.
Meanwhile, production designer Hannah Beachler and costume designer Ruth Carter became only the second and third African American women to win non-acting Oscars for their work on Black Panther. Both were also the first black winners ever in their categories.
In a night of many firsts, Peter Ramsey became the first black person to win the award for best animated feature along with his co-directors Bob Persichetti and Rodney Rothman and producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse.
Mahershala Ali, a best supporting actor winner two years for Moonlight,...
Meanwhile, production designer Hannah Beachler and costume designer Ruth Carter became only the second and third African American women to win non-acting Oscars for their work on Black Panther. Both were also the first black winners ever in their categories.
In a night of many firsts, Peter Ramsey became the first black person to win the award for best animated feature along with his co-directors Bob Persichetti and Rodney Rothman and producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse.
Mahershala Ali, a best supporting actor winner two years for Moonlight,...
- 2/25/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter
Period. End of Sentence just won the Oscar for best documentary short subject at the 2019 Academy Awards. The 26-minute film, which you can watch on Netflix, centers on The Pad Project, an organization that brought a pad-making machine to a small town in India.
Yes, this incredible short film is about menstruation, and upon winning the Oscar, director Rayka Zehtabchi even said, "I can't believe a film about menstruation just won an Oscar."
Related: Lady Gaga Gives an Impassioned Speech About Chasing Your Dreams as She Wins Her First Oscar
The story behind this film started several years ago, when Los Angeles-based teacher Melissa Berton helped a group of her students start The Pad Project. After Berton's daughter and student Helen Yenser learned about the stigma surrounding periods in other countries, she and her fellow students raised enough money to send a pad-making machine to Kathikhera,...
Period. End of Sentence just won the Oscar for best documentary short subject at the 2019 Academy Awards. The 26-minute film, which you can watch on Netflix, centers on The Pad Project, an organization that brought a pad-making machine to a small town in India.
Yes, this incredible short film is about menstruation, and upon winning the Oscar, director Rayka Zehtabchi even said, "I can't believe a film about menstruation just won an Oscar."
Related: Lady Gaga Gives an Impassioned Speech About Chasing Your Dreams as She Wins Her First Oscar
The story behind this film started several years ago, when Los Angeles-based teacher Melissa Berton helped a group of her students start The Pad Project. After Berton's daughter and student Helen Yenser learned about the stigma surrounding periods in other countries, she and her fellow students raised enough money to send a pad-making machine to Kathikhera,...
- 2/25/2019
- by Hedy Phillips
- Popsugar.com
Even those who didn’t win big at the Oscars this year have reason to celebrate — Sunday’s ceremony set new records for the number of both black and female winners.
Seven black men and women scooped up trophies at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, two more than the previous record, which came in 2017.
Meanwhile, 15 women grabbed gold during the show, beating the previous record of 12, from 2014 and 2016.
Of the black winners, almost all were first-time Oscar recipients, including Regina King (Best Supporting Actress, If Beale Street Could Talk), Ruth E. Carter (Best Costume Design, Black Panther), Hannah Beachler (Best Achievement in Production Design,...
Seven black men and women scooped up trophies at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, two more than the previous record, which came in 2017.
Meanwhile, 15 women grabbed gold during the show, beating the previous record of 12, from 2014 and 2016.
Of the black winners, almost all were first-time Oscar recipients, including Regina King (Best Supporting Actress, If Beale Street Could Talk), Ruth E. Carter (Best Costume Design, Black Panther), Hannah Beachler (Best Achievement in Production Design,...
- 2/25/2019
- by Rachel DeSantis
- PEOPLE.com
With a variety of controversies and cock-ups to deal with over the past decade, it seems the organisers of the Academy Awards are working hard to make the show as anodyne as possible.
The lack of a host meant there was no through-thread. No tone. No obvious style or approach. Instead, Hollywood star after Hollywood star appeared on stage with a single goal – read a well-prepared script from an autocue, and don’t f*** it up.
There was the odd occasion when a presenter went off piste – Samuel L. Jackson, for example, who gave a misjudged sports update to his best pal, Spike Lee, much to the bemusement of the rest of the world. It didn’t help that Lee subsequently won the award Jackson was announcing, making it all feel a bit cosy and, well, set up.
On the bright side, the show zipped along at pace. Winners were...
The lack of a host meant there was no through-thread. No tone. No obvious style or approach. Instead, Hollywood star after Hollywood star appeared on stage with a single goal – read a well-prepared script from an autocue, and don’t f*** it up.
There was the odd occasion when a presenter went off piste – Samuel L. Jackson, for example, who gave a misjudged sports update to his best pal, Spike Lee, much to the bemusement of the rest of the world. It didn’t help that Lee subsequently won the award Jackson was announcing, making it all feel a bit cosy and, well, set up.
On the bright side, the show zipped along at pace. Winners were...
- 2/25/2019
- by Richard Phippen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Honouring a stream of women, people of colour and films and talent from across the world, Oscars 2019 turned out to be a night of many firsts and an example of how diversity needs to be embraced now more than ever.
A record seven bl@ck men and women - Regina King, Mahershala Ali, Ruth E. Carter, Hannah Beachler, Peter Ramsey, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee - won Oscars here at Sunday night's ceremony, where "Green Book", which explores race relations in the Us in the 1960s, was named the Best Picture, reports etonline.com.?
Bohemian Rhapsody, on the eventful life of Queen star Freddie Mercury, who had Indian roots, had a drumroll moment with four wins, while India-set documentary "Period. End of Sentence", co-produced by Indian producer Guneet Monga, won the best documentary short subject.
Bohemian Rhapsody led the 91st Academy Awards, taking home four awards in the best actor,...
A record seven bl@ck men and women - Regina King, Mahershala Ali, Ruth E. Carter, Hannah Beachler, Peter Ramsey, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee - won Oscars here at Sunday night's ceremony, where "Green Book", which explores race relations in the Us in the 1960s, was named the Best Picture, reports etonline.com.?
Bohemian Rhapsody, on the eventful life of Queen star Freddie Mercury, who had Indian roots, had a drumroll moment with four wins, while India-set documentary "Period. End of Sentence", co-produced by Indian producer Guneet Monga, won the best documentary short subject.
Bohemian Rhapsody led the 91st Academy Awards, taking home four awards in the best actor,...
- 2/25/2019
- GlamSham
Well, another Oscars is in the books! The 91st edition of the kudosfest featured a wide variety of speeches from winners. Some were eloquent and touching like Best Supporting Actress winner Regina King. Others served as a call to action like Best Adapted Screenplay victor Spike Lee and Best Documentary Short winner Melissa Berton. Others were just completely flabbergasted like Best Actress champ Olivia Colman. Here’s a look at the six speeches that stood out the most during this year’s ceremony.
SEE2019 Oscars: Full list of winners (and losers) at the 91st Academy Awards
Best Actress: Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
Colman had the same stunned reaction that most of us had when she beat Glenn Close (“The Wife”) with her performance as Queen Anne. It was actually quite similar to Close’s surprised reaction when she won at the Golden Globes. When Colman finally collected herself she said,...
SEE2019 Oscars: Full list of winners (and losers) at the 91st Academy Awards
Best Actress: Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
Colman had the same stunned reaction that most of us had when she beat Glenn Close (“The Wife”) with her performance as Queen Anne. It was actually quite similar to Close’s surprised reaction when she won at the Golden Globes. When Colman finally collected herself she said,...
- 2/25/2019
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Backstage during the live ABC telecast of the 91st Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 24, 2019.
The 91st Oscars were awarded at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 24. Green Book took home the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Below is the list of winners.
Performance by an actor in a leading role nominees:
Christian Bale in Vice
Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe in At Eternity’S Gate
Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody – Winner!!
Viggo Mortensen in Green Book
Performance by an actor in a supporting role nominees:
Mahershala Ali in Green Book – Winner!!
Adam Driver in BLACKkKLANSMAN
Sam Elliott in A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell in Vice
Performance by an actress in a leading role nominees:
Yalitza Aparicio in Roma
Glenn Close in The Wife
Olivia Colman in The Favourite – Winner!
The 91st Oscars were awarded at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 24. Green Book took home the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Below is the list of winners.
Performance by an actor in a leading role nominees:
Christian Bale in Vice
Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe in At Eternity’S Gate
Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody – Winner!!
Viggo Mortensen in Green Book
Performance by an actor in a supporting role nominees:
Mahershala Ali in Green Book – Winner!!
Adam Driver in BLACKkKLANSMAN
Sam Elliott in A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell in Vice
Performance by an actress in a leading role nominees:
Yalitza Aparicio in Roma
Glenn Close in The Wife
Olivia Colman in The Favourite – Winner!
- 2/25/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It’s been a bumpy road to this year’s 91st Oscar ceremony, a road plagued by controversies over hosts and category presentations. But to their credit, producers Donna Gigliotti and Glenn Weiss kept the show moving, bringing it in at just over three hours. But after all of that behind-the-scenes drama, a combination of inspiring speeches and dynamic musical performances made this year’s ceremony an unqualified success.
SEE2019 Oscars: Full list of winners (and losers) at the 91st Academy Awards
Famed rock band Queen, represented in the multiple Oscar-winning film “Bohemian Rhapsody,” kicked off the show with Adam Lambert taking lead vocals for renditions of “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions.” Whereas many Oscar ceremonies traditionally start on a more solemn and dignified note, it was refreshing to see stars like Best Actress-nominee Glenn Close, Allison Janney, and Javier Bardem rocking out in the audience.
SEE2019 Oscars: Full list of winners (and losers) at the 91st Academy Awards
Famed rock band Queen, represented in the multiple Oscar-winning film “Bohemian Rhapsody,” kicked off the show with Adam Lambert taking lead vocals for renditions of “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions.” Whereas many Oscar ceremonies traditionally start on a more solemn and dignified note, it was refreshing to see stars like Best Actress-nominee Glenn Close, Allison Janney, and Javier Bardem rocking out in the audience.
- 2/25/2019
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
At this year’s Academy Awards, 15 women won while 36 men (some multiple times) made their way to the stage of the Dolby Theater (these figures include the two men and two women are always guaranteed to win the acting awards). That marks a big increase from last year when the gender gap saw just 6 women winners versus 34 men. Scroll down to see the names of the 13 women who won at the 2019 Oscars besides actresses Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”) and Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”).
This year, 53 women other than actresses were nominated at the 91st Academy Awards. With 159 men in contention, this meant that women make up 25% of the nominees in the non-gender specific categories (there will always be 10 women and 10 men nominated for the acting awards). At last year’s Oscars women represented 23.73% of the nominees in the 20 non-gender specific categories. Forty-seven women numbered among the contenders in those 17 races.
This year, 53 women other than actresses were nominated at the 91st Academy Awards. With 159 men in contention, this meant that women make up 25% of the nominees in the non-gender specific categories (there will always be 10 women and 10 men nominated for the acting awards). At last year’s Oscars women represented 23.73% of the nominees in the 20 non-gender specific categories. Forty-seven women numbered among the contenders in those 17 races.
- 2/25/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Universal’s Green Book won Best Picture tonight at the 91st annual Academy Awards, which were handed out Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The film’s Mahershala Ali also won Best Supporting Actor, and Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie and Peter Farrelly took the Original Screenplay trophy.
Fox’s Freddie Mercury/Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody ended its awards-season tour with a leading four Academy Awards tonight, led by Best Actor for Rami Malek. It also scored the hardware for Film Editing, Sound Mixing and Sound Design.
Along with Green Book, two other films also went home with three statuettes: Netflix’s Roma and Disney’s Black Panther.
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Here is the full list of winners:
Best Picture...
Fox’s Freddie Mercury/Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody ended its awards-season tour with a leading four Academy Awards tonight, led by Best Actor for Rami Malek. It also scored the hardware for Film Editing, Sound Mixing and Sound Design.
Along with Green Book, two other films also went home with three statuettes: Netflix’s Roma and Disney’s Black Panther.
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Here is the full list of winners:
Best Picture...
- 2/25/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The 91st annual Academy Awards (Oscars) was a night of incredibly well-deserved wins, first time wins, and shocking wins. See the full list of nominees and winners below.
Performance by an actress in a supporting role Regina King in “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Winner) Amy Adams in “Vice” Marina de Tavira in “Roma” Emma Stone in “The Favourite” Rachel Weisz in “The Favourite” Best documentary feature “Free Solo” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill (Winner) “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim “Minding the Gap” Bing Liu and Diane Quon “Of Fathers and Sons” Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert “Rbg” Betsy West and Julie Cohen Achievement in makeup and hairstyling “Vice” Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney (Winner) “Border” Goran Lundstrom and Pamela Goldammer “Mary Queen of Scots” Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and...
Performance by an actress in a supporting role Regina King in “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Winner) Amy Adams in “Vice” Marina de Tavira in “Roma” Emma Stone in “The Favourite” Rachel Weisz in “The Favourite” Best documentary feature “Free Solo” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill (Winner) “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim “Minding the Gap” Bing Liu and Diane Quon “Of Fathers and Sons” Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert “Rbg” Betsy West and Julie Cohen Achievement in makeup and hairstyling “Vice” Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney (Winner) “Border” Goran Lundstrom and Pamela Goldammer “Mary Queen of Scots” Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and...
- 2/25/2019
- by Andrew Wendowski
- Age of the Nerd
Oscar Sunday marked a night of important firsts — and seconds — for diverse artists and filmmakers and their Hollywood contributions.
The 2019 telecast started making history almost immediately. After Regina King accepted best supporting actress for “If Beale Street Could Talk,” Ruth E. Carter became the first African American woman to ever win best costume design, for her work on Marvel’s “Black Panther.”
“I dreamed of this night and I prayed for this night honestly…what it would mean not just for me but for young people coming behind me,” Carter told press backstage at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater. A nod to a new generation of costumers could have been expected, as the first person Carter thanked in her acceptance speech was Spike Lee. The director gave her her start, she said, and he was himself a multiple nominee on Sunday for “BlacKkKlansman.”
“I hope through my example this means there is hope.
The 2019 telecast started making history almost immediately. After Regina King accepted best supporting actress for “If Beale Street Could Talk,” Ruth E. Carter became the first African American woman to ever win best costume design, for her work on Marvel’s “Black Panther.”
“I dreamed of this night and I prayed for this night honestly…what it would mean not just for me but for young people coming behind me,” Carter told press backstage at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater. A nod to a new generation of costumers could have been expected, as the first person Carter thanked in her acceptance speech was Spike Lee. The director gave her her start, she said, and he was himself a multiple nominee on Sunday for “BlacKkKlansman.”
“I hope through my example this means there is hope.
- 2/25/2019
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Women roared at the 91st Academy Awards on Sunday, picking up a record 15 trophies — the most in Oscar history. With 39 male winners this year, that means women earned nearly 27.8 percent of the statuettes handed out.
The previous record came in both 2007 and 2015, when women earned a total of 12 statuettes, including for the two actress categories.
And it comes after just six women earned Oscars at last year’s ceremony, compared with 33 male winners. That’s little more than 15 percent. It was the lowest number of female winners since 2012’s show (the 85th annual Academy Awards), when only four women brought home statuettes.
Also Read: Oscars 2019: The Complete Winners List (Updating Live)
In addition to Regina King, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in “If Beale Street Could Talk,” and Best Actress winner Olivia Colman, for “The Favourite,” the following women earned Oscars on Sunday:
Ruth Carter, costume...
The previous record came in both 2007 and 2015, when women earned a total of 12 statuettes, including for the two actress categories.
And it comes after just six women earned Oscars at last year’s ceremony, compared with 33 male winners. That’s little more than 15 percent. It was the lowest number of female winners since 2012’s show (the 85th annual Academy Awards), when only four women brought home statuettes.
Also Read: Oscars 2019: The Complete Winners List (Updating Live)
In addition to Regina King, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in “If Beale Street Could Talk,” and Best Actress winner Olivia Colman, for “The Favourite,” the following women earned Oscars on Sunday:
Ruth Carter, costume...
- 2/25/2019
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
The 91st Annual Academy Awards are finally here, and who knows how they’re going to play out? Ironically like many of the films it’ll be honoring, the yearlong buildup and campaign for the event has been plagued by backstage controversies – with the hiring and prompt resignation of would-be Mc Kevin Hart to the debacles concerning its runtime, it looks like the host-less Oscars won’t be giving out jet skis for shortest acceptance speech this year.
With that in mind, the purpose of the Academy Awards is to celebrate 2018’s greatest movies; and following the trend of the show’s last several seasons, this year’s nominees are in themselves historic, not only for their diversity, but also for the genres and studios that they represent.
Roma, director Alfonso Cuarón’s heavy contender, racked in 10 nominations, tied for most of the night with The Favourite, as well as most ever with Crouching Tiger,...
With that in mind, the purpose of the Academy Awards is to celebrate 2018’s greatest movies; and following the trend of the show’s last several seasons, this year’s nominees are in themselves historic, not only for their diversity, but also for the genres and studios that they represent.
Roma, director Alfonso Cuarón’s heavy contender, racked in 10 nominations, tied for most of the night with The Favourite, as well as most ever with Crouching Tiger,...
- 2/25/2019
- by Luke Parker
- We Got This Covered
After Period. End of Sentence. won the award for best documentary short at the 2019 Oscars, the film's producer joked that her emotions were "not because I'm on my period," despite the film being about menstruation.
"I can't believe a film about menstruation just won an Oscar!" Rayka Zehtabchi joked upon accepting the award with fellow producer Melissa Berton.
Backstage, Zehtabchi was asked if there was a particular "hard-hitting emotional moment" on the film that made her realize the project was worth it. She began, "When I was in India shooting with ...
"I can't believe a film about menstruation just won an Oscar!" Rayka Zehtabchi joked upon accepting the award with fellow producer Melissa Berton.
Backstage, Zehtabchi was asked if there was a particular "hard-hitting emotional moment" on the film that made her realize the project was worth it. She began, "When I was in India shooting with ...
- 2/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
After Period. End of Sentence. won the award for documentary short at the 2019 Oscars, the film's producer joked that her emotions were "not because I'm on my period," despite the film being about menstruation.
"I can't believe a film about menstruation just won an Oscar!" Rayka Zehtabchi joked upon accepting the award with fellow producer Melissa Berton.
Period. End of Sentence. is the second Oscar-winning documentary short set in India this century, along with Smile Pinki (2008).
The 2019 Oscars took place at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center ...
"I can't believe a film about menstruation just won an Oscar!" Rayka Zehtabchi joked upon accepting the award with fellow producer Melissa Berton.
Period. End of Sentence. is the second Oscar-winning documentary short set in India this century, along with Smile Pinki (2008).
The 2019 Oscars took place at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center ...
- 2/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
According to our official racetrack odds, “Black Sheep” looks to be out front for this year’s Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film. Those odds are pulled together from the forecasts made by our Expert film journalists, Gold Derby Editors, top 24 users and the thousands of regular Gold Derby readers predicting the contest in our predictions center.
But how solid is “Black Sheep” in the front-runner position? Is there another short that is a more traditional fit for Oscar voters? Let’s take a more in depth look at all five of this year’s nominated short docs, in order by their current Gold Derby odds.
SEEOscars 2019: Best Animated Short preview of all 5 contenders
“Black Sheep” (odds of winning: 7/2)
This short centers on Cornelius Walker as he reminisces about his experiences dealing with racism in England in 2000. After the publicized killing of Damilola Taylor, a 10-year-old Nigerian boy in London,...
But how solid is “Black Sheep” in the front-runner position? Is there another short that is a more traditional fit for Oscar voters? Let’s take a more in depth look at all five of this year’s nominated short docs, in order by their current Gold Derby odds.
SEEOscars 2019: Best Animated Short preview of all 5 contenders
“Black Sheep” (odds of winning: 7/2)
This short centers on Cornelius Walker as he reminisces about his experiences dealing with racism in England in 2000. After the publicized killing of Damilola Taylor, a 10-year-old Nigerian boy in London,...
- 2/18/2019
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Oscar nominees Diane Warren, Mary Zophres, Terence Blanchard and more celebrated inclusion, diversity and the rising role of women at TheWrap and WanderLuxxe‘s party at Norah in West Hollywood on Wednesday night.
Among the many Oscar nominees attending the party were “BlacKkKlansman” composer Blanchard, “Free Solo” filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Shannon Dill, and Jimmy Chin and Melissa Berton, nominated for the documentary short “Period. End of Sentence.”
Nominees in categories ranging from Best Picture to Costume Design to Documentary Feature were on hand to raise a toast to mark such progress. And there were also be plenty of women on the Oscar ballot celebrating: Warren, who is up for Original Song with “I’ll Fight” from “Rbg;” Mildred Iatrou Morgan and Ai-Ling Lee, co-nominees for Sound Editing for “First Man” (Lee is also nominated for Sound Mixing); Zophres, costume designer for “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”; and more.
From left: Oscar nominee Melissa Berton,...
Among the many Oscar nominees attending the party were “BlacKkKlansman” composer Blanchard, “Free Solo” filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Shannon Dill, and Jimmy Chin and Melissa Berton, nominated for the documentary short “Period. End of Sentence.”
Nominees in categories ranging from Best Picture to Costume Design to Documentary Feature were on hand to raise a toast to mark such progress. And there were also be plenty of women on the Oscar ballot celebrating: Warren, who is up for Original Song with “I’ll Fight” from “Rbg;” Mildred Iatrou Morgan and Ai-Ling Lee, co-nominees for Sound Editing for “First Man” (Lee is also nominated for Sound Mixing); Zophres, costume designer for “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”; and more.
From left: Oscar nominee Melissa Berton,...
- 2/14/2019
- by Meriah Doty
- The Wrap
Front Row Left to Right:
Graham King, Jason Ruder, Vincent Lambe, Rodney Rothman, Nuria González Blanco, Anthony Rossomando, Gabriela Rodríguez, Christopher Miller, Diane Quon, Brandon Proctor, Eric Roth, Raymond Mansfield, Mary Zophres, Sean McKittrick, Viggo Mortensen, Marianne Farley, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey and Greg Cannom.
Second Row Left to Right:
Bobby Pontillas, Darren Mahon, Patrick J. Don Vito, Marie-Helene Panisset, Dan Deleeuw, John Casali, John Warhurst, Peter Devlin, Louise Bagnall, Jeffrey Friedman, Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Nicolas Britell, Talal Derki, Tristan Myles, Ethan Van der Ryn, Evan Hayes, Will Fetters, Gordon Sim, Skye Fitzgerald, Barbara Enriquez, Su Kim, Charles B. Wessler, Kathy Lucas.
Third Row Left to Right:
Adam McKay, Yuichiro Saito, Melissa Berton, Willem Dafoe, Diane Warren , Craig Henighan, Jeff Whitty, Barry Alexander Brown, Rich Moore, Mahershala Ali, Marc Shaiman, Bob Persichetti, Benjamin A. Burtt, David Rabinowitz, Jose Antonio Garcia, Mark Ronson, Patricia Dehaney, Dede Gardner, John Walker , Marshall Curry, Bing Liu,...
Graham King, Jason Ruder, Vincent Lambe, Rodney Rothman, Nuria González Blanco, Anthony Rossomando, Gabriela Rodríguez, Christopher Miller, Diane Quon, Brandon Proctor, Eric Roth, Raymond Mansfield, Mary Zophres, Sean McKittrick, Viggo Mortensen, Marianne Farley, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey and Greg Cannom.
Second Row Left to Right:
Bobby Pontillas, Darren Mahon, Patrick J. Don Vito, Marie-Helene Panisset, Dan Deleeuw, John Casali, John Warhurst, Peter Devlin, Louise Bagnall, Jeffrey Friedman, Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Nicolas Britell, Talal Derki, Tristan Myles, Ethan Van der Ryn, Evan Hayes, Will Fetters, Gordon Sim, Skye Fitzgerald, Barbara Enriquez, Su Kim, Charles B. Wessler, Kathy Lucas.
Third Row Left to Right:
Adam McKay, Yuichiro Saito, Melissa Berton, Willem Dafoe, Diane Warren , Craig Henighan, Jeff Whitty, Barry Alexander Brown, Rich Moore, Mahershala Ali, Marc Shaiman, Bob Persichetti, Benjamin A. Burtt, David Rabinowitz, Jose Antonio Garcia, Mark Ronson, Patricia Dehaney, Dede Gardner, John Walker , Marshall Curry, Bing Liu,...
- 2/7/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Skye Fitzgerald, director of the Oscar-nominated short documentary “Lifeboat,” has a defining memory as a filmmaker. When he was 21, he saw a car accident and watched a man die as he was being tended to by a first responder. To this day, that image has guided the stories he’s chosen to tell.
“The only principle I use when I’m selecting a story is: if I walk out of this theater tonight and I get hit by that bus, am I proud of the stories I’ve chosen and how I’ve chosen to tell them?” Fitzgerald said during a post-screening panel held by TheWrap on Tuesday.
It was that question that led Fitzgerald to create short documentary about the volunteer crews that rescue refugees lost adrift on the Mediterranean Sea, and a similar desire to tell important global stories fueled the creation of the other four nominated films...
“The only principle I use when I’m selecting a story is: if I walk out of this theater tonight and I get hit by that bus, am I proud of the stories I’ve chosen and how I’ve chosen to tell them?” Fitzgerald said during a post-screening panel held by TheWrap on Tuesday.
It was that question that led Fitzgerald to create short documentary about the volunteer crews that rescue refugees lost adrift on the Mediterranean Sea, and a similar desire to tell important global stories fueled the creation of the other four nominated films...
- 2/6/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
The range and sophistication of today’s documentary filmmaking can be clearly seen in the themes and cinematic methods of the short subject documentary Oscar nominees. Nominated filmmakers recount how they found their stories.
Black Sheep
“Black Sheep” blends dramatic recreations and interview footage to tell Brit Cornelius Walker’s story. As a teenager of Nigerian descent, he went to extremes to fit into an all-white and racist neighborhood outside London. Produced by Jonathan Chinn and directed by Ed Perkins, the short earned the top prize at the Sheffield Documentary film fest. Perkins met Walker via an informational interview and credits Walker’s uncanny ability to relate his difficult and ambiguous early life story. “He’s able to convey complicated emotions that become easy to relate to and emphasize with. He was willing to be vulnerable and brave enough to sit down in front of camera and bare his soul,...
Black Sheep
“Black Sheep” blends dramatic recreations and interview footage to tell Brit Cornelius Walker’s story. As a teenager of Nigerian descent, he went to extremes to fit into an all-white and racist neighborhood outside London. Produced by Jonathan Chinn and directed by Ed Perkins, the short earned the top prize at the Sheffield Documentary film fest. Perkins met Walker via an informational interview and credits Walker’s uncanny ability to relate his difficult and ambiguous early life story. “He’s able to convey complicated emotions that become easy to relate to and emphasize with. He was willing to be vulnerable and brave enough to sit down in front of camera and bare his soul,...
- 2/6/2019
- by Kathy A. McDonald
- Variety Film + TV
Actor-comedian and Oscar-nominated writer Kumail Nanjiani and actress–producer–director Tracee Ellis Ross announced the 91st Oscars® nominations today (January 22), live from the Academy’s headquarters in Beverly Hills via a global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org, the Academy’s digital platforms, a satellite feed, and broadcast media.
Nanjiani and Ross announced the nominees in 9 categories at 5:20 a.m. Pt, and the remaining 15 categories at 5:30 a.m. Pt. For a complete list of nominees, visit the official Oscars website, www.oscar.com.
Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.
Active members of the Academy are eligible to...
Nanjiani and Ross announced the nominees in 9 categories at 5:20 a.m. Pt, and the remaining 15 categories at 5:30 a.m. Pt. For a complete list of nominees, visit the official Oscars website, www.oscar.com.
Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.
Active members of the Academy are eligible to...
- 1/23/2019
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
Period. End of Sentence. is the little film that did, and it wouldn’t have come about without several high school girls, a high school English teacher and a Hollywood publicist who is one of the four lead producers on the film, which was just nominated for an Oscar this morning in the Best Documentary Short category.
The film’s director, Rayka Zehtabchi, was the only female to be nominated in the category. The 25-year-old graduated from USC film school just two years ago.
Six of the high school girls are executive producers. “When I graduated, one of our producers who is one of the dads of one of six high school girls [exec producer Ruby Schiff] told me about this,” Zehtabchi said today after the noms were announced. “The whole project started because of Melissa Berton who is an English teacher at Oakwood School in Los Angeles. She rounded up her...
The film’s director, Rayka Zehtabchi, was the only female to be nominated in the category. The 25-year-old graduated from USC film school just two years ago.
Six of the high school girls are executive producers. “When I graduated, one of our producers who is one of the dads of one of six high school girls [exec producer Ruby Schiff] told me about this,” Zehtabchi said today after the noms were announced. “The whole project started because of Melissa Berton who is an English teacher at Oakwood School in Los Angeles. She rounded up her...
- 1/22/2019
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
At last year’s Oscars women represented 23.73% of the nominees in the 20 non-gender specific categories. Forty-seven women numbered among the contenders in 17 races. They were shut out of Original Score (5 men), Sound Editing (9 men) and Visual Effects (20 men). By comparison, 151 men other than actors were nominated. Four women won Oscars as did 32 men.
This year, 53 women other than actresses are nominated at the 91st Academy Awards. With 159 men in contention, this means that women make up 25% of the nominees in the non-gender specific categories. This uptick came despite women being shut out of five races this year.
Besides score (5 men again) and visual effects (20 men again), women are not represented in Best Director (5 men), Cinematography (5 men) and Film Editing (5 men).
This year, one category — Costume Design — is guaranteed to have a woman win as they make up the entire slate. Women outnumber men in three categories — Makeup and Hairstyling, Documentary...
This year, 53 women other than actresses are nominated at the 91st Academy Awards. With 159 men in contention, this means that women make up 25% of the nominees in the non-gender specific categories. This uptick came despite women being shut out of five races this year.
Besides score (5 men again) and visual effects (20 men again), women are not represented in Best Director (5 men), Cinematography (5 men) and Film Editing (5 men).
This year, one category — Costume Design — is guaranteed to have a woman win as they make up the entire slate. Women outnumber men in three categories — Makeup and Hairstyling, Documentary...
- 1/22/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The streaming giant proved once again it is a force to be reckoned with at Oscar time, earning 15 nominations, up from last year’s eight nods, and charging toward the Feb. 24 ceremony armed with 10 noms for Alfonso Cuaron’s black and white Spanish-language feature Roma.
Box office in some form or fashion has always worked itself into the conversation to prop awards contenders in any given season. However, poor ticket sales can sometimes stall a contender’s chances early on its launch, particularly during the fall. While the streaming studio has provided limited theatrical releases for both Roma and the Coen Brothers’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (and have kept ticket sales unreported), Netflix has succeeded with art triumphing over commerce strategy this awards season. AMPAS voters made their selections today based on the quality of Netflix’s awards slate, not on the wattage of how commercial it was, or...
Box office in some form or fashion has always worked itself into the conversation to prop awards contenders in any given season. However, poor ticket sales can sometimes stall a contender’s chances early on its launch, particularly during the fall. While the streaming studio has provided limited theatrical releases for both Roma and the Coen Brothers’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (and have kept ticket sales unreported), Netflix has succeeded with art triumphing over commerce strategy this awards season. AMPAS voters made their selections today based on the quality of Netflix’s awards slate, not on the wattage of how commercial it was, or...
- 1/22/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
23 guests of The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast were recognized with Oscar nominations this season. Find their names — and links to listen to their episodes — below. And click here to subscribe for free to the podcast, providing you with access to all our past episodes and alerts about future ones.
Amy Adams (Vice), best supporting actress — Listen
Mahershala Ali (Green Book), best supporting actor — Listen
Melissa Berton (Period. End of Sentence), best documentary short — Listen
Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther), best costume design — Listen
Glenn Close (The Wife), best actress — Listen
Olivia Colman (The Favourite), best actress — Listen
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma), best picture, best ...
Amy Adams (Vice), best supporting actress — Listen
Mahershala Ali (Green Book), best supporting actor — Listen
Melissa Berton (Period. End of Sentence), best documentary short — Listen
Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther), best costume design — Listen
Glenn Close (The Wife), best actress — Listen
Olivia Colman (The Favourite), best actress — Listen
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma), best picture, best ...
- 1/22/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
23 guests of The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast were recognized with Oscar nominations this season. Find their names — and links to listen to their episodes — below. And click here to subscribe for free to the podcast, providing you with access to all our past episodes and alerts about future ones.
Amy Adams (Vice), best supporting actress — Listen
Mahershala Ali (Green Book), best supporting actor — Listen
Melissa Berton (Period. End of Sentence), best documentary short — Listen
Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther), best costume design — Listen
Glenn Close (The Wife), best actress — Listen
Olivia Colman (The Favourite), best actress — Listen
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma), best picture, best ...
Amy Adams (Vice), best supporting actress — Listen
Mahershala Ali (Green Book), best supporting actor — Listen
Melissa Berton (Period. End of Sentence), best documentary short — Listen
Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther), best costume design — Listen
Glenn Close (The Wife), best actress — Listen
Olivia Colman (The Favourite), best actress — Listen
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma), best picture, best ...
- 1/22/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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