The Oscars are known as the most predictable film awards, and it looks like this year will be no exception. After La La Land swept the competition at the Golden Globes, the Critics' Choice Awards and the BAFTA British Film Awards, it looks like the popular Hollywood musical will take home a few Oscars on Sunday night (probably including the Oscar for Best movie). But despite its predictability, the Oscars have historically thrown up a few surprises in the form of various fashion fiascos, on-stage mishaps and inspirational speeches. Check out some of the most shocking moments in Academy Awards movie history below.
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Two years after the last Bond, secret agent James Bond is back in front of the cameras. 25 The James Bond film does not yet have a title, so it is already known that it will also be filmed in Croatia.
The film Hidden Figures (2016) is a true and inspiring story about three black female scientists who worked at the American space agency NASA when the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union was at its peak. The film boasts three Oscar nominations, namely for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Octavia Spencer), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.
We recently wrote that Apple is developing its own TV content, and here is the first trailer for the reality show Planet of the Apps with Black Eyed Peas singer Will.i.am, actresses Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow, and celebrity speaker Gary Vaynerchuk and social media experts and owners of the multi-million dollar marketing agency VaynerMedia. In the show, selected app developers for Apple's operating systems, iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS will compete for funds of up to ten million US dollars.
The Oscars 2017 are approaching. The ceremony of the most prestigious film awards, which will be held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on February 26, 2017, will be hosted by the American comedian and TV host Jimmy Kimmel. And while we're all anxiously waiting to see who will take home the top prizes and whether La La Land will break the records of Titanic, Ben-Hur and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King with 11 statuettes, let's take a look at which actresses from the year 1927 took home the statuette for the leading female role to this day.
Many people do not like movies with special effects. Most of the time we accuse them of inauthenticity. With them, directors lose touch with reality and the laws of physics, which is why we have films like Mission: Impossible, James Bond and Transformers, etc., where many things seem to be at odds with reality. But after watching this clip, you'll realize that nothing is as it seems, and that it's actually an ordinary movie full of special effects. Like flash photography, which does its best work when we don't know it's been used, the art of special effects lies in not noticing them, and the filmmakers have honed this to perfection.
Song to Song is a romantic drama directed by Terrence Malick, starring Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett and Ryan Gosling, who returned to the piano after La La Land. in contrast to the mentioned film, which takes place in the 1950s, the film Song to Song is set in the present day, more precisely in the American Austin (Texas), and in it Gosling, who recently sang with Emma Stone, once again alongside he also shows acting and musical and singing talent.
The movie The Ticket is the story of a man who is blind from the wound of his youth, and then overlooks the beauty, but then goes metaphorically blind in the pursuit of a better life. Dan Stevens, who will also soon be seen in the film Beauty and the Beast, stars in Oda Fluk's drama.
Have you seen the movie Fifty Shades Darker? All of you who stayed in the cinema until the end were treated to a glimpse of the last part called Fifty Shades Freed, which comes to cinemas in 2018 and concludes the notorious erotic trilogy of EL James.
The House is a comedy about two parents who want to put their daughter through the university she wants, but after losing all the money they saved for her tuition, they do what (almost) any parent would do - they open an underground casino to get their hands on desired money. The film stars Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler and Ryan Simpkins.
The greatest achievement for people from the world of film, music and theater is not only the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar or Tony awards. It is the sum of all four! And the celebrities who managed to receive all these awards - known by the acronym EGOT - could be counted on one hand. Well, almost. Only 12 people received all 4 awards.
The Bad Batch is a cannibalistic love story from Iranian-American director Ana Lily Amirpour, starring Jason Momoa (not above, of course), Suki Waterhouse, Keanu Reeves, Giovanni Ribisi, Diego Luna, Jim Carrey and Yolanda Ross.