Ready for the Oscars? Check out our compilation of trailers for each of the 2018 nominees for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject.
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Ready for the Oscars? Check out our compilation of trailers for each of the 2018 nominees for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject.
LaunchTalk about foreshadowing. On Friday, the Huffington Post ran an article asking, What would happen if a presenter announced the wrong winner at the Oscars?
LaunchHollywood is racist, but it’s not the racist that you’ve grown accustomed too. Hollywood is sorority racist. It’s like, “We like you Rhonda, but you’re
LaunchVice President Joe Biden and Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden will be guests of the Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for tomorrow evening’s
LaunchI want to dedicate this award for my fellow Mexicans, the ones who live in Mexico. I pray that we can find and build a
LaunchLady Gaga takes in the applause from every corner of the Dolby Theatre after performing a medley of songs from The Sound of Music. (Photo: Craig Sjodin/ABC, courtesy of the Walt Disney Company. Reproduced under a Creative Commons license.)
LaunchSelma is now… The struggle for justice is now. The Voting Rights Act that they fought for fifty years ago is being compromised right now
LaunchThis year’s In Memoriam segment at the Academy Awards, introduced by acclaimed actress Meryl Streep, inexplicably omitted Joan Rivers and Jan Hooks, leaving many Oscar
LaunchPatricia Arquette delivers her memorable Academy Awards acceptance speech. (Photo: Craig Sjodin/ABC, courtesy of the Walt Disney Company. Reproduced under a Creative Commons license.)
LaunchTo every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time
LaunchOscars 2015: Female directors scarce at Hollywood’s major studios The Los Angeles Times asked why the directing profession is dominated by men. Women directed a
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