Critic Monica Castillo notes that it’s not the fault of the 2017 movie that the Academy didn’t recognize the 2002 movie. “Real Women didn’t receive a single nod from the academy, though it won a handful of awards in the run-up to the Oscars. That might look as if the industry were praising the movie with the white protagonist when it ignored the movie with a Latino one — that Real Women Have Curves lacked the familiarity the traditionally white, older Oscar voters would reward. … This should be a time to re-evaluate how the entertainment industry missed a remarkable movie.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
A Stolen Degas Painting Is Found, Nine Years Later, On A Bus
The painting, stolen in December, 2009, from a museum in Marseille, was (randomly, it appears) found in a suitcase on a bus outside of Paris during a customs check. “France Culture Minister Françoise Nyssen called the find a ‘happy rediscovery of a precious work belonging to the national collections, whose disappearance represented a heavy loss for French impressionist heritage.'”
Digital Maps Have Changed Everything About Being Lost
Yes, we still get lost … sort of. “The proliferation of digital maps has definitely changed the landscape, if you will, of when and how people lose their way.”
Emma Chambers, Actress From Vicar of Dibley And Notting Hill, Has Died At 53
Her daffy, loopy Alice on the long-running “Vicar of Dibley” came from very hard work. “Chambers would go over every line to make sure she got the rhythm and the tone of the lunatic she was playing, says Paul Mayhew-Archer, co-writer of the Vicar of Dibley. He told BBC Radio 5 live that despite most comedy series having an idiot, ‘she made Alice a completely unique, very special idiot.'”
Black Panther Is The Latest (And Biggest) Manifestation Of Afrofuturism
Sure, Black Panther features a black superhero (or several, if you include the women), and it’s breaking box office records, but one of the most groundbreaking things is that “it is told from an Afrocentric point of view; it breaks with the spirit of derision that has always saturated Hollywood films about Africans.”
Another ‘Activist’ Museum Director Is In Trouble For Comments
This time, it’s National Museum of Wales director David Anderson, who said in a speech that he never wanted to stand under a banner claiming Britain to be “great” – and he added, “The words are a lie. They contributed to the collective delusional madness that is Brexit.”
Legendary Bollywood Actress Sridevi Has Died At 54
She began working at age four and starred in “Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films before debuting in Hindi films. Her success led to other regional actresses like Jaya Prada to follow her to Bollywood.”
These Designers Are Academy Award Nominees For Two Different Movies In The Same Category
That’s right, they’re nominated for both Beauty and the Beast and Darkest Hour – one for costume design and two for production design. The women often work together. Who should win the Oscars? “Personally you know which you think you did your hardest work for. … But that doesn’t necessarily translate into which is the best film.”
The Temporary (And Constantly Changing) Balloon Art Of Jihan Zencirli
For her most recent large piece for the New York City Ballet, she “has set tens of thousands of balloons, measuring from ten inches to ten feet, throughout the David H. Koch Theater. They scale the building’s exterior and spill into the Lincoln Center plaza. You may even spot them around town, a colorful off-campus salute to NYCB. And because even professionally inflated balloons constantly change their shape and pop spontaneously, her creations will look different if you attend the ballet more than once this Winter Season.”
BAFTA Winners Are In, And It Looks Like Some Actors Are Cruising To The Oscars
Are best director – Guillermo del Toro – and best picture – in BAFTA’s case, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri – now a lock for the Academy Awards? (Maybe!)