Category: media

“That’s what happened in 1960, she adds, to a certain violet-eyed 28-year-old, Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor went unrewarded by the Academy for National Velvet, Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Suddenly Last Summer. She won for Butterfield 8, a movie she herself called a stinker.”

“The three-day event may have struggled to attract audiences to the O2, a huge corporate space far from central London’s traditional arts hubs.”

“‘When the audience has skin in the game, and they have a movie to root for that they’ve actually seen, certainly it makes for a more compelling viewing experiencing,’ said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for entertainment data firm Rentrak.”

Is it the actor from A Man for All Seasons? That hot guy from The Tudors? Or maybe the new Henry in Wolf Hall? So many, many Henrys.

“Players still aren’t buying enough games. The holiday season, an opportunity for game makers to rebound, proved that not even the biggest companies with the most highly anticipated franchises could entice consumers to spend their money on new titles.”

“We expect the Academy Awards to ignore all kinds of great genre material; the 2015 list feels all the more galling because David Oyelowo’s performance and Ava DuVernay’s direction were not just extraordinarily good, but also very Oscar-friendly.”

“There have only been four women nominated for best director — ever. And there’s been just one female winner in the 87-year history of the Academy Awards.”

Glorious Leader! lets players battle invading imperialist U.S. paratroopers, face down tanks in Pyongyang, and (of course) play basketball with Dennis Rodman. Well, it did – until game maker Moneyhorse saw its servers hacked and locked during the holidays. The company is now “reevaluating its commitment” to the project.

“Usually, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences heaps the honors on the more serious side of filmmaking. But on Thursday, the Oscars showed a sense of humor.”

“Last season, I was tickled to learn, the Royal Ballet’s live cinema relay of Tchaikovsky’s seasonal favourite The Nutcracker beat the James Bond movie Skyfall at the cinema box-office, and came second only to The Hobbit. This year, the number of live opera, ballet and theatre productions that will be available to global cinema audiences is bigger than ever, with two million Britons expected to partake. ‘Event cinema’, as it is being dubbed, is now worth an estimated £15m ($23m) in the UK alone and shows no sign of abating.”