The high profiles of Hollywood once again took to the Oscars red carpet donning in the very best of costumes designed by some of the world’s most renowned fashion houses. While others championed the elegance of slit gowns and well-polished tuxedo suites, others like Natalie Portman made it a core objective to draw a fashion making protest against the snub …

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences put together the 92nd Academy Awards last night inside the Dolby Theaters. Captured by Hollywood as the highest honor in the film industry, South Korean drama/mystery film ‘Parasite’ made history by becoming the first International film to win best picture. It also took home best foreign language film, best director for Bong …

The 2020 award season train ends on Sunday, February 9 at the Academy Awards. Regarded by industry players, critics and film fanatics as the biggest night in film, the best of Hollywood filmmakers and stars will gather to honor the very best with a golden statute, Oscar. Ahead of the start of the longest night in Hollywood, let’s orient ourselves …

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is out with its final list of films and actors going into the 2020 Oscar ceremony as nominees. The lineup is well dominated by Todd Philips’ ‘Joker’ leading with 11 mentions including best picture, best director for Todd and best actor for Joaquin Phoenix. Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino and Sam Mendes with …

For the second year in a row, the Academy Awards is going without a host for the 2020 ceremony. Karey Burke, entertainment president for ABC made the announcement yesterday in a statement, “Together with the Academy, we have decided there will be no traditional host, repeating for us what worked last year. It will have huge entertainment values, big musical …

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the shortlist of films in nine categories that will proceed in the hopes of becoming Oscar nominated for the 2020 race. The nine revealed categories include international feature film, documentary feature, music (original score), music (original song), live-action short film, documentary short subject, animated short film, makeup and hairstyling and …

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Academy has rejected director Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart, Nigeria’s entry for this year’s Best International Feature Film award, for its predominantly English dialogue. However, as many on social media have pointed out, including When They See Us director Ava DuVernay, English is Nigeria’s official language. In its attempt to encourage foreign language films, they ask, …

After a Toronto International Film Festival premiere in 2018 and a Netflix debut in January 2019, Genevieve Nnaji’s second produced film and directorial debut picture ‘Lionheart’ has been selected by the Nigeria Oscars Selection Committee (NOSC) for the 2020 Academy Awards. Telling the story of a young woman, Adaeze Obiagu (Genevieve Nnaji), who steps in her ailing father’s shoes to …

Ghana movie industry’s quest for world domination is close to getting a mainstream stage ready to launch it to the world. The 2020 Academy Awards is taking films made outside the U.S. for a final shortlist of nominees to make up the best foreign language category. Going through the submission process for the very first time, Ghana has selected ‘Azali’, …

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has slated February 27, 2022 as key date for the 94th Oscars ceremony. Scheduling the 94th and 93rd (previously announced to take place on Feb.28) Oscars ceremony for the last Sunday in February is an effort of the Academy to prevent future clashes with national holidays and national recognized events of equal …