The 96th Academy Awards ceremony will have its fair share of stars in the crowd — and on stage.
On Monday, the Oscars announced that Zendaya, Nicolas Cage, Michelle Yeoh, and Michelle Pfeiffer are among the actors confirmed to present trophies at the March 10 awards ceremony.
The first cohort also includes the four acting winners from 2023’s show: Brendan Fraser from The Whale, along with the Everything, Everywhere All at Once winning trio Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Also joining the list of presenters are Moonlight‘s Mahershala Ali,...
On Monday, the Oscars announced that Zendaya, Nicolas Cage, Michelle Yeoh, and Michelle Pfeiffer are among the actors confirmed to present trophies at the March 10 awards ceremony.
The first cohort also includes the four acting winners from 2023’s show: Brendan Fraser from The Whale, along with the Everything, Everywhere All at Once winning trio Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Also joining the list of presenters are Moonlight‘s Mahershala Ali,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Danielle Brooks knows The Color Purple’s Sofia inside out. She spent a year as the boisterous wife in the Broadway revival in 2015, and boasts that she knows everything from the character’s Zodiac sign to the color socks she wore. A decade before her fiery onstage performance, a 15-year-old Brooks admired Felicia P. Fields as Sofia in its initial run on Broadway, whose defiant demeanor made her vulnerable to racial violence. Despite her lifelong ties to the role, she still had to prove herself for the big budget movie musical.
- 2/26/2024
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
In 1964 Barbra Streisand became a star when she opened the original Broadway production of “Funny Girl” as real-life actress, singer and comedian Fanny Brice. Despite rave reviews, she ended up losing the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical to Carol Channing for “Hello, Dolly!” But in 1968 Babs made her motion picture debut in a film adaptation of “Funny Girl” directed by William Wyler, reprising her role as Fanny. She went on to win the Oscar for Best Actress (famously in a tie with Katharine Hepburn for “The Lion in Winter”). In 1970 Eileen Heckart was Tony nominated for her featured performance as Mrs. Baker in “Butterflies are Free,” but lost to her co-star Blythe Danner. But in 1972 Heckart reprised her role in a film adaptation, which won her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
SEERay Richmond: Oprah discusses taking her ‘The Color Purple’ journey full circle following Thursday night world...
SEERay Richmond: Oprah discusses taking her ‘The Color Purple’ journey full circle following Thursday night world...
- 11/29/2023
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
by Cláudio Alves
A shadow of uncertainty has loomed over the awards season for a long time. It was the enigma of a major contender yet unwatched until last week when the first screenings of The Color Purple movie musical finally took place. Now, it feels like the race is truly on, with the Blitz Bazawule's picture firmly established in the run for gold. And of the categories it might compete in, Best Supporting Actress is the surest bet. Indeed, some folk are already predicting Danielle Brooks for a sweeping victory thanks to Sofia, the sing-and-dance version of the same role that earned Oprah Winfrey a nomination 38 years ago. On stage, both Brooks and Felicia P. Fields have earned nods for the part, too. But will Taraji P. Henson's Shug Avery follow her into the 96th Academy Awards ballot?
These matters make one think about the history of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar,...
A shadow of uncertainty has loomed over the awards season for a long time. It was the enigma of a major contender yet unwatched until last week when the first screenings of The Color Purple movie musical finally took place. Now, it feels like the race is truly on, with the Blitz Bazawule's picture firmly established in the run for gold. And of the categories it might compete in, Best Supporting Actress is the surest bet. Indeed, some folk are already predicting Danielle Brooks for a sweeping victory thanks to Sofia, the sing-and-dance version of the same role that earned Oprah Winfrey a nomination 38 years ago. On stage, both Brooks and Felicia P. Fields have earned nods for the part, too. But will Taraji P. Henson's Shug Avery follow her into the 96th Academy Awards ballot?
These matters make one think about the history of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
Welcome to Oscar Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Oscar race — via Slack, of course. This week, we discuss Best Supporting Actress, which feels wide open right now.
Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! I’ve had this Leonard Bernstein quote stuck in my head since we saw “Maestro” on Monday night: “A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and, its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.” I bring it up because it feels somewhat appropriate, not just for the content of “Maestro” but the state of this year’s Best Supporting Actress race. A few weeks ago, this race wasn’t particularly opaque. But now that “Killers of the Flower Moon” star Lily Gladstone has decided to campaign for Best Actress, it’s chaos magic. “The Holdovers” star Da’Vine Joy Randolph...
Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! I’ve had this Leonard Bernstein quote stuck in my head since we saw “Maestro” on Monday night: “A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and, its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.” I bring it up because it feels somewhat appropriate, not just for the content of “Maestro” but the state of this year’s Best Supporting Actress race. A few weeks ago, this race wasn’t particularly opaque. But now that “Killers of the Flower Moon” star Lily Gladstone has decided to campaign for Best Actress, it’s chaos magic. “The Holdovers” star Da’Vine Joy Randolph...
- 10/6/2023
- by Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
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