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Oscars may be postponed due to coronavirus: report

Agence France Presse
Updated as of May 20 01:49 PM

Next year's Oscars could be postponed due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus in Hollywood, trade publication Variety reported Tuesday.   Read more »

Oscars to admit streamed films next year as coronavirus upends movie going

Jill Serjeant, Reuters
Posted at Apr 29 06:45 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The organizers of the Oscars said on Tuesday that films released only on streaming platforms or video on demand while movie theaters are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic would be eligible for Academy Awards next year. Read more »

Movie review: Oscar-nominated 'Phantom Thread' now on Netflix

Fred Hawson
Posted at Apr 03 03:27 PM

"Phantom Thread" was nominated not only for Best Picture, but also for Best Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Score, and expectedly, Costume Design. Read more »

Brad Pitt snubs French Oscars as Polanski row rages

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 07:03 PM

The "French Oscars" the Cesars will be awarded Friday in a poisonous atmosphere with Roman Polanski -- whose new film has the highest number of nominations -- staying away from the ceremony because he fears a "public lynching." Read more »

Movie review: 'Bombshell' is definitely Oscar-worthy

Fred Hawson
Posted at Feb 26 11:57 AM

Charlize Theron was nominated for best actress for her apt portrayal of Kelly's quandary of professional ethics. Read more »

Trump blasts best-picture Oscar for South Korean film 'Parasite'

Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Feb 21 10:05 AM

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - President Donald Trump on Thursday ridiculed the historic best-picture Oscar win for South Korean film "Parasite," telling a campaign rally he wished for the return of Hollywood classics like 1939's "Gone with the Wind." Read more »

Black-and-white 'Parasite' a more intimate film, says director Bong

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 19 08:03 PM

Watching a black-and-white re-release of his multi-Oscar-winning movie "Parasite" will give viewers a "different" and "strange" experience, director Bong Joon-ho said Wednesday ahead of the new version opening next week. Read more »

Director of Oscar-winning 'Parasite' did not want to sugarcoat inequality

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Feb 19 05:26 PM

The stark inequality between two South Korean families portrayed in the Oscar-winning film "Parasite" might make viewers uncomfortable but it was the "only path" to revealing cold reality, the film's director, Bong Joon-ho, said on Wednesday. Read more »

Leadership of 'French Oscars' resigns amid Polanski controversy

Reuters
Posted at Feb 14 07:24 AM

PARIS (Reuters) - The management of the “French Oscars” resigned en masse on Thursday after weeks of controversy centered on director Roman Polanski, whose latest film “An Officer and a Spy” leads nominations ahead of the 2020 awards ceremony. Read more »

Actress Rose McGowan blasts Natalie Portman over Oscars cape

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 13 01:10 PM

US actress and #MeToo activist Rose McGowan has dismissed as a "fraud" Natalie Portman's Oscar dress embroidered with the names of female filmmakers overlooked for best director nominations. Read more »

'Parasite' reflects deepening social divide in South Korea

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 08:16 AM

SEOUL (Reuters) - The black comedy “Parasite” is a tale of two South Korean families - the wealthy Parks and the poor Kims - mirroring the deepening inequality in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Read more »

What the Bongslide says about the Academy. Times critics on the Oscars.

Manohla Dargis, Wesley Morris and A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Posted at Feb 11 07:37 AM

The morning after the Oscars and the historic best picture win for Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” the first South Korean film to take that prize in 92 years of competition, we asked Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott, our co-chief film critics, and Wesley Morris, a critic at large, to discuss their reactions and what it means, if anything, for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, specifically, and Hollywood in general. Read more »

Oscars TV audience hits record low in 'driverless' ceremony

Helen Coster, Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 06:39 AM

(Reuters) - The U.S. television audience for the 2020 Oscars fell to an all- time low for a ceremony that brought big wins for South Korean satire “Parasite” but was criticized by reviewers as long and haphazard. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 10, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 01:38 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

By giving Best Picture honor to Korea’s ‘Parasite,’ the Oscars just became relevant again

Andrew Paredes
Updated as of Feb 11 03:32 PM

The film from South Korea shook up the would-have-been business-as-usual Academy Awards and ran away with four of its top honors. A ceiling has indeed been broken. Read more »

'Parasite' nakuha ang top awards sa 2020 Oscars

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 08:22 PM

Nakuha ng pelikulang "Parasite" ang mga bigating award sa 92nd Academy Awards o Oscars. Read more »

Breaking the subtitle barrier: S.Koreans celebrate historic Oscar wins of 'Parasite'

Sangmi Cha and Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Feb 10 07:13 PM

South Korean social media erupted in celebration on Monday after the dark comedy "Parasite" became the first non-English language movie to win the Best Picture award, already having netted three other Oscars in a historic first for the country. Read more »

LOOK: Arci Muñoz attends Oscars event, poses with ‘Parasite’ star, director

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 06:37 PM

Arci Muñoz’s Korean language lessons paid off Monday (Manila time) when she got a chance to meet the lead star and director of the South Korean film “Parasite,” which clinched top prizes at the 92nd Academy Awards or Oscars. Read more »

The best-dressed men at the Oscars 2020

Gio Ramon
Posted at Feb 10 04:21 PM

Bong Joon-ho was the big winner in the awards race. These men were winners on the red carpet. Read more »

'Parasite' from South Korea makes Oscar history with best picture win

Jill Serjeant, Reuters
Updated as of Feb 10 03:07 PM

(UPDATED) South Korean social satire "Parasite" won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first film not in the English language to win the movie industry's highest honor. Read more »