You are here:
Home / Archives for Academy Award
Who in their right mind wouldn’t want to be Morgan Freeman? In addition to having one of the world’s most instantly recognizable voices, Freeman has become a cinematic icon with roles in some of the greatest movies of all time. Alas, there can only be one Morgan Freeman. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under People · Tagged Academy Award, Air Force, airplane, alcoholism, Business, businessman, celebrities, drinking, Golden Globe, golf, legendary actor, morgan freeman, Philanthropy, pilot, recognizable voices, U.S. Air Force
Every actor is bound to make a stinker or two over the course of his or her career. Heck, if you’re looking at someone like Nic Cage or John Travolta, he’s bound to make a dozen or more, and let’s not even get started on someone like Emilio Estevez or his esteemed uncle, Joe. But, [...]
Posted by Jeff Kelly on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies, People · Tagged Academy Award, adam sandler, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Ben Affleck, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis, Caligula, cary grant, Crash, Emilio Estevez, F. Murray Abraham, Freejack, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Gigli, Godfather II, Helen Mirren, Island of Doctor Moreau, Jaws The Revenge, John Gielgud, John Travolta, Justin Timberlake, Kate Beckinsale, Malcolm McDowell, Marlon Brando, Melanie Griffith, Michael Caine, Michael Corleone, mick jagger, Mike Myers, morgan freeman, On Deadly Ground, Oscar, potato chips, Return of the Killer Tomatoes, Robert DeNiro, Rocky, The Dark Knight, The Godfather, The Love Guru, The Razzies, The Silence of the Lambs, tom hanks, TopTenz YouTube, Warwick Davis-esque
In choosing ten comebacks as the greatest of all-time some standard was necessary such an auspicious list. My criteria involved two elements and within each element a measurement was used. The elements were the nature of the setback and the prominence of the comeback. The measurement for each was simply the greatness of the span [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under History, People · Tagged 2005 Tour de France, abraham lincoln, Academy Award, America, Arizona Cardinals, Army, boston red sox, Buffalo Bills, California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, cancer, cancer surgery, Carl Yastrzemski, depression, drug addiction, Duke University, Employment Change, Entertainment Weekly, ESPN, France, Germany, Golden Globe, Illinois House of Representatives, injuries, Iron Man, Japan, Jesus Christ, Josh Hamilton, Kurt Schilling, Kurt Warner, Lance Armstrong, LiveStrong Foundation, National Football League, new england patriots, New York Giants, new york yankees, nfl, Pilate, president, President of the United States, Rick McDaniel, Robert Downey Jr., st louis cardinals, St. Louis Rams, State Prison, super bowl, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Tennessee Titans, The Comeback, the NFL, the World Series, typhoid fever, U.S. Congress, Ulysses S. Grant, United States, University of Northern Iowa, University of Southern California, www.highimpactchurch.tv, Yankee Stadium
Anyone who has ever watched some cheesy B-movie on SyFy, or some aspiring college kid’s weird and stilted little video, probably never would have thought anything would come of the directors responsible for those. Well, as we’ll see, perhaps these now-famous directors shouldn’t be written off so quickly. 10. Bedhead (Robert Rodriguez) From the creator [...]
Posted by Dustin Koski on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Movies · Tagged Academy Award, American film directors, Battle Beyond the Sun, Brett Ratner, Bring Me The Head of Charlie Brown, California Institute, child actor, Disney Corporation, Dustin Koski, film, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, James Cameron, Jim Henson, Kevin Smith, Machete, Mae Day, Mason Reese, Peter Jackson, Piranha II: The Spawning, Robert Rodriguez, Roger Corman, Rush Hour, Scott Mosier, Southern California, tim burton, University of Southern California, University of Vancouver, woody allen
Family dynasties are a grand tradition in Hollywood. Below are a list of clans of famous actors, directors, writers, and producers who were related to each other. The criteria for this list is how much talent the combined members of the family had and how many generations the dynasty spanned. 10. The Reitman Dynasty Members: Ivan, [...]
Posted by Orrin Konheim on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged Academy Award, Alan Jr., Alan Ladd, Alan Ladd Jr, Alan Ladd Sr., All About Eve, Amanda Ladd, America, American film directors, Anjelica, Arturo Toscanini, assistant, Barrymore family, ben, boxer, Bridget, Britain, budding actress, Carmine, Catherine, cavalry officer, character actor, Chelsea Ladd, Christopher Guest, Clark Gable, clint eastwood, commander, Constant Gardener, counter-culture spokeswoman, D.W. Griffith, Danny Huston, Diana, director, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Jr., drew barrymore, Easy Rider, Ethel, ex son-in-law, first Oscar, Frances, Francis, George Lucas, Georgie Drew, ghostbusters, gifted and athletic actor, great actor, head of creative affairs and eventually president, Henry Fonda, Herbert Blythe, Herman Mankiewicz, Hollywood, iconic actor, Inferno, Ivan Reitman, Jamie Lee, jamie lee curtis, Jamie Lee’s assistant, Jane, Janet Leigh, Jason Reitman, Jason Schwartzman, joan crawford, John Barrymore, John Drew, John Drew Barrymore, Joseph Mankiewicz, Kelliann, Kelly Curtis, Kennedy administration, Lincoln, Lionel, Lost in Translation, Lynn, Mary Pickford, Maurice Drew, Meatballs, Mexican Army, Michael Redgrave, Movie Release, movie White Hunter, Natasha Richardson, navy, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Kim Coppola, Nicolas Cage, Norma Shearer, officer, orson welles, Oscar, oscars, painter, Peter Fonda, principal flutist, producer, Roman Coppola, Ron Howard, sailor, screenwriter, Sierra Madre, silent comedian, Sinbad, Sofia, son-in-law, Spike Jonze, Steven Spielberg, Talia Shire, The Addams Family, The Godfather, the Oscars, The Towering Inferno, Tom, Tony Curtis, Tony Richardson, top-tier screenwriter, Vanessa, Walter Huston, writer, writer /director of poignant comic films, writer and director, X-Men Origins, Young Mr. Lincoln
After winning an Oscar, an actor’s career is usually marked by the question: Did they live up to the award or not? Here are 10 Oscar-winning actors who have gone in completely different directions. 10. Donna Reed-Riding the Highs and Lows of Television Best Supporting Actress for From Here to Eternity (1953) Reed’s career after [...]
Posted by Orrin Konheim on Monday, July 25, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies, People · Tagged 10 Oscar, Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Actress, academy awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Actor, Actor for Ray, actress, Alan Arkin, Alexander Payne, American Idol, Antony's College, artist, Artistic Director, Barbara del Gettes, Beyond the Sea, Bobby Darin, California, Cannes, character actor, Cinema of the United States, classical pianist, Conservative Party, crooner, Dallas, Donna Reed-Riding, Entertainment_Culture, film, Foxx, France, Gene Wilder, George C. Scott, Glenda Jackson, goop.com, Grace Kelly, Grace Kelly-Princess, Greater London, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gwyneth Paltrow-Lifestyle Blogger, high profile actress, Human Interest, Jackson, Jamie Foxx-Multitalented Singer, Jennifer Young, Junior Transportation Minister, Kevin Spacey, Kevin Spacey-Real, London, Luise Rainer, Luise Rainer-Pioneer, Margaret Thatcher, mayor, media icon, Member Research Advisory, Monaco, original actress, Oscar, Oxford, player, Poseidon, Prime Minister, prince, Princess, queen, Rainier, Ray Charles, replacement actress, replacement judge, Richard Dreyfuss, Right, Shakespeare in Love, Sideways screenwriter, Singer, singer /songwriter, Soapdish, St. Antony's College, Star Trek: The Next Generation, suicidal poet, Supporting Actor, supporting actress, Texas, the Cannes Film Festival, The color Purple, The Country Girl, The Donna Reed Show, The Great Ziegfeld, the Oscar, the Oscars, The Player, tortured mathematician, transportation, United Kingdom, United States, Whoopi Goldberg, Women in Love
Considering the scandal, tragedy, and failure that typically plague child stars after their careers end, you’d think any parent would keep their child as far away from a Hollywood studio as humanly possible. Yet, despite the numbers of child actors who end up as drug addicts, alcoholics, criminals, or worst of all- reality show participants, [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies, People · Tagged Academy Award, Acting, Actor, ambassador and diplomat, Badass, Big Trouble in Little China, Brad Pitt, buffy the vampire slayer, But Shirley Temple, Casper, Casper Ltd, child actor, child model and actress, Christian Bale, christina ricci, Cinema of the United States, Dakota Fanning, Dana Plato, Danica McKellar, director, Disney contract player, Emmy, Empire of the Sun, Entertainment_Culture, escape, Escape From New York, Family, Family Guy, father manager, Fred Savage, gary coleman, Ghana, Goldie Hawn, government official, great actor, great actress, Harrison Ford, I Am Sam, John Carpenter, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, kid actor, King, Kirsten Dunst, Kurt Russell, Lindsey Lohan, Mary Jane, Mass media, Mermaids, named child actor, respected actor, Roger Corman, Ron Howard, Screen Actors Guild, Screen Actors Guild Award, semi-pro baseball player, Seth Green, Shirley Temple, spiderman, Steven Spielberg, Television in the United States, The Addams Family, The computer wore tennis shoes, The Thing, The Wonder Years, Tom Cruise, transition form child actor, UCLA, young actress
In the 80 or so years of its existence, the Academy Awards has made some poor choices. Dances With the Wolves over Goodfellas? Bleh. And try finding someone who could justify The Greatest Show On Earth or Around the World In 80 Days winning- let alone getting nominated. The list goes on. We know what [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 11:17 pm
Filed under Movies · Tagged A Clockwork Orange, A Streetcar Named Desire, Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Picture, academy awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, American film directors, American Film Institute, Around the World In 80 Days, Cinema of the United States, Citizen Kane, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, epic films, Faye Dunaway, film, full metal jacket, Grand Illusion, It Happened One Night, Jack Nicholson, La Grande Illusion, Network, orson welles, Reds, Robert De Niro, Rocky, Sierra Madre, Taxi Driver, The Grapes of Wrath, The Shawshank Redemption, The Third Man, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Vittorio Storaro, vivien leigh, You Can't Take It With You
As quickly as 2010 came and went, here we find ourselves in the middle of another exciting awards season. The Golden Globes have been awarded and the 83rd Oscar ceremony is next. When it comes to Hollywood’s highest honors, the Academy’s omissions often provoke more outcry and buzz than the actual winners. The Academy Awards [...]
Posted by Timeea on Friday, February 25, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged 81st Academy Awards, A Wonderful Life, Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Film Editing, academy awards, Actor, actress, Adrian Lyne, Alec Coppel, Alex Forrest, alfred hitchcock, America, American film directors, Andy Garcia, Anne Archer, Barry Malkin, Bavaria, Being John Malkovich, Best Music, Bill Murray, Bob Gunton, Brian Grazer, Bruce Nicholson, Caitlin Moran, Carmine Coppola, catholic church, Chuck Gaspar, columnist, critic, Dan Aykroyd, Daniel P. Hanley, David Frost, Dean Tavoularis, director, Double Indemnity, Egon Spengler, Elliot Tyson, Entertainment_Culture, Eric Fellner, film, Film director, Film Editing, Films considered the greatest ever, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Darabont, Frank J. Urioste, Frank Langella, Frank R. McKelvy, Frost/Nixon, Gary Fettis, George Dutton, George Dzundza, George Milo, Germany, ghostbusters, Glenn Close, Gordon Willis, Hal Pereira, harold ramis, Harry Potter, Henry Bumstead, James Dearden, James Woods, Janet Leigh, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jerry Goldsmith, Joe Eszterhas, John Bettis, John Bruno, John L. Russell, Joseph Hurley, journalist, Lisa Fruchtman, Mark Vargo, Michael Douglas, Michael Herbick, Michael Kahn, Michael Sheen, Michael Wood, Mike Hill, morgan freeman, Munich, Niki Marvin, Norman Bates, Once Upon A Time in America, Oscar, Oscar ceremony, oscars, Paramount films, Paul Verhoeven, Peter E. Berger, Peter Morgan, Peter Venkman, police detective, poltergeist, president, producer, prominent journalist, Psycho, Ray Parker Jr., Raymond Stantz, repressed energy, Richard Edlund, Richard Francis-Bruce, Richard L. Anderson, Richard Nixon, Robert Clatworthy, Robert De Niro, Robert J. Litt, Roger Deakins, Roger Ebert, Ron Howard, Sam Comer, Samuel Taylor, Seattle, Sergio Leone, Sharon Stone, Sharone Stone, Sherry Lansing, Singin' in The Rain, Sleepless in Seattle, Slumdog Millionaire, Stanley R. Jaffe, Stephen Hunter, Steven Spielberg, sun, SUN CORPORATION, Sun-Times, The Academy Awards, the BAFTA, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Golden Globes, The Magnificent Ambersons, the Oscar, The Shawshank Redemption, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Washington Post Company, Thomas Newman, Tim Robbins, Times columnist, Tobe Hooper, tom hanks, United States, USD, Vertigo, Walter Murch, Washington, Washington Post, Weaver - Dana Barrett, Willie D. Burton
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has honored and recognized outstanding cinema achievements since 1929, but believe it or not, some of Hollywood’s greatest stars have never won the big award. Who would have thought that legendary Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich never won an Oscar? And the list continues with Irene Dunne, [...]
Posted by Timeea on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies, People · Tagged A Passage to India, A Star is Born, A Streetcar Named Desire, Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, academy awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, actress, Ada McGrath, Aileen Wuornos, Alex Forrest, Alice Aisgill, Amber Waves, America, American Film Institute, America’s cinema, Amy Jolly, Angela Lansbury, Anjelica Huston, Anna Christie, Anna Leonowens, Anna Magnani, Annie Wilkes, artist, audrey hepburn, BAFTA, Ball of Fire, Barbara Graham, Barbara Stanwyck, Bavaria, Belinda McDonald, bette davis, Bette Midler, Billy Kwan, Birdie Coonan, Birdman of Alcatraz, Boogie Nights, Brenda Fricker, Brigitte Bardot, Burt Lancaster, Catherine Sloper, Cathy Whitaker, charlize theron, Cinema of the United States, Daisy Werthan, Dangerous Liaisons, Deborah Kerr, dedicated actress, Donna Reed, Dorothy Gale, Double Indemnity, Easter Parade, Edie Doyle, Edward, Eleanor Parker, Elizabeth Kenny, Elizabeth Stroud, Ellen McNulty, Emmy, Empress, Entertainment_Culture, Eva Marie Saint, Eve Black, Eve White, Evelyn Boult, Famous film director, Far from Heaven, farmer, Film director, From Here to Eternity, Gable, Germany, Ginger Rogers, Glenn Close, Gloria Grahame, Golden Apple Award, Golden Globe, Golden Globes, Grace Kelly, Greer Garson, greta garbo, Harold Arlen, Heaven Knows, Helen Keller, Holly Hunter, Honorary Academy, Human Interest, hunter, Ida Carmody, India, Ingrid Bergman, Irene Dunne, Irene Hoffman Wallner, Iris Gaines, Isabelle de Merteuil, Jane Wyman, Jennifer Jones, Jenny Fields, Jerry Bernard Martin, Jessica Tandy, joan crawford, Joanne Woodward, Jodie Foster, Josef von Sternberg, Judgment at Nuremberg, Judi Dench, Judy Garland, Judy Holliday, julia roberts, Julianne Moore, Julie Marsden, Karen Holmes, Katharine Hepburn, Kathy Bates, Katrin Holstorm, King, Laura Brown, Lavinia Mannon, leading actress, Legendary actress, Leona Stevenson, Linda Hunt, Loretta Young, Love Field, Lulu Bains, Margaret Rutherford, Marguerite Gautier, Marie Dressler, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Married to the Mob, Mass media, Meet Me in St. Louis, Meg Ryan, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mildred Pierce Beragon, Min Divot, Miracle on 34th Street, Miracle Worker, Missouri, Moe Williams, morocco, Mourning Becomes Electra, movie actress, Mr. Allison, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Miniver, My Sister Eileen, My Son, natalie wood, Nina Ivanovna 'Ninotchka' Yakushova, Ninotchka, Norma Shearer, Nuremberg, Olivia De Havilland, Oscar, oscars, Patty Duke, Peggy Ashcroft, Phyllis Dietrichson, popular supporting actress, queen, Renee Zellweger, Rita Cavallini, Rosalind Russel, Rosalind Russell, Ruby Thewes, Ruth Sherwood, Sarah Cooper, Sarah Miles, Sarah Tobias, Scarface, Screen Actors Guild, Screen Actors Guild awards, Shakespeare in Love, Shanghai Express, Shirley Jones, Short Cuts, Sibyl Railton-Bell, Simone Signoret, singer and producer, Sissy Spacek, sophia loren, St. Louis, Stella Kowalski, Stella Martin 'Stell' Dallas, supporting actress, Susan Hayward, Susie Diamond, Television in the United States, The Academy's Honorary Award, The Big Chill, The Devil is a Woman, The End of the Affair, The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Farmer's Daughter, The Hours, The Kids Are All Right, The King and I, The Song of Bernadette, The Three Faces of Eve, The Wizard of Oz, The World According to Garp, Thelma Ritter, Touch of Evil, United States, Vicki Lester, Whoopi Goldberg, With a Song in My Heart
