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COMPLETE OSCAR NOMINATIONS LIST – with plenty personal notes, comments and trivia – updated with winners
This year’s Oscar nominations have been announced, and for once the media pundits and social media consensus are much happier with the overall outcome, with few gripes and much to celebrate. Which doesn’t mean that there aren’t plenty sighs about … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged 2017, Academy Awards, Amy Adams, animated, Arrival, August Wilson, Debzel Washington, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, Hugh Grant, Kevin O'Connell, La La Land, Lion, Lord of the Rings, Loving, Mahershala Ali, Manchester by the Sea, Meryl Streep, Moonlight, Nominations, O.J.: Made in America, OcarsSoWhite, Oscars, short film, sound, The Red Turtle, Viola Davis, Zootopia
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All 5 Best Song OSCAR nominees on one page
The Oscar nominations were announced this morning. Here are the five Best Song nominees, three very much expected – the “La La Land” and “Moana” songs, one pretty much expected, “Can’t Stop the Feeling” from “Trolls”, and, as is customary … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Melodies Linger On
Tagged 2017, Academy Awards, audition, Benj Pasek, Best Song, Can't Stop the Feeling, City of Stars, EGOT, How Far I'll Go, Jim Foley, Justin Hurwitz, Justin Paul, Justin Timberlake, La La Land, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Melissa Etheridge, Moana, Oscars, Sting, The Empty Chair, Trolls
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TONI ERDMANN Finds The Greatest Love of All
I finally saw “Toni Erdmann”, which A. O. Scott in the New York Times calls “by a wide margin the funniest almost-three-hour German comedy you will ever see”, which swept all the top awards (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay) at … Continue reading
OSCAR NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED – so, what happened with those hoped for bragging rights, Danny?
So the Academy Award nominations were announced this morning, and as every year I had the TV on, munching my breakfast, and followed along as they were read out (see the full list of nominees at the bottom of this … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged Academy Awards, Best Song, Boy and the World, Bridge of Spies, brooklyn, Carol, Ex Machina, I'll See You in my Dreams, Lenny Abrahamson, Mad Max: Fury Road, Manta Ray, Oscars, Racing Extinction, Ridley Scott, Room, Todd Haynes
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