By Matt Grobar
13.01.2020 - 19:51 / billboard.com
The nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards are here -- and with them come a few surprises, including one glaring snub standing out in the musical categories.
On Monday morning (Jan. 13), Issa Rae and John Cho read through the list of contenders and revealed that many of the movies that dominated the winners list of prior awards shows are up for the major music honors.
The best original song race features Elton John and Bernie Taupin's latest for the Rocketman soundtrack, "(I'm Gonna) Love Me
By Matt Grobar
Disney’s “The Lion King” remake, which won outstanding visual effects in a photoreal feature and putstanding virtual cinematography in a CG project at the Visual Effects Society, was a game-changer when it came to filmmaking. Visual effects supervisor Rob Legato and the VFX team took elements from live-action filmmaking, mixed in virtual reality technology and gaming technology to bring it all to life.
The Lion King, Joaquin Phoenix and Cynthia Erivo have landed the top awards at animal rights group PETA’s annual Oscats.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Tuesday announced the Hollywood actors and movies it is honoring this year for being animal-friendly with annual Oscats awards for Joaquin Phoenix, Cynthia Erivo and Tom Hanks.And Disney's The Lion King won for best picture for its "breathtaking CGI (computer-generated imagery) to portray its cast of wild-animal characters instead of exploiting a single real one," the animal rights group said in its announcement, while the trophy for the best
Look, you got your Disney+ subscription for two things: a quiet bounty hunter traversing the galaxy with his baby, a merchandising jackpot, and talking animals. The latter is covered and then some with the streaming debut of 2019's The Lion King, which is now available to watch on Disney+. (The original 1994 animated version is also available on Disney+.)
By Geoff Boucher
Elton John, Idina Menzel, Chrissy Metz, Cynthia Erivo, and Randy Newman will perform their Oscar-nominated songs at the 92nd Academy Awards next month (February 9, 2020).
Elton John will perform at the Oscars, where he is nominated for an award for best original song.
This year at the 2020 Academy Awards, all five tracks nominated for Best Original Song will be performed during the ceremony.
Questlove, drummer and one of the frontmen for The Roots, will make a "special appearance" on the 92nd annual Academy Awards on Feb. 9, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced on Thursday (Jan.
The performers for the 2020 Oscars ceremony have been revealed and include Elton John and Cynthia Erivo and other nominees for Best Original Song.
All five of this year’s Oscar-nominated original songs will be performed during the awards telecast on Feb. 9, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday.
The songs that helped make movie magic will come to life at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards!
Prince Harry, 35, saw an opportunity at took it. At the London premiere of The Lion King in July of 2019, Harry and Meghan Markle, 38, ran into the director of the movie himself, Jon Favreau, and Harry didn’t waste the opportunity on idle talk.
Headed to Hollywood? Prince Harry told The Lion King director Jon Favreau that he and Duchess Meghan are “available” for voiceover work at the film’s premiere in July 2019 — the same event where he was seen networking with Disney CEO, Bob Iger, on behalf of his wife.
Legendary R&B singer, producer and songwriter Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, 61, stopped by HollywoodLife’s Los Angeles office on Jan. 13, the same day the BeyHive was stunned to see Beyoncé’s name missing from the 2020 Oscar nominations list.