Craft Guilds and Nominees Infuriated With Oscar Telecast Changes: ‘A Kick in the Teeth’

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit.

Oscar Isaac found his signature look?On Thursday, March 17, the  star stepped out at the British Museum in London for the premiere of Disney+'s new Marvel series, , starring him as the titular character. For the special occasion, the 43-year-old actor opted for a Thom Browne ensemble consisting of a slate gray blazer, collared shirt, tie and coordinating skirt, topped off with Browne's four-bar high socks and black boots.

Perfect pairs! As the stars turned out for the 2022 Critics’ Choice Awards, many celebrity couples chose to walk the red carpet in coordinating outfits.

Lady Gaga knows how to turn up the heat on any red carpet she graces.The 35-year-old singer and actress stunned at this years' Critics Choice Awards rocking a revealing, plunging black and gold gown on the red carpet outside the The Savoy Hotel in London.The star wore her hair up and in retro-curls that continued to give the classic Hollywood vibe she rocked hours before at this year's BAFTA Awards.This year's Critics Choice Awards come on the heels of the BAFTA Awards, which is why many of the nominees attended at the ceremony in London. Gaga's BAFTA outfit was equally striking — an emerald green velvet and silk taffeta evening gown by Ralph Lauren.

Hurt had three consecutive Academy Awards nominations for Best Actor in the mid-1980s. These included Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), Children of a Lesser God (1986) and Broadcast News (1987.), He won for Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Millie Bobby Brown is making the BAFTAs a very special night!

J. Kim Murphy William Hurt, an acclaimed actor best known for his Oscar-winning performance in 1985’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman” and his work in “The Big Chill” and “Body Heat,” died Sunday of natural causes.

It’s lovely to see actresses transform into the most iconic of fashionistas. Such is the case with Emma Watson! The 31-year-old Harry Potter star was the talk of the town at the 75th British Academy of Film Awards, which took place on Sunday (March 13) at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The British beauty dazzled in her fabulous number featuring a black plunging top and white tulle skirt.

The BAFTAs 2022 are underway and there are some celebrities who are showing their support for Ukraine on their outfits.

Protesters from the climate change activist group Just Stop Oil stormed their way onto the red carpet at the BAFTA Film Awards in London this evening. About an hour before the ceremony. I was crossing behind the red carpet when a group of young people blew past security who then raced to close the barriers, but a handful of protesters made it through. Others caught behind the barricade were beating drums and cracking open smoke bombs.

David Charvet has no regrets about leaving Hollywood behind. The French-born former actor and pop star, who famously played Matt Brody on "Baywatch," chose to leave the spotlight and reinvent himself as the "father I wanted to be." The 49-year-old shares two children, daughter Heaven, 15, and son Shaya, 14, with ex-wife Brooke Burke.The pair were married from 2011 until 2020. "Before I had my first child I was traveling for five years in 42 countries doing concerts for my music," Charvet told Page Six on Friday.

Stardom wasn’t David Charvet’s cup of tea.

Jon Burlingame editorSome of Hollywood’s most high-profile filmmakers, including director James Cameron, producers Kathleen Kennedy and Lili Fini Zanuck and composer John Williams have joined the growing chorus of voices asking the Academy to reverse course and present all 23 Oscars on the live March 27 telecast.In a letter obtained by Variety and sent today to Academy President David Rubin, more than six dozen film professionals including multiple Academy Award winners, contend that the plan to present eight awards during the pre-telecast hour will “demean” these crafts and “relegate [them] to the status of second-class citizens.”The eight are original score, film editing, production design, makeup and hairstyling, sound, documentary short, live-action short and animated short. The Academy continues to insist that the nominees in those categories will be announced, and the winner’s acceptance speech aired, in edited form and aired as part of the three-hour ABC show.

Every year, the Academy and the telecast producers try their damndest to make the Oscars fresh and exciting. Often, this includes floating ideas about new changes to the ceremony that don’t always rub people the right way.

Carrie Underwood sparkles in a silver mini dress at the 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards on Monday (March 7) at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev.

The hot pre-ceremony topic among attendees of the 26th annual Art Directors Guild Awards tonight was the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ controversial decision to pre-tape several artisan awards – including production design – and edit them into the live network broadcast.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe hardest blow is the feeling that their work doesn’t matter as much as other filmmaking disciplines. That was the sentiment shared by a panel of veteran artisans who represent the craft categories that will no longer be presented live at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony on March 27.“What offends me is that somebody in the Academy would claim to or imply that they know which crafts are more important and more deserving of respect than time than other crafts,” Randy Thom, a two-time Oscar winner for sound.

Chris Willman Music WriterFamously mercurial rocker Van Morrison has not shown the same enthusiasm for Oscar campaigning that many of this year’s other Academy Awards nominees have. He and the equally press-shy Beyonce have done little or no promotion for their respective nominations for best song, or for anything else that involves interviews.