Lionsgate has named Joy Ride as the title of its upcoming comedy marking the feature directorial debut of Crazy Rich Asians scribe Adele Lim. The studio also on Monday unveiled the first still from the film, which you can view below.
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The Oscar Best Original Song nominees list is packed with a powerhouse roster of talent, including Rihanna, Lady Gaga, David Byrne. That sets up a collision of current musical giants come Oscar night. Of course, there’s Diane Warren, the recipient of an Honorary Oscar last month and a musical giant in her own right. She’s garnered a 14th nomination in the category with “Applause,” from the little-seen doc Tell It Like a Woman.
Not on the list is Taylor Swift, whose “Carolina” from Where the Crawdads Sing was on the shortlist of 15 films in contention to be nominated.
While she is a seven-time Grammy winner, Rihanna’s nomination today is her first Oscar nod.
This morning’s list of Original Song nominees not only broadens the relevance to the Academy’s nominations, it adds star power.
Important to the organization — and broadcaster ABC — is the prospect of a Grammy-like show in which the acceptance speeches are leavened with genuinely-entertaining performances from pop-music superstars. Anyone who remembers Beyoncé opening last year’s telecast with a performance of “Be Alive” from King Richard or Lady Gaga’s showstopping duet of “Shallow” from A Star Is Born with Bradley Cooper in 2019 understands the possibilities.
Gaga, it should be noted, won in this category for Shallow and, while not in Diane Warren’s league in terms of all-time nominations, she already has three to date.
Here are the nominees:
“Applause” from Tell It like a Woman, Diane Warren
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick, Lady Gaga and Bloodpop
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna and Ryan Coogler
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR, Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj
“This Is A Life” from Everything
Lionsgate has named Joy Ride as the title of its upcoming comedy marking the feature directorial debut of Crazy Rich Asians scribe Adele Lim. The studio also on Monday unveiled the first still from the film, which you can view below.
Keeping it real. The Real Housewives of Orange County star Emily Simpson has never shied away from talking about her plastic surgery procedures — and her recent face-lift is no exception.
From “Rocky” to “Ali,” to “The Champ,” “Creed,” and more, boxing has a storied history in cinema. Everyone loves an underdog tale, and boxing narratives always manage to expertly tell these tales of overcoming the odds and achieving greatness with many of the personal costs involved.
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While studios took advantage of expanding their Oscar nominated Best Pictures this weekend — it’s truly a post-apocalyptic, err, post-pandemic marketplace when it comes to reaping any huge box office afterglow from this year’s crop. And the irony is that there’s only one streaming title among the top 10 Best Picture bunch, that being Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front, OTT services never disclosing grosses.
You can’t really talk about the history of blockbuster filmmaking without mentioning Steven Spielberg. You could argue the summer blockbuster was created by his film, “Jaws,” decades ago.
The Oscar nominations revealed Tuesday lay out a Best Picture race that encompasses a broad range of films, from box office blockbusters like Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick to a movie that made its debut at a non-traditional awards-launching festival (Everything Everywhere All at Once, at SXSW), a Cannes Palme d’Or winner (Triangle of Sadness) and from fall festival faves like Venice (The Banshees of Inisherin, Tár), Toronto (The Fabelmans, All Quiet on the Western Front) and Telluride (Women Talking). The king has also entered the building with Elvis.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio received an Oscar nomination today, marking the first Oscar nom for animation studio ShadowMachine. Producers Corey Campodonico and Alex Bulkley spoke to Deadline with their reactions.
A commenter named Brad replied to an Oscar predictions piece I put up over the weekend and said: “There used to be a time when I anticipated the Oscar Nominations. But I feel that time has not been good to the Academy Awards and with so many awards ceremonies these days, the Oscars do not seem special like they once did.”
should be on the list as well. Here are the most glaring omissions from the from Viola Davis and Danielle Deadwyler to Mia Goth to Dolly De Leon. seemed like a no-brainer nomination for best actress given her performance as General Nanisca of the Agojie in The Woman King.
After her animated film received an Oscar nomination today, Jenny Slate said she is completely overwhelmed.
Lady Gaga and Rihanna have received nominations for Best Original Song at the 2023 Oscars.
S.S. Rajamouli’s Indian epic RRR received an Oscar nomination this morning for Best Original Song “Naatu Naatu,” but it missed out on crossing into other major categories despite strong campaigning and a groundswell of support.
The movie awards season reaches its apex Tuesday when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reveals nominations for the 95th Oscars. The unveiling is set to get underway beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET/5:30 a.m. PT in a live presentation at Oscars HQ in Hollywood hosted by Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams.