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Tag Archives: Oscars

27Feb/17

PwC apologises for Oscars onstage gaffe

February 27, 2017FilmsAbuse, Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Awards, Adele Romanski, Anousheh Ansari, Asghar Farhadi, Business, Casey Affleck, Cinema of the United States, Company: pwc, Damien Chazelle, Donald Trump, Economy of the United States, Entertainment/Culture, Faye Dunaway, Films, Human Interest, Jimmy Kimmel, KEN ODELUGA, La La Land, Los Angeles, Mahershala Ali, Man, Manchester, Miami, Moonlight, Oscars, PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPER, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Stolen Generations, The Salesman, United States, Viola Davis, Warren Beatty, Waterhouse Coopersmbale

Onstage Oscars gaffe by PWC prompts an apology, but analysts say it’s unlikely to impact the firm’s account with the Academy long term.
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26Jan/16

Collective punishment, Boycott, Civil disobedience, Community organizing, Academy Awards, Boycotts of Israel, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Oscars, Los Angeles

African-Americans told to tune out Oscars

January 26, 2016FilmsAcademy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Al Sharpton, Ali Najee, Boycott, Boycotts of Israel, California, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Chris Rock, Civil disobedience, Collective punishment, Community organizing, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Geography of California, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Los Angeles, national action network, Oscars, Spike Lee, United States, Will Smithsmbale

Los Angeles activists urge viewers to boycott Oscars by tuning out until Academy implements change.
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23Feb/15

“Birdman,” Redmayne, Moore win big at Oscars

February 23, 2015Films68th British Academy Film Awards, 87th Academy Awards, Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Academy Awards, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Alice, Cinema of the United States, Citizenfour, Creative works, Director, Eddie Redmayne, Edward Snowden, English-language films, Entertainment/Culture, Films, Global surveillance, Human Interest, Ida, J.K. Simmons, Julianne Moore, LA COMPAGNIE CONTINENTALE SIMMONS S.A., Laura Poitras, Los Angeles, Mexico, Oscar, Oscars, Patricia Arquette, Poland, Stephen Hawking, The Theory of Everything, United Statessmbale

“Birdman,” “Grand Budapest Hotel” top Oscars, Moore, Redmayne, Arquette, Simmons take acting prizes, “Poland’s “Ida” wins foreign language film prize.

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22Feb/15

Stars celebrate independent films at Spirit awards as Oscar battle heats up

February 22, 2015Films30th Independent Spirit Awards, 87th Academy Awards, Academy Award, Academy Awards, Alejandro, Alejandro Inarritu, Alice, American film directors, Ava DuVernay, Birdman, Cinema of the United States, David Oyelowo, Emma Stone, English-language films, Entertainment/Culture, Film, Films, Human Interest, Independent film, Independent Spirit Awards, JK Simmons, Julianne Moore, Kumiko, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Keaton, Oprah Winfrey, Oscar, Oscars, Rinko Kikuchi, SANTA MONICA, Selma, United Statessmbale

Michael Keaton, Oprah Winfrey and Emma Stone are among the stars on the red carpet for the 30th Independent Spirit Awards.
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