The 2023 Academy Award winners will be announced on Sunday, March 12. Cinephiles can legally bet on the outcome of up to 23 Oscar categories this year on betting sites in five states. Legal betting on the Oscars is a relatively new phenomenon in U.S. betting markets. It was first allowed in 2019 in New... Read more
With the announcement of the 2023 Oscar nominations on Jan. 24, it is a perfect time for a refresher course in how the winner of the Best Picture race will be decided. Don’t worry, it is nowhere near as complicated as the nominations balloting for this top prize at the Academy Awards, which involved surplus... Read more
The Best Foreign Feature film category ponders the international film-making community. It provides alternative visions of how cinema is made, and it offers a glimpse at other countries’ views on the world or particular historical events. Argentina, 1985 is one of the top runner-ups for the Oscar nominees this year, a film about how Argentina... Read more
Sometimes a film can acquire added significance and nuance in conjunction with another. I saw Santiago Mitre’s Argentina, 1985 just the day after having wrapped up Netflix’s new series Trial By Fire. And the two are etched in my mind as companion pieces. On the face of it, they have very little in common despite both being based... Read more
(WGHP) — An activist known for her speech on behalf of actor Marlon Brando in the 1970s died Sunday, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American activist who declined Brando’s Oscar for “The Godfather” in 1973, has died after a fight with breast cancer. She was 75.... Read more
FILE – At the 1973 Academy Awards, Sacheen Littlefeather refuses the Academy Award for Best Actor on behalf of Marlon Brando who won for his role in “The Godfather.“ She carries a letter from Brando in which he explains he refused the award in protes LOS ANGELES – Sacheen Littlefeather, a Native American activist who... Read more
Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American actress and activist who made history when she declined the Best Actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando, has died at the age of 75. The tweet, accompanied by an image of the Apache and Yaqui actress, read: “Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s... Read more
Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American activist who declined Marlon Brando’s Best Actor Oscar for him in a memorable 1973 speech, passed away on Sunday. She was 75 years old. Littlefeather died at her home in Novato, California, after a years-long battle with breast cancer, which eventually metastasized to her right lung. The activist, who also... Read more
The news was announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures, who wrote on Twitter: “Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, dies at 75,” In September, at a ceremony titled “An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather”, she told the crowd: “I’m crossing over soon to the... Read more
Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s Oscar for The Godfather, has died aged 75, the Academy of Motion Pictures announced on Sunday. The Academy announced her death in a tweet on Sunday night. The Hollywood Reporter cited a statement from her caretaker that said she died at noon on Sunday at... Read more
