Winning An Oscar Wasn’t Exactly A Career Boost For Dianne Wiest

Sometimes even when you win, you lose. For Dianne Wiest, that might just be the case. The Academy Award-winning actor says that winning an Oscar wasn’t the career boon she thought it would be. Despite flashing impressive range in roles that netted three Best Supporting Actress nominations and two wins, Wiest says she’s been boxed […]

Jessica Chastain Joins Oscar Isaac in HBO’s Scenes From a Marriage, Replacing Michelle Williams in Recast

RELATED STORIES Oscar Isaac is swapping onscreen wives: Jessica Chastain will now star opposite Isaac in HBO’s adaptation of Scenes From a Marriage, replacing the previously announced Michelle Williams, according to our sister site Deadline. (Williams reportedly had to drop out of the project due to scheduling issues.) Based on the Ingmar Bergman classic, HBO’s […]

Bachelor’s Ghost-Themed Promo Gets Handsy, Scares Up an Oscar Winner

RELATED STORIES The Bachelor‘s “Pilot Pete” Weber gets a helping hand — many hands, in fact — at the potter’s wheel, in a Ghost-themed promo that aired Sunday night during ABC’s broadcast of the Oscars. With “Unchained Melody” of course scoring the scene, Peter the bare-chested, would-be potter sits at the wheel to fashion a […]

Recommended Reading: Conan O’Brien, Oscar Villains, and the Fyre Docs

Modern online media is all about the signal boost, so every Friday here at Flavorwire, we take a moment to spotlight some of the best stuff we’ve read online this week. Today, a tale of two documentaries, the legend of the aged doctor-turned-rapper, some thoughts on the Oscar race, and an enlightening new interview with a comedy […]

Kevin Hart Steps Down as Oscar Host in Wake of Anti-Gay Twitter Backlash: 'I Do Not Wish to Be a Distraction'

Kevin Hart is out as host of the Oscars in the wake of an escalating backlash involving the actor/comedian’s homophobic social-media history. “I have made the choice to step down from hosting this year’s Oscar’s [sic] … because I do not want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so […]

REVIEW: A Star Is Born is NOT a chick-flick – Bradley Cooper deserves an Oscar

Let me be clear none of this in any way detracts from Lady Gaga’s fine, powerful performance as Ally. The film is told through her eyes but its heart – and hers – lie with Bradley Cooper’s beautifully, brutally broken country and blues star Jackson Maine.  Cooper not only plays the tragic eading man, he […]

A Star Is Born review: Lady Gaga will break your heart but is it worth an Oscar?

The bar was already set very high. A Star Is Born has a long and award-laden history in Hollywood. The 1937 Janet Gaynor original was nominated for seven Oscars (winning for Best Original Story), the 1954 Judy Garland had six nominatons and landed its leading lady a Golden Globe. Barbra Streisand’s 1976 version had six […]

A gripping drama on immigration starring the lead of Pixar’s ‘Coco’ could be the sleeper Oscar contender of the fall

Gracie Films “Icebox” is the feature debut for director Daniel Sawka and is based on his award-winning short film that looks at the US immigration policy from the perspective of a migrant young boy trying to get to the US. The short film caught the attention of legendary director/producer James L. Brooks (“The Simpsons,” “Terms […]