Oscar Breakout Timothée Chalamet to Play Henry V in Netflix’s ‘The King’

At 22, Timothée Chalamet became the Oscar’s youngest Best Actor nominee in almost 80 years for his revelatory performance in Luca Guadagnino’s coming-of-age romance, Call Me By Your Name. How do you follow that up? By putting on a crown. On Netflix. Chalamet will play King Henry V in the Netflix feature film The King, according to The Wrap. A […]

The 15 Oscar best-picture winners that made the most money at the US box office

Paramount As the 2018 Academy Awards draw closer, it’s time to dive into the numbers and check out which of the best-picture winners are the biggest moneymakers of all time at the box office. There are some obvious ones here, but thanks to inflation, there are a few titles that may surprise you. Here are […]

Casey Affleck Breaks Academy Tradition, Won’t Present Best Actress Oscar at This Year’s Ceremony

Almost a year ago, Casey Affleck won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in Kenneth Lonergan’s drama Manchester By The Sea. But years before that, he was sued for sexual harassment by two female crew members of I’m Still Here, the Joaquin Phoenix-starring fake documentary he made back in 2010. At the Oscars, the tradition […]

Where to Travel, According to the Best Picture Oscar Nominees

Where to Travel, According to the Best Picture Oscar Nominees Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does […]

Edgar Wright Predicted ‘Baby Driver’ Oscar Noms in 2014, Won Awards Bet with Kumail Nanjiani

The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced earlier this week, and while Edgar Wright‘s music-driven heist film Baby Driver didn’t end up with any nods in the major categories, the film did end up with a few technical awards, including Best Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Design. That’s certainly a great […]

How an unconventional collaboration with his director led to the latest Oscar nomination for Denzel Washington

Sony Director Dan Gilroy had only Denzel Washington in mind to star in “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” If the actor had declined to be in it, Gilroy wouldn’t have made the movie. Gilroy also had an unconventional method of letting Washington be involved in every aspect of making the movie. It has now led to an Oscar nomination for Washington. There’s […]

Neighbours spoilers: Could Margot Robbie return? Oscar nominee ‘in’ for Donna reprisal 

Margot Robbie played Donna Freedman in Neighbours back between 2008 and 2011. The character came on to the soap completely obsessed with Ty Harper (Dean Geyer) and eventually managed to wangle herself into his band.  Donna was a kooky yet obnoxious character who eventually settled in to her loveable nature when she found friendship with the […]

How the Harvey Weinstein effect shaped this year’s Oscar nominees

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault and harassment allegtions and the movements sparked by them have had a noticeable effect on this year’s Oscar landscape. Among other notable misconduct-related developments, James Franco was snubbed for a best actor nomination amid allegations of sexual misconduct.   Harvey Weinstein, the ultimate impresario of the Oscars campaign, has […]

25 actors with the most Oscar nominations of all time

Dan MacMedan/WireImage via Getty Images Each year, the biggest names in Hollywood gather to see who will receive an Academy Award for their work in film. It’s a ceremony that recognizes the people responsible for creating movies that viewers want to watch and talk about, from actors to screenwriters. There are some actors who have received not […]

Let’s Talk About the Oscar Nominations

Well, after all those months of prognostication and prediction, the nominees have been announced for the 90th annual Academy Awards, and folks, they’re pretty good. The Shape of Water led the way with a mind-boggling 13 nominations (it’s one of those movies that’s technically astonishing and great in general, so it did well in both […]