The lauded short film is about a deaf child, and how writer-actress Rachel Shenton’s character manages to get through to her. It’s had rave reviews, and gets its TV premiere this evening (Friday 30) and Sunday (April 1) on BBC One. But its road to success wasn’t an easy one – and Shenton has revealed […]
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Town in Oscar-Winning ‘Three Billboards’ Posts Travel Guide
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Every Oscar-winning animated movie from the last 28 years
Disney; Dreamworks; Pixar We’re living in a golden age of animation. Disney is making crowd-pleasing, critically acclaimed work from Pixar and the Disney Animation studio, independent studios are making gems like “Kubo and the Two Strings,” and “The Boss Baby” is nominated for an Oscar. But acclaim isn’t always easy to get. Animated movies take […]
Horror Master George A. Romero and Oscar-Winning Actor Martin Landau Have Died
Film fans are reeling tonight from the losses of two certified Hollywood legends: beloved horror filmmaker George A. Romero and Oscar-winning character actor Martin Landau. Romero all but single-handedly created modern zombie horror via his iconic 1968 film Night of the Living Dead. An error in the film’s copyright filing put it into the public […]
Oscar-Winning Actor Daniel Day-Lewis Is Retiring
After winning three Oscars for his performances in My Left Foot in 1989, There Will Be Blood in 2007 and Lincoln in 2012, not to mention landing nominations for Gangs Of New York in 2002 and In the Name Of The Father in 1993, acclaimed actor Daniel Day-Lewis is retiring from acting, as indicated in an […]
Oscar-winning Rocky director John G. Avildsen dies aged 81
Published time: 17 Jun, 2017 12:53 The Oscar-winning director behind the iconic 1976 blockbuster Rocky has died aged 81 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. John G. Avildsen died in LA at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He is survived by his three sons and daughter. Rocky’s lead actor and writer, Sylvester Stallone, famously shopped his […]
Oscar-Winning Director Jonathan Demme Dies at Age 73
Jonathan Demme — the Oscar-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Rachel Getting Married, A Master Builder, and many more — has died of cancer complications at the age of 73, Variety reports. The filmmaker is best known for directing 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs, the only film for which he was nominated for — and won — an Academy […]
Oscar-winning ‘Silence of Lambs’ director Jonathan Demme has died at 73
Getty Images Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme has died of cancer complications, his publicist told Variety. He was 73 years old. Demme is best known for directing “The Silence of the Lambs,” the 1991 horror-thriller that was a box office smash, a critical triumph, and introduced moviegoers to Anthony Hopkins’ Hannibal Lecter, a charismatic serial with a […]
Magic Leap purchased a startup founded by former Apple employees, and looked into buying an Oscar-winning animation studio
Thomson Reuters Magic Leap is beefing up its ranks with artists and animators from an Oscar-winning studio and veteran game designer, in a sign that the $ 4.5 billion company believes content could play a critical role in the success of its highly-anticipated “mixed reality” product. Magic Leap’s special glasses, which overlay detailed digital imagery on top of the real […]
Peaky Blinders season 4: Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody joins BBC gangster drama
After the 43-year-old was seen filming in Liverpool last week, the Hollywood star has finally confirmed he will be featuring in the upcoming season. The New Yorker – who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Pianist – has hopefully perfected his Brummie accent for the new role after he […]