Latest PR crisis in Hollywood leads The Academy to some changes

Right after The Academy announced this year’s nominations in the 24 categories on January 14th, the movie industry quickly reacted to the lack of diversity on the Oscars scene. For the second year in a row, no actor or actress of color were nominated to the Oscars, although there were some powerful performances that could have been taken into consideration.

Source: http://tinyurl.com/j3cg57n

Many actors and directors reacted to the issue and announced that they won’t attend this year’s ceremony. Host Chris Rock was even advised to boycott the ceremony on February 28th.

An interesting opinion was Viola Davis’, who says that the problem is not with the Oscars, but with the movie making system that is right now in Hollywood – there are not enough movie roles for people of color.

Every year there are some serious snobs at the Oscars, turnin the awards season into weeks lasting conversations and theories. Personally, I was sad to see Straight Outta Compton receiving only one nomination – Best Original Screenplay, especially after receiving serious nominations from all the guilds – Producers Guild Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Writers Guild Awards. But that’s my opinion.

Anyway, after the movie industry slammed the Academy for the second year in a row all-white Best Actor and Best Actress line-up, yesterday it was announced that the voting system of the Academy will suffer some changes: “The Board’s goal is to commit to doubling the number of women and diverse members of the Academy by 2020.”

The members come from various branches – producers, writers, actors, directors, publicists and so on, and their ages vary from early 40s to late 60s. Every year people react to movies being snubbed or movies being nominated for no reason, blaming the “old Academy members who are used to seeing movies from old perspectives.”

This being said, The Academy noticed a crisis coming up and chose to ensure the movie industry that the system of the most important awards show will soon change.

If until now members were elected for life, no matter if they continued or not to work in the industry after becoming members of the Academy, and they could vote every year to choose the Oscar winners,  “beginning later this year, each new member’s voting status will last 10 years, and will be renewed if that new member has been active in motion pictures during that decade. In addition, members will receive lifetime voting rights after three ten-year terms; or if they have won or been nominated for an Academy Award.”

These and a few other changes are being made starting this year. But until then, The Academy Awards will be interesting to watch. I’ll make time for some predictions in a few weeks, especially since these days I’m reading so many “clever” opinions on how an actor is going to get an Oscar because his movie is receiving I don’t know how many nominations in who cares what categories. I noticed most people seem to know everything about movies every year around the time of the Oscars.

Cheers.

Source: http://tinyurl.com/jr66k7x

 

Golden Globes and some fun Hollywood stories

Tonight 25 awards will be handed to the best actors, directors and productions in TV and film. But there’s been a long road from the first edition of the Golden Globes to the entire experience that is today.

And this long road has seen some truly interesting stories. Here are some fun facts about the ceremony that every year opens the awards season.

1. The Globes have been held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel since 1961.
2. Jamie Foxx is the first person ever to be nominated for three Globes in a single year.
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is the only film that won the Golden Globe in all five major categories: Best Motion Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, Screenplay.
4. Five names share the title for most Globes won by a film: Doctor Zhivago (1966), Love Story (1971), The Godfather (1973), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1976), and A Star Is Born(1977).
5. The oldest Golden Globe winner was 80 year old Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy in 1990.
6. The youngest Golden Globe winner was 9 year old Ricky Schroder in 1980 for The Champ.
7. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1967) and The Godfather, Part III (1991) each received seven nominations, but lost in every category.
8. The actress with the most Golden Globes is Meryl Streep (8).
9. The actor with the most Golden Globes is Jack Nicholson (6).
10. Marlon Brando refused his Best Actor Globe for The Godfather in 1973 to protest U.S. “imperialism and racism.” He similarly didn’t accept his Oscar statuette.
11. Barbra Streisand holds the record for winning the most Globes (including honorary awards) of any celebrity – 9.
12. The ceremony was founded in 1943 by 21 foreign journalists. The first Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held during a luncheon at 20th Century Fox and had only five categories: Best Motion Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
13. Celebrities didn’t start handing out awards until 1958, when the Rat Pack led by Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. rushed to the stage with whiskeys and cigars to give them out.
14. Celebrities didn’t attend the 2008 Golden Globes, when the Writers Guild of America was on strike. The actors wanted to show solidarity. The winners were announced on live news.
15. Since the category was added in 2006, there have been 24 nominees for Best Animated Feature.

Read some more fun facts on Buzzfeed and International Business Times. And I also used this one as a source.

Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. decided to take over the hosting duties on the Golden Globes stage back in 1958

Source: http://tinyurl.com/hcvnvlu

Barbra Streisand at 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards, 2000

Source: http://tinyurl.com/zannmcp

So, what’s the plan for 2017?

David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, of course.

The new Twin Peakes will have the premiere in 2017 and continues the story from 25 years ago. David Lynch is directing and co-writing the show and composer Angelo Badalamenti is also back to make some good music.

Source: http://tinyurl.com/h39qthw

‘The teaser trailer opens with the sound of howling wind and a voiceover by Michael Horse, who plays Deputy Hawk, talking about the beauty of the Pacific northwest, where the series is set and filmed. There’s a spectacular overhead shot of a waterfall before we see two men pulling a large board into position and then unveiling it; it’s the famous sign that says Welcome to Twin Peaks. Badalamenti’s soaring Twin Peaks theme kicks in, before there’s a sudden disruption – a shocking fuzz of static and a blurred man looming into the camera. Fade to black. In other words, not much is given away – but we can be sure that the new series will feature Lynch’s signature mix of the gorgeous and the sinister.’

Watch the trailer and some more info on The Guardian!

Start spreading the news, I’m leaving today

100 years ago, on December 12, Mr. Frank Sinatra was born.

In celebration of what would have been his 100th anniversary, CBS aired Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert, with Celine Dion singing “All the Way”, Seth MacFarlane performing “One for My Baby” (and “One More the Road”) and Garth Brooks singing “The Lady Is a Tramp”.

But the best performance was Lady Gaga’s cover for “New York, New York”. Which made me love her even more. And it’s only been a few months after the magical moment at the Oscars.

Nice one, Lady.

Source: http://tinyurl.com/zytwrsu

David Lynch își scrie memoriile

David Lynch lucrează la o carte de memorii care e programată să apară în 2017.

În Life and Work, Lynch va povesti despre dezvoltarea lui artistică și greutățile prin care a trecut de-a lungul carierei, dar va aminti și de relațiile și prieteniile pe care și le-a format de-a lungul anilor. Reperele biografice vor fi scrise de jurnalista Kristine McKenna, cunoscută pentru interviurile pe care le realizează cu scriitori, muzicieni, regizori și producători.

“There’s a lot of bullshit out there about me, in books and all over the Internet. I want to get all the right information in one place, so if someone wants to know something, they can find it here.” – David Lynch

Sursa: http://tinyurl.com/qaccvht

American Horror Story: Hotel

Mă uit la American Horror Story de când a început, acum 5 ani. Primele două sezoane sunt cele mai bune, din punctul meu de vedere, iar primul a rămas my all time favorite. Sezonul 3 mi s-a părut cam slăbuț, iar sezonul 4, deși a pornit de la o idee foarte mișto, nu m-a ținut totuși cu ochii lipiți de ecran la fiecare episod.

Săptămâna asta a început sezonul 5 – American Horror Story: Hotel. Primul sezon fără Jessica Lange, dar cu câteva nume noi foarte faine: Matt Bomer (White Collar, Magic Mike), Max Greenfield (New Girl), Darren Criss (Glee) și, probabil cea mai așteptată apariție, Lady Gaga.

O plimbare printre stele

Unii oameni se gândesc mereu care au fost cele mai frumoase momente din viețile lor. Sunt și eu printre ei. Nu am eu mulți ani dar am ceva momente care mi-au schimbat viața. 

În seara asta e avanpremiera Fifty Shades of Grey. Hm.

În seara asta e avanpremiera Fifty Shades of Grey la AFI Palace Cotroceni. Ce bine ar fi să nu fie un Twilight 2. Adică dezamăgire, gen.

Pe 18 februarie mă prezint la Social Media Summit București

Pe 18 februarie are loc Social Media Summit București, iar de data aceasta am și eu ocazia să particip. Cum am aflat de eveniment am zis că îmi doresc mult să fiu prezentă, mai ales că în 2012 am participat la ediția SMS din Brașov, unde pentru prima dată m-am trezit față în față cu o parte din bloggerii pe care până atunci îi urmăream doar pe Facebook sau pe blogurile lor.

Sursa: http://www.revistabiz.ro/smsbucuresti2015/

De când eram mică mi-au plăcut filmele.

De când eram mică mi-au plăcut filmele. De fiecare dată când vedeam la televizor un film care mă prindea, care mă ținea în suspans, parcă intram cu totul în lumea lui, nu mă mai interesa ce se întâmplă în jur și nu mă mișcam până când nu se termina. Sau mă rog, până la pauza publicitară.

Primele filme pe care-mi amintesc să le fi văzut sunt Titanic și Chuckie, ăla cu păpușa dubioasă și ucigașă. Probabil din cauza asta îmi place DiCaprio mult și acum. Mă, și așa tare-mi plăceau, că mă uitam de fiecare dată când le dădeau la televizor. Ani la rândul am așteptat cu sufletul la gură să fie filmele astea la TV.