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      John Legend and Diane Warren Double Up Oscars Nomination Chance With 2 Songs on 2021 Shortlist

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      The final list of nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards will be unveiled on March 15, while its ceremony is set to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on April 25

      Feb 10, 2021
      AceShowbiz – John Legend and Diane Warren have doubled up on their chances of scoring Oscar nominations for Best Original Song after each landing two tracks on the 2021 shortlist.
      Officials at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences released the latest contenders for nine categories on Tuesday (February 09), with Warren’s “lo Si (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead” and “Free” from “The One and Only Ivan” both making the Best Original Song cut – giving the prolific songwriter hope of finally claiming gold after previously snagging 11 nominations.
      “Never Break” from “Giving Voice” and “Make It Work” from “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” earn recognition for Legend, who was previously honoured with an Oscar for “Selma” track “Glory”.
      Meanwhile, Leslie Odom Jr.’s “Speak Now” from “One Night in Miami…”, Mary J. Blige’s “See What You’ve Done” from “Belly of the Beast”, and “Judas and the Black Messiah” tune “Fight for You” by H.E.R., Dernst Emile II and Tiara Thomas are also in the running, as are Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Wuhan Flu” from “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and “Husavik” from “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”, penned by Savan Kotecha, Rickard Goransson and Fat Max Gsus, Emile Mosseri’s “Rain Song” from “Minari”, Robert Glasper’s “Show Me Your Soul” from “Mr. Soul!”, “Turntables” by Janelle Monae from “All In: The Fight for Democracy”, Daniel Pemberton and Celeste’s “Hear My Voice” from “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, “Green” by Abraham Marder for “Sound of Metal”, and “Mulan” soundtrack “Loyal Brave True” by Jamie Hartman, Harry Gregson-Williams, Rosi Golan and Billy Crabtree complete the 15-strong list.

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      Meanwhile, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are inching closer to Oscar nods this year after their work on “Mank” and “Soul”, with Jon Batiste, were added to the Best Original Score shortlist.
      Also vying to make the final nominations announcement are Emile Mosseri for “Minari”, Ludwig Goransson for “Tenet”, Daniel Pemberton for “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, and Alexandre Desplat for “The Midnight Sky”, with soundtracks for “Da 5 Bloods”, “The Invisible Man”, “Ammonite”, “Blizzard of Souls”, “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”, “The Little Things”, “Mulan”, “News of the World” and “The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)” making up the rest of the contenders.

      Members of the Academy will now vote on the entries which will land on the final nominations list, which will be unveiled on March 15, ahead of the ceremony on April 25.

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      Jared Leto's Joker Gets Creepy Makeover in First-Look Pics of Zack Snyder's 'Justice League'

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      The director also shares details of the sequence in which the Batman villain will appear and its significance to show the Caped Crusader’s hatred toward the Clown Prince of Crime.

      Feb 10, 2021
      AceShowbiz – After teased by Zack Snyder on his social media page, the first official look at Jared Leto’s Joker in his upcoming version of “Justice League” has been unveiled in full. Courtesy of Vanity Fair, the two pictures reveal the character’s creepy transformation.
      The first of the black-and-white snaps give a close-up look at Joker’s face, which appears to have some scratches on the forehead, below his eye and his chin area. Another image gives an eerie vibe as it shows the Batman villain looking fully insane while sitting in a long, narrow space.

      He sports long hair which is slicked back and left hanging on his shoulders, while wearing a hospital gown, which appears to be badly stained. He also wears surgical gloves while sitting on a stool, which is the only furniture seen in the plain room.

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      Leto’s Joker also sports a bulletproof vest festooned with grimy law enforcement badges. “He has tons of badges,” according to Snyder, who describes the badges as “his trophies.”
      Speaking to the site, Snyder admits that adding Joker to the movie has always been one of his main obsessions when he’s offered a chance to complete his own take on the 2017 movie. “The Joker is really the only thing that I thought of in retrospect,” he says. “But I will say that it was always my intention to bring Joker into that world.”
      [SPOILER ALERT!] In “The Snyder Cut”, Leto’s Joker will appear in a dream sequence set on a ruined Earth after the alien tyrant Darkseid invades and decimates the planet. It is Bruce Wayne’s (Ben Affleck) dream that reveals what will happen if the superheroes fail to stop the onslaught.
      “The cool thing about the scene is that it’s Joker talking directly to Batman about Batman,” Snyder says of the scene and its significance. “It’s Joker analyzing Batman about who he is and what he is. That’s the thing I also felt like fans deserved from the DC Universe. That is to say, the Jared Leto Joker and the Ben Affleck Batman, they never really got together. It seemed uncool to me that we would make it all the way through this incarnation of Batman and Joker without seeing them come together.”
      He continues, “The scene explains why Bruce had the Joker card taped to his gun that you see in ‘Batman v Superman’,” which suggests Batman’s sidekick Robin’s death at the hands of Joker. While noting that there won’t be another Batman film by him, Snyder says he always wanted to show “how they became like this … how he hurt him in a way that no one has, really. Other than losing his parents, it was probably the most significant personal injury to his life.”
      “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” is set to be released on HBO Max on March 18.

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      Octavia Spencer Joins Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell in New 'Christmas Carol' Adaptation

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      The ‘Fruitvale Station’ actress has been added to the cast ensemble of the upcoming big-screen adaptation of the classic holiday story by the famed Charles Dickens.

      Feb 10, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Octavia Spencer is set to join Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell in “Spirited” – a new take on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”.
      The Oscar-winning actress has joined the cast of the Apple TV+ movie, which will update and reimagine the classic story as a musical.
      The project is helmed by Sean Anders and John Morris, who are directing from their own screenplay. The duo have previously collaborated with Will on the 2015 movie “Daddy’s Home”.
      Insiders suggest that Reynolds will play the Scrooge-like lead who receives visits from the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future while Ferrell is expected to play Present.

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      Spencer is apparently close to a deal to play Ryan’s good-natured co-worker who helps Present teach the man kindness during the festive season. She is expected to do her own singing in the AppleTV+ flick.
      Anders and Morris are producing the movie with Will’s Gloria Sanchez banner, Ryan’s production company Maximum Effort and Mosaic.
      The holiday story has been adapted many times for film, stage, and opera. One comedy movie fronted by Bill Murray came out in 1988 and a musical featuring Colin Baker was released in 2015. There was also a 2009 animated movie starring the likes of Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, and Robin Wright.
      Meanwhile, Octavia Spencer was last seen in movie “The Witches” which is led by Anne Hathaway in 2020. She also lent her voice to Robert Downey Jr.’s “Dolittle”, Tom Holland and Chris Pratt’s “Onward”, and Melissa McCarthy’s “Superintelligence”.
      Her other next movie releases include superhero comedy “Thunder Force” and sci-fi thriller “Invasion”.

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      ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ and ‘Borat’ Advance to the Oscar Shortlist

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      #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }Awards SeasonNetflix’s First Winner?Our Best Movie PicksNew Diversity RulesOscar-Winning DocumentariesAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main story‘Eurovision Song Contest’ and ‘Borat’ Advance to the Oscar ShortlistThe films’ tunes made the cut for original song. Shortlists for documentary, international feature and six other categories were also released.The original song category includes “Husavik,” from the Rachel McAdams-Will Ferrell comedy,  “Eurovision Song Contest.”Credit…John Wilson/NetflixFeb. 9, 2021, 6:00 p.m. ET“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” inched one step closer to being Oscar nominees on Tuesday when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its shortlists for nine categories.“Wuhan Flu,” from the “Borat” sequel, and “Husavik,” from the Will Ferrell comedy about the European contest, advanced in the original song category along with 13 other tunes. Some 92 songs, including “Just Sing” from “Trolls World Tour,” didn’t make the cut.Members of the various branches will vote March 5-9 to determine the final five nominees. Oscar nominations will be announced on March 15.In the documentary feature category, 238 films in contention were whittled down to 15. Favorites still in the mix include Netflix’s “Dick Johnson Is Dead” “Crip Camp” and “My Octopus Teacher.” Also, in contention are Amazon’s “All In: The Fight for Democracy” and “MLK/FBI.” Neither Netflix’s popular “The Social Dilemma” nor Bryan Fogel’s “The Dissident,” about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, made the list.In the international feature category, 93 countries submitted films, the most ever, but only 15 now remain. “Another Round,” from Denmark, has been an early favorite and made narrowed list. The film, from director Thomas Vinterberg, stars Mads Mikkelsen as a high school teacher in the midst of a midlife crisis. Also popular is the Polish director Agnieszka Holland’s “Charlatan,” which was submitted by the Czech Republic.Voters from all branches of the academy are eligible to vote on the international feature category but are required to meet a minimum viewing requirement to do so. The group chose films from around the world, including the Ivory Coast (“Night of the Kings”), Guatemala (“La Llorona”) and Tunisia (“The Man Who Sold His Skin”).The academy also released shortlists for the short film categories, hair and makeup, visual effects and original score. For those contenders, go to oscars.org. Here are the shortlists for original song, documentary feature and international feature.Original Song“Turntables” (from “All In: The Fight for Democracy”)“See What You’ve Done” (“Belly of the Beast”)“Wuhan Flu” (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”)“Husavik” (“Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”)“Never Break” (“Giving Voice”)“Make It Work” (“Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”)“Fight For You” (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)“Lo Sì (Seen)” (“The Life Ahead”)“Rain Song” (“Minari”)“Show Me Your Soul” (“Mr. Soul!”)“Loyal Brave True” (“Mulan”)“Free” (“The One and Only Ivan”)“Speak Now” (“One Night in Miami”)“Green” (“Sound of Metal”)“Hear My Voice” (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”)Documentary Feature“All In: The Fight for Democracy”“Boys State”“Collective”“Crip Camp”“Dick Johnson Is Dead”“Gunda”“MLK/FBI”“The Mole Agent”“My Octopus Teacher”“Notturno”“The Painter and the Thief”“76 Days”“Time”“The Truffle Hunters”“Welcome to Chechnya”International FeatureBosnia and Herzegovina, “Quo Vadis, Aida?”Chile, “The Mole Agent”Czech Republic, “Charlatan”Denmark, “Another Round”France, “Two of Us”Guatemala, “La Llorona”Hong Kong, “Better Days”Iran, “Sun Children”Ivory Coast, “Night of the Kings”Mexico, “I’m No Longer Here”Norway, “Hope”Romania, “Collective”Russia, “Dear Comrades!”Taiwan, “A Sun”Tunisia, “The Man Who Sold His Skin”AdvertisementContinue reading the main story More

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      Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz Gave Up Oscar Nomination for 'The Favourite' Co-Star Olivia Colman

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      According to Olivia Colman, her co-stars in the 2018 royal movie declined being nominated for Best Actress at the 2019 Academy Awards because they felt she deserved the nod.

      Feb 10, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Olivia Colman’s “The Favourite” co-stars Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz secretly declined being nominated for a Best Actress Oscar because they felt she deserved the trophy.
      The three actresses starred together in the 2018 drama, and although they were all leading ladies, only Olivia received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress – which she won for her role as Queen Anne – whilst both Emma and Rachel, who played Abigail Masham and Lady Sarah Churchill respectively, were put up for Best Supporting Actress.
      And now, Olivia has revealed her co-stars – who both lost out in the Best Supporting Actress category – actively chose not to put themselves forward for a Best Actress nomination because they believed Olivia deserved the gong the most.
      She told Total Film magazine, “What I didn’t realise for the Oscars was that you are meant to say what category you want to go up for. I went: ‘No, that’s rude. I’m not doing that.’ ”
      “And also because I felt that we were all three equal people – Emma, me and Rachel were three equals. I said: ‘If they can’t change it so that we can all be equals, then I don’t want to do it, because it’s not right.’ ”

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      “So I refused to say it. I said: ‘We can either all go up for lead, or all go up for supporting.’ ”
      Explaining the kind deed her co-stars had done in secret, she then explained, “But then what I didn’t realise … someone let slip that Emma and Rachel had both decided – which makes me feel quite emotional – that they would go supporting to make me go lead, because they said they’d both had it, so it was my turn.”
      “Isn’t that amazing? That’s two incredible friends. I said I was not doing it unless we could all be equal. So they ignored me, and did something selfless and charitable.”
      Rachel had previously taken home an Oscar in 2006 for Best Supporting Actress in “The Constant Gardener” while Emma won Best Actress for “La La Land” in 2017.
      And this year could see another big win for 47-year-old Olivia, who is up for two Golden Globes and two SAG Awards for her work in Netflix hit “The Crown” – in which she plays Queen Elizabeth II – and “The Father”.
      The Academy are set to announce the nominees for the 2021 Oscars ceremony on March 15.

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      Jennifer Lopez Admits She Was Hurt by Oscar Snub

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      The ‘Jenny From the Block’ hitmaker talks about being overlooked at the Academy Awards last year for her stripper role in ‘Hustlers’ and describes the snub as ‘a sting.’

      Feb 10, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Jennifer Lopez admits being overlooked for an Academy Award nomination in 2020 for her role in “Hustlers” “was a sting.”
      The “Jenny from the Block” singer was hotly tipped for awards success for her acclaimed role as stripper Ramona in the 2019 box office hit, also starring Cardi B, Constance Wu, and Lizzo, but she failed to bag a nomination on the Academy Awards shortlist. She followed up the movie with a Super Bowl performance and a new album.
      When asked in an interview why she pushes herself so hard she explains, “If you work hard, you can accomplish something.” She told Allure, “You can win the medal.”
      However, she acknowledges, that despite all her effort, there is one medal she didn’t win.
      “I was talking about this the other day. (My production partner) Elaine (Goldsmith-Thomas) made a post where she listed all the things I had been nominated for and won that season,” says Lopez, referring to the post-“Hustlers” awards season. “And when it came to the Oscars, it was so obviously absent. It was a sting.”
      She continues, “I was like, ‘Okay, when you’re supposedly in everybody else’s mind supposed to be nominated and you’re not, what does that mean? Is it really real? Are the other ones real and this one isn’t?’ It came to a point where I was like, ‘This is not why I do this. I don’t do this to have 10 Oscars sitting on my mantel or 20 Grammys.”

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      “The point is creating and the joy that I get from the things I get to put out in the world that entertain and inspire and empower people,” Lopez says. “I think my life is about more than awards.”

      Elsewhere in the chat, the mother of two shared how her son, Max, 11, encouraged her to attend a Black Lives Matter protest.
      “I remember my son coming to me and saying, ‘You know, Mom, some of my YouTubers tell us what we should do, and I listen to them. You have a lot of people that feel that way about you.’ It was his way of saying that I should do something… I said, ‘I want you guys to make me the signs because Mommy wants to get out there too.’ ”
      The star, who admitted she’s not used to being in big crowds anymore, found the experience a little scary at first.
      “(My life is) car to back door to security to this to that. It was scary. I got a little anxiety, like, ‘How do you get out of the crowd?’ ” she says. “Once I got (into it), to be in the masses like that, I loved it. Like, ‘Wow, there’s a movement happening.’ So many people, different ages, races – it was a beautiful thing.”

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      Haley Williams and Shirley Manson Left Appalled After Watching 'Framing Britney Spears' Documentary

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      Also expressing support to the ‘Toxic’ hitmaker following the release of the New York Times film are Kacey Musgraves, Vanessa Carlton, Sam Smith, Hayley Kiyoko and Liz Phair.

      Feb 9, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams and Garbage’s Shirley Manson are among the stars who have had strong reactions to a powerful new Britney Spears documentary.
      The pop superstar’s fans have been appalled by some of the footage in “Framing Britney Spears”, now out in the U.S., particularly when a paparazzo, who trailed Spears during her 2008 meltdown, claimed on camera she liked being surrounded by photographers.
      And some of her more famous devotees were shocked to learn more about the singer’s conservatorship, with her father overseeing her finances and wellbeing for the past decade-plus.
      “Just watched the ‘Framing Britney Spears’ documentary and have to say, there is something VERY weird, very wrong going on. #FreeBritney,” Manson tweeted, referring to the fan movement set up to highlight the way the pop star is being managed.

      Shirley Manson offered strong reaction to ‘Framing Britney Spears’ documentary.
      Williams added, “No artist today would have to endure the literal torture that media/society/utter misogynists inflicted upon her. The mental health awareness conversation, culturally, could never be where it is without the awful price she has paid.”

      Hayley Williams expressed support for Britney Spears after watching her documentary.

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      And, responding to a fan, who suggested many of the problems featured in the documentary still exist, she added, “i’ll say this – as an artist, my very personal experience with misogynistic journalists/media is that over the last 15 years, it’s improved.”

      Hayley Williams shared her views on misogynistic journalists.
      Meanwhile, Kacey Musgraves has encouraged her two million Instagram followers to watch “Framing Britney Spears”, stating, “Never has one person been so used and abandoned by every facet around her. My heart goes out to her. She has always been such an inspiration to me my whole kid/teen life. Wish she could get a re-do.”

      Vanessa Carlton, Sam Smith, Hayley Kiyoko, and Liz Phair have also taken to social media after watching the film to offer their support to Britney.
      The New York Times film also features interviews with blogger Perez Hilton, who boasts that when Britney Spears does badly, he does well, and the singer’s ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake, while her father, Jamie, is painted as a terrible, toxic force. But perhaps the most awkward footage is a hard-hitting 2003 TV interview, in which newswoman Diane Sawyer grills the singer and visibly upsets her by quoting Maryland’s then-First Lady Kendall Ehrlich, who famously said she’d like to shoot Spears if she got the chance, due to the example the pop star was setting for American kids.
      “Framing Britney Spears” debuted in the U.S. on Saturday night, February 6.

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      'Trial of the Chicago 7' and 'Da 5 Bloods' Top Nominations at 2021 Movies for Grownups Awards

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      The legal thriller directed by Aaron Sorkin and the war drama helmed by Spike Lee lead the nominations at the upcoming Movies for Grownups Awards hosted by AARP the Magazine.

      Feb 9, 2021
      AceShowbiz – “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “Da 5 Bloods” have landed six nominations apiece for AARP the Magazine’s Movies for Grownups Awards.
      Aaron Sorkin’s legal thriller will compete for the top prize of Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups, facing off with “Minari”, “Nomadland”, “One Night in Miami…”, and “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”.
      The writer-turned-director is also up for Best Director – alongside Spike Lee for “Da 5 Bloods” – while Mark Rylance has earned a mention in the Best Supporting Actor category, as well as for Best Ensemble, which is awarded to a movie’s entire cast.
      Regina King’s “One Night in Miami…” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” by George C. Wolfe secured five nods across the 15 film categories.
      Among the acting nominees are Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”), Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”), Gary Oldman (“Mank”), Tom Hanks (“News of the World”), Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”), and Clarke Peters (“Da 5 Bloods”).
      Meanwhile, for the first time in the ceremony’s history, the event will also celebrate TV and streaming projects, with “Perry Mason”, “Succession”, “The Crown”, “This Is Us”, and “Ted Lasso” all shortlisted for Best Series, and “Watchmen”, “Unorthodox”, “Small Axe”, “Mrs. America”, and “The Queen’s Gambit” fighting for Best TV Movie/Limited Series.
      The winners will be unveiled on 4 March (21), with a virtual ceremony taking place on 28 March, when George Clooney will receive the Career Achievement honour.
      The full list of contenders is:
      Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups:

      Best Actress:

      Best Actor:

      Best Supporting Actress:

      Best Supporting Actor:

      Best Director:

      Best Ensemble:

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      Best Intergenerational:

      Best Buddy Picture:

      Best Screenwriter:

      Best Time Capsule:

      Best Grownup Love Story:

      Best Documentary:
      “A Secret Love”
      “Crip Camp”
      “Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy”
      “Dick Johnson Is Dead”
      “Sky Blossom: Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation”

      Best Foreign Language Film:

      Best Series:

      Best TV Movie/Limited Series:

      Best Actress (TV/Streaming):

      Best Actor (TV/Streaming):

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