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    Oscars Releases New Guidelines to Ensure Nominees Pass Diversity Test

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    The bosses at Academy Awards have formed a new task force to make sure the competing movies meet the ‘representation and inclusion standards’ following nationwide protests against racism.
    Jun 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Film bosses putting their movies forward for Oscars Best Picture consideration must now tick a number of diversity boxes before their project can be processed.
    Officials at the organisation behind the Academy Awards have released a set of new guidelines that filmmakers will have to meet in order for their work to be eligible for the big award.
    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences chiefs have implemented a five-year project to boost diversity at the awards show after years of criticism surrounding the ‘so white’ Oscars.
    A new task force of industry leaders will oversee “representation and inclusion standards” and any films that fall short will not be eligible.
    “We know there is much more work to be done in order to ensure equitable opportunities across the board,” Academy CEO Dawn Hudson said. “The need to address this issue is urgent.”
    The rules will not apply to films vying for next year’s Oscars.
    Among other changes, the Best Picture category will now feature a fixed 10 films annually. For several years, Oscar voters have been told they can nominate up to 10 films but only the films that reached a certain number of votes could be included. Now, the most popular 10 films among voters will make up the category.

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      Oscars 2020: 'Parasite' Historical Wins Round Up the Full Winner List

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      The South Korean movie wins big with a total of four awards including Best Picture and Best Director, while Renee Zellweger and Joaquin Phoenix are named Best Actress and Best Actor respectively.
      Feb 10, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “Parasite” is officially the biggest winner at the recently wrapped 2020 Academy Awards. The dark comedy thriller film won the coveted Best Picture prize at the Sunday, February 9 ceremony, becoming the first film not in the English language to win in the category.
      Executive producer Miky Lee was joined by director Bong Joon Ho and the cast onstage to accept the prize. “Thank you for being you,” he said to the helmer. Producer Kwak Sin Ae, meawhile, admitted she was left “speechless” by the win.
      The South Korean film edged out “1917”, “The Irishman”, “Jojo Rabbit”, “Joker”, “Little Women (2019)”, “Marriage Story”, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Ford v Ferrari” for the prize.
      Moments before going up on the stage to receive the Best Picture award, Bong Joon Ho was named Best Director. It’s his first Oscar in the category. “After winning best international feature, I thought i was done for the day and was ready to relax,” he said in his speech.” “Just to be nominated is a huge honor. I never thought I would win.”
      Bong Joon Ho earlier won the Original Screenplay award, which he shared with Han Jin Won. The movie also made history as the first South Korean film to win in the Foreign Language Film category, which is renamed International Feature Film this year, bringing its total win to four.
      Taking other big prizes at the event were Renee Zellweger for Best Actress for her role as Judy Garland in “Judy” and Joaquin Phoenix as Best Actor for his portrayal of the psychopath villain in “Joker”.
      “Joker” collected a total of two awards, having won Original Score for Hildur Gudnadottir’s works earlier at the ceremony. Other winners with multiple trophies were “1917” which received three (Visual Effects, Cinematography and Sound Mixing) and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” with a total of two wins, including Best Supporting Actor for Brad Pitt and Best Production Design for Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh.
      Best Supporting Actress went to Laura Dern for her role in “Marriage Story”, while Taika Waititi took Adapted Screenplay Oscar for writing “Jojo Rabbit”. “Toy Story 4” was named Best Animated Feature, with “American Factory” taking home the award in Documentary Feature category.
      Other winners at the 92nd annual Academy Awards are listed below.

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      Oscars 2020: 'Parasite' Is First International Feature Winner, Elton John Wins Original Song

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      Meanwhile, taking the stage to present the award for Visual Effects, James Corden and Rebel Wilson dress as cats to poke fun at their critically-panned movie ‘Cats’.
      Feb 10, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “Parasite” has picked up its second award at the 92nd annual Academy Awards, which is still underway at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The movie makes another history by becoming the first South Korean film to win in the Foreign Language Film category, which is renamed International Feature Film this year.
      Accepting the award, director Bong Joon Ho said onstage, “I’m so happy to be its first recipient.” He added, “I applaud and support the new direction this change symbolizes.” He later enthused, “I’m ready to drink tonight.”
      Earlier that night, the critically-acclaimed black comedy thriller film won Best Original screenplay for Bong Joon Ho, who shared the award with co-writer Han Jin Won. This marks the first Asian movie ever to claim the Original Screenplay Oscar.
      The movie is still vying for two coveted titles at the Sunday, February 9 ceremony, being nominated for Best Director and Best Picture.
      Another winner at the 2020 Academy Awards, Elton John and Bernie Taupin nabbed Best Original Song for “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” which they wrote for “Rocketman”. It’s the second Oscar for John, who won the Oscar in the same category in 1995 for “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from Disney’s animated film “The Lion King”.
      Meanwhile, “1917” is already a big winner at the 2020 Academy Awards, adding Visual Effects Oscar to its multiple wins. Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy were awarded for his work on the Sam Mendes-directed movie. Earlier that night, he performed the song under a giant picture of himself and scenes with Taron Egerton, who played him in the movie.
      The epic war film has also bagged Best Cinematography for Roger Deakins and Best Sound Mixing for Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson.
      Presenting the award for Visual Effects were James Corden and Rebel Wilson, who dressed in full cat costumes to poke fun at their own movie “Cats”. “As cast members of the motion picture Cats,” Wilson began, holding her hands up like paws. Corden continued, “Nobody more than us understands the importance of good visual effects.”
      Meanwhile, the prize in Makeup and Hairstyling category went to “Bombshell”, thanks to Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker who worked behind the scenes for the movie.

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      Oscars 2020: Laura Dern Wins First Academy Award, Calls It Best Birthday Present

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      The actress, who will celebrate her 54th birthday on February 10, nabs the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role ‘Marriage Story’ after three nominations.
      Feb 10, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Laura Dern has received her early birthday present at the 2020 Academy Awards. The actress, who will turn 54 on Monday, February 10, won her first ever Oscar at the Sunday ceremony, being named Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Marriage Story”.
      “Thank you all for this gift. This is the best birthday present ever,” she said in her speech. She thanked her parents Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern, whom she called her “heroes.” She continued, “Some say never meet your heroes. I say if you’re really blessed, you get them as your parents. I share this with my acting hero my legends, Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern. You got game. I love you.”
      Dern also gave a shout-out to the film’s director Noah Baumbach, who also wrote the script. “Noah wrote a movie about love and about breaching divisions in the name and in the honor of family and home and hopefully for all of us in the name of our planet, and I would like to say a special thank you to the gifts of the love stories in my life, my step-children, C.J. And Harris, my heart and inspiration, Ellery and Gia,” she added.
      Not forgetting her friends, she ended her speech with, “I love my friends. You lift me up every day.”
      Dern defeated Kathy Bates (“Richard Jewell”), Scarlett Johansson (“Jojo Rabbit”), Florence Pugh (“Little Women (2019)”) and Margot Robbie (“Bombshell”) in the category. She was previously nominated for Best Actress for her role in 1991’s “Rambling Rose” and for Best Supporting Actress for 2014’s film “Wild”.
      Other winners recently announced at the live ceremony were “Ford v Ferrari” for Best Sound Editing (Donald Sylvester) and for Film Editing (Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland), “1917” for Sound Mixing (Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson) and for Cinematography (Roger Deakins), “Little Women” for Costume Design (Jacqueline Durran), “American Factory” for Documentary Feature and “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)” for Documentary Short.

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      Oscars 2020: 'Parasite' and Taika Waititi Make History With Academy Awards Win

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      The Bong Joon Ho-directed film marks the first Asian winner of a screenplay Oscar, while the ‘Jojo Rabbit’ helmer is the first Academy Award winner of Maori descent.
      Feb 10, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “Parasite” continues to make history during this award season. The South Korean film nabbed the Best Original Screenplay at the 92nd annual Academy Awards, which is currently airing live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
      The black comedy thriller film was written by Bong Joon Ho, who also directed the film, and Han Jin Won. This marks the first Asian movie ever to claim the original screenplay Oscar. The movie beat out other nominees, including “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (Quentin Tarantino), “Marriage Story” (Noah Baumbach), “1917” (Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns) and “Knives Out” (Rian Johnson).
      “Thank you, great honor,” Bong Joon Ho said when accepting the award. He dedicated the win to his country, saying, “We never write to represent our country, but this is very personal to South Korea.” He also thanked his “wise wife” and the film’s actors, who stood on the stage behind him. Han Jin Won additionally showed his gratitude to the Korean film industry in his speech.
      The Best Adapted Screenplay, meanwhile, went to Taika Waititi who wrote and directed “Jojo Rabbit”. It’s the first Oscar win for the filmmaker and makes him the first person of Maori descent to win an Oscar.
      Waititi, who is also known for his work on Marvel’s “Thor: Ragnarok”, credited his mother for his win, revealing that she gave him the book on which the film was based. He dedicated the award to “all the indigenous kids in the world who want to do art and write and dance and who are the original storytellers.”
      Other nominees in Best Adapted Screenplay category were “The Irishman” (Steven Zaillian), “Joker” (Todd Phillips and Scott Silver), “Little Women (2019)” (Greta Gerwig) and “The Two Popes” (Anthony McCarten).
      Both “Parasite” and “Jojo Rabbit” won an award each in the same category at the 2020 WGA Awards, so their Oscars win was not really a surprise. They are also vying for the Best Picture Award against “1917”, “The Irishman”, “Joker”, “Little Women”, “Marriage Story”, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Ford v Ferrari”.

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      Oscars 2020: Brad Pitt Is Early Winner, Grabs His First Acting Oscar

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      The 56-year-old star pays tribute to his children while accepting the trophy for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’.
      Feb 10, 2020
      AceShowbiz – The Academy has handed out the first trophy at the 92nd annual Academy Awards, which is currently ongoing at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The first category to be announced was Best Supporting Actor, which went to Brad Pitt for his role in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”.
      It’s the first acting Oscar for the 56-year-old actor after four nominations. He was previously nominated as an actor for his role in “12 Monkeys” (1995), “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (2008) and “Moneyball” (2011). He won an Oscar as producer on the best picture winner “12 Years a Slave” in 2014.
      Taking the stage to accept his award, Pitt opened his speech with a political remark, noting that he only had 45 seconds to deliver his speech, which is “45 seconds more than the Senate gave John Bolton this week.” He continued joking about Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, “I’m thinkin’ maybe Quentin does a movie about it. In the end, the adults do the right thing.”
      He then thanked the movie’s director Quentin Tarantino and Hollywood’s stunt community. He also paid tribute to his children, “This is for my kids who color everything I do,” he said. “I adore you.”
      For the Best Supporting Actor award, Pitt beat out other nominees, including Tom Hanks (“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”), Al Pacino (“The Irishman”), Anthony Hopkins (“The Two Popes” and Joe Pesci (“The Irishman).
      “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” has already won its second win at the Academy Awards for Best Production Design, thanks to Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh’s works. Other early winners at the Sunday, February 9 event included “Toy Story 4” as Best Animated Feature Film and “Hair Love” as Best Animated Short Film.
      The 2020 Academy Awards is going without a host, marking the second year in a row for the annual prize-giving event.

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      The Academy Backtracks on Revealing Oscars 'Predictions,' Claims It's a 'Brief Issue'

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      The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences accidentally tweeted and then deleted predictions of the winners for the upcoming 92nd annual Academy Awards.
      Feb 5, 2020
      AceShowbiz – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has caused a little commotion, less than a week before the highly-anticipated 2020 Academy Awards. On Tuesday, February 4, the Academy’s official Twitter accounted seemingly posted its own “predictions” of the Oscar winners.
      The Academy quickly deleted the tweet, but not before people took a screenshot of it and reposted it online. According to the photo, the Oscars are predicted to go to “Parasite” for Best Picture, Sam Mendes for Best Director for his film “1917”, “Parasite” for Best Original Screenplay and “Jojo Rabbit” for Adapted Screenplay.
      In the acting categories, the predictions tweet selected “Joker” star Joaquin Phoenix for Best Actor, “Judy” star Renee Zellweger for Best Actress, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” star Brad Pitt for Best Supporting Actor and “Marriage Story” star Laura Dern for Best Supporting Actress.

      The Academy seemingly tweeted its own Oscars ‘predictions.’
      This tweet baffled many people, with one wondering, “Wonder if @TheAcademy will say something about this bot (?) that tweeted out Oscar predictions.” Another joked, “Not the academy twitter intern releasing their Oscar prediction list.” Someone else chimed in, “The academy deleted their Oscar predictions tweet which is somehow funnier than them tweeting it in the first place.”
      The Academy later explained in another tweet that the predictions were not made by the Academy itself, but by a fan. “We invited fans on Twitter to make and share your #Oscars predictions. A ton of you already have!” it stated. “A brief issue on Twitter made some of yours look like they came from our account. They didn’t. This error is now resolved.” It cheekily added, “And we’ll reveal our picks on Sunday.”

      The Academy explained the Oscars ‘predictions’ tweet.
      The 92nd annual Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 9 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. For the second year in a row, the ceremony will go hostless.

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      Oscars 2020 Follows Golden Globes' Footsteps in Serving Vegan Food

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      The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has issued a statement in which the organization declares its commitment to support the planet by reducing carbon footprint.
      Jan 28, 2020
      AceShowbiz – The organisers of the Oscars are following the Golden Globes’ lead and serving the stars plant-based food after the ceremony.
      The Governors Ball will be 70 percent vegan, with chefs also catering to those who just want vegetarian and fish fare.
      Meanwhile, the menu in the lobby at the Dolby Theater before the Academy Awards will be entirely plant-based.
      “The Academy is an organization of storytellers from around the world, and we owe our global membership a commitment to supporting the planet,” a statement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences reads.
      “For the past decade, the Academy has been committed to reducing its carbon footprint. For the past seven years, the Oscars show has had a zero-carbon imprint. We continue to expand our sustainability plan with the ultimate goal of becoming carbon neutral.”
      The 2020 Golden Globes became the first major awards show to go vegan earlier this month (January 2020).

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