Reese Witherspoon at the 88th Annual Academy Awards
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Sunday, February 28, 2016
Reese Witherspoon at the 88th Annual Academy Awards
Reese Witherspoon at the 88th Annual Academy Awards
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet at the 88th Annual Academy...
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet at the 88th Annual Academy Awards
Monday, February 8, 2016
Daniel Gerson, Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Dies at 49
Very sad news today out of Hollywood:
Daniel Gerson, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter who co-wrote Monsters, Inc., passed away Saturday at home in Los Angeles.
He was 49 years old.
Best known for collaborating with Robert L. Baird on Disney-Pixar films, Gerson was also responsible for Monsters University and Big Hero 6, winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature for the latter.
But Monsters, Inc. was his biggest commercial success, earning $ 562 million around the world, along with four Academy Award nominations.
Gerson’s family announced this sad news in a New York Times obituary.
Other well-known films on the screenwriter’s resume include Chicken Little (2005), Cars (2006), Up (2009) and Inside Out (2015).
Gerson grew up on the Upper West Side in New York City and attended Cornell University and New York University film school after that.
He later started his career as a writer on such TV shows as the NBC sitcom Something So Right and Fox Family’s The New Addams Family.
We send our condolences to his friends, family members and loved ones.
He is survived by his wife, two children and parents and was working on Cars 3 when he passed away.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Chris Rock to Host 2016 Academy Awards
Over a decade later, Chris Rock is ready to run it back.
The comedian and actor has confirmed that he’ll host the 2016 Academy Awards.
“I’m so glad to be hosting the Oscars,” the 50-year-old, who also emceed the 2005 ceremony, said in a simple statement. “It’s great to be back.”
Added David Hill & Reginald Hudlin, who will produce the event:
“Chris Rock is truly the MVP of the entertainment industry. Comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, documentarian – he’s done it all.
“He’s going to be a phenomenal Oscar host!”
The 2016 Academy Awards will air on February 28 from Los Angeles.
Rock also shared the photo above on Twitter, writing as a caption: “Look who’s back. #Oscars.”
Neil Patrick Harris hosted the 2014 Oscars, with Rock now joining a list of other previous hosts that include Billy Crystal, Jon Stewart, David Letterman and Ellen DeGeneres.
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