This is one helluva first — the guy who won an Emmy for directing the Oscars asked his girlfriend to marry him onstage while accepting his award … and she happily said yes. Glenn Weiss — who won Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special…
Showing posts with label Oscars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oscars. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Thursday, August 9, 2018
"The Meg" Star Page Kennedy Explains Why "Popular" Oscars Are Needed
The Academy adding a “popular” category to the Oscars has a lot of people riled up, including this guy — who’s got a movie coming out that could win — and he’s all for it. We spoke to actor Page Kennedy on “TMZ Live” a day before his and Jason…
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Emma Stone Accused of White Feminism for Oscars Remark
Sunday night’s Academy Awards were a hit, but they weren’t without their controversies. From Gary Oldman and Kobe Bryant’s Oscar wins to Ryan Seacrest’s presence on the red carpet, there was awkwardness for viewers and for stars.
One interesting moment came when Emma Stone made a political statement that didn’t go over very well.
She’s now being accused of “white feminism.”
Emma Stone won an Academy Award for La La Land, and this year she presented the category of Best Director.
To start things off, she spoke:
“It is the director whose indelible touch is reflected on every frame. It is the director who, shot by shot, scene by scene, day by day, works with every member of the crew to further the story.”
She continues to praise the job that a director does.
“And it is the vision of the director that takes an ordinary movie and turns it into a work of art.”
Then it came time to introduce the nominees.
“These four men and Greta Gerwig created their own masterpieces this year.”
Clearly, Emma Stone was trying to emphasize the fact that, with many skilled directors, the Academy somehow decided that 80% of the ones good enough to be nominees were men.
And perhaps she was trying to recreate Natalie Portman’s “all-male nominees” jab from the Golden Globes.
However, on a night when Jordan Peele was nominated for Get Out and Guillermo Del Toro was nominated for The Shape of Water, Emma Stone’s focus exclusively on gender did not go over well with some viewers.
And people shared their gripes on Twitter:
“Peak white feminism from Emma Stone. Pointing out that 4 of the nominees are men while ignoring that 2 of those men are minorities.”
“She minimized the incredible achievements of a Black man and a Mexican immigrant in the name of white feminism.”
“Ok emma stone being like ‘four male directors and greta gerwig’ or whatever tf she said is exactly what we mean by white feminism. Jordan Peele and Guillermo Del Toro are not white men that had everything easily handed to them and they don’t deserve to be classified as such.”
To be clear, what “white feminism” means is practicing a sort of feminism that focuses only on one’s own experiences, which means that activism is less helpful or even harmful to other individuals.
For example, someone whose push for feminism forgets about people of color, or the LGBT community, or the disabled, because that’s not part of their experience.
Not all white people who are feminists are white feminists and not all white feminists are white, though the term arose from white activists who ignored the experiences of black and brown women.
(This phenomenon exists in any human rights movement — men might push for racial equality from an exclusively male perspective; some advocates for LGBT rights might forget that there are LGBT people of color who experience the world differently)
Emma Stone seems like an especially likely target for this kind of critique, because she starred in La La Land which famously whitewashed the story of jazz.
She, a white woman, also played a Hawaiian woman in Aloha for reasons that the world still does not quite understand.
Emma Stone was thinking along lines of gender but forgetting that Jordan Peele and Guillermo Del Toro are men of color who also face numerous obstacles.
Considering that some Oscar voters outright refused to watch Get Out because they didn’t consider it to be a worthy film speaks volumes about how far Hollywood needs to go.
(Though Oscars voters are famously awful — whenever the notes made on their votes comes out anonymously, the world is reminded that there are a lot of terrible people making these decisions)
Whether or not Emma Stone is a white feminist or was just using her very limited time to address one of many problems is … unclear.
But it’s not a cruel accusation. Emma Watson has recently spoken about how being called that years ago helped to open her eyes to becoming a better intersectional feminist.
Fortunately, Best Director went to Guillermo Del Toro, a Mexican director, whose film about about a woman who bangs a fish man is sometimes affectionately referred to as “Grinding Nemo.”
He also won Best Picture.
And Jordan Peele then won Best Original Screenplay for Get Out.
It would be nice to see more women win, but it’s also nice to see men of color make historic wins. There are too few of each, and not for lack of talent or merit.
Monday, March 5, 2018
Jimmy Kimmel"s Oscars Shout-Out Saving Lake Havasu Cash
Lake Havasu is relishing in the free press from Sunday night’s Oscars telecast, not only because it put the town on the map, but because the plug will save the city tons of cash on advertising in the future. A rep from the Lake Havasu Visitor…
Carmine Caridi Didn"t Appreciate Jimmy Kimmel"s Weinstein Oscars Joke
Jimmy Kimmel compared Harvey Weinstein’s expulsion from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to the only other guy to get kicked out … and the ex-member is cranky over it. We spoke with actor Carmine Caridi — who was the butt of…
Macaulay Culkin SLAMS Oscars in Epic Twitter Tirade
Macaulay Culkin was apparently home alone on Sunday night.
And bored.
As a result, the actor decided to live-Tweet the Oscars, tossing out one unfunny joke and reference after another.
It was an impressive display of terrible jokes, each perhaps more cringeworthy than the one before… yet all adding up to a Twitter rampage that really should not be missed.
Scroll down for a summation of the actor"s very profound and very lame thoughts on the broadcast…
1. Let’s Do This!
Without even watching the show? This Culkin guy is good.
2. Shade… Thrown!
At Dustin Diamond, though, so does it really count as shade when everyone agrees?
3. Easy Targets
We didn’t hear this anywhere else. We think Culkin may have made it up.
4. What Was First?
The world is dying to know.
5. Ramen Time!
In a tuxedo? Sure, why not?!?
6. Okay, This One is Pretty Funny
But we somehow doubt there will be an Emoji Movie sequel.
TMZ Live: Kobe Bryant & Ryan Seacrest Oscars Hypocrisy
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Guillermo del Toro Snaps Photos With Latino Fans After Winning Oscars
Guillermo del Toro didn’t let his wins for Best Picture and Best Director at Sunday’s Oscars go to his head as he hit the after-party circuit in Hollywood. We got the ‘Shape of Water’ director heading into the 20th Century Fox & Fox…
Kobe Bryant, Allison Janney and Tons of Celebs Flood Oscars After-Parties
Allison Janney and Kobe Bryant celebrated their Oscar win like true Americans … with booze and burgers!!! Allison and the Black Mamba remembered to fuel up while hitting the Oscar after-party scene hard … with Oscar in hand, of course.…
90th Oscars Was Jennifer Lawrence"s Wine Night Behind the Scenes
Jennifer Lawrence might not have been up for an Oscar this year, but that didn’t stop her from crackin’ open the vino and pouring herself a glass … or two, or more perhaps. J Law was on the move Sunday at the 90th Academy Awards — climbing over…
Jimmy Kimmel Tears Into Weinstein, Mike Pence in Oscars Opening Monologue
Jimmy Kimmel came out with his gloves on to open the 90th Academy Awards … beating on Harvey Weinstein and Vice President Mike Pence. Kimmel — who’s hosting the Oscars again this year — dove straight into the #TimesUp and #MeToo…
Oscars Weekend Brings About Herpes Spike
The Oscars are in full swing, but the award show isn’t just bringing out gold statues and celebs in Hollywood … herpes are also running amok. According to a rep from Herp Alert — an online diagnosis and treatment website for the STD –…
Sunday, March 4, 2018
The Oscars Plan to Tee Off on President Trump and Stormy Daniels
And this year’s Oscar for Best Performance by a Future President and a Porn Star, allegedly, goes to … We doubt that’s how it will come up, but TMZ has learned Oscars producers want to make Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels’ alleged affair part of…
Florida Shooting Students Won"t Be Attending 2018 Oscars
The faces of the #NeverAgain movement won’t appear at the Oscars Sunday, a decision that will surely keep their strong, pure message far far away from “Hollywood.” Oscar production sources tell us familiar faces like Emma Gonzalez, Jaclyn Corin,…
The Academy Awards: Best, Worst and Most Shocking Moments in Oscars History
From jam-packed celeb selfies and emotional speeches, to Best Picture announcement screw-ups — Oscar’s had some entertaining moments … especially when they’re not scripted. We’ve gathered the Academy’s most talked about moments over the past 90…
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Kobe Bryant Sits Front & Center at Oscars Lunch In Front of Meryl Streep!
Kobe Bryant got the All-Star treatment at the Oscars lunch on Monday — getting the prime front row seat for the official group photo … despite the fact he towers over EVERYONE there! He’s in front of huge stars like Margot Robbie,…
Kobe Bryant Sits Front & Center at Oscars Lunch In Front of Meryl Streep!
Kobe Bryant got the All-Star treatment at the Oscars lunch on Monday — getting the prime front row seat for the official group photo … despite the fact he towers over EVERYONE there! He’s in front of huge stars like Margot Robbie,…
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Casey Affleck Bails on The Oscars, Won"t Present Best Actress Award
Casey Affleck is backing out of presenting at the upcoming Academy Awards … TMZ has learned. The Academy tells us … Affleck notified them he won’t be presenting the Best Actress award at the Oscars on March 4, which is traditionally always…
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Gloria Allred: James Franco"s Not Innocent "Til Proven Guilty for Oscars
James Franco getting shut out at the Oscars may have a simple explanation — Academy voters are buying his accuser’s story that he’s been a sexual predator … this according to Gloria Allred. Gloria — who btw never mentions James by…
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
James Franco Shut Out of Oscars
James Franco was not nominated for an Oscar, and there isn’t a shadow of a doubt the reason is that 5 women have accused him of sexual misconduct. It’s a stunning statement … Franco won the Golden Globe and the Critics’ Choice Awards for Best…
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