After impressing with his inaugural hosting of the Oscars, the Academy has invited Conan O'Brien back to host next year's 98th Academy Awards, Sunday, March 15 on ABC.
After impressing with his inaugural hosting of the Oscars, the Academy has invited Conan O'Brien back to host next year's 98th Academy Awards, Sunday, March 15 on ABC.
Conan O'Brien is coming back next year as host of the Oscars, which will be held on March 15 2026. The 2025 ceremony, held at the beginning of this month, had the highest viewership in five years. “The only reason I’m hosting the Oscars next year is that I want to hear Adrien Brody finish his speech.” O'Brien said in a statement, referring to Brody's best actor acceptance speech for "The Brutalist," which was the longest in Oscars history. Here's more from @Variety.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/opinion/no-other-land-documentary-israel-gaza.html?smid=url-share
“The Oscar win for “No Other Land” for best documentary ought to have been a triumphant moment for Palestinian and Israeli cinema and society — a rare instance in which artists from both communities stood on the world stage together to receive acclaim for a film they made together. “
#oscars #nootherland #palestinians #israel #documentary
#PortlandME showings of the Oscar-winning film, "#NoOtherLand".
"For half a decade, #BaselAdra, a #Palestinian activist, films his community of #MasaferYatta being destroyed by #Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight. Winner of Best Documentary Feature at this year’s Academy Awards!"
Portland Museum of Art
7 Congress Square
Portland, ME, 04101 United States
Friday, March 21, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:40 PM
Sunday, March 23, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Thursday, March 27, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:40 PM
Ticket pricing:
- Adult $10.00
- PMA Member $7.00
- Student (with ID) $7.00
Tickets:
https://www.portlandmuseum.org/eventscalendar/no-other-land-11
#Israel #Occupation #WestBank #IDF #Oscars #BreakingTheSilence #Palestine
Jennie Garth on Shannen Doherty Oscars 2025 ‘In Memoriam’ snub https://www.inbella.com/938256/jennie-garth-on-shannen-doherty-oscars-2025-in-memoriam-snub/ #AcademyAwards #awards #BeverlyHills90210 #CelebritiesNews #CelebrityDeaths #CelebrityFriendships #CelebrityNews #Entertainment #JennieGarth #memorials #movies #Oscars #Oscars2025 #ShannenDoherty #tributes #tv
#oscars #nootherland
from "https://peterhimmelman.substack.com/p/no-other-landno-other-story-team":
*No Other Land gives you the tragedy from one point of view. It shows you soldiers with guns, but not the attacks that made them come. It shows you children crying, but not the Israeli children who have been massacred. It doesn’t tell you why Israel must take these actions—just that they happen. And that’s the trick, isn’t it? You take something rooted in decades of war and rejectionism and terrorism, and you strip it down to one story, one image, so that by the time the credits roll, you don’t see history—you see a villain. And in No Other Land, that villain is always Israel.*
I saw the film a few months ago at an activist screening up here in North Denmark, and I had exactly the same thoughts.
The #JamesBond tribute must have been bittersweet for Michael and Barbara. And Halle Berry tripped up her lines. Still, better than that bizarre Bond tribute at the #Oscars in 1982. This time, it was rescued by #DojaCat performing #JohnBarry and #DonBlack's Diamonds Are Forever theme.
10 Celebs Who Took Their Time Giving Oscars Speeches Vs. 10 Who Kept Things Short And Sweet – BuzzFeed https://www.inbella.com/937470/10-celebs-who-took-their-time-giving-oscars-speeches-vs-10-who-kept-things-short-and-sweet-buzzfeed/ #BlackContent #DibCelebs #EntertainmentNews #movies #Oscars #topical #tv #TVShows #WomensContent
Here's a review, a literary piece on #Anora written by a sex worker. It confirms my suspicions, but it also is a great text. So make sure you read it.
"Romance Labor: on Sean Baker’s Anora"
"Whatever satisfaction I could have derived from the representation of sex workers in film is suffocated by the condescension of liberal representation politics wherein marginalized people are depicted as most authentic in states of suffering."
#SexWork #MustRead #oscars
https://angelfoodmag.com/romance-labor
Oscars telecast ratings fall 7% to 18m viewers https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/04/oscars-telecast-ratings-fall-7-to-18m-viewers #Televisionindustry #Television&radio #Awardsandprizes #Filmindustry #Business #Culture #Oscars #USnews #Media #Film #Hulu #ABC
Sir Elton John, Chappell Roan perform live at 33rd annual Academy Awards Viewing Party
https://lucire.com/insider/20250303/sir-elton-john-chappell-roan-perform-live-at-33rd-annual-academy-awards-viewing-party/ #charity #EltonJohn #ChappellRoan #music #singers #celebrity #AcademyAwards #Oscars #Oscars2025 #AcademyAwards2025 #WestHollywood #TheScene #living #California #USA
“Like everyone who ever shared a scene with him, I learned he was a generous performer.” — Morgan Freeman on Gene Hackman
At the #Oscars, Freeman honored his late friend, remembering him as a “dear” and legendary actor.
https://lamag.com/arts-and-entertainment/morgan-freeman-honors-his-late-friend-gene-hackman-at-oscars-2025
Musical Interlude: I didn't watch the Oscars last night, but here's a musical performance from a past ceremony that I remember finding very sweet and moving, even if it was also comical...From the movie "A Mighty Wind"...with the actors performing IN CHARACTER, which I loved.
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow," performed live by Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara.
The win at the #Oscars of #blender made film #Flow shows just what is possible when #FreeSoftware and #OpenSource takes itself seriously and doesn't confine itself to being made by or made for *just* hobbiests.
It IS possible to get great, industry leading software, and make it ethically by focusing on the business, the economics, the design as well as the engineering of the problem.
Users must be served; developers must be paid.