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‘I’m Still Here’ Makes Oscar History as First Brazilian Film to Win International Feature Category
https://variety.com/2025/film/awards/oscars-im-still-here-first-brazilian-film-win-international-feature-1236322916/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into VARIETY @variety-Variety
Why didn't Michelle Trachtenberg make it into the In Memoriam section? @vanityfair's Anthony Breznican explains it thus:
"There's always an outcry over the In Memoriam segment at the Oscars. Fans always find someone who was left out, and this year the outcry is over Michelle Trachtenberg, star of Harriet the Spy (1996), Ice Princess (2005) and EuroTrip (2004), among other films.
"The producers of the Oscar telecast don't compile the list of people who are recognized. That job is done by a committee, in part to spare the producers from being lobbied by the representatives, families and fans of Hollywood figures who have passed.
"The In Memoriam portion of the show also typically has a cut-off that's roughly a month before the awards ceremony. Exceptions tend to be made when a major star, like Gene Hackman, dies in the interim.
"This committee will likely consider Trachtenberg for next year, although anyone's inclusion is never guaranteed."
#Oscars #AcademyAwards #Film #Cinema #Movies #InMemoriam #MichelleTrachtenberg
Angie Stone, soul singer who broke ground in hip-hop, dies at 63 https://www.npr.org/2025/03/02/nx-s1-5315113/angie-stone-dies-car-crash?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Best international feature film is Brazil's "I'm Still Here." We're still salty that "Kneecap" didn't get a nomination, but we're sure they'll cope. Here's @RollingStone's review of the movie.
#Oscars #AcademyAwards #Film #Cinema #Movies #ImStillHere #Brazil #FernandaTorres
"The Brutalist" gets its first win of the evening for cinematography. Here's cinematographer Lol Crawley talking to @Variety about why he shot in VistaVision.
#Oscars #AcademyAward #Cinema #Film #Movies #Cinematography #TheBrutalist
"I'm greatly honored to be invited to give this award for the Best Original Song tonight, and much as I love doing it, I wasn't the first choice to give this award out," the Rolling Stones frontman said. "The producers really wanted Bob Dylan to do this. Bob didn't want to do it because he said the best songs this year were obviously in the movie, A Complete Unknown."
Posted into Oscars 2025 @oscars-2025-theculturedesk
I say again: kill The Washington Post opinion section.
Burn it in fire.
Scatter the ashes.
“Zelensky must mend the breach with Trump — or resign
Zelensky's stubbornness has badly hurt Ukraine.”
- Marc A. Thiessen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/03/02/zelensky-trump-ukraine-clash-vance/
The Oscars In Memoriam section was opened by Morgan Freeman, who talked about his friend, double Oscar-winner Gene Hackman. “Gene always said 'I don't think about legacy, I just hope people remember me as someone who tried to do good work,'” Freeman said. "I think I speak for us all when I say, Gene, you'll be remembered for that, and for so much more. Rest in peace, my friend." The segment was accompanied by a choir singing Mozart's "Requiem."
#Oscars #AcademyAwards #Film #Cinema #Movies #InMemoriam #RIP
The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts https://apnews.com/article/trump-gdp-economy-government-spending-lutnick-7414ba1bd441bd4bf64620bfd66923b2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
