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The Academy and ABC Announce Key Dates For 91st Oscars®

April 23, 2018
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LOS ANGELES, CA — The Academy and the ABC Television Network today announced key dates for the 91st Oscars®. The Academy Awards® presentation will air live on ABC on Oscar®Sunday, February 24, 2019. Academy key dates for the 2018 Awards season are: Sunday, November 18, 2018 Governors Awards…

March 26, 2018
Written by: Willie David
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LOS ANGELES — Legendary Emmy®-winning actor and comedian Ed Asner, who has brought us laughter and entertainment for more than four decades, today announced the creation of The Ed Asner Family Center (TEAFC), dedicated to promoting self-confidence in differently abled individuals and bringing balance and wellness to those individuals and their families. A longtime advocate for the developmentally disabled and…

March 5, 2018
Written by: Willie David
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LOS ANGELES, Ca. (FNN NEWS) – The 2018 Oscar winners full list: BEST PICTURE CALL ME BY YOUR NAME DARKEST HOUR DUNKIRK GET OUT LADY BIRD PHANTOM THREAD THE POST WINNER! – THE SHAPE OF WATER THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI ============================= ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Timothée Chalamet CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Daniel Day-Lewis PHANTOM…

March 4, 2018
Written by: Willie David
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LOS ANGELES, Ca. (FNN NEWS) – The five-time NBA championship winner has added an Oscar to his career wins. Bryant’s “Dear Basketball” won an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film at the 2018 Academy Awards. “As basketball players we’re really supposed to shut up and dribble. I’m glad we’re doing much more than that,” Bryant said in…

March 4, 2018
Written by: Willie David
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LOS ANGELES, Ca (FNN NEWS) – Film Director/Writer Jordan Peele has won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. His screenplay for Get Out won against the writers behind Lady Bird, The Shape of Water, The Big Sick, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Peele is also up for Best Director and Get Out` is contending for Best Picture. The movie’s star, Daniel Kaluuya,…

March 4, 2018
Written by: Willie David
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN NEWS) – Full Sail graduate Gary Rizzo wins Oscar for Best Mixing for DUNKIRK. Rizzo gave Full Sail University a shout out during his acceptance. Courtesy ABC / Hollywood Reporter Rizzo: To my daughters Luciana and Devin, I love you. Hang onto your dreams, they are so, so valuable. And to everybody at…

February 22, 2018
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LOS ANGELES, CA – Academy governor Lois Burwell, event producer Cheryl Cecchetto and master chef Wolfgang Puck will team to create this year’s Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ official post-Oscars® celebration, which will immediately follow the 90th Oscars ceremony on Sunday, March 4. The Ball’s 1,500 invited guests include Oscar® winners and nominees,…

February 7, 2018
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LOS ANGELES, CA – On the heels of the show’s second season pick up, Steve Harvey’s daytime series “STEVE” is traveling to Walt Disney World Resort for an all-new week of exciting shows set to air March 19 – 23. The week will feature celebrity families and couples including The Bella Twins, Eric Christian Olsen…

February 4, 2018
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LOS ANGELES – (FNN NEWS) – The winners of the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards for 2017 were announced Saturday night during the 70th Annual DGA Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Guillermo del Toro won the DGA’s Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for The Shape of Water. Jordan Peele…

February 3, 2018
Written by: Willie David
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Peele, Greta Gerwig and Guillermo del Toro are among those vying for the top honor from the Directors Guild of America Saturday at the 70th annual DGA dinner and ceremony in Beverly Hills. The Directors Guild Awards are often a reliable predictor of who will walk away with the…