Friday, January 10, 2025

You Will LOVE These Behind-The-Scenes Pics Taken At The Oscars [GALLERY]

This year’s Oscars will be known for the famous Ellen selfie, but that isn’t the only photo from the event doing the rounds on the web. The 2014 Academy Awards featured starving celebs pigging out on pizza, thanks to generous host Ellen DeGeneres, and a heap of glorious photobombs.

Everyone Is Talking About Ellen’s Oscar Awards Pizza Delivery [HILARIOUS VIDEO]

For months leading up to the Oscars, celebrities employ whatever means (puking, diets, starvation) to fit into that perfect dress for the red carpet. But have you ever considered that these starved celebs have to endure at least three hours of award show before they can pig out? Don’t worry Ellen DeGeneres was there, savior of starving celebs everywhere.

Yes, Jennifer Lawrence Fell At The Oscars, Again [VIDEO]

Jennifer Lawrence falling at the Oscars is becoming an annual event. Her sea legs gave way on the red carpet, when le wild traffic cone appeared. The camouflaged cone got the best of the actress mere seconds after she stepped onto the red carpet.

Here Are All The Oscar Awards Winners

To avoid the ‘Oscar’ confusion we present you with all of the Academy award winners bright and early today. The big winners of the 2014 Academy Awards were ’12 Years a Slave’ taking home three Oscars (including Best Picture) and Gravity, which won seven awards.

The Definitive Guide To Best Picture Oscar Winners [INFOGRAPHIC]

The Academy Awards have been around for quite some time, and the 2014 installment is soon approaching. Without giving you a history lesson or an extremely long list, here is an inforgraphic with all of the Oscar Best Picture Winners represented as icons, for the uninitiated.

SPL!NG Movie Review: American Hustle

When David O. Russell makes a movie, people sit up, take notice and then stand up. He reportedly said he hates plots and is all about characters. Well, the critically acclaimed director has managed to get Oscar-nominated performances out of his cast in his last three films.  It’s no wonder he’s developing a loyal following of […]

Anonymous Oscar Voter Comes Forward With Famous Awards Night Secrets

The only Oscar making news headlines of late has been the blade runner, but the Academy Awards are just around the corner. The people over at the Daily Beast got their hands on one of the 6,000 Oscar voters willing to spill the beans. Here are a couple of tips the anonymous voter has for us, concerning the upcoming Academy awards.

Here Are The 2014 Oscar Nominations

As with any year, this year’s Academy Awards promises to be a glittering evening filled with joy, voyeurism and bitter disappointment. But before we get to the disappointments, lets have a look at this year’s nominations.

Cape Flats Gangland Thriller is SA’s Oscar Entry

Four Corners, the movie set in the Cape ganglands, has been selected as South Africa’s official 2014 foreign language entry for the Academy Awards. This is the first foreign language film to blend Sabela (the coded prison language of the 26 and 28 Number gangs) Tsoti-taal, Cape Afrikaans and English.

Jennifer Lawrence Should Host The Next Oscars [VIDEO]

Silver Linings Playbook star and new Oscar owner Jennifer Lawrence gave quite the performance at the 2013 Academy Awards. In short, she’s funny. Funnier than Seth Macfarlane, for sure. Step aside, Jimmy Fallon. [Source: Reddit]

Searching For Sugarman Nails Critics’ Choice Movie Award

Shortly after recieving an Academy Award nomintaion, Searching For Sugarman nailed the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature, last night. The film spotlights the fasciniating life and times of American singer/songwriter, Sixto Rodriguez, who enjoyed widespread fame and adoration in apartheid (and present-day) South Africa, and utter failure in the United States. The narrative […]

SPL!NG Movie Review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

If a nice cup of tea, a dry scone and a fascinating game of chess against one of those electronic Kasparov chessboards sounds like a great night in… Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is your movie. Slow-moving, dull, dreary and stoney-faced – this Cold War club for stiff cigar room suits makes the dense two hour plod as inviting as […]

Donald Trump Takes To YouTube Over Sacha Baron Cohen’s Oscar Prank [VIDEO]

On Monday we saw Sacha Baron Cohen dump Kim Jong-Il’s “ashes” onto Ryan Seacrest on the Oscars red carpet. Ryan didn’t think it was funny, and neither did Donald Trump, it would seem. He’s taken to YouTube to voice his displeasure – even going so far as to say Seacrest should have punched Baron Cohen in the face. See the video inside.

SPL!NG Movie Review: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a miracle. Why? There’s no other way you could explain it being nominated for a Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards. Grant 2012 hasn’t been the strongest year for Hollywood with only a handful of truly excellent films, but let’s call it what it is… extremely long & incredibly […]

Watch Oscar Winning Films At Ster-Kinekor And Win A Trip To Cannes

If you took the trouble to catch this year’s Academy Awards, it stands to reason that you are duty-bound to watch the Oscar-winning films. It’s a critical thing, guys. How can you have an opinion on a film that claimed an Oscar if you haven’t watched it on the big screen? With that in mind, […]

Forget Planking – Angelina Jolie’ing Is The New Thing

By now we’ve all seen the Oscars and Angelina Jolie’s black number with the slit running up to high heaven. It seems that no matter where a photo of her was taken, her leg stuck out. On the red carpet, on the stage, everywhere. This has led to a new trend, similar to planking – Angelina Jolie’ing.

Ryan Seacrest Pranked By Sacha Baron Cohen At Oscars [VIDEO]

After speculation about whether or not Sacha Baron Cohen would be allowed to show up at the Oscars dressed as his character from The Dictator, he eventually appeared on the red carpet last night. Admiral General Aladeen also carried an urn labeled “Kim Jong-Il’s ashes.” Ryan Seacrest was the unfortunate presenter who got to interview him. Can you guess what happened next?

The Cirque du Soleil’s Incredible Academy Awards Performance [VIDEO]

So it was the Oscars last night, where we got to watch Billy Crystal act smug about being considered relavent by somebody. Also Christopher Plummer finally won something. Also there was this – the Cirque du Soleil’s incredible, film-themed performance – which works out well, thematically. Take a look.

Full List Of 2012 Oscar Awards Winners

The Iron Lady won an Oscar for Best Makeup, but did Meryl take the Best Actress award? What’s more, did you know that one of the winners this year is the oldest person to ever win a certain Oscar? And what about The Artist? Did the silent film continue the awards success it found at […]

Ricky Gervais Offers Franco And Hathaway Free Oscar Monologues

You guys remember all that hoo-ha over Gervais’ Golden Globes bit? It was pretty great. In all likelihood, that’s why the Oscars are being hosted by similarly scathing comedians, Anne Hathaway and James Franco. Sweetheart that he is, Gervais has offered them some free material, “in case they have a few minutes to fill.”

Banksy Can’t Attend The Oscars In Disguise

Street artist, Banksy, who has been nominated in the best documentary category for Exit Through The Gift Shop, has been told by the Academy award chiefs that he can’t attend the Oscars in disguise. Once again proving that the Academy are really just like a retiree committee, only richer.

SPL!NG Movie Review: 127 Hours (2010)

Would you cut your own arm off to save your life? That’s what it all boils down to in 127 Hours, an adventure-thriller and spirited drama starring James Franco and directed by Slumdog Millionaire’s Danny Boyle. The film is an adaptation of Between a Rock and a Hard Place, a biographical account of now famous […]

Hans Zimmer Slams Chris Nolan’s Latest Oscar Snub

Christopher Nolan has been ignored yet again by the fickle American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a “Best Director” nomination, and plenty of people are peeved about it, including renowned film-score composer, Hans Zimmer.