The photo booth serves a dual purpose, as entertainment for guests and secondly to recollect what occurred the night before, post hangover. The age old question of what would happen if you placed a photo booth at a Oscar party, has been answered. Please enjoy some of the hilarious moments caught on film by Vanity Fair’s photo booth.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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]
That’s right, kids. The 85th edition of the Oscars has come and gone. If you’re keen to outsmart your friends who don’t spend the majority of their time on the internet, then catch the full list of winners below.
One of the films nominated for this year’s Best Animated Short Film at the Oscars is Disney’s Paperman.
It is almost time for this year’s Academy Awards or Oscars. And while it is every actor’s dream to win one of these golden statues, there are some who believe that they bring nothing but bad luck.
The 2013 Golden Globe Awards took place last night in Los Angeles.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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, […]
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.
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?
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.
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 […]
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.”
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.
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 […]
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.
The 2010 Academy Award nominations is, essentially, one of the least surprising events since the election of our great president.