Oscars: Diving Into The Top International Feature Shortlist Contenders – Part One

As “The Power of the Dog” continues to earn a ton of awards as it marches its way to what seems to be some more trophies at the Oscars, the discussion surrounding the film has less to do with the content of the feature and more to do with comments made by people surrounding the film. First, we saw Sam Elliott make ridiculous comments about the film and its view on Westerns.

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an 18-year-old in Bury town centre.

Travis Barker, 46, and Kourtney Kardashian, 42, shared a romantic kiss while enjoying a day in Laguna Beach on Sunday March 13. The blink-182 rocker and his fiancée locked lips while overlooking the water. The pair both looked like they were dressed comfortably for the beach day, with Travis wearing a white tanktop and Kourt rocking a black crewneck. Both of them completed their looks with a pair of shades.

Sharing her support. Tom Brady’s wife Gisele Bündchen’s return to retirement message was shared on social media—and let’s just say it was as sweet as one could expect.

Iris Apatow is dishing on her relationship with Ryder Robinson!

The first look at season five of Elite is finally here, plus, Netflix revealed the show’s debut date!

Spotify has shuttered its Moscow office in response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.Confirming its Moscow office would be closed “indefinitely”, the streaming platform said they were “providing individual support to our personnel” in Moscow, as well as their “global community of Ukrainian employees”.The new measures have come into place as sanctions have made processing payments in the country impossible.“Due to new restrictions introduced by major payment providers, payment processing is not currently possible for the majority of Premium users in Russia,” a Spotify spokesman told AFP (via Geo News).They added that paid premium accounts “will be cancelled if a recurring payment fails and the account will then be automatically moved to our free service”. The company said it had also “paused all advertising campaigns running in Russia.”In addition to restricting the discoverability of Russian state-affiliated media, the platform previously removed all content from Kremlin-backed outlets RT and Sputnik that was hosted on Spotify in the European Union and other markets.Spotify has stopped short of shutting off access for their Russian users, saying they believe it’s “critically important to try to keep our service operational in Russia to allow for the global flow of information”.

Iris Apatow doesn’t have to worry about her parents not liking her new beau.

Stevie Nicks has shared some advice for Lorde in a new interview, saying that the singer “just has to keep doing what she’s doing”.During a recent conversation in The New Yorker, the Fleetwood Mac star was asked by actor/writer Tavi Gevinson to answer a question from “my friend Ella [Lorde]”, who wanted to know how Nicks had “stayed in touch with her dreams”.“You know, the last show that Fleetwood Mac did in New Zealand [in 2019], I found out that [Lorde] had come with her parents, and she didn’t tell me she was even coming, so I didn’t get to meet her,” Nicks replied.“I have a moon for her, and it’s in a box with a little note, and I’ve never been able to get it to her.”She continued: “I don’t think Lorde is going to have any problem at all keeping in touch with what she does. I think she’s just as odd as you or me.

Keith Richards reunited with his old band the X-Pensive Winos at a show in New York last week – check out the footage below.The Rolling Stones guitarist assembled the group back in 1986 for his performance in the Chuck Berry concert film Hail! Hail! Rock ‘N’ Roll, which came out the following year.They contributed to Richards’ debut solo album ‘Talk Is Cheap’ (1988) and its follow-up ‘Main Offender’ (1992), as well as touring with the musician. The X-Pensive Winos also appear on his 2015 third LP, ‘Crosseyed Heart’, and played one live show that year.The original X-Pensive Winos line-up consisted of guitarist Waddy Wachtel, keyboardist Ivan Neville, bassist Charlie Drayton, saxophonist Bobby Keys and drummer Steve Jordan – the latter of whom is now a permanent touring member of The Rolling Stones’ following the death of Charlie Watts last summer.As Stereogum reports, Richards and the X-Pensive Winos played a three-track set together at the Love Rocks benefit show at NYC’s Beacon Theatre last Thursday (March 10).

Victoria Beckham's ever-growing collection of engagement rings from husband David or Harry Kane's wife Kate's sparkling rock for proof!Keep scrolling to see photos and details of the most incredible jewels belonging to Christine Lampard, Coleen Rooney and more footballers' wives – no expense spared, of course.MORE: England WAGs: see their showstopping wedding dressesChildhood sweethearts Harry and Kate Kane got engaged in 2017 and married in 2019. The England captain – who is father to three children, Ivy Jane, Vivienne Jane and Louis Harry – popped the question on the beach during a family holiday in the Bahamas.

"High five!" the American Film Institute congratulated 2006's Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan as it bestowed an AFI Award for one of the 10 best films of that year on the transgressive comedy, adding, "The joy of the film is that no ivory tower is too tall for Borat.

Clayton Davis The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be announcing its shortlist on Tuesday in nine Oscar categories. The categories and number of films to be revealed include documentary feature (15), documentary short subject (10), international feature (15), makeup and hairstyling (10), original score (15), original song (15), animated short film (10), live action short film (10) and visual effects (10).The shortlist voting concluded on Feb.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorRoy Christopher, the multiple Emmy-winning production designer behind numerous awards shows as well as “Murphy Brown,” “Frasier,” and “Wings,” died on Feb. 2.

Also Read: Andy Samberg to Star in Untitled Sci-Fi Comedy at Apple, Ben Stiller to ProduceAdam Perlman wrote the script along with Ben Stiller and Yarvitz, who executive produced the podcast and co-wrote the subsequent book with Maddow. No casting has been announced.Stiller will also produce “Bag Man” along with Lorne Michaels, Yarvitz and Josh McLaughlin.

Since the inception of the Oscars’ Best Animated Feature category in 2001, the race has been utterly dominated by powerhouse American studios—the most notable examples being Walt Disney Studios and its Emeryville subsidiary, Pixar. Having claimed eight Oscars over the last decade, and 13 overall, these studios have become almost insurmountable over time.

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Tarzan and Arab Nasser’s Gaza Mon Amour, Palestine’s official submission for Best International Feature at the 93rd Academy Awards. The film will be released later this year.

were unveiled Thursday, and in Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, the nominees were Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Minari, One Night in Miami, and The Trial of the Chicago 7. Among the most notable omissions in this category was Nomadland, seen as a major Best Picture contender, as well as Mank, which led Wednesday's Golden Globe nominations.

Bill Cunningham, the renowned chronicler of fashion, once wrote of himself, “I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women…That’s all there is to it.”

Welcome to Part Two of our annual look at which films have a good shot of landing on the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film shortlist. Voting for the shortlist is currently underway with the expanded roster of 15 titles to be unveiled next week. In a year unlike any other, there is reliably excellent work and another embarrassment of riches among the 93 films submitted from countries all around the world.

Clayton Davis On the heels of the nominations for the Golden Globes and the release of the BAFTA longlist, the Screen Actors Guild Awards have weighed in on the best films and performances of the season. Critics awards be damned, SAG will do what they want to do.Overall, the nominations provided not as many jaw-droppers as we’ve seen in normal years.

Gallery: Netflix dominates 2021 Golden Globe nominations (dw. com)The SAG Awards, which only honor actors, are closely watched as an indicator of likely success at the Oscars because actors form the largest voting group in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Clayton Davis The Golden Globes were announced on Feb. 3 where Netflix’s “Mank’ from David Fincher led the nominations with six.

The Kenyan film Softie is gaining momentum as documentary features make their closing arguments for inclusion on the Oscar shortlist, with preliminary voting set to wrap up Friday. The film was nominated Tuesday for a Producers Guild Award, honoring the work of director-producer Sam Soko and producer Toni Kamau.

After a year that forced the world to confront the toughest issues before it, many of the contenders in the 2021 Oscar short film categories explore those issues in 40 minutes or less. Six of those contenders joined TheWrap’s Awards Screening Series to discuss their work on topics from Black Lives Matter to sexist abuse around the world.Emmy-winning filmmaker Travon Free and rapper Joey Bada$$ are gunning for a nomination with their live-action short “Two Distant Strangers,” which follows in the vein of “Groundhog Day,” “Palm Springs” and the “Twilight Zone” episode “Rewind” as it follows a Black cartoonist who is forced to relive his George Floyd-esque murder at the hands of multiple cops over and over.

Clayton Davis With the Golden Globes weighing in today with their choices (and believe me, there were some “choices”), the Screen Actors Guild awards are next on the docket and have a stronger correlation to the Oscars.A group of 2,500 randomly selected SAG-AFTRA members vote for the coveted awards, often resulting in an eclectic group of nominees. In past years, shocking inclusions like Sarah Silverman (“I Smile Back”), Emily Blunt (“The Girl on the Train”) and Peter Dinklage (“The Station Agent”) have shaken things up.

There are Sundance movies and there are Oscar movies, and if you were to create a Venn diagram of the two, there are years when the two circles have overlapped and years when they've maintained their distance. Richard Linklater's decades-spanning Boyhood, for example, which debuted at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, went on to earn six Oscar noms, including best picture, and scored a win for supporting actress Patricia Arquette.