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'Spotlight': How it triumphed by taking Best Picture on Oscars nightIndustry watchers called the Best Picture race one of the hardest to predict this year. So how did the journalism drama 'Spotlight' end up winning the high-profile award?聽
Oscars 2016: 'Spotlight' wins Best Picture as Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson win bigThe film 'Spotlight' won the Oscar for Best Picture while Brie Larson and Leonardo DiCaprio won the Oscars for best actress and best actor, respectively, and Alejandro G. I帽谩rritu聽won the best director Oscar for 'The Revenant.' The best supporting actor Oscar went to Mark Rylance, while Alicia Vikander won the best supporting actress Oscar.
Leonardo DiCaprio (finally) takes the Best Actor prize for 'The Revenant'DiCaprio has won the Best Actor Oscar for his work in the film 'The Revenant.' 'I felt that this is one of the greatest actors,' his director for 'Revenant,'聽Alejandro G. I帽谩rritu, said of DiCaprio's work in the film.
'Room' actress Brie Larson wins the Best Actress OscarLarson starred in the movie as a young woman being held captive with her son (Jacob Tremblay). 'When I met Brie, not only did you have an amazing actor, but you鈥檝e also got this really warm, really funny, really vibrant person,' her director, Lenny Abrahamson, said of casting Larson.
Acclaimed stage actor Mark Rylance takes Best Supporting Actor Oscar for 'Bridge of Spies'Rylance played Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in the Steven Spielberg movie 'Bridge.' 'Seldom has an actor been around for so many distinguished years on the stage and yet had not been fully discovered for the screen,' Spielberg said of the actor.
Alicia Vikander wins Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 'The Danish Girl' after a breakout yearVikander portrayed Gerda Wegener, the wife of transgender woman Lili Elbe (Eddie Redmayne), in the film. Vikander also appeared this year in such films as 'Testament of Youth' and 'Ex Machina,' with the latter also winning her awards season acclaim.
Oscars 2016: Why no one seems to know what will win Best PictureThis year, your guess may be as good as the experts' when it comes to what movie will win the big prize. Why is the Best Picture race seemingly so hard to predict this time?
Oscars 2016: Will the industry improve for women and people of color in Hollywood?All the acting nominees at the Oscars this year are white and no female directors are nominated for the corresponding prize. Yet some in Hollywood are heartened 鈥� albeit cautiously 鈥� by recent developments that should benefit women and minorities, both behind the camera and in front.
Spirit Awards 2016: What they say about the Oscars and diversityThe Spirit and Oscar winners have often aligned in acting and best picture categories. Why this year is different.
Oscars 2016: What factors make a movie succeed at the Academy Awards?There are many factors behind what's led to two straight years of all-white acting nominees, but one is the stifling limitation of what gets considered an 'Oscar聽movie.' 'The nomination process is essentially run by, dictated by money and public relations maneuvering,' actor Viggo Mortensen says.- Will Millennials pass time crunch or breakfast munch on to their kids?A recent study revealed that some young adults feel that eating cereal for breakfast is too much trouble.
'Bones': Final season and what helps a show air for so long?Fox recently announced that its program 'Bones' will air for a twelfth and final season during the 2016-2017 TV season. 'Bones' is one of a few shows like 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Supernatural' that have ran for a huge amount of seasons in these changing TV times.
'Embrace of the Serpent': Director Ciro Guerra's technique can be meditative but also just vaporous'Serpent' is the phantasmagoric third feature from Colombian director Ciro Guerra and is shot in lustrous, widescreen black and white. It was inspired by聽the journals of two ethnographers who traveled the Amazon in the last century.
Kelly Clarkson on 'American Idol': What helped the first 'Idol' winner succeed?Clarkson returned to 'Idol' to serve as a guest judge and her performance won widespread praise. Not every 'Idol' champion has sold as many albums as Clarkson has 鈥� what led to her success?
Oscars 2016: Will the Academy rule changes work?Following the聽second聽year in a row in which all the Oscar acting nominees have been white, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced alterations to the membership. Will this bring about change?聽
Pear and blue cheese tartineBlack truffle oil makes this open-faced sandwich a decadent meal for breakfast, lunch, or even a snack. Pair with a salad made from spicy greens such as arugula.
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Oscars 2016: How to change the face of HollywoodOne of the nominees in the middle of the Academy Awards controversy shows how Hollywood can better value diversity.- Oscars 2016: How to change the face of HollywoodOne of the nominees in the middle of the Academy Awards controversy shows how Hollywood can better value diversity.
White cheddar buttermilk biscuitsThis white cheddar buttermilk biscuits recipe comes together quickly, especially with the help of a food processor, to make fluffy biscuits perfect for breakfast! They freeze well, too, and are easily baked from frozen for quick breakfasts made ahead of time.
