An image from Nintendo’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Nintendo has made effective use of nostalgia to turn the Mario series into the best-selling video game franchise of all time and one of the largest multi-media properties on Earth.
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Nostalgia can provide emotional relief during times of stress, a fact which the entertainment industry takes full advantage of to profit off of the anxiety of Millenials and Gen Z.
Richard Sherman, left, in a sound room at Walt Disney Imagineering offices in 2005.
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The star of the 1920s silver screen who appears on Taylor Swift’s new album abruptly left Hollywood at the height of her success – a middle finger to the men whom she had made rich and powerful.
New documentary about Nickelodeon, Quiet on Set, highlights how we don’t keep child stars safe. In the age of social media this is an even bigger problem.
Oscar wins through the years: 1. Hattie McDaniel, best supporting actress with Fay Bainter, 1940. 2. Whoopi Goldberg, best supporting actress, 1991. 3. Halle Berry, best actress, 2002. 4. Jennifer Hudson, best supporting actress, 2007. 5. Mo'Nique, best supporting actress, 2010. 6. Lupita Nyong’o, best actress, 2014. 7. Octavia Spencer, best supporting actress, 2012. 8.Viola Davis, best supporting actress, 2017 9. Da'Vine Joy Randolph, best supporting actress, 2024.
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It’s been nine years since #OscarsSoWhite called out a lack of diversity at the Oscars. Has anything changed? Prof. Naila Keleta-Mae and actress Mariah Inger unpack the progress.
Oscars will be handed out to winners across 24 categories, ranging from best picture to best costume design.
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25 years after the death of the legendary director, a new book offers fresh insights into Stanley Kubrick’s personal and professional life.
Best picture nominee ‘Past Lives’ was directed by South Korean-Canadian filmmaker Celine Song and has scenes in Korean and English.
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Non-English language cinema – previously seen by niche audiences – is increasingly finding acceptance and recognition, reflecting the many demographic changes taking place within the academy.
Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night.
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It Happened One Night is one of only three films to nab the Oscar “big five”, winning prizes for best actor, actress, adapted screenplay, director and picture.
Taylor Swift and Clara Bow.
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Bow and Swift have shared unrelenting scrutiny, overshadowing their hard work and success.
The Ghost Reader.
Recovering Women’s Contributions to Media Studies is a new book which looks at the contributions of women in the media.
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Mae D Huettig, Romana Javitz and Shirley Graham DuBois were instrumental in their respective media fields but very few of us will be aware of their individual contributions.
After Irving Berlin, left, penned ‘White Christmas,’ he pegged Bing Crosby as the ideal singer for what would become a holiday classic.
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