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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Before you tune into Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, check out our coverage of the stars of this year’s show.
A. P. Giannini photographed in March 1927, and the Hollywood sign.
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How the son of Italian immigrants created the Bank of America, and funded early Hollywood in the process.
Kubrick died in 1999, leaving behind a cache of memorably diverse films.
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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.
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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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The secular carol doesn’t mention Jesus, angels or wise men, while reminding listeners of what makes them not just American, but human.
A scene from the award-winning film Mami Wata directed by CJ Obasi.
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Increasingly slick films attracting big budgets are major features of Nollywood, the Nigerian film industry.
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The scandal that engulfed the tempestuous couple from the beginning fed a media and public obsession that lasted for the rest of their lives.
Jason Isaacs as Cary Grant in Archie.
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The series cuts between Cary Grant’s humble English beginnings and later Hollywood success.
Cary Grant in 1935.
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Cary Grant’s films offer complicated and contrasting visions of what it means to be a man.
Children trick or treat and wear Halloween costumes for a full week during Day of the Dead season in Mexico.
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Halloween’s influence is transforming popular festivities around Día de los Muertos and its ceremonial customs in rural and urban areas of Mexico in some fascinating ways.
Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939).
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As Hollywood continues to reckon with its past, Vivien Leigh’s story is a reminder of the challenges faced by women, even the most successful ones.
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Britain has lost one of its greatest actors in the Irish-born star who found fame in Dennis Potter’s groundbreaking TV drama The Singing Detective.
The movie ‘Barbie’ offers an example of what it takes for a revolution to launch.
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Before a revolution can take place, the oppressed first have to recognize that they actually do not have many rights.
The SAG-AFTRA actors union has been on strike since July 2023.
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Studios say the number is unrealistic − that it amounts to actors not assuming any financial risk for content that flops. But actors simply want to adapt existing payout models to changing technology.
Taylor Swift cheers as the Kansas City Chiefs play the Chicago Bears on Sept. 24, 2023.
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What does it say about the online media ecosystem when the end of a 146-day strike is buried under headlines and posts about Swift’s budding romance with NFL star Travis Kelce?
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologized for writing letters in support for fellow actor Danny Masterson during his rape trial. Masterson was later found guilty and sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women.
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In letters to the judge, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis asked for Masterson to be shown leniency based on his supposedly good character.