Grace Kelly had a short, but memorable acting career before shifting to her Princess of Monaco duties. Kelly's role as the embattled wife of a suicidal alcoholic actor beat out Judy Garland's performance in "A Star is Born" to win the Oscar. Within two years of the win, Kelly was marr...
When Reese Witherspoon took home her Oscar for "Walk the Line," she wore a vintage gown from Christian Dior. The actortold InStylethat she still has the stunning gown but she doesn't see herself wearing it again. "Maybe (my daughter) Ava will — it would make a pretty wedding dress."...
Given that the last Best Actor Oscar recipient with less than an hour of screen time was Jean Dujardin, it’s clear that modern academy voters strongly prefer lengthy lead male roles. That hasn’t always been the case, however, as indicated by the fact that 30 briefer turns than Dujardin’...
Cillian Murphy. It’s tempting to pick Giamatti here, and in most years, he’s be a slam dunk, but Murphy has theOppenheimertrain supporting him, and he won both the Golden Globe and the SAG award for Best Actor. Best Actress Annette Bening –Nyad Lily Gladstone –Killers of the Flower...
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Chloé Zhao after winning the Oscar for best directorIn 2021 Zhao became the first woman of color to win the Oscar for best director.(more) Winners are chosen from the following 24 categories: best picture, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, directing, original screenplay, ada...
For his first show sinceThe Good Place, star comedy writer-producerMichael Schurlinked back up with one of the stars of that beloved series,Ted Danson. Their reunion is only natural, because Schur is fond of saying that Danson is the greatest TV actor of all time, so why wouldn't he wa...
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He was also highly impressive in many of his solo efforts, most notably "Going My Way" (1944), for which Crosby won the Best Actor Academy Award, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1949) and "The Country Girl" (1954). Crosby's reign as one of the leading pop culture ...
Remember not that long ago before the world changed, and we could all rally around a South Korean film becoming the first foreign flick ever to win the Oscar for Best Picture? It really was a crazy time. Thanks to Hulu’s relationship with distributor Neon, the streamer was the only place...