Oscars
Diane Warren Performs Her 12 Oscar-Nominated Songs in 5 Minutes
The legendary songwriter is hoping to win for the first time this year, for “Io si (Seen)” from ‘The Life Ahead.’ The legendary songwriter Diane Warren has accumulated a dozen best original song Oscar nominations across five different decades, but she has never taken home a statuette. No other woman in history, across all Oscar categories, has ever remained winless through this many noms. This could all change at the 93rd Oscars on April 25, as the 64-year-old’s latest nominated tune — “Io si (Seen)” from the film The Life Ahead, which she cowrote with Laura Pausini — has already won the best original song Golden Globe award, and is competing in a distinguished but wide-open Oscar race (unlike when previous tunes of hers came up against steamroller...
H.E.R., Leslie Odom Jr. & More to Perform Oscar-Nominated Songs on Pre-Show, Not the Main Telecast
The Oscars have struggled with how to include the five nominated songs without having a four-hour show. The producers of the 93rd annual Academy Awards had good news and bad news for the singers who are performing this year’s Oscar nominees for best original song. The good news: All five nominees will be performed in their entirety. The bad news: They’ll be featured on a 90-minute pre-show, Oscars: Into the Spotlight, which is billed as “the lead-in” to the Oscars. Hosted by actors Ariana DeBose (Hamilton) and Lil Rel Howery (Bad Trip), the pre-show will air Sunday, April 25, at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. The main Oscar telecast will begin at 8 p.m.. ET/5 p.m. PT. The Oscars have struggled with how to include the five nominated songs without having a four-hour show. In a few years, none of...
Diane Warren Shares Hilarious Oscars-Themed Dating Profile: ‘I Like Them Short, Bald, Smooth and Golden’
Hey, Oscar, are you single? Superstar songwriter and 12-time Academy Award nominee Diane Warren posted a tongue-in-cheek dating profile on Wednesday, and the man she’s in search of shares a lot of similarities with the golden guy doled out every year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. “So, it’s never too late to put out the beacon: Yes, I’m single. Yes, I’m looking,” reads the Match.com profile, “Songwriter and hopeless romantic,” that Warren posted this morning. “I’m looking for a man in my life. I like them short, bald, smooth, and golden. I like a guy that is built solid and statuesque. A naked knight that carries a big sword … I digress I’ve lost out in finding my true love eleven times before. H...
At 2021 SAG Awards, Actors of Color Swept All Four Film Acting Awards (Yes, That’s a First)
Boseman, who died of colon cancer in August, is the first posthumous winner in the lead actor category at the SAG Awards. Moreover, he’s just the fourth actor to win a posthumous SAG Award in any individual performance category. He follows Heath Ledger (male actor in a supporting role for The Dark Knight, 2008); Jerry Orbach (male actor in a drama series for Law & Order, 2004); and Raúl Juliá (male actor in a miniseries or television movie for The Burning Season, 1994). When the 93rd annual Academy Awards are presented on April 25, Boseman is likely to become the third actor to win a posthumous Oscar. The first two were Peter Finch (best actor for Network, 1976) and Ledger (best supporting actor for The Dark Knight). No woman has ever won a posthumous acting Oscar. Davis’ win mar...
Laura Pausini Reacts to Her Oscar Nomination: ‘I Still Don’t Believe It’
After being nominated Monday (March 15) for the 2021 Oscars, Laura Pausini took to social media to say, “I still don’t believe it.” The Italian crooner, known for timeless Latin ballads including “Viveme,” “En Cambio No,” and “Amores Extraños,” is nominated for best original song alongside Diane Warren for “Io Sí (Seen),” the theme song to the Edoardo Ponti-directed film The Life Ahead, starring his mother, Sophia Loren. “Being able to be part of such a special project as ‘The Life Ahead’ with #EdoardoPonti and #SophiaLoren was for me one of the greatest gifts that life could give me,” she wrote. “And now knowing that I’m nominated for an Oscar is beyond any wish or expectation I could dream of. I want to thank the Academy for welcoming ‘Io Si’ and the message it bri...
Riz Ahmed and Steven Yeun Earn Historic Best Actor Nominations at Academy Awards
Two of the best film performances of 2020 were Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal and Steven Yeun in Minari, and both actors were rightfully nominated for Best Actor at the upcoming Academy Awards because of such. However, in addition to the general excitement of Ahmed and Yeun getting those well-deserved nods, this also means they just made history as the first Muslim actor and first Asian American actor, respectively, to be nominated in the category. In Sound of Metal, Ahmed plays a heavy metal drummer named Ruben who’s learning to live with the loss of hearing, particularly in regards to his career as a musician and his love life — a performance that required him to study with an ASL coach for nearly a year. It’s an intimate and deeply moving character study, especially compared to the bi...
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Andra Day, H.E.R. Highlight Music Oscar Nominations
While the excitement of last night’s Grammy Awards is still fresh, the 2021 Oscar nominations landed this morning, with the prolific Nine Inch Nails duo of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross nabbing nominations for their work on David Fincher’s Mank and Pixar’s Soul. A pair of music films — Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and The United States vs. Billie Holiday — received Best Actress in a Leading Role nods for their stars, Viola Davis and Andra Day, respectively. Late actor Chadwick Boseman was nominated for Best Actor in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”...
How to Watch the 2021 Oscar Nominations Announcement
Nominations for the 93rd annual Academy Awards will be announced Monday morning, following the 63rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday evening. Nick Jonas and wife, actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas, will announce all 23 categories during a two-part livestream broadcast across the Academy’s social media accounts as well as on Oscar.com and Oscars.org. The first part will start at 8:19 a.m. ET, where nominations in nine categories, including best original score, will be revealed. The second half featuring the final 14 categories will resume at 8:31 a.m. ET, including the top prizes like best picture and best actor and actress in a leading role; the best original song nominees will also be announced during the second portion of the broadcast. You Deserve to Make M...
Halle Berry’s Sheer At-Home Fashion Moment Reminds Us of That Iconic Oscars Red Carpet Dress
It seems we aren’t the only ones missing fabulous red carpet fashion moments. Awards show aficionado Halle Berry is so eager to get back on the red carpet that she had to create her own fashion moment right in her garden, wearing a black two-piece design from Christian Siriano’s pre-autumn collection. “Looking for a red carpet moment ✨ (This beauty was designed by @csiriano)”, Berry wrote on Instagram under a photo gallery of herself striking a series a dramatic poses in her home and garden. Berry is the first to wear a design from Christian Siriano’s pre-autumn collection that is made from completely recycled materials. The stunning creation features a black floor-length full tulle skirt and a matching, sheer cropped top embellished with 3D black and w...
Nick Jonas & Priyanka Chopra Jonas to Announce 2021 Oscar Nominations
The score for Disney and Pixar’s Soul looks like a lock for an original score Oscar nomination after Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste picked up the prize at both the Golden Globes and Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards. The original song category is a little less clear, with “Io Sì (Seen)” from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se) earning a Globe for Diane Warren, Laura Pausini and Niccolò Agliardi, while “Speak Now” from One Night in Miami… (credited to Sam Ashworth and Leslie Odom Jr.) won the Critics Choice Award in the same category. We’ll have to wait until Monday to see who the Jonases announce in both music categories, while also looking out for possible music-adjacent acting nods for Odom as Sam Cooke in One Night, Globe winner Andr...
Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas and More of the Best ‘Shallow’ Covers: Watch
Now that “Shallow” has earned Gaga her first Academy Award, Billboard decided to honor her latest masterpiece with a roundup of some of the best covers. Kelly Clarkson During the Green Bay, Wisc. stop on her Meaning of Life Tour on Feb. 15, 2019, Clarkson took her love for A Star Is Born to the next level with her own version of “Shallow.” “I don’t have a Bradley Cooper here, so I’m just holdin’ it down,” she joked before humbly quipping, “I hope I don’t suck, and if I do I hope [Gaga] doesn’t see it.” Though she slipped up one lyric, her powerhouse voice certainly made up for any flubs. Lea Michele and Darren Criss The former Glee stars sang “Shallow” together on the sec...
‘Soul’ Score Wins Society of Composers & Lyricists Award
Lolita Ritmanis’s score for Blizzard of Souls won outstanding original score for an independent film. Both Soul and Blizzard of Souls are on the Oscars’ shortlist of 15 contenders for best original score. The spirit of collaboration award was presented to Terence Blanchard and Spike Lee. The award is presented “to a composer and filmmaker with an enduring and distinguished creative partnership, representing a significant body of work.” Blanchard and Lee’s most recent collaboration, Da 5 Bloods, was nominated for outstanding original score for a studio film. (Da 5 Bloods is also on the Oscar shortlist.) Here’s the full list of winners: Outstanding original score for a studio film: Soul, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste Outstanding original score for an independent film: Blizzard...
