from: praiseindy.com In a major surprise, a nine year old African-American girl from Houma Louisiana was nominated today for an Academy Award. Quvenzhane Wallis, age 9, was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild. She is the youngest actress ever to be nominated for an Oscar. In the movie […]
Via HelloBeautiful With Billy Crystal as host, Hollywood’s finest arrive to the 2012 Academy Awards for the biggest night in entertainment! Viola Davis, who is…
With the Oscar’s taking place this Sunday, and “The Help” receiving 3 nominations, we take a look back at black female Oscar winners and nominees…
Billionaire Boys Club co-founder, super-producer and occasional rapper Pharrell, alongside composer Hans Zimmer, will serve as music consultants for the 84th annual Academy Awards! The prestigious award ceremony will air on ABC on February 26 with host Billy Crystal. Click here, for the full story. Solange In The Studio With Pharrell Pharrell’s Qream Liqueur REVIEW
Congratulations to Pharrell Williams, who will be working on the 2012 Academy Awards! He’s been hired to work as a music consultant along with Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer. This is the first time either Pharrell or Hans has worked on the Academy Awards, but Pharrell has worked in the film arena when he wrote the […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare)135 North Grand Avenue When: April 10, 1972 What: For his composition of the “Theme from Shaft,” the man behind the “Stax records sound” was awarded the Academy Award for Best Original Song, becoming the third African-American, after Sidney Poitier and Hattie McDaniel, to win an Oscar. « PREVIOUS […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Kodak Theater 6801 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA When: March 5, 2006 What: The Memphis rap group earned an Oscar for Best Original Song for their contribution to the Hustle & Flow movie soundtrack. The film starred Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, who performed the Three […]
With the Academy Awards happening on Sunday, everyone is scrambling to get in their two cents about who should take home an Oscar statue. In a hilarious FunnyOrDie.com video, the Mike Tyson gives famed movie critic Leonard Maltin his Oscar picks
Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 25, by Mo’Nique and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak. The two will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 categories at 8:30 a.m. ET/ 5:30 a.m. PT, reports USA Today. Last year Mo’Nique received her first Oscar […]
