by Danny Miller | Feb 6, 2016 | Features, What's Hot
This post is part of the 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon hosted by Aurora of Once Upon a Screen, Kellee of Outspoken & Freckled, and Paula of Paula’s Cinema Club. These three classic movie mavens have organized a month-long salute to the Academy Awards around...
by Danny Miller | Jan 20, 2016 | Features, What's Hot
For the second year in a row, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences has failed to include a single African American actor among its slate of 20 acting nominees. This has caused an uproar on social media (#OscarsSoWhite) and very public declarations by...
by Danny Miller | Feb 22, 2015 | Features, What's Hot
4:35: Okay, kids, here we go, less than half an hour until Oscar time and the pre-shows are already making me want to jump out a window. Please, dear God, let the show be better than this fashion commentary. Who ARE these people? 4:41: It looks like total bedlam on...
by Danny Miller | Feb 22, 2015 | Features, What's Hot
Every year just before the Academy Awards I like to travel 50 years back in time and get a feel for the hoopla leading into that year’s Oscars broadcast. Last year, I was surprised to learn that the host of the 1964 show, Jack Lemmon, someone I assumed was beloved by...
by Danny Miller | Mar 2, 2014 | Awards, Features
Check out the Oscars Winners Gallery 5:15: Okay, kids, let’s get this show on the road. 15 minutes of the pre-show is about all I can take. Starting with Will and Jada Pinkett Smith on the red carpet. Looking good. I just hope no one mentions After Earth....
