“A world that we collectively felt in 2015 as the hottest year in recorded history”, he said, describing how the entire production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet in Argentina just to be able to find snow.
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Oscars’ 10-year ratings high point came in 2014, when Ellen Degeneres hosted and it scores a 27.9 rating and 41 share.
Director Spike Lee, actor Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith were among the high-profile celebrities who boycotted the telecast. Some people call it ‘Creed.’ I call it ‘Black Rocky’.
Speaking during his opening monologue, Chris said: “Jada got mad, Jada says she’s not coming, protesting, I’m like – doesn’t she have a TV show?”. And sure enough, Academy Awards host Chris Rock didn’t waste any time.
The 88th Academy Awards aired last night (Feb. 28), and while there was plenty of well-deserved roasting for the ceremony only nominating white actors in its four major acting categories, there was also reason to celebrate, as Leonardo DiCaprio won his first ever Oscar. You got to figure that it happened in the ’50s in the ’60s, you know in the ’60s one of those years Sidney [Poitier] didn’t put out a movie. “Listening to Bernie Sanders at that first presidential debate was pretty inspiring”, DiCaprio told Wired, “to hear what he said about the environment”.
“One night I was at a fundraiser for President Obama, it was me and all of Hollywood, about four black people there, the usual suspects”.
We’re all happy for you, Leo.
Sharpton declared: “We are not going to allow the Oscars to continue …” Well, it’s not technically Leo but a photo of him does show up in the film Room, which along with being nominated for Best Picture also features the Oscar victor for Best Actress, Brie Larson.
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Spotlight – a drama about the Boston Globe’s exposé on sexual abuse in the Catholic church won the coveted Best Picture award. We were too busy getting raped and lynched to care who was up for best cinematographer.
