Baymax, Hiro, Honey Lemon, Wasabi, Fred and Go Go Tomago are Big Hero 6. The latest Disney instant classic hits DVD and Blu-Ray in merely days, but you can watch it right now on Digital HD.
Stay tuned for more from us as we review the entire Big Hero 6 home video package next week!
Well, of course there are Oscar upsets to witness and there is always the chance that something will happen that will join some of history’s most shocking Oscar moments.
Movie Fanatic has seven things to look out for at this year’s Oscar broadcast, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.
Heck, he has quite the challenge ahead of him, thanks to the grand slam job “pizza for everyone” Ellen DeGeneres did last year as host!
We’ve looked over the list of presenters, performers and of course nominees, and we came up with seven must-see moments from this year’s biggest night in Hollywood.
Click through and see the 7 Oscar moments we think will rock!
With all the controversy that has made headlines of late about women being asked different questions than men on the red carpet and how that needs to change, we wonder if it will at all this year on the red carpet at the Oscars. No matter how many times reporters get lectured by interviewees about "appropriate" questions for women versus men, we think "Who are you wearing?" will still be heard incessantly.
What Neil Patrick Harris has done with the Tonys is nothing short of amazing. When we heard that Harris was hosting the Oscars, we thought it was a match made in heaven. After last year’s stellar turn by Ellen DeGeneres, her good friend has his work cut out for him. But, if there’s anyone who knows how to raise the bar when it comes to awards show hosting, it’s Neil Patrick Harris. We. Can’t. Wait.
Lady Gaga is performing at the Oscars! What will she sing? Who cares? It’s what she does on that stage that is what people will be talking about for days after.
Although we think Glory from Selma will win Best Song, we cannot wait to see The LEGO Movie theme, Everything Is Awesome, performed live by Tegan and Sara and The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg singing at the Oscars? Yes, please!). With the backdrop of The LEGO Movie, prepare to be visually amazed and super amused by what occurs when that Oscar-nominated song is performed live.
We finally get the answers to who will win Best Actor (Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything or Michael Keaton for Birdman) and Best Picture (Boyhood or Birdman).
Eddie Murphy famously left the Oscars mid ceremony when he did not win the Best Supporting Actor trophy for Dreamgirls. Given that he finally returned to SNL after decades recently, and now he’s presenting at this year’s Oscars, we are wondering, what he will do? What will he say? Or maybe, he’ll just show up, read the nominees, give the award and walk away.
John Travolta famously mangled Let It Go singer Idina Menzel’s name last year and it went viral. He’s presenting this year, will he say anything about it? Perhaps even make a joke about it?
The End.
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On the eve of the Academy Awards, the Independent Spirit Awards were handed out by the beach in Santa Monica. The yearly salute to movies that are the exact opposite of the big budget moneymakers celebrated its 30th anniversary by awarding Birdman its top prize.
Michael Keaton also won Best Actor for Birdman, which also scored a victory for Best Cinematography.
According to our Oscar predictions, the last two victories will repeat at the Academy Awards tomorrow night, but will Birdman beat Boyhood for Oscar Best Picture? More on that in a few…
Patricia Arquette (Boyhoodand ) JK Simmons (Whiplash)won for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, as each appear completely unstoppable this awards season.
Before we get to the full list of winners, we answer the question: Does the Spirit Awards have any bearing on the Oscars?
Well, two out of the last three winners of the Independent Spirit Award went on to win Best Picture the following night. But, it has actually only happened three times total in the award show’s 30 year history!
One of our favorite movies of the year won big, check it out and watch Nightcrawler online, winner of Best First Feature and Best Screenplay.
Independent Spirit Awards Winners:
Best Feature: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Best Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Best Screenplay: Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Best First Feature: Nightcrawler
Best First Screenplay: Justin Simien, Dear White People
John Cassavetes Award (For best feature made under $500,000): Land Ho!
Best Supporting Female: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Best Supporting Male: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Best Female Lead: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Best Male Lead: Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Robert Altman Award: Inherent Vice
Best Cinematography: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
If the Academy Awards that will be handed out tomorrow reward the absolute best of cinema, than the Razzie Awards that are given away the evening before salute the worst.
To discover who these winners beat out, check out our full Razzie Awards nominations list. But this is all about who’s best at being bad!
Here are the best of the worst, the 2015 Razzie Winners:
Worst Picture Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Worst Actor
Kirk Cameron, Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Worst Actress
Cameron Diaz, The Other Woman& Sex Tape
The Razzie Redeemer Award
Ben Affleck: From Razzie Win for Gigli to Oscar for Gone Girl
The 87th Academy Awards have come and gone and our winners of multiple Oscars are Whiplash and The Grand Budapest Hotel. But, it is Birdman that scored the highest honor of them all.
Alejandro G. Inarritu makes it two-for-two with Mexican directors winning Best Director at the Oscars for his work on Birdman. Last year, Alfonso Cuaron won for Gravity.
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There were over 60 movies that scored Oscar nominations across the 24 categories, but only one would be crowned Best Picture. The two-film race came down to Birdman's meta-ness winning over the Academy and now will go down in history as one of the 87 best movies in Hollywood history.
Neil Patrick Harris was the host with the most as he served as the master of ceremonies and ushered in the presenters who handed out those 24 Oscars, as well as the five Best Song nominees, including stellar performances by Tim McGraw, Tegan and Sara with The Lonely Island and John Legend and Common (performing their Oscar-winning Glory).
There was a bit of a shocker in one category as Disney’s Big Hero 6 upset the favorite, How to Train Your Dragon 2. Although if you looked at our Oscar predictions, we said Big Hero 6should win. Go team Disney.
We’ll have more about the biggest night in Hollywood in the coming hours, but until then, here are the big winners of the Oscars.
2015 Academy Awards Winners:
Best Picture Birdman
Best Actor
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Best Actress
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Best Director
Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman
Best Supporting Actor
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
The Oscar winners have been announced! But the performers and movies that won Academy Awards are not necessarily the top sources of discussion around the world today.
These 15 Oscar moments, however, are most definitely buzzing.
Which Oscar moments truly got us going?
There were many, and one of them came from one of our favorite The LEGO Movie quotes!
One Academy Award winner had us calling our parents. Also, we salute host Neil Patrick Harris’ best quotes, and watch The Theory of Everything online and the Oscar winner for that movie gets the award for most enthusiastic of the night!
Click through and discover the 15 most memorable moments from the 2015 Oscars.
Patricia Arquette used her priceless Oscar acceptance speech time to make a statement about gender equality. Given that her character in Boyhood was a single mom who did a bang-up job raising two children, she knew she could go political because it was right, and it was fitting given the role that got her the Oscar she was grasping. She proceeded to demand equal rights and equal pay for women... and the place erupted in joy. Well done, Patricia, well done.
Oscar winner and fellow nominee in Arquette's category, Meryl Streep's (plus Jennifer Lopez's) reaction to Arquette's equality comments had us taking our cheers to another level of appreciation.
JK Simmons was a lock from the moment Whiplash premiered. He has won every award along the way this award season. And he has thanked his "above average" children in every speech (paying tribute to Garrison Keillor while saluting his kids). In his Oscar acceptance speech, he said it again, but then went on to say something about being a parent and it touched us. "Everybody, call your mom, call your dad. If you're lucky enough to have a parent alive on this planet, call 'em. Don't email. Don't text them. Call them on the phone, tell them you love them, thank them, and listen to them for as long as they want to talk to you."
We adore NPH, but he may have been just "eh" as an Oscar host. We say invite him back next year and see what he does now that he has one under his belt. But, you cannot deny the awesomeness of some of his best Oscar night quotes:
"Benedict Cumberbatch... It’s not only the most awesome name in show business, it's also the sound you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben Affleck."
"Tonight, we honor the best and whitest."
"Edward Snowden could not be here for some treason."
"American Sniper with Bradley Cooper is the most prolific sniper in history, with over 160 confirmed kills. Or, as Harvey Weinstein calls it, a slow morning."
"And now, an actor who’s as appealing playing a male stripper as he is playing a wrestler in a onesie. He's the real deal, pants down. Hands down. Did I say pants? I meant pants."
Lubezki won his second straight Best Cinematography Oscar for Birdman. After winning last year for his stunning work on Gravity, he became only the second cinematographer in Oscar history to win back to back.
Okay, maybe it wasn’t the hugest of upsets. But, given that the favorite to win was How to Train Your Dragon 2 (it won most of the major awards along the way), the delight of the film’s directors was palpable. Plus, Disney Animation kept the Best Animated Feature Oscar for another year (they won last year for Frozen).
Seeing Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island with Tegan and Sara at the Oscars was truly awesome. That performance was off the charts and everything we expected from a live performance of The LEGO Movie song and more. And yes, that was Will Arnett as Batman live and in person!
In an homage to Birdman’s iconic Times Square scene where Michael Keaton gets caught outside with his robe stuck in the stage door and has nothing left to do but go out in public in his tighty whities, cheers to host NPH for doing the same in front of billions. Yes, that’s billions with a "b."
Kudos to John Travolta for taking the mispronunciation of Idina Menzel's name at last year's Oscars and running with it. He was the subject of a fantastic joke by host Harris and then took the stage WITH Menzel to give an award. But then, he made headlines again for getting very handsy with her face!
In all our years of watching the Oscars, we have never seen a standing ovation as powerful as the one after John Legend and Common performed Glory from Selma. That performance was one for the ages and was moving beyond belief. Yes, there was not a dry eye in the house or in millions of homes across the world.
Speaking of getting teared up, the lyrics of the Glen Campbell Oscar-nominated song I’m Not Gonna Miss You really got us, as did the performance by the Grammy-winning country superstar.
The winner for The Imitation Game Best Screenplay moved us tremendously when he said, "I tried to commit suicide at 16 and now I'm standing here. I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere. You do. Stay weird. Stay different, and then when it's your turn and you are standing on this stage, please pass the same message along."
Lady Gaga and Sound of Music? Those two things together seem an odd pairing but they could not have been more perfect as the pop singer hit it out of the park and even got major props by (surprise!) Julie Andrews, who presented after Gaga finished wowing us with a medley of songs from the 50-year-anniversary tribute to The Sound of Music.
When is a winner a loser? Sure, Fifty Shades of Grey won the weekend box office for the second week in a row. But, it suffered a 73 percent drop in ticket sales that was hard to ignore. Fifty Shades of Grey made $23.2 million to bring its two week total to a whopping $130.1 million. That’ll get you a few sequels, even if EL James has to write them herself.
The top two were actually a rerun of last week’s box office with the Colin Firth-starring stunner Kingsman: The Secret Service taking in $17.5 million in its second week to bring its cume to $67.1 million. Hopefully that means we will get a sequel to the Matthew Vaughn-directed actioner.
Third place found The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. The Nick and Paramount movie banked $15.5 million and now has earned a whopping $125 million since it opened.
Fourth is where we find our first new movie of the weekend, the inspiring McFarland USA. The Kevin Costner true tale debuted with $11.3 million, finishing just ahead of another new movie to cinemaplexes, The DUFF. The teen comedy earned $11 million in its opening frame.
Weekend Box Office Top 10:
1. Fifty Shades of Grey, $23.2 million
2. Kingsman: The Secret Service, $17.5 million
3. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, $15.5 million
4. McFarland, USA, $11.3 million
5.The DUFF, $11 million
6. American Sniper, $9.7 million
7. Hot Tub Time Machine 2, $5.8 million
8. Jupiter Ascending, $3.7 million
9. The Imitation Game, $2.6 million
10. Paddington, $2.3 million
Christian Grey: What about you? I'd like to know more about you. Anastasia Steele: There's really not much to know about me. Look at me. Christian Grey: I am.
We know he's not a stalker, but quotes like this do make you wonder.
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Kate Kavanagh: You have to admit that he’s ridiculously hot. Anastasia Steele: If you’re attracted to that sort of human. Kate Kavanagh: The hot type of human?
Seriously, these two in elevators. Just get a room!
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Anastasia Steele: Why am I here, Christian? Christian Grey: You're here because I'm incapable of leaving you alone. Anastasia Steele: Then don't. Why'd you send me those books? Christian Grey: I thought I owed you an apology. Anastasia Steele: For what? Christian Grey: For letting you believe that I... Listen to me. I don't do romance. My tastes are very singular. You wouldn't understand. Anastasia Steele: Enlighten me, then.
We guess it's romantic, in a kind of not normal way.
Christian Grey: It's just behind this door. Anastasia Steele: What is? Christian Grey: My playroom. Anastasia Steele: Like your Xbox and stuff? Christian Grey: It's important that you know you can leave at anytime. Anastasia Steele: Why? What's in there? Christian Grey: I meant what I said. The helicopter is on standby to take you whenever you want to go. Anastasia Steele: Could you just open the door? Anastasia Steele: [walks into the room] Oh my God.
Lady Gaga was astounding at the Oscars last night in her tribute to The Sound of Music and the fifty years since the film premiered.
The Julie Andrews-starring classic would go on to win a slew of Academy Awards, including Best Picture, but if we had to give an Oscar for best performance from the Oscars, it would go to Lady Gaga. The Hills Are Alive, indeed, with this one!
Miss the show-stopping performance? Or maybe you simply need to see it again? Watch Lady Gaga show off her range below!
After she brought the house down, even Maria herself was beyond impressed. Andrews took the stage to award Best Score and could not say enough about the powerful turn by Ms. Gaga. “Dear Lady Gaga, thank you for that... it truly warmed my heart,” Andrews said.
Sure, we watch the Academy Awards to see who will be Oscar winners, but performances such as Gaga remind us that there is so much more to Oscar night.
Patricia Arquette used her priceless Oscar acceptance speech time to make a statement about gender equality. Given that her character in Boyhood was a single mom who did a bang-up job raising two children, she knew she could go political because it was right, and it was fitting given the role that got her the Oscar she was grasping. She proceeded to demand equal rights and equal pay for women... and the place erupted in joy. Well done, Patricia, well done.
Oscar winner and fellow nominee in Arquette's category, Meryl Streep's (plus Jennifer Lopez's) reaction to Arquette's equality comments had us taking our cheers to another level of appreciation.
JK Simmons was a lock from the moment Whiplash premiered. He has won every award along the way this award season. And he has thanked his "above average" children in every speech (paying tribute to Garrison Keillor while saluting his kids). In his Oscar acceptance speech, he said it again, but then went on to say something about being a parent and it touched us. "Everybody, call your mom, call your dad. If you're lucky enough to have a parent alive on this planet, call 'em. Don't email. Don't text them. Call them on the phone, tell them you love them, thank them, and listen to them for as long as they want to talk to you."
We adore NPH, but he may have been just "eh" as an Oscar host. We say invite him back next year and see what he does now that he has one under his belt. But, you cannot deny the awesomeness of some of his best Oscar night quotes:
"Benedict Cumberbatch... It’s not only the most awesome name in show business, it's also the sound you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben Affleck."
"Tonight, we honor the best and whitest."
"Edward Snowden could not be here for some treason."
"American Sniper with Bradley Cooper is the most prolific sniper in history, with over 160 confirmed kills. Or, as Harvey Weinstein calls it, a slow morning."
"And now, an actor who’s as appealing playing a male stripper as he is playing a wrestler in a onesie. He's the real deal, pants down. Hands down. Did I say pants? I meant pants."
Lubezki won his second straight Best Cinematography Oscar for Birdman. After winning last year for his stunning work on Gravity, he became only the second cinematographer in Oscar history to win back to back.
Okay, maybe it wasn’t the hugest of upsets. But, given that the favorite to win was How to Train Your Dragon 2 (it won most of the major awards along the way), the delight of the film’s directors was palpable. Plus, Disney Animation kept the Best Animated Feature Oscar for another year (they won last year for Frozen).
Seeing Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island with Tegan and Sara at the Oscars was truly awesome. That performance was off the charts and everything we expected from a live performance of The LEGO Movie song and more. And yes, that was Will Arnett as Batman live and in person!
In an homage to Birdman’s iconic Times Square scene where Michael Keaton gets caught outside with his robe stuck in the stage door and has nothing left to do but go out in public in his tighty whities, cheers to host NPH for doing the same in front of billions. Yes, that’s billions with a "b."
Kudos to John Travolta for taking the mispronunciation of Idina Menzel's name at last year's Oscars and running with it. He was the subject of a fantastic joke by host Harris and then took the stage WITH Menzel to give an award. But then, he made headlines again for getting very handsy with her face!
In all our years of watching the Oscars, we have never seen a standing ovation as powerful as the one after John Legend and Common performed Glory from Selma. That performance was one for the ages and was moving beyond belief. Yes, there was not a dry eye in the house or in millions of homes across the world.
Speaking of getting teared up, the lyrics of the Glen Campbell Oscar-nominated song I’m Not Gonna Miss You really got us, as did the performance by the Grammy-winning country superstar.
The winner for The Imitation Game Best Screenplay moved us tremendously when he said, "I tried to commit suicide at 16 and now I'm standing here. I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere. You do. Stay weird. Stay different, and then when it's your turn and you are standing on this stage, please pass the same message along."
Lady Gaga and Sound of Music? Those two things together seem an odd pairing but they could not have been more perfect as the pop singer hit it out of the park and even got major props by (surprise!) Julie Andrews, who presented after Gaga finished wowing us with a medley of songs from the 50-year-anniversary tribute to The Sound of Music.
We've got our hands on the full movie for the Oscar winner for Best Animated short, Disney's Feast. The powerful instant classic about a man and his dog and the ups and downs of love is stunning on so many levels.
There were many big Oscar winners at last night's Academy Awards, but it would be hard to miss that Disney Animation's sweep was massive. The studio also scored the Best Animated Feature Oscar for Big Hero 6.
Yes, Disney is on a sensational and major roll!
After winning last year for that Anna and Elsa icon (watch Frozen online) and all the box office success they've had, we think that they are the sizzling studio of the moment here in Hollywood!
Patricia Arquette used her priceless Oscar acceptance speech time to make a statement about gender equality. Given that her character in Boyhood was a single mom who did a bang-up job raising two children, she knew she could go political because it was right, and it was fitting given the role that got her the Oscar she was grasping. She proceeded to demand equal rights and equal pay for women... and the place erupted in joy. Well done, Patricia, well done.
Oscar winner and fellow nominee in Arquette's category, Meryl Streep's (plus Jennifer Lopez's) reaction to Arquette's equality comments had us taking our cheers to another level of appreciation.
JK Simmons was a lock from the moment Whiplash premiered. He has won every award along the way this award season. And he has thanked his "above average" children in every speech (paying tribute to Garrison Keillor while saluting his kids). In his Oscar acceptance speech, he said it again, but then went on to say something about being a parent and it touched us. "Everybody, call your mom, call your dad. If you're lucky enough to have a parent alive on this planet, call 'em. Don't email. Don't text them. Call them on the phone, tell them you love them, thank them, and listen to them for as long as they want to talk to you."
We adore NPH, but he may have been just "eh" as an Oscar host. We say invite him back next year and see what he does now that he has one under his belt. But, you cannot deny the awesomeness of some of his best Oscar night quotes:
"Benedict Cumberbatch... It’s not only the most awesome name in show business, it's also the sound you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben Affleck."
"Tonight, we honor the best and whitest."
"Edward Snowden could not be here for some treason."
"American Sniper with Bradley Cooper is the most prolific sniper in history, with over 160 confirmed kills. Or, as Harvey Weinstein calls it, a slow morning."
"And now, an actor who’s as appealing playing a male stripper as he is playing a wrestler in a onesie. He's the real deal, pants down. Hands down. Did I say pants? I meant pants."
Lubezki won his second straight Best Cinematography Oscar for Birdman. After winning last year for his stunning work on Gravity, he became only the second cinematographer in Oscar history to win back to back.
Okay, maybe it wasn’t the hugest of upsets. But, given that the favorite to win was How to Train Your Dragon 2 (it won most of the major awards along the way), the delight of the film’s directors was palpable. Plus, Disney Animation kept the Best Animated Feature Oscar for another year (they won last year for Frozen).
Seeing Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island with Tegan and Sara at the Oscars was truly awesome. That performance was off the charts and everything we expected from a live performance of The LEGO Movie song and more. And yes, that was Will Arnett as Batman live and in person!
In an homage to Birdman’s iconic Times Square scene where Michael Keaton gets caught outside with his robe stuck in the stage door and has nothing left to do but go out in public in his tighty whities, cheers to host NPH for doing the same in front of billions. Yes, that’s billions with a "b."
Kudos to John Travolta for taking the mispronunciation of Idina Menzel's name at last year's Oscars and running with it. He was the subject of a fantastic joke by host Harris and then took the stage WITH Menzel to give an award. But then, he made headlines again for getting very handsy with her face!
In all our years of watching the Oscars, we have never seen a standing ovation as powerful as the one after John Legend and Common performed Glory from Selma. That performance was one for the ages and was moving beyond belief. Yes, there was not a dry eye in the house or in millions of homes across the world.
Speaking of getting teared up, the lyrics of the Glen Campbell Oscar-nominated song I’m Not Gonna Miss You really got us, as did the performance by the Grammy-winning country superstar.
The winner for The Imitation Game Best Screenplay moved us tremendously when he said, "I tried to commit suicide at 16 and now I'm standing here. I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere. You do. Stay weird. Stay different, and then when it's your turn and you are standing on this stage, please pass the same message along."
Lady Gaga and Sound of Music? Those two things together seem an odd pairing but they could not have been more perfect as the pop singer hit it out of the park and even got major props by (surprise!) Julie Andrews, who presented after Gaga finished wowing us with a medley of songs from the 50-year-anniversary tribute to The Sound of Music.
It is a stunning song, there is no question, and there could not have been a more fitting tribute to the power of Selma than what John Legend and Common delivered with Glory.
Glory has gone down in history as an Academy Award winning song and made Legend and Common Oscar winners.
And if there was an Oscar for Best Oscar Performance That Had the Crowd in Tears, it would go to Common and Legend. They not only brought the house down with their rap-gospel hybrid of inspiration, but also had many in attendance weeping.
There was Oprah and her Selma co-star David Oyelowo (who played Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the movie that suffered more than its share of Oscar snubs) shaken in the best of ways.
And what about that shot of Chris Pine, clearly beyond moved at the magical moment he just witnessed?
Patricia Arquette used her priceless Oscar acceptance speech time to make a statement about gender equality. Given that her character in Boyhood was a single mom who did a bang-up job raising two children, she knew she could go political because it was right, and it was fitting given the role that got her the Oscar she was grasping. She proceeded to demand equal rights and equal pay for women... and the place erupted in joy. Well done, Patricia, well done.
Oscar winner and fellow nominee in Arquette's category, Meryl Streep's (plus Jennifer Lopez's) reaction to Arquette's equality comments had us taking our cheers to another level of appreciation.
JK Simmons was a lock from the moment Whiplash premiered. He has won every award along the way this award season. And he has thanked his "above average" children in every speech (paying tribute to Garrison Keillor while saluting his kids). In his Oscar acceptance speech, he said it again, but then went on to say something about being a parent and it touched us. "Everybody, call your mom, call your dad. If you're lucky enough to have a parent alive on this planet, call 'em. Don't email. Don't text them. Call them on the phone, tell them you love them, thank them, and listen to them for as long as they want to talk to you."
We adore NPH, but he may have been just "eh" as an Oscar host. We say invite him back next year and see what he does now that he has one under his belt. But, you cannot deny the awesomeness of some of his best Oscar night quotes:
"Benedict Cumberbatch... It’s not only the most awesome name in show business, it's also the sound you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben Affleck."
"Tonight, we honor the best and whitest."
"Edward Snowden could not be here for some treason."
"American Sniper with Bradley Cooper is the most prolific sniper in history, with over 160 confirmed kills. Or, as Harvey Weinstein calls it, a slow morning."
"And now, an actor who’s as appealing playing a male stripper as he is playing a wrestler in a onesie. He's the real deal, pants down. Hands down. Did I say pants? I meant pants."
Lubezki won his second straight Best Cinematography Oscar for Birdman. After winning last year for his stunning work on Gravity, he became only the second cinematographer in Oscar history to win back to back.
Okay, maybe it wasn’t the hugest of upsets. But, given that the favorite to win was How to Train Your Dragon 2 (it won most of the major awards along the way), the delight of the film’s directors was palpable. Plus, Disney Animation kept the Best Animated Feature Oscar for another year (they won last year for Frozen).
Seeing Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island with Tegan and Sara at the Oscars was truly awesome. That performance was off the charts and everything we expected from a live performance of The LEGO Movie song and more. And yes, that was Will Arnett as Batman live and in person!
In an homage to Birdman’s iconic Times Square scene where Michael Keaton gets caught outside with his robe stuck in the stage door and has nothing left to do but go out in public in his tighty whities, cheers to host NPH for doing the same in front of billions. Yes, that’s billions with a "b."
Kudos to John Travolta for taking the mispronunciation of Idina Menzel's name at last year's Oscars and running with it. He was the subject of a fantastic joke by host Harris and then took the stage WITH Menzel to give an award. But then, he made headlines again for getting very handsy with her face!
In all our years of watching the Oscars, we have never seen a standing ovation as powerful as the one after John Legend and Common performed Glory from Selma. That performance was one for the ages and was moving beyond belief. Yes, there was not a dry eye in the house or in millions of homes across the world.
Speaking of getting teared up, the lyrics of the Glen Campbell Oscar-nominated song I’m Not Gonna Miss You really got us, as did the performance by the Grammy-winning country superstar.
The winner for The Imitation Game Best Screenplay moved us tremendously when he said, "I tried to commit suicide at 16 and now I'm standing here. I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere. You do. Stay weird. Stay different, and then when it's your turn and you are standing on this stage, please pass the same message along."
Lady Gaga and Sound of Music? Those two things together seem an odd pairing but they could not have been more perfect as the pop singer hit it out of the park and even got major props by (surprise!) Julie Andrews, who presented after Gaga finished wowing us with a medley of songs from the 50-year-anniversary tribute to The Sound of Music.
Eddie Redmayne may be an Oscar winner, but he still has a lot to learn. That is according to his “teacher,” Jimmy Kimmel.
The late night talk show host got a boat full of celebrities, Oscar winners and nominees (Jeff Bridges, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Gary Oldman) to come on and truly own a two-part comedic bit that parodies the institution that is the “serious” acting teacher.
It was sublime and utterly brilliant.
In part one of The Kimmel School of Perfect Acting, he challenges Aniston in what is truly the most inhumane of ways. He also has Matt Damon acting as a chair and as a lamp. See, he’s not ready to play real people yet!
In part two, we learn that assaulting Penn with a pool noodle is “the only way I can learn!”
And Bridges, well, he just said it best. “If I am The Dude, Jim is The Dude behind the Dude, but not in a gay way.” Funny, when we think about those The Big Lebowski quotes, Kimmel is nowhere near our thoughts!
Kimmel continues to impress with that coveted post-Oscar spot. He routinely gets the biggest names in showbiz to come on his show and entertain America by largely making a fool of themselves. And as Kimmel’s acting coach would agree, that’s how you grow.
Patricia Arquette used her priceless Oscar acceptance speech time to make a statement about gender equality. Given that her character in Boyhood was a single mom who did a bang-up job raising two children, she knew she could go political because it was right, and it was fitting given the role that got her the Oscar she was grasping. She proceeded to demand equal rights and equal pay for women... and the place erupted in joy. Well done, Patricia, well done.
Oscar winner and fellow nominee in Arquette's category, Meryl Streep's (plus Jennifer Lopez's) reaction to Arquette's equality comments had us taking our cheers to another level of appreciation.
JK Simmons was a lock from the moment Whiplash premiered. He has won every award along the way this award season. And he has thanked his "above average" children in every speech (paying tribute to Garrison Keillor while saluting his kids). In his Oscar acceptance speech, he said it again, but then went on to say something about being a parent and it touched us. "Everybody, call your mom, call your dad. If you're lucky enough to have a parent alive on this planet, call 'em. Don't email. Don't text them. Call them on the phone, tell them you love them, thank them, and listen to them for as long as they want to talk to you."
We adore NPH, but he may have been just "eh" as an Oscar host. We say invite him back next year and see what he does now that he has one under his belt. But, you cannot deny the awesomeness of some of his best Oscar night quotes:
"Benedict Cumberbatch... It’s not only the most awesome name in show business, it's also the sound you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben Affleck."
"Tonight, we honor the best and whitest."
"Edward Snowden could not be here for some treason."
"American Sniper with Bradley Cooper is the most prolific sniper in history, with over 160 confirmed kills. Or, as Harvey Weinstein calls it, a slow morning."
"And now, an actor who’s as appealing playing a male stripper as he is playing a wrestler in a onesie. He's the real deal, pants down. Hands down. Did I say pants? I meant pants."
Lubezki won his second straight Best Cinematography Oscar for Birdman. After winning last year for his stunning work on Gravity, he became only the second cinematographer in Oscar history to win back to back.
Okay, maybe it wasn’t the hugest of upsets. But, given that the favorite to win was How to Train Your Dragon 2 (it won most of the major awards along the way), the delight of the film’s directors was palpable. Plus, Disney Animation kept the Best Animated Feature Oscar for another year (they won last year for Frozen).
Seeing Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island with Tegan and Sara at the Oscars was truly awesome. That performance was off the charts and everything we expected from a live performance of The LEGO Movie song and more. And yes, that was Will Arnett as Batman live and in person!
In an homage to Birdman’s iconic Times Square scene where Michael Keaton gets caught outside with his robe stuck in the stage door and has nothing left to do but go out in public in his tighty whities, cheers to host NPH for doing the same in front of billions. Yes, that’s billions with a "b."
Kudos to John Travolta for taking the mispronunciation of Idina Menzel's name at last year's Oscars and running with it. He was the subject of a fantastic joke by host Harris and then took the stage WITH Menzel to give an award. But then, he made headlines again for getting very handsy with her face!
In all our years of watching the Oscars, we have never seen a standing ovation as powerful as the one after John Legend and Common performed Glory from Selma. That performance was one for the ages and was moving beyond belief. Yes, there was not a dry eye in the house or in millions of homes across the world.
Speaking of getting teared up, the lyrics of the Glen Campbell Oscar-nominated song I’m Not Gonna Miss You really got us, as did the performance by the Grammy-winning country superstar.
The winner for The Imitation Game Best Screenplay moved us tremendously when he said, "I tried to commit suicide at 16 and now I'm standing here. I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere. You do. Stay weird. Stay different, and then when it's your turn and you are standing on this stage, please pass the same message along."
Lady Gaga and Sound of Music? Those two things together seem an odd pairing but they could not have been more perfect as the pop singer hit it out of the park and even got major props by (surprise!) Julie Andrews, who presented after Gaga finished wowing us with a medley of songs from the 50-year-anniversary tribute to The Sound of Music.
We’ve already shown you the 15 best Oscar moments, but there was so much more to the Academy Awards.
Thanks to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, we have some incredible photos from the biggest night in Hollywood to take you inside the broadcast that went out to almost a billion people across the globe.
Among the highlights of our stellar Academy Awards photo gallery are John Travolta still making Oscar headlines for all the wrong reasons, a The Sound of Music embrace that was electric and Selma star David Oyelowo grading host Neil Patrick Harris’ jokes.
Watch Boyhood online and the Best Supporting Actress winner from that film will inspire anew with her Oscar photo moment. And those The LEGO Movie quotes got to come to life live on the Dolby Theatre stage with Andy Samberg busting a move!
Click through and relive some unforgettable moments from the 2015 Oscars. Until next year, people!
John Travolta was supposed to appear and have fun with his mangling of Idina Menzel's name from last year. But, then he couldn't let go of her face in the most creepy of ways!
Michael Keaton may not have made a Best Actor speech as he lost to Eddie Redmayne. But the man who made Birdman what it was was still given some mic time when the film won Best Picture.
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Fresh off of making us laugh with his participation in The Kimmel School of Perfect Acting skit in the post-Oscar TheJimmy Kimmel Show last night, Penn is rocking in a whole different way today.
The trailer for The Gunman has landed and it finds Penn as a hired assassin who finds himself on the run when his boss (Javier Bardem, soon to be seen in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) frames him and turns his life upside down.
The Gunman is actually the rare moment in Penn’s decorated career where the Oscar winner has been part of an action movie. And as you can see in the below trailer, he gets into plenty of action!
The Oscar winners have been announced and Birdman is your Best Picture. As the last Oscar Watch is revealed for the awards season that ended last night with the 2015 Academy Awards, we look back and give our grades to the show emceed by Neil Patrick Harris.
Host Neil Patrick Harris: After hitting a grand slam with his hosting duties at the Tony Awards, everyone could not have been more excited to see Harris host the Oscars. So, how did he do?
He did OK. His opening number was fair, but not the off-the-charts production number we expected given his past successes at the Tonys. Having Anna Kendrick onstage with him was a plus, but adding Jack Black (who we adore) was a minus.
Where Harris shined was his ability to comment on the show while it was going on. That line about CITIZENFOUR subject Eric Snowden not being able to attend “for some treason” was pure gold -- but the shtick with his prediction in a locked case, not so much. Now, to give him credit, that was a mesmerizing trick from a highly trained magician. But by the time the show reached that point, many were just ready to go home and its power was completely lost.
Grade: C+
The Big Awards: Did the right people win? Mostly. It was nice to see The Theory of Everything star Eddie Redmayne’s enthusiasm for winning Best Actor, besting Michael Keaton for Birdman (who everyone thought would win). But, it’s hard for us to take that category seriously when two of the best performances of the year were not even included – David Oyelowo in Selma and Jack Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler. That said, it makes it even more odd that Redmayne won because Birdman won everything else. How does that happen when the man who makes that movie, its star, is not honored?? Makes. No. Sense!
Then there’s Best Picture. Sure, Birdman was a solid win and one that the Academy can be proud of decades from now – probably more so than the too-long Boyhood. But where Birdman slapped you in the face with its power, Whiplash hit you in the head with a shovel. We actually thought as the night went on and Whiplash was three-for-three in the categories it was nominated for, that we might see an upset. Didn’t happen.
Grade: B-
Musical Numbers: It’s funny. In past years, one of the biggest complaints from those watching at home was all the damn musical numbers. There are so many! Yet this year, many of the best moments from Oscars 2015were the musical moments!
Common and John Legend moved us to tears. Lady Gaga was so impressive with her The Sound of Music tribute that even the legend herself, Julie Andrews, had to give her a bear hug. Jennifer Hudson soared, Everything Is Awesome was awesome and Tim McGraw gave us heartbreak in a song. Those musicians hit all the high notes.
Grade: A+
Presenters: It was a pretty solid, if bland, group of presenters this year. Highlights for us included Anna Kendrick and Kevin Hart making fun of their height challenges. Even Dwayne Johnson and Zoe Saldana made a terrific pair. But John Travolta managed to make headlines again for all the wrong reasons and Sean Penn came off as an ass with his “green card” comment when announcing Best Picture.
Grade: B-
In Memoriam: Having Meryl Streep deliver a stunning intro to pay tribute to those we lost in 2014 was exquisite. She gave a speech so moving, even she was misty. Then, we saw the video tribute. Why did the Academy feel the need to give us Photoshop versions of classic photos instead of clips as they have done in the past? With everything else in our pop culture world coming at us with such altered senses of reality, why mess with a tribute to those who left an indelible creative mark? And where’s Joan Rivers? This grade is saved by Streep.
Grade: B
Overall: It was a good night, albeit a little long. There still has to be some way to cut this show by 45 minutes to an hour. We still want all those musical numbers (especially if they’re as good as this year). We still want those scenes from the nominated movies and the nominated stars. Moments like Lady Gaga tributing The Sound of Music are important. We don’t know what the answer is, but somehow, there has to be someone who can tighten up this 1,000-pound gorilla of Hollywood excess.
John Travolta was supposed to appear and have fun with his mangling of Idina Menzel's name from last year. But, then he couldn't let go of her face in the most creepy of ways!
Michael Keaton may not have made a Best Actor speech as he lost to Eddie Redmayne. But the man who made Birdman what it was was still given some mic time when the film won Best Picture.
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The Girl Who Played with Fire apparently won't be doing that after all. After The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo introduced us to Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander and truly wowed us in that 2011 David Fincher film, years have gone by and there has been no movement on a sequel.
The page to screen effort was the first of three books, with the next being The Girl Who Played with Fire. The Swedish movies got to make an entire trilogy, but it appears that us Americans will have to imagine what could be with Mara delving deeper into the incredible character created by author Stieg Larsson.
“I don’t think it’s going to happen. I’m sad never to do it again, but it just doesn’t seem like it’s in the cards,” Mara said to E! Online. And yes, Ms. Mara, we are truly sad too.
Mara and that character were a match made in heaven. Yes, Noomi Rapace was bloody fantastic in the role in the Swedish version, but so too was Mara in an entirely different type of way.
Sure, Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo underwhelmed at the box office, but that hasn’t stopped studios from greenlighting sequels before. We think it has much more to do with the fact that we don’t get that many R-rated franchises anymore that are awash in sex and violence, as is the case with Larsson’s books.
I mean, the Fincher film (an Oscar nominee) is certainly leagues better than Fifty Shades of Grey and we’re getting two sequels to that.
While we debated how good the Oscars were, something seemed to have fallen through the cracks while experts talked about those Academy Awards winners. J.J. Abrams revealed some Star Wars: The Force Awakens news at one of the Oscar week parties.
Although the Abrams flick is easily the most anticipated movie of 2015, one can forgive the movie press for being awash in all that golden trophy madness as the pitch gets truly high here in Hollywood and it’s hard to hear anything else.
Even a phrase like “Star Wars” can go by without the seismic shake it deserves!
What Abrams said was truly explosive (we think) and we cannot wait to see what specifically his comments will be in terms of the reality when Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens on December 18.
Abrams was at the Oscar Wilde Awards -- he was hosting the event -- and he spoke to Vulture about his little epic coming our way this winter. He said there will be cameos!
“Some were more planned out and funny and inside-joke-ish, and others were spontaneous and happened in ways we didn’t expect,” Abrams admitted.
Wait, what? Cameos in a Star Wars movie? Like who? Lando, are you coming to the party? Stay tuned, this news has us utterly intrigued. As if we weren’t already for this seventh Star Wars film!
Is John Boyega on Tatooine? We think yes. Is he a Storm Trooper? We think no. We believe that Boyega has been undercover and he has landed on Tatooine looking for Luke Skywalker and, yes, he looks deathly serious. Something wicked this way is coming.
Sure, we don’t get to see R2D2 (or even C3PO). But who is that robot with the circular wheel bottom who is panicked and speeding down the landscape? We don’t know, but we LOVE him (or her).
It’s not good. It’s not good at all. But it appears that the Storm Troopers are back. And where are they dropping into like paratroopers of old? That can’t be good.
We know they’ve gotten quite an upgrade, but simply seeing a pilot in an X-Wing fighter makes us smile profusely. And then, we get to see them flying along the water? Day. Made.
As the Star Wars theme swelled and the title image appeared, not only did we get the chills, but a little misty eyed too. Star Wars is back, people, something I never thought I’d say.
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The Lazarus Effect is coming to theaters this Friday, February 27, and to celebrate the latest from Blumhouse Productions (Paranormal Activity movies, Sinister and so many more!), we've got a downright scary prize pack with some fantastic swag as well as a $25 Fandango gift card to check out the movie.
As part of The Lazarus Effect prize pack, we're giving away:
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As teased in The Lazarus Effect trailer, the horror movie follows a group of researchers (led by Mark Duplass and Olivia Wilde) who are trying to find the key to give emergency doctors a few more minutes to save people on the verge of death.
What they instead discover is a way to bring the dead back to life.
Things take a creepy (and awesome) turn when Wilde gets electrocuted and Duplass uses the serum to bring his love back to life. Needless to say, she's not quite the same.
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We've gotten that amazing Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer, but if you think about it, other than that "A" poster for the sequel to The Avengers, there has been nothing.
That changes today as Marvel Studios unveiled the first official Avengers: Age of Ultron poster and the gang's all here!
Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury is joined by Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow, Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye, Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, Chris Evans' Captain America and Chris Hemsworth's Thor. Of course, The Hulk is in there, and Mark Ruffalo is back as the big green bad-ass.
Avengers: Age of Ultron lands May 1 and trouble arrives when our heroes gather to congratulate themselves on another fantastic and successful mission. The party is short-lived as Ultron (James Spader) breaks in and makes his presence felt.
See, Tony Stark (Downey) had started a robotic peacekeeping force that didn't quite work out and Ultron is here to remind him that what he started will do anything but bring peace.
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 takes the guys and sends them into the future! Hilarity is sure to ensue, and of course, we have more quotes for the Hot Tub Time Machine legacy of comic gold.
We’ve compiled the 11 best Hot Tub Time Machine 2 quotes and if you’re ready to head back to the future in bubbly style, well then, it is time for another dip!
Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke and Adam Scott (starring as John Cusack’s character’s son) get in a slew of fun jokes at each other’s expense and some situational comedy that is sure to please longtime fans of the first film.
Our favorite, honestly, involves their thankfully never-ending list of “you look like” jokes!
Nick: How far back did we go? 2025! Jacob: We went 10 years into the future. Nick: Whoa, I'm distinguished. Lou: I should shave this, right? Jacob: F*** you for making me bald!
Nick: You look like a turtle crawled out of his shell. Lou: You look like an egg gave birth to another egg. Nick: You look like Gandalf the poor. Lou: You look like the least-popular kid in the cancer ward. Nick: You look like you've never made a correct decision. Jacob: Ever Lou: I have definitely given a back alley b***job. Jacob: I gotta admit. I kind of like this. Nick: You look like Billy Zane's d***.