🎥 Rita Moreno accepts the Oscar for #BestSupportingActress in 1962 for her role as Anita in West Side Story at the 34th Academy Awards - a ceremony she almost didn't attend! 🎥

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I am featured on the SoCal Voices podcast, discussing the history of movie awards in Hollywood #Oscars2026 #OscarHistory #AwardSeason
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Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ earns record 16 Oscar nominations Ryan Coogler has been rewriting Hollywood’s rules from the very beginning. In 2013,  he was an emerging film director who took the risk of bringing Oscar Grant’s story to the screen with “Fruitvale Station.” In a mere five movies, Coogler has used filmmaking as a vehicle to shift culture. His latest, the supernatural Southern gothic […]

'Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ earns record 16 Oscar nominations'

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‘Sinners’ Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Becomes Most-Nominated Black Woman in Oscar History Costume designer Ruth E. Carter is now the most nominated Black woman in Oscars history with her fifth nom for "Sinners."

‘ #Sinners’ #CostumeDesigner #RuthECarter Becomes Most-Nominated #BlackWoman in #OscarHistory

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Cinesound newsreel “Kokoda Front Line!” was one of four Best Documentary winners at the 15th Academy Awards, and the first Australian film to win an Oscar. Filmed by Damien Parer and directed by Ken G. Hall, the 9 minute film can be seen on Youtube.
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#AdrienBrody made history last night when he won his second #Oscar He joined an elite club as the 11th person to win the Best Leading Actor award more than once. He also broke the record with the longest acceptance speech (5 minutes 37 seconds)!!

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Another historic win for #Anora - it’s only the fourth film that won both #Cannes Palme d’Or & the #Oscars for Best Picture. The other three are Parasite, The Lost Weekend, and Marty.

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#SeanBaker made history with #Anora by being the first person since Walt Disney to snag 4 #Oscars in one night in 1953. Baker was the first person to achieve that feat with just one film.

#ImStillHere is the first Brazilian film to win an Oscar.

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Plenty of historic wins at this year’s #Oscars

Flow becomes the first Latvian film to win an Oscar

Wicked’s Paul Tazewell is the first Black man to win for costume design

Zoe Saldaña becomes first American of Dominican origin to win an Oscar

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Shelley Winters wins the Academy Award for #BestSupportingActress for her role in the 1959 #film The Diary of Anne Frank. She would later donate it to the #AnneFrank Museum.

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Carrie Fisher & Martin Short

Presenting at the 1989 Academy Awards

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CODA (2021) As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and h...

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Ranked number 54 of the 150 movies I watched that year.

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Nomadland (2020) A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

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Starts out depressing, but becomes a journey of freedom.

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Parasite (2019) All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

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Saw this during #PFF28 but somehow never wrote a review, just an enthusiastic Tweet Opening Night

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OSCARS Countdown to March 2nd - Remembering the #BestPicture Winner for 2019 GREEN BOOK T&T #MiniMovieReview boxd.it/8Wurdx

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OSCARS Countdown to March 2nd - Remembering the #BestPicture Winner for 2018 THE SHAPE OF WATER T&T #MiniMovieReview boxd.it/dZ5m

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On this day, McDaniel made history as the first Black person to win an Oscar for Gone with the Wind. Sure, the Academy gave her an award but seated her in the back of the room. She still shined brighter than the statuette.


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Cynthia Erivo becomes the first Black actress to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Wicked. #OscarHistory https://fefd.link/0uLXD