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Category: OSCARS®

Every year entertainments best gather to celebrate film with awards, Oscars® Week, red carpet, and Governors Ball. Millions gather to celebrate their favorite film, creators, actors, and actresses for the year. Here we bring you the exclusives and insights.

The 94th Oscars® Governors Ball

The 94th Oscars® Governors Ball

The 94th Oscars® Governors Ball returns after a break during Covid pandemic. The evening theme is Movie Lovers Unite. This after party will continue to unite with unifying elements of film.

Food Governors Ball

Chef Wolfgang Puck and Wolfgang Puck Catering is partnering with Ghetto Gastro’s to plan and prepare this year’s menu. There will be many of the traditions with mac-n-cheese, Smoked Salmon Oscar® with Iranian Osetra Caviar on Brioche, and gold covered Oscars®. Ghetto Gatro’s is brining masterfully blended influences from the African diaspora, global South ingredients and hip-hop to create offerings that address race, identity and economic empowerment.

94th Oscars® Governors Ball Cocktails and Wine at Governors Ball

Tequila Don Julio is proud to donate in support of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’
Governors Ball for the fifth consecutive year. As Mexico’s original luxury tequila, Tequila Don Julio is
meant to be enjoyed during true moments of genuine 94th Oscars® Governors Ball celebration.

Francis Ford Coppola Winery will premiere two limited-edition wines in honor of the 94th Oscars®. The Francis Ford Coppola limited-edition 94th Awards Wines are housed in glistening gold colored bottles, and are crafted as symbols honoring the significant talent, passion and hard work achieved throughout the entire film industry.

Actors and filmmakers will be sipping all night long at the 94th Oscars®. Fleur de MIRAVAL – the only Champagne house exclusively devoted to Rosé Champagne.

94th Oscars® Governors Ball Recipes

Recipe courtesy Wolfgang Puck

Cacio e Pepe Macaroni & Cheese

Serves 1 Recipe courtesy Wolfgang Puck Catering

  • 8oz Cavatelli Pasta
  • 2 Tbsp Salt
  • 2 Tbsp Butter
  • 2 Tbsp Flour
  • 1 ¼ cup Whole Milk
  • ¼ cup shredded Aged Vermont White Cheddar
  • 1 Tbsp Parmesan ¼ tsp Pink Peppercorns, toasted and ground
  • ½ tsp Black Peppercorns, toasted and ground
  • ¼ tsp Green Peppercorns, toasted and ground
  • 1. Bring 2-3 quarts of water to a boil in a pot. Add 2 Tbsp of salt to the water and then the pasta. Cook for about 8 minutes or to al dente. Strain.
  • 2. In a heavy bottom pot, melt butter and then whisk flour into the melted butter. Continue to whisk for two minutes on low heat avoiding any color.
  • 3. Add milk to the butter and flour mixture continuing to stir until the milk thickens to a creamy consistency and coats the back of a spoon.
  • 4. Add white cheddar, stirring to melt the cheese into the milk. Add ground pink and black peppercorns. 5. Add the pasta to the pot and stir in the Parmesan. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  • 6. Serve!
Chocoloate Bark Oscar Governors Ball 2022 4Chion Lifestyle
CHOCOLATE BARK

CHOCOLATE BARK

Yield: Serves 16 Recipe courtesy Wolfgang Puck Catering

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 pound dark chocolate (64 to 70 percent cocoa content), coarsely chopped
  • 1/4 cup roasted pecan halves
  • 1/4 cup coarsely chopped roasted macadamia nuts
  • 1/4 cup roasted shelled pistachio nuts
  • 1/4 cup roasted shelled sunflower seeds
  • 1/4 cup dried cherries
  • 1/4 cup chopped dried apricots
INSTRUCTIONS

If you start with raw shelled nuts, put them in a single layer in a baking pan and roast them in a preheated 350°F oven until golden, about 6 minutes; then remove them from the oven and cool to room temperature before making the bark.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Put the chopped chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Put the bowl in the microwave, set the power level to medium, and microwave for 20 seconds. Stir the chocolate with a rubber spatula and, if not smoothly melted, microwave again for 20 seconds longer. Continue only until the chocolate is smooth. Spread the melted chocolate on the parchment-lined baking sheet to a thickness of 1/4 inch. (It’s okay if the edges of the spread-out chocolate aren’t neat, since you’ll be breaking it up.) Immediately sprinkle the pecans, macadamias, pistachios, sunflower seeds, cherries, and apricots over the still-melted chocolate. Leave the chocolate to set until solid, about 20 minutes at cool room temperature or 5 to 10 minutes in the refrigerator. Break the chocolate into rough serving pieces and store in a covered container at cool room temperature until serving time

A BRONX COCKTALE

Ingredients:

▪ 1¼ oz Tequila Don Julio Reposado
▪ ¼ oz Rhum Vieux
▪ ¾ oz Fresh Lime Juice
▪ ½ oz Mango Juice
▪ ½ oz Coconut Milk
▪ ½ – ¾ oz Honey Syrup (2:1 ratio)

Preparation:
  1. Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice
  2. Shake well and pour into a small tasting glass
  3. Garnish with a small edible flower and gold dust

Menu 94th Oscars® Governors Ball Menu

Tray Passed
  • Patty Posse | Bacalao Leek Potato Patties*
  • Patty Posse | Plantain
  • Collard Patties (vegetarian)
  • Broken Flowers | Crispy Cauliflower
  • Tamarind Glaze Cilantro Aioli (vegan)
  • Smoked Salmon Oscars® Matzo
  • Miniature Wagyu Burger, Sharp Cheddar, Remoulade
  • Wolfgang Puck Signature Pizzas
  • Spicy Tuna Tartare In Sesame Miso Cones
  • Peking Pulled Jackfruit
  • Steamed Bao Bun, Hoisin
  • Cucumber, Scallion Grass (vegan)
  • Croquette Madame
  • Comte Cheese, Country Ham, Egg Yolk Jam
  • Hearts of Palm on Fried Brioche, Soft Herbs (vegan)
  • Cauliflower Toast, Cauliflower Puree, Roasted Cauliflower
  • Golden Raisins, Shallot Agrodolce, Pine Nuts (vegetarian)
  • Duck Pastrami
  • Seeded Lavosh Cracker, Rhubarb Compote, Candied Rhubarb (made without gluten)
  • Tomato Confit
  • Wheat Tuille, Shaved Macadamia, Petite Sorrel (vegan)
  • Savory Eclairs, Truffle Mushroom Mousse
  • Black Garlic Glaze (vegetarian)

Passed Small Plates

SERVED COLD
• Spring Fava Bean Hummus Herb Marinated Green Chickpeas
  • Fresh Jalapeno, Haricot Verts, Leafy Greens, Tahini Dressing, Pickled Shallots, Popcorn Chickpeas (made without gluten, vegan)
  • Petite Terrarium Salad, Edible Succulents, Quinoa Pumpernickel Soil, Tiny Crudites, Citrus Vinaigrette (vegan)
SERVED HOT
  • Maine Lobster Pot Pie, Spring Vegetables Cacio e Pepe Macaroni and Cheese (vegetarian) Dry Aged Wagyu Beef Sliders, French Fries
  • Oyster Mushroom Schnitzel, Lemon, Mustard (vegan)
  • Steamed Black Cod in Bamboo Leaf, Sticky Rice, Snow Peas, Ginger Scallion Soy (made without gluten) Roasted Root Vegetable Goulash, Spaetzle, Candy Stripe, Gold Beet Chips (vegan)
  • Artichoke and Spring Pea filled Occhi, Leek and Pecorino Sauce, Lemon Butter Breadcrumbs (vegetarian)
  • Field of Dreams Crispy Coconut Rice and Field Peas, Sweet plantain*

Passed Small Plate Sweets

  • Apricots with Pistachio Creme
  • Chocolate Sea Salt Oscars® Eclairs
  • Grapefruit Panna Cotta (made without gluten, vegan)
  • Sous Vide Yogurt Crème Brulee with Granola Dust (made without gluten)

Small Plate Stations

CIGAR AND A WAFFLE
  • Wavy Ancestral Roots Waffle, Fried Chicken, Spicy Sovereign Syrup*
TRADING PLACES” AKA TRIPLE C’S
  • Cornbread, Crab, Caviar*
PIRAGUAS
  • Pineapple Express – Coffee, Pineapple, Apricot Creme*
  • A Clockwork Orange – Mandarin, Yuzu, Pine Nut*
CRISPY RICE BAR
  • Crispy Heirloom Rice Cakes prepared to order (made without gluten)
  • Miso Hamachi Tartare, Spicy Tuna Tartare, Braised Mushroom Tartare (vegan)
  • Scallions, Sesame Seeds, Pickled Radish, Ponzu, Spicy Aioli, Miso Aioli, Yuzu Avocado Mousse
SSAM BAR

New York Ssam, Shiso Leaf, Nori, Pickled Fresno Chili, Cilantro, Sesame Seeds (made without gluten)

GNOCCHI ROMANA
  • English Peas, Baby Carrots, Fresh Peas of the Season, Pea Butter, Asiago (vegetarian)
BRAISED SHORT RIBS
  • Pommes Aligot, Sautéed Rainbow Swiss Chard, Braised Short Ribs with Caramelized Shallots, Pickled Mustard Seeds (made without gluten)
WOOD FIRE PIZZA OVEN
  • Margherita Pizza
  • Vegan Puttanesca Pizza

In The Kitchen

  • 117 Chefs
  • 25 pounds of Nishiki Rice
  • 1080 Whole Eggs
  • 10 Whole Yellowtails
  • 300 pounds of Smoked Salmon
  • 400 pounds Jidori Chicken
  • 15 pounds of Caviar
  • 6 pounds of Truffles
  • 100 Lobsters
  • 3 cases Harry’s Strawberries
  • 5 cases Local Raspberries
  • 60 pounds Yukon Gold Potatoes
  • 65 pounds Miyazaki Wagyu Beef
  • 20 pounds Local English Peas
  • 40 pounds Jackfruit
  • 10 pounds Purple Ninja Radish
  • 25 pounds Baby Rainbow Carrots
  • 25 pounds Baby Planet Carrots
  • 20 pounds Baby Turnips
  • 40 pounds Baby Anise Fennel
  • 25 pounds Premium Frisee
  • 465 pounds Baby Green Romaine Lettuce
  • 40 pounds Black Tuscan Kale
  • 300 pieces Baby Lolla Rossa Lettuce
  • 25 pounds Sugar Snap Peas
  • 65 pounds Heirloom Mix Beets
  • 50 pounds Local Rainbow Chard
  • 4 cases Organic Rucola
  • 100 pounds of Ground Beef 30 pounds of Prime New York
  • 120 pounds of Ahi Tuna
  • 25 pounds Valbrasco Feta
  • 56 pounds of Jumbo Lump
  • 50 pounds of Mozzarella
  • 30 pounds of Fontina
  • 30 pounds of Parmesan Reggiano
  • 1600 Housemade Mini Brioche Buns
  • 40 pounds of Duck Breast
  • 25 Gallons of Alta Dena Whole Milk
  • 2,600 Sesame Miso Cones

Ray Dolby Ballroom on the top level of Hollywood & Highland® immediately following the Oscars® broadcast.

The 94th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and in more than 200 territories worldwide. Stay tuned here for all thing Oscars®.

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Photo credit: Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S. Oscars® Press

* Jon Gray, Lester Walker and Pierre Serrao Ghetto Gastro

Pastry Design by Kamel Guechida and Garry Larduinat

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94th Academy Awards® Nominations

94th Academy Awards® Nominations

94th Academy Awards® nominations announced on February 8, 2022. This year’s theme is Movie Lovers Unit.

94th Academy Awards® Nominations ~ Televised

Actor–comedian Leslie Jordan and actor, CEO and producer Tracee Ellis Ross announce the 94th Oscars® nominations virtually. Jordan was all dressed and ready for the red carpet but it is only the announcements.

94th Academy Awards® Nominations Snubs and Surprises

Snubs

House of Gucci Lady Gaga is nominated for a BAFTA®, Critics’ Choice® Award, Golden Globe® and SAG®. This is usually a shoe in for the Oscar®. Jared Leto snubbed as well. He also was nominated for a SAG®.

Respect Jennifer Hudson is snubbed in two categories for her portrayal of Aretha Franklin, Best Original Song and Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.

Dune Denis Villeneuve for Best Director category. Dune is one of the top nominated films with 10 nominations.

Don’t Look Up Leonardo DiCaprio snubbed again. He is use to being snubbed at the Oscars®. He has been snubbed for some of his best roles, even for his role in Titanic.

Surprises

Drive My Car nominated for two best pictures this year, Best Foreign Film and Best Motion Picture. This is on of 11 foreign films to be nominated for best picture. This film also takes 4 nominations this year.

The Lost Daughter Jessie Buckley for supporting actress.

Spencer Kristen Stewart did not even score a SAG® nomination.

The Worst Person in the World score two nominations in Best Foreign Film and Best Original Screen Play.

94th Academy Awards® Sidebars

Flee is the first documentary to be nominated for Animated Feature Film, and the first animated film to be nominated for Documentary Feature.

For the fourth consecutive year, the director of a film nominated in the International Feature Film category has also received a nomination in the Directing category.

No Time To Die is the sixth song from the James Bond franchise to be nominated for Original Song. Previous nominees were the title song from Live and Let Die (1973); Nobody Does It Better from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977); the title song from For Your Eyes Only (1981); the title song from Skyfall (2012), which won the award; and Writing’s On The Wall from Spectre (2015), which won the Academy Award®.

Troy Kotsur is the second deaf actor to be nominated for playing a deaf character. Previously, Marlee Matlin won an Oscar for her leading role in Children of a Lesser God (1986).

Academy Awards® Nominations

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Belfast Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
CODA Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
Don’t Look Up Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
Drive My Car Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer
Dune Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers
King Richard Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers
Licorice Pizza Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
Nightmare Alley Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers
West Side Story Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield in tick, tick…BOOM!
Will Smith in King Richard
Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of Macbeth

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Ciarán Hinds in Belfast
Troy Kotsur in CODA
Jesse Plemons in The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons in Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Power of the Dog

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz in Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman in Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart in Spencer

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Jessie Buckley in The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose in West Side Story
Judi Dench in Belfast
Kirsten Dunst in The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis in King Richard

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Encanto Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
Luca Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
The Mitchells vs. the Machines Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht
Raya and the Last Dragon Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho

Achievement in Cinematography

Dune Greig Fraser
Nightmare Alley Dan Laustsen
The Power of the Dog Ari Wegner
The Tragedy of Macbeth Bruno Delbonnel
West Side Story Janusz Kaminski

Achievement in Costume Design

Cruella Jenny Beavan
Cyrano Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
Dune Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
Nightmare Alley Luis Sequeira
West Side Story Paul Tazewell

Achievement in Directing

Belfast Kenneth Branagh
Drive My Car Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
West Side Story Steven Spielberg

Best Documentary Feature

Ascension Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell
Attica Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
Writing with Fire Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

Best Documentary Short Subject

Audible Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean
Lead Me Home Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk
The Queen of Basketball Ben Proudfoot
Three Songs for Benazir Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei
When We Were Bullies Jay Rosenblatt

Achievement in Film Editing

Don’t Look Up Hank Corwin
Dune Joe Walker
King Richard Pamela Martin
The Power of the Dog Peter Sciberras
tick, tick…BOOM! Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

Best International Feature Film of the Year

Drive My Car Japan
Flee Denmark
The Hand of God Italy
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom Bhutan
The Worst Person in the World Norway

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

Coming 2 America Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer
Cruella Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
Dune Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
The Eyes of Tammy Faye Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh
House of Gucci Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original score)

Don’t Look Up Nicholas Britell
Dune Hans Zimmer
Encanto Germaine Franco
Parallel Mothers Alberto Iglesias
The Power of the Dog Jonny Greenwood

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song)

Be Alive from King Richard
Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
Dos Oruguitas from Encanto
Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Down To Joy from Belfast
Music and Lyric by Van Morrison
No Time To Die from No Time to Die
Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
Somehow You Do from Four Good Days
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

Achievement in Production Design

Dune Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
Nightmare Alley Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
The Power of the Dog Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards
The Tragedy of Macbeth Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
West Side Story Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

Best Animated Short Film

Affairs of the Art Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
Bestia Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz
Boxballet Anton Dyakov
Robin Robin Dan Ojari and Mikey Please
The Windshield Wiper Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez

Best Live Action Short Film

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger
The Dress Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki
The Long Goodbye Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed
On My Mind Martin Strange Hansen and Kim Magnusson
Please Hold K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse

Achievement in Sound

Belfast Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
Dune Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
No Time to Die Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
The Power of the Dog Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
West Side Story Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

Achievement in Visual Effects

Dune Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
Free Guy Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
No Time to Die Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver
Spider-Man: No Way Home Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick

Adapted Screenplay

CODA Screenplay by Siân Heder
Drive My Car Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
Dune Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
The Lost Daughter Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Power of the Dog Written by Jane Campion

Original Screenplay

Belfast Written by Kenneth Branagh
Don’t Look Up Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
King Richard Written by Zach Baylin
Licorice Pizza Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
The Worst Person in the World Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Stay tuned here for Oscar® news and updates at #4chionStyle #4ChionEntertainment. The hosts Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes will host the 94th Oscars®. The Oscars® will be held on Sunday, March 27, starting at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET, and televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.

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Academy Awards ~ Winners, Fun, & Fashion

Academy Awards ~ Winners, Fun, & Fashion

Academy Awards brings back the red carpet and the award show in person. The night is filled with winners, fun, and fashion. This is different and strange from the traditional Oscars®. The locations is at Union Station not the Dolby Theatre and only 200 guests in appearance.

Academy Award Red Carpet

The men rocked this red carpet this year. Many took the traditional black tux but some took a non-tradtional look with colorful suits including one set of nominees wearing similar gold and black suits.

There is a lot of large puffy sleeves on the red carpet fashion. This is such a joyous time after a year of very little fashion shows and red carpet. The looks are personal and styled for a dramatic look. This was a great time to get dressed up in glam after a year of leisure wear and masks. Yeah for the lipstick, missed seeing lipstick this last year.

Academy Awards Red Carpet

Vanessa Kirby
  • Gucci
  • Cartier
  • Skincare ~ La Mer
  • Makeup ~ Gucci Beauty
  • Kit essential tools ~ Tweezerman
  • The fab lip created by Gucci’s Rouge à Lèvres Mat Matte Lipstick in 502 Eadie Scarlet and Crayon Contour Des Lévres Lip Line in Bordeaux.
  • Hair @hairbyadir
Zendaya
  • Valentino Haute Couture
  • Bulgari jewelry
  • Makeup Lancôme Makeup by Sheika Daley
  • Hair by Larry Sims
Martin Desmond Roe and Travon Free
  • Dolce & Gabbana Suits stitched inside is the names those killed by killed by police brutality in the US
  • Sneakers Nike Air designed by Mache
  • Watches Watches of Switzerland
  • Rings David Yurman and Raven Fine Jewelers
  • Cufflinks Tiffany Company
  • Shades David Beckham
Viola Davis
  • Alexander McQueen (floral motif cut-out design on the bodice and a floor length skirt)
  • Jimmy Choo clutch
  • Petal-pink lipstick and L’Oréal Voluminous Original Mascara. Makeup by Autumn Moultrie
  • Hair by Jamika Wilson
Leslie Odom Jr.
  • Brioni Tailoring
  • Cartier jewelry
  • Stylist Avo Yermagyan
  • Grooming E l i V E N Q
  • Hair by Anittria
H.E.R. (Prince Inspired)
  • Peter Dundas jumpsuit designer
  • Giuseppi Zanotti Platform pumps
  • Chopard Jewels round shaped sapphire ring and a cushion shaped purple spinel ring.  
  • Makeup metallic purple winged liner and matte fuchsia lipstick Makeup by Marissa Vossen
  • Hair by Nina Monique
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Academy Awards Show

Bring Your Movie Love, theme for the 93rd Oscars®. The show had a step back in Oscar® time feel. The show was moved to the Union Station in Los Angeles.

The show had one great moment when Glenn Close during Name That Tune did the Da Butt dance. She topped the evening off with knowledge about of Spike Lee’s School Daze.

Presenters include:

  • Angela Bassett
  • Halle Berry
  • Bong Joon Ho
  • Don Cheadle
  • Bryan Cranston
  • Laura Dern
  • Harrison Ford
  • Regina King
  • Marlee Matlin
  • Rita Moreno
  • Joaquin Phoenix
  • Brad Pitt
  • Reese Witherspoon
  • Renée Zellweger
  • Riz Ahmed
  • Viola Davis  
  • Zendaya

Academy Award Winners

Best Motion Picture of the Year

  • Nomadland Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers *Winner*
  • The Father David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, Producers
  • Judas and the Black Messiah Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, Producers
  • Mank Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
  • Minari Christina Oh, Producer
  • Promising Young Woman Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, Producers
  • Sound of Metal Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, Producers
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, Producers

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

  • Anthony Hopkins in The Father *Winner*
  • Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal
  • Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Gary Oldman in Mank
  • Steven Yeun in Minari

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Daniel Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah *Winner*
  • Sacha Baron Cohen in The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Leslie Odom, Jr. in One Night in Miami…
  • Paul Raci in Sound of Metal
  • Lakeith Stanfield in Judas and the Black Messiah

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

  • Frances McDormand in Nomadland *Winner*
  • Viola Davis in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Andra Day in The United States vs. Billie Holiday
  • Vanessa Kirby in Pieces of a Woman
  • Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Yuh-Jung Youn in Minari *Winner*
  • Maria Bakalova in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  • Glenn Close in Hillbilly Elegy
  • Olivia Colman in The Father
  • Amanda Seyfried in Mank

Best animated feature film of the year

  • Soul Pete Docter and Dana Murray *Winner*
  • Onward Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
  • Over the Moon Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou
  • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley
  • Wolfwalkers Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants

Achievement in Cinematography

  • Mank Erik Messerschmidt *Winner*
  • Judas and the Black Messiah Sean Bobbitt
  • News of the World Dariusz Wolski
  • Nomadland Joshua James Richards
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 Phedon Papamichael

Achievement in Costume Design

  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Ann Roth *Winner*
  • Emma Alexandra Byrne
  • Mank Trish Summerville
  • Mulan Bina Daigeler
  • Pinocchio Massimo Cantini Parrini

Achievement in Directing

  • Nomadland Chloé Zhao *Winner*
  • Another Round Thomas Vinterberg
  • Mank David Fincher
  • Minari Lee Isaac Chung
  • Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell

Best Documentary Feature

  • My Octopus Teacher Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, and Craig Foster *Winner*
  • Collective Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
  • Crip Camp Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder
  • The Mole Agent Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
  • Time Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn

Best Documentary Short Subject

  • Colette Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard *Winner*
  • A Concerto Is a Conversation Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
  • Do Not Split Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook
  • Hunger Ward Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman
  • A Love Song for Latasha Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan


Achievement in Film Editing

  • Sound of Metal Mikkel E. G. Nielsen *Winner*
  • The Father Yorgos Lamprinos
  • Nomadland Chloé Zhao
  • Promising Young Woman Frédéric Thoraval
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 Alan Baumgarten

Best International Feature Film of the Year

  • Another Round Denmark *Winner*
  • Better Days Hong Kong
  • Collective Romania
  • The Man Who Sold His Skin Tunisia
  • Quo Vadis, Aida? Bosnia and Herzegovina

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson *Winner*
  • Emma Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze
  • Hillbilly Elegy Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney
  • Mank Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff
  • Pinocchio Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original score)

  • Soul Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste *Winner*
  • Da 5 Bloods Terence Blanchard
  • Mank Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
  • Minari Emile Mosseri
  • News of the World James Newton Howard

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song)

  • Fight For You from Judas and the Black Messiah Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas *Winner*
  • Hear My Voice from The Trial of the Chicago 7 Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
  • Husavik from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson
  • Io Sì (Seen) from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se) Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
  • Speak Now from One Night in Miami… Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth

Achievement in Production Design

  • Mank Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale *Winner*
  • The Father Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
  • News of the World Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
  • Tenet Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

Best Animated Short Film

  • If Anything Happens I Love You Will McCormack and Michael Govier *Winner*
  • Burrow Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
  • Genius Loci Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
  • Opera Erick Oh
  • Yes-People Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

Best Live Action Short Film

  • Two Distant Strangers Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe *Winner*
  • Feeling Through Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
  • The Letter Room Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
  • The Present Farah Nabulsi
  • White Eye Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman

Achievement in Sound

  • Sound of Metal Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh *Winner*
  • Greyhound Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
  • Mank Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
  • News of the World Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
  • Soul Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker

Achievement in Visual Effects

  • Tenet Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher *Winner*
  • Love and Monsters Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
  • The Midnight Sky Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
  • Mulan Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
  • The One and Only Ivan Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez

Adapted Screenplay

  • The Father Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller *Winner*
  • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad
  • Nomadland Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao
  • One Night in Miami… Screenplay by Kemp Powers
  • The White Tigers Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani

Original Screenplay

  • Promising Young Woman Written by Emerald Fennell *Winner*
  • Judas and the Black Messiah Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas
  • Minari Written by Lee Isaac Chung
  • Sound of Metal Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 Written by Aaron Sorkin

The Oscars® this year was a bit off and different from tradition. The times have changes and shifted since COVID-19. Film was an industry struck down but The Academy Awards took on the challenge and created an event that was elegant and entertaining in a time where it is much needed. My favorite films this year was The Octopus Teacher and The United States vs. Billie Holiday. What was your favorite film from the last year? Post your answer here.

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Party Like An Oscar® Nominee

Party Like An Oscar® Nominee

Party Like an Oscar® nominee. Party Like an Oscar® nominee. Here are your dinner party ideas and recipes for a spectacular evening. Brining normalcy back after this year. The evening is at the Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

Party Ideas For Oscars®

You can celebrate this time with a great dinner party much like the nominees celebrities. Here are a few recipes for your dinner guests.

  • Smoked Salmon Oscar® with Iranian Osetra Caviar on Brioche
  • Baked Macaroni and Cheese
  • Chicken Pot Pie
  • The Protagonist Cocktail

Party Recipes For Oscars®

Smoked Salmon Oscar with Iranian Osetra Caviar on Brioche

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Ingredients
  • Oscar® Brioche
  • 1 loaf brioche
  • 1 cup dill cream (recipe below)
  • 1 lb. smoked salmon
  • 2 oz. Iranian Osetra caviar
  • Dill Cream
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 T lemon juice
  • 2 T shallots, chopped
  • 1 T fresh dill, chopped
Instructions
  1. Cut the brioche into the shape of an Oscar statuette.
  2. Toast until golden.
  3. Spoon small amount of dill cream on the brioche (see below).
  4. Layer smoked salmon on top and garnish with caviar.
  5. Dill Cream
  6. Whisk ingredients together thoroughly. Pinch of salt and white ground pepper.
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Chicken Pot Pie

(recipe courtesy Wolfgang Puck, adapted from “Wolfgang Puck Makes it Easy,” Rutledge Hill Press, 2004)

Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients

2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken, cut into 1-inch chunks

Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

4 tablespoons vegetable oil

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided

1/2 pound organic red-skinned potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

1/2 pound organic carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces

1 medium yellow onion, peeled and diced

2 garlic cloves, minced

Pinch of crushed red pepper flakes

1 sprig thyme

1 bay leaf

1 cup white wine

2 cups organic chicken stock

1 cup plus 1 tablespoon heavy cream

1/4 cup dry sherry

1/2 cup shelled or frozen peas

Approximately 1/2 pound frozen puff pastry, defrosted following package instructions

1 cage-free egg

Ingredients

Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper, and toss in a mixing bowl with 2 tablespoons of the flour until evenly coated. In a large skillet over high heat, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil. Add the chicken pieces, reduce the heat slightly, and sauté, turning them occasionally, until light golden and thoroughly cooked, about 5 to 10 minutes. sing a slotted spoon, transfer the chicken to a plate and set aside. Add the remaining oil and 2 tablespoons of the butter to the pan, then add the potatoes, carrots, and onions and sauté until they begin to look glossy and bright, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium, stir in the garlic, red pepper flakes, thyme, and bay leaf, and sauté, just until the vegetables begin to color slightly, 2 to 3 minutes more.

Add the wine, turn up the heat, stir and scrape with a wooden spoon to deglaze the pan deposits, and simmer until the liquid reduces by about half, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the chicken stock and the 1 cup of cream. Bring the liquid to a boil, reduce the heat slightly, and simmer briskly until the liquid reduces by about half again and is thick and creamy about 15 minutes. Remove the sprig of thyme and the bay leaf. Stir in the reserved chicken pieces and the sherry. Stir together the butter and remaining flour and stir this paste into the mixture. Season the sauce to taste with salt and pepper.

Transfer to 4 large individual ovenproof 2-cup soup bowls, 4 ramekins of the same size, or a 2-quart baking dish. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until the filling is cold, at least 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Make sure the puff pastry is no thicker than 1/4 inch. With the tip of a sharp knife cut the pastry into 4 circles that will overhang the rim of the serving bowls or ramekins by about half an inch; for a single large baking dish, cut 4 circles that will cover its top, or use one large sheet.

In a small bowl, beat together the egg and the remaining 1 tablespoon cream to make an egg wash. Brush the tops and outsides of the rims of the bowls. Place the bowls, ramekins, or baking dish on a baking tray and place the puff pastry circles on top, pressing them gently over the sides of the dishes. Pierce the tops with the tip of a paring knife. Brush the top of the pastry with egg wash. Carefully transfer the baking sheet to the oven and bake until the filling is bubbling hot and the pastry is a deep golden brown, 25 to 35 minutes. Serve hot.

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Baked Macaroni and Cheese (recipe courtesy Wolfgang Puck)

Ingredients

8 ounces elbow macaroni

6 tablespoons unsalted butter

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

3 1/2 cups milk

3 tablespoons finely chopped black truffle (optional)

1/2 medium white onion

1 bay leaf

10 ounces sharp aged white Cheddar, shredded

3 ounces Gruyère cheese, shredded

1 ounce freshly grated Parmesan cheese

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Pinch cayenne

2 drops black winter truffle oil (optional)

1 cup fresh brioche or challah bread crumbs

2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh Italian parsley

Thinly sliced fresh black truffles, for garnish (optional)

Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Add macaroni and cook until al dente, tender but still chewy, about 7 minutes. Drain and transfer to lightly oiled baking pan. Set aside.
  2. While macaroni cooks, melt 3 tablespoons butter in a separate pot over low heat. Whisk in flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 4 minutes.
  3. Add milk, chopped truffle, onion, and bay leaf to butter-flour mixture. Raise heat slightly and simmer for 10 minutes, until creamy, stirring regularly. Discard onion and bay leaf. Remove from heat.
  4. Stir in 3/4 of aged Cheddar along with other cheeses. Season with salt, black pepper, cayenne, and truffle oil if desired. Fold in macaroni. Pour into 2-quart casserole. Top with remaining Cheddar.
  5. Melt remaining butter in sauté pan. Add breadcrumbs and parsley. Toss to coat. Spread crumb mixture evenly over top of macaroni.
  6. Step Six: Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven let stand for about 5 minutes. Top with shaved truffle, if desired, before serving.
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The Protagonist

Ingredients

1/2 ounce Pimm’s The Original No. 1 Cup

3/4 ounce Fresh Lemon Juice

1/4 ounce Simple Syrup

2 ounces Tonic Water

Sliced Cucumber and Borage Flowers for Garnish

Instructions

Combine Don Julio Blanco, Pimm’s, lemon juice and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice. Gently shake and roll in tonic water.

Pour over fresh ice in a Collins glass.

Garnish: Wrap thin cucumber slice around inside of glass and top with borage flowers.

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Oscars® Nominations ~ Getting Back to Film

Oscars® Nominations ~ Getting Back to Film

Oscars® nominations is the start to getting back to film and life. Oscars® will be live with no Zoom available for nominees to accept the Academy Award. The year in film is one of pandemic lock down and shut down from production to film festivals, and screening. This year theme is “Bring Your Movie Love.”

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas announce the nominees for the 93rd Oscars®

Oscars® Nomination

Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas and singer, songwriter, and actor Nick Jonas announce the 93rd Oscars® nominations in all 23 Academy Award® categories. The Oscars® nomination announcements presented via streaming and YouTube. They announced from London, England.

Oscars® Art Work

This year the art work for the Oscars® is a representation of the 2021 campaign illustrates this year’s tagline, “Bring Your Movie Love. The artist are world known for their great talent and art. They include:

  • Temi Coker a multidisciplinary artist
  • Petra Eriksson took a journey via Dublin and Malta on her way to becoming an illustrator.
  • Magnus Voll Mathiassen Norwegian graphic designer and illustrator.
  • Michelle Robinson explores bold contrasts, color palettes, patterns and the female form.
  • Karan Singh distinctive work is a contemporary and playful combination of op-art and mid-century graphic design.
  • Victoria Villasana  textile artist interested in history, culture and how people relate to each other.
  • Shawna X vibrant, visceral and graphical image-making across mediums in digital, motion and physical spaces.

Oscars® Nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards

Best Motion Picture of the Year

  • The Father David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, Producers
  • Judas and the Black Messiah Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, Producers
  • Mank Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
  • Minari Christina Oh, Producer
  • Nomadland Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers
  • Promising Young Woman Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, Producers
  • Sound of Metal Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, Producers
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, Producers
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ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI…

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

  • Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal
  • Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Anthony Hopkins in The Father
  • Gary Oldman in Mank
  • Steven Yeun in Minari

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Sacha Baron Cohen in The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Daniel Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Leslie Odom, Jr. in One Night in Miami…
  • Paul Raci in Sound of Metal
  • Lakeith Stanfield in Judas and the Black Messiah
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The Trial of the Chicago 7

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

  • Viola Davis in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Andra Day in The United States vs. Billie Holiday
  • Vanessa Kirby in Pieces of a Woman
  • Frances McDormand in Nomadland
  • Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Maria Bakalova in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  • Glenn Close in Hillbilly Elegy
  • Olivia Colman in The Father
  • Amanda Seyfried in Mank
  • Yuh-Jung Youn in Minari
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HILLBILLY ELEGY

Best animated feature film of the year

  • Onward Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
  • Over the Moon Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou
  • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley
  • Soul Pete Docter and Dana Murray
  • Wolfwalkers Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants

Achievement in Cinematography

  • Judas and the Black Messiah Sean Bobbitt
  • Mank Erik Messerschmidt
  • News of the World Dariusz Wolski
  • Nomadland Joshua James Richards
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 Phedon Papamichael
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Achievement in Costume Design

  • Emma Alexandra Byrne
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Ann Roth
  • Mank Trish Summerville
  • Mulan Bina Daigeler
  • Pinocchio Massimo Cantini Parrini

Achievement in Directing

  • Another Round Thomas Vinterberg
  • Mank David Fincher
  • Minari Lee Isaac Chung
  • Nomadland Chloé Zhao
  • Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell

Best Documentary Feature

  • Collective Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
  • Crip Camp Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder
  • The Mole Agent Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
  • My Octopus Teacher Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
  • Time Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn

Best Documentary Short Subject

  • Colette Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
  • A Concerto Is a Conversation Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
  • Do Not Split Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook
  • Hunger Ward Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman
  • A Love Song for Latasha Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan


Achievement in Film Editing

  • The Father Yorgos Lamprinos
  • Nomadland Chloé Zhao
  • Promising Young Woman Frédéric Thoraval
  • Sound of Metal Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 Alan Baumgarten

Best International Feature Film of the Year

  • Another Round Denmark
  • Better Days Hong Kong
  • Collective Romania
  • The Man Who Sold His Skin Tunisia
  • Quo Vadis, Aida? Bosnia and Herzegovina

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Emma Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze
  • Hillbilly Elegy Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
  • Mank Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff
  • Pinocchio Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti
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MANK (2020) Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies and Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz. Cr: NETFLIX

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original score)

  • Da 5 Bloods Terence Blanchard
  • Mank Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
  • Minari Emile Mosseri
  • News of the World James Newton Howard
  • Soul Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song)

  • Fight For You from Judas and the Black Messiah Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
  • Hear My Voice from The Trial of the Chicago 7 Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
  • Husavik from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson
  • Io Sì (Seen) from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se) Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
  • Speak Now from One Night in Miami… Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth

Achievement in Production Design

  • The Father Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
  • Mank Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
  • News of the World Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
  • Tenet Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

Best Animated Short Film

  • Burrow Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
  • Genius Loci Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
  • If Anything Happens I Love You Will McCormack and Michael Govier
  • Opera Erick Oh
  • Yes-People Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

Best Live Action Short Film

  • Feeling Through Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
  • The Letter Room Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
  • The Present Farah Nabulsi
  • Two Distant Strangers Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
  • White Eye Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman

Achievement in Sound

  • Greyhound Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
  • Mank Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
  • News of the World Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
  • Soul Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
  • Sound of Metal Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh

Achievement in Visual Effects

  • Love and Monsters Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
  • The Midnight Sky Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
  • Mulan Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
  • The One and Only Ivan Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
  • Tenet Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Courtesy of Amazon Studios

Adapted Screenplay

  • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad
  • The Father Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
  • Nomadland Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao
  • One Night in Miami… Screenplay by Kemp Powers
  • The White Tigers Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani

Original Screenplay

  • Judas and the Black Messiah Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas
  • Minari Written by Lee Isaac Chung
  • Promising Young Woman Written by Emerald Fennell
  • Sound of Metal Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 Written by Aaron Sorkin

The 93rd Oscars will air live on ABC on Sunday, April 25, 2021. What has been your nomination for best film from 2020? Post your answer here.

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Oscar® Is Throwing A Party

Oscar® Is Throwing A Party

Oscars® is throwing a party. The 92nd Oscars’® biggest party will be the Governor’s Ball. The theme of this year’s Governor’s Ball is ‘Magical Transformation’.

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The Governors Ball Press Preview

Oscar® Party Planning

The inspired design for the evening’s party is harmony and relaxation. The color palette will be a soothing mix of copper and bronze metallics with accents of eggplant and amethyst.

Wolfgang Puck

Wolfgang Puck is again preparing the evening meal for this celebrity Oscar® party. He has revolutionized the dining landscape with a singular focus: to exceed expectations whenever our guests gather for a meal.

Mark’s Garden

Mark’s Graden will bring 400 arrangements that will be hand-crafted with white roses, radiant vanda orchids, purple anemones, and more for beauty at this Oscar® party. “For this year’s floral design, we really wanted to keep the spotlight on the stars of the show,” said Michael Uncapher. “With clean, modern design as the focus for this year’s Governor’s Ball.

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Oscars Governor’s Party Menu

Amuse Bouche

• Compressed Watermelon, Housemade Cashew Ricotta, Mint Agave Syrup (V) • Avocado Tostadas with Crunch Cabbage and Chipotle Glaze (V)
• Mini Taro Root Taco with Braised Hibiscus and Tomatillo Salsa (V)
• Cucumber Roll, Green Chickpeas, Avocado, Citrus Confit (V)

• Roasted Cauliflower Toast, Agrodolce Shallots, Golden Raisins, Sumac (V) • Eggplant Caponata on Grilled Crostini (V)
• Tajin Spiced Popcorn (V)
• Housemade Potato Chips (V)

Tray-Passed Hors d ’Oeuvre

• Duck Carnitas, Mini Blue Corn Taco, Pomegranate Mole, Pear Pico De Gallo

  • Watermelon, Hamachi, Yuzu Kosho
  • Smoked Salmon Oscars Matzah
  • Miniature Wagyu Burger, Sharp Cheddar, Remoulade
  • Assorted Signature Pizzas
  • Spicy Tuna Tartare in Sesame Miso Cones
  • Beet Macaron, Herb Goat Cheese, Citrus
  • Winter Spice French Toast with Pumpkin Crème Brulee
  • Puffed Air Bread, Aquafaba Mousse, Bell Pepper Caviar (V)
  • Root Vegetable Potsticker, Carrot Ponzu (V)
  • Wild Mushroom Cigar, Truffle Aioli, Truffle Ash, Cigar Box (V)
  • Vegetable Rice Paper Roll, Mango, Papaya, Mint, Thai Basil (V/AG)
  • Sweet Potato Tempura with Mint Cilantro Aioli (V)
Passed Small Plates
SERVED COLD
  • Maitake Mushroom Salad, Eggplant Baba Ghanoush, Tahini, Burnt Onion Syrup, Sumac Spiced Pita Crumbs (V)
  • “Frozen” Tangerine, Gooseberry, Avocado, Mint, Cucumber, Aji Amarillo Vinaigrette (V)
  • Baby Little Gem Lettuce, Crispy Quinoa, Pomegranate, Wild Herbs, Green Goddess Vinaigrette (V)
SERVED HOT
  • Potato Tots, Herb Crème Fraiche, Caviar
  • Black Truffle Chicken Pot Pie
  • Cacio e Pepe Macaroni and Cheese
  • Miyazaki Wagyu Beef, NY Yukon Gold Potato Puree with Creme Fraiche, Braised Celery and Spring Onion
  • California Sand Dabs Grenobloise, Lemon, Capers, Cauliflower Purée, Crispy Cauliflower Chips
  • Jidori Poussin Chicken and Waffles, Bourbon Maple Syrup
  • Forbidden Black Rice, Miso Glazed Baby Eggplant, Hunan Sauce, Crispy Wild Rice (V)
  • Wild Mushroom Bolognese, Rigatoncini Pasta (V)
  • Housemade Tofu, Hijiki Seaweed Rice, Carrot Greens, Edamame, Ginger Ponzu (V)
  • Moroccan Spiced Vegetable Tagine with Cauliflower Couscous, Dried Fruit, Harissa (V)
  • Housemade Campanelle Pasta with Preserved Meyer Lemon, Artichokes, English Pea, Pea Tendrils (V)
  • Braised Leeks, Fennel Sunchoke Puree, Cipollini Onion, Haricot Verts, Tomato Herb Pistou (V)
Chef Action Station

• Made to Order Mozzarella and Burrata

  • Vegan Cheeses (V)
  • Preserved Persimmon, Pickled Mustard Seeds
  • Tartine Breads
  • Housemade Pesto, Romesco, Tapenade, Anchovies in Olive Oil, Assorted Olive Oils, Assorted Vinegars, Mostarda
Sweets
  • Parfait of Boba – Compressed Honeydew,
  • Green Tea Almond Milk Mousse and Coffee Gelée (V) Kumquat Eton Mess Verrine – Pavlova, Kumquat Jam, Tangerine Cream, Meringue and Kumquat Tuile (V)
  • Bottomless Vertical Tart – Yuzu and Blueberry
  • Blackberry Spiced Layered Cake
  • Raspberry-Lemonade Cookie (V)
  • Salted Caramel Brownie Cookie (V)
  • Double Chocolate Chip Cookie (V)
  • Red Velvet Brownie (V)
  • Margarita Push Pop (V)
  • Chocolate Pizzelle Wafer with Vanilla Cream and WP Chocolate Stamp
  • Raspberry Marshmallow, Pistachio Sable Dipped in Dark Chocolate
  • Dark Chocolate and Yuzu Ravioli (V)
  • Red Wine Winter Spice Pate de Fruit in Dark Chocolate (V)
  • Cranberry Honey Macaron
  • Grapefruit Ginger Macaron
  • Translucent Candy Lollipop with Gold Leaf, Edible Flower with Elderflower Essence (V)
  • Translucent Candy Lollipop with Silver Leaf, Edible Petals with Mango and Jalapeno Essence (V)
  • Ube and Coconut Cream Pillow Tart (V)
  • Peppermint Patty Pillow Cake with Vanilla Sable
Boozy Milkshakes

• Bailey’s Irish Cream Milkshake
• Banana, Oat Milk, Salted Caramel, and Bourbon (V)
• Orange Sorbet Old Fashioned with Bitters Granita (V)

Housemade Valrhona Chocolate Bars
  • Dark Chocolate Horchata (V)
  • Dark Chocolate Turmeric, Lemon and Ginger (V)
  • Dark Chocolate Cookies & Cream (V)
  • White Chocolate and Lavender
Chef Action Station SCOOPED TO ORDER SORBETS ON CHINESE DONUTS
  • Chocolate Sorbet (V)
  • Coconut and Lychee Sorbet (V)
  • Mandarin Sorbet (V)
Behind the Scenes

Menu Created by
WOLFGANG PUCK and ERIC KLEIN VP of Culinary, Wolfgang Puck Catering

Pastry Design by
KAMEL GUECHIDA, GARRY LARDUINAT, and JASON LEMONNIER

Restaurant-Style Service Directed by
CARL SCHUSTER, CEO Wolfgang Puck Catering

Recipes For Your Oscar’s Party

Dinner Party
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Cacio e Pepe Macaroni and Cheese
Cacio e Pepe Macaroni and Cheese

Recipe courtesy Wolfgang Puck
Serves 1
8oz Cavatelli Pasta
2 Tbsp Salt
2 Tbsp Butter
2 Tbsp Flour
1 ¼ cup Whole Milk
¼ cup shredded Aged Vermont White Cheddar
1 Tbsp Parmesan
¼ tsp Pink Peppercorns, toasted and ground
½ tsp Black Peppercorns, toasted and ground
¼ tsp Green Peppercorns

  1. Bring 2-3 quarts of water to a boil in a pot. Add 2 Tbsp of salt to the water and then the
    pasta. Cook for about 8 minutes or to al dente. Strain.
  2. In a heavy bottom pot, melt butter and then whisk flour into the melted butter.
    Continue to whisk for two minutes on low heat avoiding any color.
  3. Add milk to the butter and flour mixture continuing to stir until the milk thickens to a creamy consistency and coats the back of a spoon.
  4. Add white cheddar, stirring to melt the cheese into the milk. Add ground pink and black
    peppercorns.
  5. Add the pasta to the pot and stir in the Parmesan. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  6. Serve!
Vegetable Rice Paper Roll
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Spring Rolls

Recipe courtesy Wolfgang Puck
Serves one
1 8” rice paper wrap
1/2 mango peeled, julienned into 3 inch sticks
½ tsp togarashi (shichimi)
4 mint, leaves picked
3 thai basil, leaves picked
1 whole fuyu persimmon, julienned
1 whole jalapeno, seeded and julienned
1whole cucumber, julienned into 3 inch sticks (Discard the seeds)
1 tbsp sweet chili sauce (recipe below)
1 whole fresh lime zest
3 shiso leaves
¼ c micro shiso
Sweet Chili Sauce
2 Tablespoons of Agave
1 Tablespoon of Sriracha
1 Teaspoon chopped garlic
½ teaspoon of minced ginger
1 lime, juiced
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon sweet soy sauce
1 teaspoon chopped mint
1 teaspoon of cilantro chopped

  1. Combine ingredients and bring to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring constantly until it begins to boil and remove from heat.
  2. Take off heat and cool using an ice bath.
    Directions:
  3. Take a bowl with hot water and place one rice paper round in until it is softens and is malleable, about 15 -20 seconds. Be sure to use to large enough bowl for the rice paper to fit without bending or folding.
  4. Place the now rehydrated rice paper on a dry cutting board or flat clean surface.
  5. Place towards a quarter of the way down the rice paper: 4 julienned strips of mango, 3 to 4 pieces of
    persimmon, 4 strips of cucumber, 3-4 strips of jalapeno, tablespoon of sweet chili sauce, zest a teaspoon
    of lime, ½ teaspoon of Togarashi, 3 mint leaves, 2 Thai basil leaves, shingle the shiso leaves on tip
  6. Take the sides of the rice paper roll and fold inward, then bring the bottom of the rice paper and fold
    over the ingredients and gently roll upward.
  7. Cutting the rice paper roll into desired pieces and garnish with micro shiso leaves.
Cocktails
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Cocktails
Garden Party Martini (Non-Alcoholic Cocktail)

2 1/2 oz Seedlip Garden 108

1/2 oz Olive Brine

Dash of Celery Bitters

5 Drops Giardiniera Oil

Combine seedlip garden, olive brine, and celery bitters into a mixing glass over ice. Stir well. Strain contents into a chilled martini glass. Use an eyedropper to place 5 drops of Giardiniera oil onto the top of the cocktail.

When You Have Passion

1 1/2 oz Tequila Don Julio Blanco

1 oz Fresh Lime Juice

3/4 oz Agave Nectar

1/2 oz Passion Fruit Liqueur

Dash of fresh ginger juice.

Combine Tequila Don Julio Blanco, fresh lime juice, agave nectar, passion fruit liqueur, and fresh ginger juice into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain content into a 50 ml Tequila Don Julio Blanco bottle and serve with a mini paper straw.

The 92nd Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.  “The Oscars Red Carpet Show” will air at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.  The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

Best Picture Green Book Oscars®

Best Picture Green Book Oscars®

Best Picture

The Best Picture at the 91st Oscars® is Green Book. This story brings forward the fact that we need to sit down and discuss racism in a safe environment.

Green Book Producers

Jim Burke is a producer and actor, known for Green Book (2018), The Descendants(2011) and Election (1999). This film took many puns and knocks during production. Burke responds to this time, “I’ll just say, yes, it was discouraging; but we always went back to the film.  And when we had a bad day, we’d pop in the movie, and we were reminded that we’re all really proud of this film, all of us and all of the over 500 people who helped make it.”

Peter Farrell is a producer and writer, known for Green Book (2018), There’s Something About Mary (1998) and Dumb and Dumber (1994). Farrell talks about his approach to winning, “It’s like if I watch a football game and I need my team to score, I just leave the room, and they will.  If I’m watching them, they won’t.  So I just kind of thought about everything but winning this thing, and it worked.”

Charles B. Wessler is known for his work on There’s Something About Mary (1998), Dumb and Dumber (1994) and It’s Pat: The Movie (1994). Wessler talks about the moment Julia Roberts (he did forget her name) announced Green Book for Best Picture, “I just want to say one thing.  These guys may or may not agree with me, but when I’m forgetting the name of the actress who gave us the award.  I don’t know why.”
Burke states, “Julia Roberts.”
Wessler continues, “Julia Roberts. She opened up thank you.  She opened up the thing, and I’m not kidding, I started to talk to my friend sitting next to me; and she said GREEN BOOK, and I so just to let you know, were we thinking we could win?  I kind of forgot that we could, and, you know.” 

Film Synopsis

The title and subject matter are a reference to “The Negro Motorist Green Book,” also known as “The Negro Travelers’ Green Book.” Published from 1936-1966, the guide helped African-American travelers find lodging, restaurants, and other businesses that would serve them. It eventually covered most of North America, plus Bermuda and the Caribbean. (IMDB)

Film Fun Facts

The real Tony Lip is best known for playing Carmine Lupertazzi on The Sopranos.

The film is dedicated to “Larry the Crow,” a bird that hung around the shooting location. Viggo Mortensen cared for the animal after it was hit by a car.

The film is about “Tony Lip” Viggo Mortensen and Dr. Don Shirley’s relationship and how they changed each other in a time when it was crazy, obviously.

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Bohemian Rhapsody Oscar® Sound Mixing

Bohemian Rhapsody Oscar® Sound Mixing

Paul Massy, John Casali, and Tim Cavagin bring an Oscar® sound mixing winning performance. This film is an honor to Queen’s Freddy Mercury.

Sound Mixing

Paul Massey

Paul Massey work includes Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), The Greatest Showman (2017) and Deadpool (2016). He took the time to say, “Thank you so much for your music and for your collaboration and your support. This is a project of a lifetime. We had great resources, we had great collaboration from all of the Queen production team and our producers, and it was a wonderful project. And actually, I think we all wished it hadn’t finished. ” 

John Casali


John Casali work includes Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), Into the Woods (2014), and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. He says,  “All of my team, and for this, really, for Chris Murphy, my boom operator, that’s put up with me for 14 years. Thanks, mate. When we shot those sequences making Bohemian Rhapsody, all the things that we shot came from Brian May.”

Tim Cavagin

Tim Cavagin work includes Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), Baby Driver (2017),  and The Others (2001). He thanks, “The team Twickenham, everyone else who worked on the sound of this incredible movie.”

Film Synopsis

This film’s story is the legendary rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985). (IMDb)

Film Facts

Ben Whishaw was linked in the media to playing Freddie Mercury before casting Remi Malek.

Queen engineers gave the sound team full access to their archives of music, all their live material and studio material.

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Regina King Supporting Actress

Regina King Supporting Actress

This film is a celebration of love and a reminder of the struggles facing many African American women in this country. Regina King envelopes this struggle and love to win the Oscar® for Best Supporting Actress.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Regina King brings her mother to the Oscars®. She says about her mother being there, “I feel like kind of like one of those full circle moments because so much of the character Sharon Rivers was mapped or inspired by my mother and my grandmother.” She gets teary-eyed as she reflects and says thanks to these women.

She goes on to say, ” James Baldwin birthed this baby and Barry, you nurtured her, you surrounded her with so much love and support, so it’s appropriate for me to be standing here because I’m an example of what it looks like when support and love is poured into someone.” That is truly was. She is wearing an Oscar® winning Oscar De La Renta white gown.

This film is important in the narrative that there remains a divide in this country. We have moved forward and backward throughout the 400 years since the first slave being brought to this country. King states about winning, “But it’s just a reminder of when Hattie McDaniel won.  She didn’t win just because black people voted for her.  She won because she gave an amazing performance.”

King did present a strong woman fighting for her family and her dreams. Kings said about working on the film, “When you have men and women working together, pretty amazing things happen.”

She continues with, “I feel like I’ve had so many women that have paved the way, are paving the way, and I feel like I walk in their light, and I also am creating my own light.”

Film Synopsis

A woman in Harlem embraces her pregnancy while she and her family struggle to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime. (IMdB)

Film Facts

The film’s release date was the novelist James Baldwin’s 94th birthday.

Beale Street is in Memphis not New Orleans.

The author is director’s Barry Jenkins favorite.

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Right Side of History Adapted Screenplay Oscars®

Right Side of History Adapted Screenplay Oscars®

Best Adapted Screenplay

BlacKkKlansman wins for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 91st Oscars. The screenplay is adapted from Ron Stallworth’s book BlacKkKlansman.

Film synopsis

Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events. (IMdB)

Writers

Spike Lee is truly thrilled to win this first Oscar® for Best Adapted Screenplay. He states, “My grandma who saved 50 years of Social Security checks to put her first grandchild – she called me Spikie Poo – she put me through Morehouse College and NYU Grad Film. NYU!” This is a long time in coming for Spike Lee. The screenplay writers include David Rabinowitz, Charles Wachtel, and Kevin Willmott.

Willmott states, at Northern Arizona University, “Telling a character’s story you have to fictionalize the stories. Often as a writer, you do that with your own life experiences.” The story does reflect some personal experiences in his life.

Lee concludes the acceptance speech saying, “Let’s all be on the right side of history. Make the moral choice between love versus hate. Let’s do the right thing! You know I had to get that in there!”

BlacKkKlansman Fun Facts

The film is one of only four US films to win the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival. The film receive a standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival.

John David Washington did not audition for the role. He was offered the role from Spike Lee.

The final scene is edited using hundreds of cell phone camera footage taken in Virginia.

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