In 2016 a movie starring a bevy of big name Hollywood performers came to Savannah, and so did then 22-year-old Arriebelle Kinney of Beaufort. She landed a role in the film on her first audition, and she was ready for her close up.
Oldman's performance as the indomitable British statesman in "Darkest Hour" earned the best actor Oscar on Sunday, capping his triumphant awards season that included a Golden Globe, BAFTA and other trophies for the role. "I've lived in America for the longest time and I am deeply grateful to her for the loves and the friendships I have made and the many wonderful gifts it has given me.
No one can accuse the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures of being all work with no fun: The first commercial for the museum, which premiered during the Oscars, was a fake ad for the Overlook Museum, site of Jack Nicholson's horrific meltdown in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining." After a series of scenes that included a custodian cleaning up the word "Redrum," the ad invited Oscars viewers to call 833-888-0237.
Sam Rockwell accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a supporting role for "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Bay Area native Sam Rockwell on Sunday captured the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his standout performance as an inept racist police officer in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri."
Having run out of ideas once and for all, Hollywood now plans to remake the 1996 Mark Wahlberg / Reese Witherspoon thriller Fear . Good luck trying to recapture that '90s movie magic! Remember Fear ? The '90s thriller featuring a scene where Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon share a romantic evening on a roller coaster? It's back! Deadline reports a Fear remake is in the works with Straight Outta Compton co-writer Jonathan Herman penning the script.
The 1985 comedy Transylvania 6-5000 is full of wacky spins on classic horror characters like the Wolf Man, Frankenstein's monster, the Mummy, and Dracula. But it's a scene-stealing servant who snatches this movie away from the likes of Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley Jr., and Michael Richards.
The 71-year-old filmmaker admitted his latest sci-fi saga has been one of the most "difficult" projects he's ever worked on and he needed to learn a lot of new skills to make it work. "I think there is a distinction between a physical challenge, which was both 'Jaws' and 'Saving Private Ryan' and another kind of challenge, which is trying to do something technologically new that has never been done before.
The SDSO's Classical Series features works from Beethoven, Handel, Mozart, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky, as well as a new Music Unwound program exploring the roots of American music. The SDSO's Pops Series, which has been expanded to five programs, features a Feb. 9-10 screening of Steven Spielberg's action-packed adventure Jurassic Park.
The Academy Awards will be handed out at a ceremony tonight, airing at 8 p.m. on ABC, and, yes, you can insert your own "La La Land"/"Moonlight" joke here. Let's get to our predictions for what will happen. "Darkest Hour"; "Dunkirk"; "Phantom Thread"; "Get Out"; "The Post"; "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"; "The Shape of Water"; "Lady Bird"; "Call Me by Your Name" I'll make my yearly pitch for comedies that are left out of the best picture race because they are, well, comedies - or at least heavily comic.