Eagle-Con 2021 to Honor Critically Acclaimed Talents George Takei, Wynn Thomas and Nnedi Okorafor
By Sentinel News Service
Wynn Thomas (File Photo)
Actor, activist and Eisner winner, George Takei, headlines the honors at this year’s Eagle-Con, a virtual sci-fi and fantasy conference hosted by Cal State LA and the Art Directors Guild.
This year’s Eagle-Con theme, “Possibilities Imagined Here,” celebrates diversity and addresses accessibility, underrepresentation and pushing boundaries in science fiction and fantasy genres over a series of three days, March 11-13.
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the “Binti trilogy,” “Black Panther: Long Live the King”) as this year’s awardees. They have long been barrier breakers for other writers and artists, building impressively varied careers that have impacted millions.
Oscar nomination process reflects year of changes, delays
By James Owen
By this point last year, we had seen the winners announced five weeks earlier. We won’t get to watch the ceremony until April 25. Just like with everything else, the pandemic has messed with the award season calendar and prompted a move some were certain the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences would never make: acknowledge streaming as a legitimate venue for cinema.
To qualify for major nominations under the old rules, a film had to be released in a theater in Los Angeles during the previous calendar year. Now, at least for this year, a film is eligible if it premiered on a streaming service or video on demand and producers can prove a theatrical release was scheduled but couldn’t happen due to health and safety restrictions.