On Cinema at the Cinema’s Reflection of a Noncritical World May 9, 2021
Have you ever sat down and thought about the role of criticism in culture? That may be a strange question to lead off with, but it’s been the question nagging at me the last few weeks and, well, a lot further than that if I’m honest with everyone. Still, this nagging question bubbled back up to the surface of late for me. Why?
Because I had Oscar Fever.
No, not for the actual Academy Awards. I’ll watch those occasionally and try to watch the films that win the top categories every year, but I’m not talking about the Oscars themselves. No, I had Oscar Fever, or, as the raging fictional id of Tim Heidecker sang in the opening to the
they saw the firestorm that was unleashed in arizona and decided no thanks, we don t really want to deal with that. it s never over till it s over for things like this. for this experiment in first look is up next. good friday morning, everybody. right now on first look vakzs ordered. massive rains and strong winds in california today prompting fears of flooding, landslides, and other damage to the drought-ridden state. tensions rising. reports of russian military aircraft replying over ukraine while ousted president reports surface. oscar fever. the academy awards. let s move obama and bide erj on the run in the white house. plus, lebron james returns to the hard court. jeff gordon s latest prank may be his best yet. and the statue commemorating a tech eveningon that has people
it is the oscar nominees edition of insomniac theater it is also the time of year when we realize, at least i do, how many good movies we still haven t seen yet. i ve seen a lot of them. abc s david wright reports on oscar fever and the nomination surprises. reporter: in hollywood, they re already practicing their acceptance speeches. in hollywood, they re already practicing their acceptance speeches. great to hear your name, i have to say. i mean, i was certain by the way that it wouldn t happen. reporter: singer/songwriter adele tweeted oh, my god, i feel like meryl streep. ann hathaway was thrilled to hear she was nominated for her singing role in les mis. she said, i just started gulping for air, nervous i was going to
pickup truck. the jobs outlook is still bleak. the economy lost 36,000 jobs in february. though the number may have been inflated by those severe winter storms that crippled the east coast. the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7%. new evidence in an age-old mystery. what killed off the dinosaurs? an all-star panel of researchers said it was a giant asteroid that crashed into earth 65 million years ago. yes, you likely heard that before. now they say the proof lies in the sentiment on the ocean floor. if you can imagine, they say this asteroid was 7 1/2 miles wide. wow. that s incredible. incredible. cool. yeah. brianna, thanks. coming up, jaycee dugard s new life. captive for nearly two decades. tonight, new home video shows how jaycee is healing. oscar fever. if an actor wants an oscar, what helps more, gaining wei ining w gaining an accent?
least once after rear ending a pickup truck. the jobs outlook is still bleak. the economy lost 36,000 jobs in february. though the number may have been inflated by those severe winter storms that crippled the east coast. the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7%. new evidence in an age-old mystery. what killed off the dinosaurs? an all-star panel of researchers said it was a giant asteroid that crashed into earth 65 million years ago. yes, you likely heard that before. now they say the proof lies in the sentiment on the ocean floor. if you can imagine, they say this asteroid was 7 1/2 miles wide. wow. that s incredible. incredible. cool. yeah. brianna, thanks. coming up, jaycee dugard s new life. captive for nearly two decades. tonight, new home video shows how jaycee is healing. on a much lighter note, oscar fever. if an actor wants an oscar, what helps more, gaining weight or gaining an accent?