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(NOTE: This is a repost of an article that originally came out in March 2021) Come evening of April 25th in Los Angeles (Monday morning Manila time); all will be revealed as the 93rd Academy Awards gets underway. Without argument, this is still the most prestigious of the Film Awards season, and just like most of the other industry awards shows, it’s been pushed back to this later date because of the COVID pandemic. Would presume that at one time there was the hope that moving to this later date could mean holding the Oscars with a live audience. Unfortunately, it’s not to be. It’s set to be a virtual event, and as of the time of my writing this, no host has been announced – so it may follow the 2020 Oscars and be host-less. ....
1 Share A picture of the now-Colorado-Springs-based Chung family not long after their grandmother arrived in Arkansas to live with them. The Oscar-nominated movie “Minari” is inspired by their experiences. (Provided by Leisle Chung) You wouldn’t know it from watching “Minari,” the award-laden film that could walk away with its biggest prize yet at the 93rd Academy Awards on April 25, but the Korean-American family that inspired it lives in Colorado Springs. That’s because “Minari,” directed by Denver native Lee Isaac Chung, picks up before the film’s Yi family (based on Chung’s own) made it back to Colorado. Instead, it focuses on events inspired by Chung’s rural upbringing, tracing the story of his youth along with his parents, older sister and grandmother as they eked out a living and adjusted to small-town life on an unforgiving patch of Arkansas farmland. ....
At 2021 SAG Awards, Actors of Color Swept All Four Film Acting Awards (Yes, That’s a First) Billboard 3 days ago Chadwick Boseman For the first time in the 27-year history of the SAG Awards, actors of color swept all four film acting awards. The awards were presented on Sunday (April 4). The late Chadwick Boseman won outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role for his role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Viola Davis won the equivalent award for a female actor for playing blues great Rainey in the same film. A third Black actor, Daniel Kaluuya, took the award for for outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role for ....