Oscars Broadcast Hits Lowest Numbers Ever

Article: TV Ratings: Oscars at All-Time Low in Early Numbers - Hollywood Reporter

This year's Oscars broadcast has hit the all-time lowest audience numbers in early returns.

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"Moonlight" Wins Best Picture After Oscar Mistake

Story: 'Moonlight' wins best picture after 'La La Land' incorrectly called - Los Angeles Times

Oscars List: Oscars 2017: The Winners List (Updating Live) - The Hollywood Reporter



After massive Oscar Announcement Fail, "Moonlight" has won the Oscar for Best Picture. The stunning announcement came after Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway royally screwed up and announced that "La La Land" had won!

Complete List of Oscar winners.

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"La La Land" DOESN'T Win Oscar for Best Picture

Story: 'La La Land,' Emma Stone, Casey Affleck Take Top Prizes - Los Angeles Times

Oscars List: Oscars 2017: The Winners List (Updating Live) - The Hollywood Reporter



In an epic Oscar screw up for the history books, "La La Land" was first announced as the Oscar winner for Best Picture. It then turned out that "Moonlight" has actually won!

Complete List of Oscar winners.

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Oscars - Complete Winners List

List: Oscars: The Complete Winners List - The Hollywood Reporter

List: Oscar Winners 2016: Complete List - Variety

The 2016 Academy Awards is over, and the complete Winners List is out!

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Oscars 2016 Snubs and Surprises

Article: Oscar Nominations: 17 Biggest Snubs and Surprises - Variety

Article: ‘The Revenant,’ ‘Mad Max’ Lead Oscar Nominations - Variety

Article: Oscar Nominations: Complete List - Variety

The Oscar race is officially underway with today's announcement of the 2016 nominees. Some were pleased, others were not. "The Revenant" and "Mad Max: Fury Road" led the nominations. But, movies like "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" were largely snubbed.

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"American Sniper" - Movie Review

Trailer: American Sniper - Warner Bros.



Nerve-Wracking Portrait of Combat and Its Effects on Our Soldiers

There has been controversy over this film. The problem with those against it is that they don't understand what this film is about. It's about following one soldier and his experience in combat and what happens to him. People are beside themselves over the "politics" of the film. Well, I don't see any politics. Maybe that's enraging to some just because the politics of The Iraq War are never discussed.

I personally was against our going into Iraq. I remember watching "We Were Soldiers" with Mel Gibson just before the war started. This was another movie that was about the soldiers. The war in question there was The Vietnam War. Yet, that film didn't have any politics in it either. It was about the soldiers who fought. They signed up to serve their country. They didn't sign up for serving their country if they agreed with the war. They fought regardless. That is what soldiers do. If you have any questions about our nation deciding to wage a war, the only people you need to address is our elected representatives. They make the decision. Then, the soldiers fight. The soldiers have no say in the decision to fight that war. Once the soldiers are in the war, their lives are about doing what they've been ordered to do. And, it's about watching over each other. That's it, and that's the way it is.

This movie is about Chris Kyle, and what happens to him and to those around him. That is the structure of the movie. So, if people have a problem with that, that is up to them. I don't. I understand what Clint Eastwood intended to do with this film, and I think he, his cast and crew did a tremendous job.

The depiction of combat is nerve wracking. But, it is the effects on Kyle and his men that cut to the core. It should remind everyone what our men and women in the military do for their country.

****1/2 (4 1/2 Out of 5 Stars)

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"Birdman," "Great Budapsest Hotel" Lead Oscar Nominations!

Article: ‘Birdman,’ ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ Top Oscar Nominees - Variety

Oscar Nominations are OUT!:

* Best Picture:
“American Sniper,” “Birdman,” “Boyhood,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Imitation Game,” “Selma,” “The Theory of Everything” and “Selma.”

* Best Actor:
Steve Carell, Bradley Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Keaton and Eddie Redmayne.

* Best Actress:
Marion Cotillard, Felicity Jones, Julianne Moore, Rosamund Pike and Reese Witherspoon.

* Best Director:
Alejandro G. Iñárritu for “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),” Richard Linklater for “Boyhood,” Bennett Miller for “Foxcatcher,” Wes Anderson for “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Morten Tyldum for “The Imitation Game.”

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