Academy Awards (Oscars)
Netflix’s Stumble Could Be a Warning Sign for Streaming Industry
Many entertainment executives, tired of playing catch-up to a Silicon Valley interloper, have been waiting for the comeuppance of Netflix. But this may not have been the way they hoped it would happen. Netflix said this week that it lost more subscribers than it signed up in the first three months of the year, reversing […]
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Will Smith Barred From Attending Oscars for 10 Years After Slap
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Friday that Will Smith would be barred from attending the Oscars for 10 years because of the “harmful behavior” he displayed when he struck the comedian Chris Rock during last month’s ceremony. The ban came a week after the actor resigned from […]
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One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone
Generations of Black American women recall weekend afternoons spent watching an iron comb glow like molten lava on the stove burner. We waited for our mothers to wield the hot comb like a weapon, ready to press our thicket of coils into submission to make us more culturally palatable. Even at a young age, I […]
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Will Smith Resigns From Academy After Slapping Chris Rock at Oscars
LOS ANGELES — Will Smith, who slapped the comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars, said Friday that he was resigning from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, saying that he had “betrayed” its trust with conduct that was “shocking, painful, and inexcusable.” The sudden announcement came late Friday afternoon, days after the Academy […]
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Will Smith Refused to Leave Oscars After Slap, Academy Says
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday that the actor Will Smith was asked to leave the Oscars ceremony after he slapped Chris Rock onstage Sunday night, but that the actor refused to go. “Things unfolded in a way we could not have anticipated,” the academy said in a […]
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Some Deaf Viewers of ‘CODA’ Are Torn Over the Movie
Like Frank in the movie, both Beacom and Holcomb have children who love to sing. To find out what their children sounded like, both said they simply asked hearing people to describe it. And despite the fact that many deaf people love music, the idea that they cannot enjoy it is a trope seen again […]
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Will Smith’s Slap Wasn’t the Only Astonishing Thing About the Oscars
This pandemic is still killing us. The virus at its center is one of the body. But it’s also costing us our minds. A sacked Capitol building, an invaded and decimated sovereign nation, a raft of refugee crises, more American murders, more overdoses, more harassment — for being Asian, for being Black, for being trans, […]
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Apple and the Streaming Mirage
A film from Apple, “CODA,” this week became the first movie from a streaming service to win the Oscar for best picture. The milestone means that the Hollywood establishment is finally accepting movies and TV series that we watch over internet connections as legitimate entertainment. But wait: Why does Apple have a streaming video service […]
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Best and Worst Moments of the 2022 Oscars
The 94th Academy Awards will forever be known for one, did-that-just-happen moment: Will Smith slapping Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife. That was probably not on anyone’s Oscars bingo card. Instead, going into the evening, there was mostly uncertainty: What would the ceremony do to acknowledge the Russian invasion of […]
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