Via Wkyc: Former Akron wide receiver Matthew A. Cherry took home the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film Saturday night for his production Hair Love. It is the first such award for Cherry, who both wrote and co-directed the piece. CLICK HERE to read full story
“Green Book” is the winner of the Academy Award for best picture. The film from Universal Pictures stars Mahershala Ali as an African-American concert pianist in the 1960s and Viggo Mortensen as his driver. It won three Oscars on Sunday, including best supporting actor for Ali and best original screenplay. Check out the rest […]
(Credit: Mike Coppola/Getty) Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson, 90, accepted a lifetime achievement award from the Alliance for Women in Media at its 40th annual Gracies Awards ceremony on Tuesday in Beverly Hills. “I actually feel like I have not really achieved that much,” she said, according to the Associated Press. “So I look at it […]
Denzel Washington is up for an Academy Award this Sunday night for his portrayal of a booze-swilling, drug-addicted airline pilot in Flight. In an interview with The Guardian’s Xan Brooks, Washington said he avoided the Hollywood celebrity culture and just wanted to be known for the quality of his work. “What’s a celebrity anyway?” he said. “Paris […]
