Oscar contender Poor Things is a film about disability. Why won’t more people say so?
Mar 07, 2024 09:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Readers are advised this article includes an offensive and outdated disability term in a quote from the film. Poor Things is a spectacular film that has garnered critical praise, scooped up awards and has 11 Oscar...
How the Academy Awards became ‘the biggest international fashion show free-for-all’
Mar 07, 2024 07:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
The Oscars are no longer just a celebration of movies. Theyve also become a fashion show, with fans, designers and the media celebrating and critiquing Hollywood celebrities as they stroll, pause and pose on the red carpet...
Early Hollywood was financed by Italian immigrants – as our new documentary shows
Mar 06, 2024 23:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
What do Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney and Frank Capra have in common? The same Italian banker. Early Hollywood movies have been widely studied and investigated. But surprisingly little is known about their financing, and...
Publishing Taylor Swift’s flight information: Is it stalking or protected free speech?
Mar 06, 2024 23:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Jack Sweeney, a junior at the University of Central Florida, says the First Amendment gives him the right to publish publicly available information about the flight paths of private jets owned by the rich and famous ...
Mar 06, 2024 22:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
2024 marks 150 years since the birth of Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), arguably the most influential classical composer of the 20th century. As a significant contributor to musical modernism, Schoenbergs work reflected...
Oscars 2024: How ‘Poor Things’ music scoring brilliantly invents a fresh world for cinematic sound
Mar 06, 2024 22:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
At first glance the British composer Jerskin Fendrix (the stage name used by Joscelin Dent-Pooley) does not seem an obvious candidate for scoring Poor Things, now nominated for best original score at the upcoming Academy...
Bagpipes in space: how Hans Zimmer created the dramatic sound world of the new Dune film
Mar 06, 2024 22:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Industrial. Mechanical. Brutal. These are the words acclaimed electro-acoustic composer Hans Zimmer uses to describe his music for Dune: Part Two, released in Australia on Thursday. Dune: Part One (2021) showcased...
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