Showing posts with label Oscars 2016. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oscars 2016. Show all posts

Monday, February 29, 2016

#BBB NEWS| Congrats, Leo DiCaprio Wins Best Actor At Oscars 2016 [PHOTO/VIDEO]

#OscarsSoWhite or not, everyone was happy that Leonardo DiCaprio finally won a damn Academy Award.

Six nominations and 22 years later, the actor snatched the Best Actor gold for his leading role as Hugh Glass in The Revenant, edging out a crop of other noteworthy performances: Bryan Cranston in Trumbo, Matt Damon in The Martian, Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs and Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl. The glorious win was a brief unifying moment that saw viewers (and boycotters) congratulating the actor on his long-awaited shine.

Along with thanking the Academy for getting around to the acknowledgment, DiCaprio also used the moment to shed light on climate change.


#BBB NEWS| Oprah Reacts To Being Confused With Whoopi Goldberg On The Oscars Red Carpet [PHOTOS]

About that time time a beauty website confused Whoopi Goldberg with Oprah Winfrey… During Sunday night’s (Feb. 28) 88th Academy Awards, TotalBeauty.com made a the most awkward of mistakes by mixing up the host of The View with the media maven.

Taking note of Goldberg’s massive shoulder tattoo, the site attempted to give a compliment–only it was to the wrong woman. “We had no idea @Oprah was #tatted, and we love it. #Oscars,” the Twitter snafu read.

Taking back to Twitter to apologize for the mix-up, Total Beauty said sorry to anyone who was offended. They also announced that they were offering to donate $10,000 to the charities of Goldberg and Winfrey’s choice:

Monday, January 25, 2016

#BBB NEWS| Instead Of Stepping Down As Host, Chris Rock Will Address #OscarsSoWhite From The Stage

Chris Rock might not be stepping down from his Oscars hosting gig this year, but he will address the controversy.

According to a report by Entertainment Tonight, Rock’s preparations as Oscars master of ceremonies took a sharp left as actors expressed their discontent with the lack of diversity amongst the nominees.

Academy Awards producer Reginald Hudlin said that Rock had his material prepared a week before things boiled over, and went back to the drawing board to create more provocative material to match the provocative times.

“Chris is hard at work. He and his writing staff locked themselves in a room,” Hudlin said. “As things got a little provocative and exciting, he said, ‘I’m throwing out the show I wrote and writing a new show.'”

Thursday, January 21, 2016

#BBB NEWS| 50 Cent And Tyrese Gibson Call For Chris Rock To Step Down As Oscars Host [PHOTOS/TWEETS]

The controversy surrounding the lack of diversity among this year’s Academy Award nominees continues to be a hot button topic, and more tastemakers are lending their voices to the conversation.

50 Cent posted a message via Instagram geared towards the show’s host, Chris Rock, asking him to step down from his hosting duties in lieu of the controversy.