Yakima Valley Film Legend R. Lee Ermey Snubbed In Oscar Tribute
Gunny Sergeant Hartman, aka R. Lee Ermey who was raised in Granger, was notably missing in Sunday's Academy Awards "In Memoriam" segment.
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2019 Oscar Nominees Revealed
Who will be vying for the Academy Awards this February? Here are all the nominees.
Yakima Native Colleen Atwood Wins Fourth Oscar Award Last Night
The Oscar awards for Best Costume Design came home to Yakima last night. Sort of.
Jimmy Kimmel Trolls President Donald Trump on Twitter Live During Oscars
Host Jimmy Kimmel took an opportunity during the 89th Annual Academy Awards to troll President Donald Trump live during the broadcast in front of millions of viewers worldwide.
Has Yakima Seen Any Of The Movies Up For 'Best Picture?'
The Oscar nominations were announced this morning. I took a look at the list of the nominees up for the best picture. Hm. I saw a lot of movies last year and not one of them are on the list.
Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs Issues Statement on Oscar Diversity
The greatest outrage stirred by last week’s announcement of the Oscar nominees was not the Best Picture snub for Carol or the absurd exclusion of Todd Haynes from the Best Director category, but rather the troubling homogeneity of the twenty men and women nominated in the acting categories. S…
The Worst Oscars Ever (At Least in Terms of Hot Takes)
One of the few unquestioned highlights of this year’s Academy Awards was the live performance of Best Original Song nominee “Everything is Awesome” from The LEGO Movie. Tegan and Sara and the Lonely Island performed, Oprah got her very own LEGO Oscar, and Will Arnett moaned abou…
From Batman to Birdman
With the success of the Academy Award-winning movie "Birdman," I was reminded at just how much I have enjoyed Michael Keaton movies over the last 30+ years. Keaton played the role of Riggan who is the main character of the 2014 winner of "Best Picture" at the Osca…
Journey Through Oscar History With This Gallery of Every Best Picture Winner
This Sunday’s Oscars will be the 87th annual Academy Awards. In nearly a century of honoring Hollywood’s best, the Academy has sometimes has made some bold choices, and some dumb choices. This gallery has them all; the complete history of nine decades of Best Picture winners in picture…
The Five Most Pleasant Surprises Among Today’s Oscar Nominees
Okay, so there was a fair amount of disappointment around the 2015 Academy Award nominations. Everything was not awesome for ‘The Lego Movie,’ robbed of a Best Animated Movie nod, and David Oyelowo’s dreams of a Best Actor nomination vanished when Steve Carell and Bradley Cooper…