Academy Award

An Academy Award is a very prestigious award. In order to even be nominated, you have to have been voted for 100 times. After the first film is nominated, “The counting continues, and actors or different categories rack up redistributed votes until all five spots are filled.” (mentalfloss.com). If the voter doesn’t fill all five spots on the ballot, it ends up being voided after there are no more selections on it. After the nominations are made, in order to win the film or person has to be voted

The Academy Awards, or The Oscars, are no stranger to facing online controversy. In the recent past, the Oscars have been criticized by many for not recognizing racially diverse actors, actresses, and films. The lack of diversity among nominees sparked backlash and the hashtag, #OscarsSoWhite permeated social media in 2016. While many celebrities spoke out against the Oscars, much of the controversy existed online. In 2017, 6 black actors were nominated – setting a record – while 7 non-white actors

The Academy Awards is one of the most watched television events, as well as one of the most dignified and pristine awards program for the entertainment industry. On February 22, 2015, the Academy Awards got 43 million viewers, making it the biggest audience in ten years as well the most-watched entertainment telecast in the decade. One of the most iconic speeches of the night was made by Patricia Arquette who proclaimed in her speech “… it’s our time to have wage equality once and for all.” Not many

impacted all walks of life. He had a 64 year life full of glory but eventually he died from chain smoking complications. (He was never seen smoking in public though.) Walt Disney was one of the most influential entertainers in the 1900’s for his numerous awards, his work in popularizing animation, and his use of propaganda to attract all age groups. Walt Disney has a timeless appeal, which is what makes him so influential throughout the 1900's and beyond. Walt Disney was born on December 1st, 1901, in Chicago

The Oscars is an award show that showcase the best people in front and behind the camera. Unfortunately there was barely any diversity in the nominations this year since most nominators were white, even though there was many diverse films that were considered Oscar worthy. With that being said,people protested that there needs to be more diversity in these categories and some actors agreeing by using the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite in social media. To make things worse, the Academy Awards members are majority

“Man, I counted at least 15 black people on that monitor. I’m here at the academy awards, otherwise known as the White Peoples Choice Awards.” said Chris Rock to kick off the 2016 Oscars Academy Awards. The Awards were surrounded with controversy through and through. It was the second time in a row that absolutely no African Americans had been nominated. Considering that a lot of great movies came out in which African Americans either wrote, directed, or acted in, a few in the the Black community

named Pixar Painting studios in 1986, Pixar becomes a real corporation. In the same year, as its first computer-animated short film, luxo Jr. , which is also the source of its mascot, is nominated for Academy Award for Animated Short Film. Moreover, almost every film it creates wins satisfying awards in the following years. The year of 1991 is the start point of cooperating with Walt Disney. Until 2006, the relationship between Pixar and Walt Disney has changed from cooperation to merger.(Wikipedia)

Dreams. Everyone has Dreams. Something for someone to think about when they're in times of trouble. The Academy Award winning film, Lala Land takes the aspect of dreams to a completely different level. Whenever Damien Chazelle released the first trailer for the movie over a year ago, I was automatically in love with the masterpiece that was about to bless all my five senses. Just within the minute and a half teaser I saw over a year ago, I was mesmerized by the phenomenal cinematography and score

Last year there was a huge debacle with many African American actors protesting the Oscars. The issue was a lack of diversity involving the nominations for awards. Only white actors and actresses were nominated for the top four awards, sadly for the second year in a row. Because of this, the hashtag #oscarssowhite gained popularity, and was seen all across social media. Granted, the Oscars is movie nominations, but TV and movies play hand and hand with being film entertainment. Also, there were

With the cartoons he made, awards he won, and the creation of the theme parks, Disney changed the minds of several to live younger and with a smile. The Disney name is constantly remembered as the cartoon Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney created and brought more than just one cartoon to life though. According to http://www.britannica.com/ his first cartoon was