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☆ Al Pacino’s best picture presentation at the Oscars left some viewers confused
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —There was no envelop mix up at the Oscars on Sunday, but there was some confusion in the audience when Al Pacino casually announced “Oppenheimer” had won best picture. The cast and crew of “Oppenheimer” then rose to take the stage to accept the award that most Oscars observers predicted they would win. Best picture: "Oppenheimer" Universal Pictures Best actress: Emma Stone, "Poor Things" Searchlight Pictures Best actor: Cillian Murphy, "Oppenheimer" Universal Pictures Best director: Christopher Nolan, "Oppenheimer" Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures Best supporting actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, "The Holdovers" Seacia Pavao/Focus Features Best supporting actor: Robert Downey Jr., "Oppenheimer" Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures Best adapted screenplay: "American Fiction" Claire Folger/Orion Releasing Best original screenplay: "Anatomy of a Fall" Les Films Pelléas Best international feature film: "The Zone of Interest" Courtesy of A24 Best costume design: "Poor Things" Atsushi Nishijima/Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Best production design: "Poor Things" Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Best cinematography: "Oppenheimer" Universal Pictures Best original score: "Oppenheimer" Universal Pictures Best original song: "What Was I Made For?" performed by Billie Eilish for the film "Barbie" Lara Cornell/Warner Bros. Pictures Best animated feature: "The Boy and the Heron" GKIDS Best animated short film: "War Is Over! Photos: Oscars winners 2024 Prev NextPacino was just being Pacino, according to Bill Kramer, chief executive of the Academy.

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☆ Opinion: ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ is giving us a new kind of monster
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The new “Lisa Frankenstein,” by Zelda Williams in her directorial debut, hits some of the same notes. Kathryn Newton stars as Lisa Swallows and Cole Sprouse as The Creature in LISA FRANKENSTEIN, a Focus Features release. This is where “Poor Things” and “Lisa Frankenstein” diverge. Bella Baxter in “Poor Things” starts out as a clumsy innocent, but she becomes more knowledgeable and self-confident over time. “Lisa Frankenstein” shows why that’s a loss for all of us — and Lisa is ready to cut up the patriarchy to prove it.

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☆ Ava DuVernay on her ‘rebellious and radical’ new film ‘Origin’ and the ‘caste system of Hollywood’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

With “Origin,” her latest film, she was forced to dig in a little deeper. She built that film herself – it’s an absolutely Herculean effort.”Jon Bernthal and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor star as a married couple in Ava DuVernay's film "Origin." Atsushi Nishijima/NEON“Origin” began life at Netflix before DuVernay split and pivoted to independent financing (the film is distributed in the US by Neon). “Because we were making a film about this idea of caste, this system of hierarchy, (DuVernay) wanted to do away with that on set,” she said. The streamer had reportedly eyed a 2025 release, but the director wanted the film out well ahead of the 2024 US election.

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☆ Wanda Sykes on Ignoring Michelle Obama and Leaving ‘Roseanne’
▼ + stars: | 2019-05-20 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

Though she has never quite achieved superstar status, Wanda Sykes has, over the last 25 years, steadfastly built one of comedy’s most impressive careers. But I’m not going to argue and go, “I don’t know why I can’t use that word!” No. She was like: “I don’t know. I can’t just be silent.” That’s why I said I wouldn’t be going back.13Do you think Roseanne is a racist? But I don’t know.

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