The number of nominees for the Grammys’ top awards keeps growing, up to 10 this year, making the competition stronger, but predictions a lot trickier. Are too many pop artists going to split the vote, making an upset more likely? Can we even count on past wins as a guide?
New York – Acclaimed musician Robert Glasper’s magic-infused fingers have touched everything from jazz to hip-hop to R&B, and now he’s included TV series music on his resume by coscoring the new shows “Bel-Air” and “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.” The pianist’s musicianship can’t be trapped in any one category – and that’s how he prefers it.
Cue up the Staind music, cause “it’s been a while” since we had a major erotic thriller in American cinema. A staple of 1980s and 1990s mainstream moviegoing, the erotic thriller fizzled out thanks to box office and critical duds likeStriptease. Since then, the death of the mid-budget American movie and a lack of emphasis in this country’s cinema on sex has led to the further erasure of the erotic thriller. Director Adrian Lyne, director formidable entries in the genre likeFatal Attraction, returns for his first directorial effort in two decades to helmDeep Water, an attempt at reviving the erotic thriller for the modern era. The resulting film has some admirable qualities, but can’t quite stick the landing.
When “CODA” won the Oscar for best picture in Los Angeles, movie stars from Samuel L. Jackson to Nicole Kidman waved their hands instead of clapping in recognition of the Deaf community. At home in suburban New York, Laurie Ann Barish cried, overcome by what she said was a long overdue feeling of acceptance.
Academy: Smith refused to leave Oscars after Rock slap The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Wednesday said that Will Smith was asked to leave Sunday’s Oscar ceremony after hitting Chris Rock but refused to do so. The academy’s board of governors met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group’s standards of conduct.