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Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger’s "Conclave," a Focus Features release. Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved. © 2024 Focus Features, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

‘Conclave’ shakes the very nature of the Catholic Church

Chris Hutton, Entertainment Reporter // November 2, 2024

“Conclave” plays like poetry; its vivid and striking imagery draws viewers in and its slow-burning suspenseful plot keeps them enveloped in the world put on hold after the pope passes in his sleep.  Directed...

Viggo Mortensen and Marhershala Ali star as Tony Vallelonga and Don Shirley, respectively, in "Green Book", this year's Best Picture recipient. Ali won Best Supporting Actor for his performance. 
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Oscars Recap: “Green Book” wins Best Picture

Angel Ortega // February 27, 2019

“Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Black Panther” and “Green Book” were among the winners at the 91st Academy Awards on Sunday. “Bohemian Rhapsody” received the most...

"Roma" has been nominated for a variety of Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards announced

Angel Ortega // January 24, 2019

Films such as “Roma,” “BlacKkKlansman,” “A Star is Born” and “Black Panther" were among the nominees for the 91st Academy Awards announced Tuesday. Alfonso Cuarón’s...

Doug Jones and Sally Hawkins star in "The Shape of Water."
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‘The Shape of Water’ delivers unique love story between janitor, creature

Angel Ortega // March 7, 2018

Guillermo del Toro reinvents how monsters in movies are depicted with his signature filmmaking style and methods in his film, “The Shape of Water." There are many good qualities throughout the film...

Luke Davies talks about his screenplay for the movie “Lion” at Ziing Recital Hall Thursday night. Photo credit: Josiah Nicholl

Academy Award-nominated screenwriter speaks at Chico State

Josiah Nicholl // February 16, 2018

Screenwriter Luke Davies came to talk about his script for the movie "Lion" and read his other writing Thursday.Davies presented in the Ziing Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. He read scenes from the book "A Long...

Screenshot from the La La Land trailer

“La La Land” scores Oscar nominations

Julia Maldonado // January 31, 2017

The cast must be in La La Land after being nominated for 14 Oscars for the 89th Academy Awards. This ties "Titanic" and "All About Eve" for the most amount of Oscar nominations in history."La La Land"...

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Rock makes a bang at the Oscars

Emma Vidak-Benjamin // March 8, 2016
Chris Rock hosted the 88th annual Academy Awards and made quite a statement with his intense focus on the #OscarsSoWhite issue this year.
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The Orion’s Oscar predictions

George Johnston // February 26, 2016
Read to see if we're right or wrong.
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#OscarsSoWhite

January 31, 2016
Black actors and actresses are taking a stand against an all white Oscars
The Oscars will be on Feb. 28, 2016. Photo Credit: Google

Study Break: Vierra’s 2016 Oscar predictions

December 18, 2015
Yes, it's too soon to tell who will get nominated and who will get snubbed but I'm predicting it anyway.
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