Oscars Recap: “Green Book” wins Best Picture
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 awards with four, in the areas of Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Film Editing and Best ...
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards announced
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 “Roma” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” lead the ...
‘The Shape of Water’ delivers unique love story between janitor, creature
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 with Sally Hawkins’ performance and the romantic narrative between the two main characters. However, ...
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 Way Home", and would then show the corresponding scene from the movie adaptation, "Lion", which h...
“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" is a romantic musical that sings the tale of barista and struggling actress Mia (Emma Stone) and piani...
Rock makes a bang at the Oscars
Emma Vidak-Benjamin
March 8, 2016
Many of you probably tuned in Feb. 28 to the 88th Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars. The show was hosted by stand-up comedian and black rights activist Chris Rock, who had no problem speaking out about the race controversy in this year’s nominations. Rock made multiple comments, beginni...
To boycott the Oscars or not – that is the question
Jesse De Mercurio
February 28, 2016
See video at end of story for student responses. It’s the biggest night of the year for Hollywood. A red carpet is rolled out. Press set up hours ahead of time. Stars we mere mortals can only dream about get decked out in the finest attire money can buy before making their way to the Dolby Theatr...
The Orion’s Oscar predictions
February 26, 2016
We're back with our award show predictions for this Sunday's Oscars, and because the trophy doesn’t always go to the most deserving movie or actor, The Orion has broken the nominees into two categories: who will win and who actually should. Best Picture "The Big Short" "Bridge of Spies" "Brookly...
#OscarsSoWhite
January 31, 2016
Within the 88 years that the Oscars has been around, the number of black actors and actresses nominated for awards is hardly noticeable. These last two years there were no black actors or actresses nominated for any acting award. Two years. Two years with all white nominees for acting categories.Now maybe it&...
Study Break: Vierra’s 2016 Oscar predictions
December 18, 2015
Christmas is the time for giving...out nominations. Yes. It's that time of year.Critics are already predicting who will receive that naked golden statue come Oscar night, and I've decided to throw my two cents in. These are my picks for the main categories.Best Picture: "Spotlight"Why It Should Win: "Spotlight" has be...
