Posts Tagged ‘Oscar’

BNW Calls Out Bossip’s Double Standards of Race?

In History, Internet, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, Twitter, ali, fame on 7 March 2010 tagged 2010 Academy Awards, 82nd Academy Awards, @alibomaye, Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actress, Bossip, Mo'Nique, Oscar, Oscars, Precious, Twitter with Comments

Earlier in the evening Bossip retweeted this:

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When Mo’nique won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Bossip posted this:

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Noticing the double standard I posed this question to Bossip:

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Elizabeth Taylor’s Got Mad Twitter Love for Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’

In Art, Film, History, Internet, MJ, Music, News, Opinion, R&B, Twitter, fame on 26 October 2009 tagged @DameElizabeth, Academy Awards, Black and White, Black or White, CNN, Dame Elizabeth, Elizabeth Taylor, Genius, Kenny Ortega, Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson, Oscar, Oscars, This Is It, Twitter, We Are The World with Comments

“I was honored with the great privilege of seeing ‘This Is It’ last week. I was sworn to secrecy, but now I can let you know about it.”
“It is the single most brilliant piece of filmmaking I have ever seen,”
“It cements forever Michael‘s genius in every aspect of creativity.”
“To say the man is a [...]

M.I.A. Discusses World Politics, Obama With Anna Wintour Rockin’ Goodwill Suit

In Art, Hip Hop, Internet, Music, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter, fame, fashion on 13 October 2009 tagged @_M_I_A_, Academy Award, Anna Wintour, Barack Hussein Obama, Goodwill, M.I.A., Marc Jacobs, Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam, Nobel Peace Prize, Oscar, Vogue Magazine with Comments

Ms. Arulpragasam has already starred in an ad. campaign for Marc Jacobs so why not have her discussing the intricacies of world politics in the pages of Vogue Magazine?
Seriously, Vogue could use the increased ad. sales and circulation that a truly fresh face with unique style and ideas like M.I.A.’s could bring to the magazine.
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Afghan Star Submitted as British Entry for Foreign Language Academy Award

In Afghanistan, Art, Film, History, News, Twitter, fame on 7 October 2009 tagged 2010 Academy Awards, @saadmohseni, Academy Award, Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Afghan Star, AMPAS, BAFTA, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Dari, Hope Eternal, Oscar, Oscars, Saad Mohseni, Tolo TV, Welsh with Comments

Bisyar cool:
Afghan Star, which follows two male and two female participants in the contest, was submitted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta).
Though British, it is eligible because most of its dialogue is in Dari.
Last year’s submission, Hope Eternal, was predominantly in Welsh but did not make the eventual Oscar shortlist.
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M.I.A. FINALLY Gets Award Show Love

In Hip Hop, Music, News, R&B, TV, Twitter, fame on 1 July 2009 tagged 2009 Grammy Awards, 81st Annual Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Awards, Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, BET, BET Awards, BET Awards 2009, grammys, Idolator, King of Pop, M.I.A., Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam, Michael Jackson, MJ, Oscar, Tweetpaste, Twitter with Comments

She performed nine months pregnant and left the Staples Center without a golden gramophone. The Academy Awards offered a bed for her to perform in, but no Oscar statuette to call her own. Then, amid all of the news of Michael Jackson’s untimely passing M.I.A.’s awards show curse was broken at the BET Awards of [...]