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It still amazes me that they didn't give real Oscars to supporting performers until the ceremony held in 1944.

Just shows you how long she went Oscarless between the first win and the second one. She lost eight times before winning for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." After that, she never lost again.

No, it's called operating too long without sleep before the Oscar nominations were revealed. Thanks for catching that!

The Associated Press @AP The audience for the Grammys plunged to a record low of 9.2 million - less than half of last year's viewership. It's a concerning trend for TV execs who have seen similar steep declines for the Golden Globes and Emmys. Grammy Award ratings drop 51 percent to record low NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy producers avoided the Zoom awkwardness of other pandemic-era awards shows and gave music-starved fans performances by the industry's biggest stars. And viewers still stayed... apnews.com 8:00 PM · Mar 16, 2021·SocialFlow

The Hollywood Reporter @THR Moviegoers Erupt With Applause as L.A Theaters Reopen: “It’s Absolutely Invigorating” Moviegoers Erupt With Applause as L.A Theaters Reopen: "It's Absolutely Invigorating" The Hollywood Reporter surveys the scene on opening day as Los Angeles movie theaters reopen to find moviegoers relieved, elated and excited about experiencing films on the big screen: "I'm all for... hollywoodreporter.com 12:50 PM · Mar 16, 2021·SocialFlow

It's happened before. Both Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock showed up to accept their Razzies after winning Oscars.

Yaphet Kotto, the New York-born actor known for his memorable characters in numerous film and television productions, has died at the age of 81, His widow Sinahon Thessa, who announced his death on Facebook, said Kotto died in the Philippines. "You played a villain on some of your movies but for me you’re a real hero and to a lot of people also," she wrote. "A good man, a good father, a good husband and a decent human being, very rare to find." Kotto and Anthony Quinn played veteran New York City police officer determined to keep the peace after a trio of Black men from Harlem pull off a bold heist of $300,000 in mob money. Directed by Barry Shear, the film -- which also starred Anthony Franciosa, Paul Benjamin, Ed Bernard and Antonio Fargas -- is remembered for its soundtrack that included songs written and performed by Bobby Womack. In the 1973 James Bond thriller "Live and Let Die" -- Sir Roger Moore's debut appearance as 007 -- Kotto played the sinister Dr. Kananga (a.k.a. the international crime kingpin Mr. Big), who menaced the British superspy and a once-trusted adviser named Solitaire (Jane Seymour). Kotto received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his portrayal of the Ugandan strongman Idi Amin Dada in the 1976 made-for-television movie "Raid on Entebbe," He was nominated in the category of Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special. The production, which also starred Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Horst Buchholz, John Saxon and Jack Warden, was based on the real-life 1976 Israeli rescue of hostages held captive by terrorists at the Ugandan airport in Entebbe. Raid on Entebbe (1976) Co-written and directed by Paul Schrader -- who wrote the screenplay for "Taxi Driver" -- the 1978 drama "Blue Collar" teamed Kotto with Harvey Keitel and Richard Pryor. They played Detroit auto plant workers who hatched a plan to steal the contents of a safe at their union's headquarters. Kotto appeared as Parker -- one of the doomed crew members of the 22nd century starfreighter Nostromo -- in Sir Ridley Scott's classic space thriller "Alien." The film, which won the 1979 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, also starred Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Sir John Hurt, Sir Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton and Veronica Cartwright. After "Alien," Kotto reportedly turned down the roles of Lando Calrissian in "Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back" and Capt. Jean-Luc Picard in TV's "Star Trek: The Next Generation." The reason: He did not want to be typecast in sci-fi productions. In the 1988 comedy/drama "Midnight Run," Kotto appeared as an FBI agent who complicated the plans of a bounty hunter (Robert De Niro) to bring in a shady mob accountant (Charles Grodin). From 1993 to 1999, Kotto was a regular in the Emmy Award-winning NBC drama series "Homicide: Life on the Street" as the demanding Lt. Al Giardello, Sr. of the Baltimore Police Department. "Giardello is one of the few characters on television that presented a positive Black man in a positive role with strengths and weaknesses and all the rest," Kotto said. "When they created Giardello, they created a bigger-than-life character. Consequently, people who grew up on John Wayne and the kind of bigger-than-life characters like Clark Gable that Hollywood used to give us, saw Giardello as a father figure or maybe an uncle. I know this because of the way people reacted to me and the character publicly and privately." Ben Mankiewicz @BenMank77 If Yaphet Kotto was in it, it was better. Sometimes much better. From Blue Collar to Midnight Run; from Nothing But a Man to Across 110th St; from Alien to Homicide: Life on the Street. He made Live and Let Die memorable, yet the studio didn’t want him promoting the film. Damn. 2:33 AM · Mar 16, 2021·Twitter for iPhone David Simon @AoDespair Memories and respect for Yaphet Kotto, whose film career was legend even before he came to Baltimore to grace our television drama. But for me, he'll always be Al Giardello, the unlikeliest Sicilian, gently pulling down the office blinds to glower at detectives in his squadroom. 10:15 AM · Mar 16, 2021·Twitter Web App Mark Harris @MarkHarrisNYC RIP Yaphet Kotto. So good in so many 1970s movies, from Alien to Blue Collar to Across 110th Street, and then indelible in the great '90s series Homicide: Life on the Street, which does not stream and is worth buying a DVD player for. 12:51 AM · Mar 16, 2021·Twitter Web App Ava DuVernay @ava Yaphet Kotto. My Mom’s favorite. He’s one of those actors who deserved more than the parts he got. But he took those parts and made them wonderful all the same. A star. Rest well, sir. 2:11 AM · Mar 16, 2021·Twitter for iPhone Larry Karaszewski @Karaszewski Here’s an interview Roger Ebert did with Yaphet Kotto discussing his amazing performance in “Blue Collar” https://rogerebert.com/interviews/yaphet-kotto-blue-collar… 2:40 AM · Mar 16, 2021·Twitter for iPad

The Hollywood Reporter @THR The #Netflix film received three #Razzie nominations: Worst director for Howard, worst screenplay for Vanessa Taylor and worst supporting actress for Close Glenn Close Receives Oscar and Razzie Nomination for the Same Role Glenn Close on Monday received an Academy Award nomination for her work in Hillbilly Elegy. She also received a Razzie nomination for the same role. hollywoodreporter.com 10:13 PM · Mar 15, 2021·SocialFlow

The Hollywood Reporter @THR Oscars: Only Presenters, Nominees and Guests Will Attend In-Person Oscars: Only Presenters, Nominees and Guests Will Attend In-Person Academy president David Rubin also announced the cancellation of all in-person events that usually occur around the Oscars, including the Nominees Luncheon and the Governors Ball. hollywoodreporter.com 6:25 PM · Mar 15, 2021·SocialFlow

SpeedReads @SpeedReads Watch Brandi Carlile perform John Prine, Lionel Richie sing Kenny Rogers, and Bruno Mars channel Little Richard in COVID-length #GRAMMYs in memoriam tribute: http://bit.ly/3vs2Bqg 3:46 AM · Mar 15, 2021·TweetDeck

The Hollywood Reporter @THR Oscars to Be Held in Two Locations as Academy Unveils New Venue Oscars to Be Held in Two Locations as Academy Unveils New Venue hollywoodreporter.com 9:19 AM · Mar 15, 2021·SocialFlow

The Hollywood Reporter @THR Oscars Snubs: ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ Stacey Abrams Doc Among High-Profile Hopefuls Not Nominated in Major Categories Oscars Snubs: 'Da 5 Bloods,' Stacey Abrams Doc Among High-Profile Hopefuls Not Nominated in Major... Well-regarded films that failed to score a single nomination include 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always,' 'Malcolm & Marie,' 'Palm Springs' and 'First Cow.' hollywoodreporter.com 9:57 AM · Mar 15, 2021·SocialFlow

The Hollywood Reporter @THR Oscars: Diverse Field Sees Asian Actors Shatter a Bamboo Ceiling Oscars: Diverse Field Sees Asian Actors Shatter a Bamboo Ceiling The 93rd Academy Awards finally gives Asian performers credit for their movies, while the two actor categories are the most diverse yet. hollywoodreporter.com 10:10 AM · Mar 15, 2021·SocialFlow

The Hollywood Reporter @THR Chadwick Boseman Posthumously Nominated for Academy Award Chadwick Boseman Posthumously Nominated for Academy Award Chadwick Boseman on Monday was posthumously nominated for an Academy Award for his work in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. hollywoodreporter.com 9:01 AM · Mar 15, 2021·SocialFlow

Continued from the previous section: Best Cinematography: "Judas and the Black Messiah" "Mank" "News of the World" "Nomadland" "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Best Production Design: "The Father" "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" "Mank" "News of the World" "Tenet" Best Costume Design: "Emma" "Mank" "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" "Mulan" "Pinocchio" Best Makeup and Hairstyling: "Emma" "Hillbilly Elegy" "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" "Mank" "Pinocchio" Best Film Editing: "The Father" "Nomadland" "Promising Young Woman" "Sound of Metal" "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Best Visual Effects: "Love and Monsters" "The Midnight Sky" "Mulan" "The One and Only Ivan" "Tenet" Best Sound: "Greyhound" "Mank" "News of the World" "Sound of Metal" "Soul"

Continued from the previous section: Best Animated Feature: “Onward” “Over the Moon” “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon” “Soul” “Wolfwalkers” Best International Film: 'Another Round" (Denmark) "Better Days" (Hong Kong) "Collective" (Romania) "The Man Who Sold His Skin" (Tunisia) "Quo Vadis, Aida?" (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Best Documentary Feature: "Collective" "Crip Camp" "The Mole Agent" "My Octopus Teacher" "Time" Best Documentary Short Subject: "Colette" "A Concerto Is a Conversation" "Do Not Split" "Hunger Ward" "A Love Song for Natasha" Best Live Action Short Film: "Feeling Through" "The Letter Room" "The Present" "Two Distant Strangers" "White Eye" Best Animated Short Film: "Burrow" "Genius Loci" "If Anything Happens, I Love You" "Opera" "Yes-People" Best Original Song: “Fight for You,” (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) “Hear My Voice,” (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”) “Húsavík,” (“Eurovision Song Contest”) “Io Si (Seen),” (“The Life Ahead”) “Speak Now,” (“One Night in Miami”) Best Original Score: "Da 5 Bloods" "Mank" "Minari" "News of the World" "Soul" Continued in the next section:

For the fourth time since 2009 -- when Best Picture contenders were expanded from five to as many as 10 -- there were only eight nominations in the top Academy Awards category. The most-nominated film was David Fincher's "Mank" with 10 mentions, including a Best Picture nod, The production is the story of the real-life screenwriter Herman J, Mankiewicz , who co-wrote the revered 1941 picture "Citizen Kane" with Orson Welles. Mankiewicz is portrayed in the movie by Gary Oldman (pictured below). Other 2020-2021 Academy Award nominations leaders: "Judas and the Black Messiah," Minari," "Nomadland," "Sound of Metal," "The Father" and "The Trial of the Chicago 7" (six) "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," "Promising Young Woman" (five) "News of the World" (four) "One Night in Miami..." and "Soul" (three) Chloé Zhao, the Chinese-born filmmaker whose "Nomadland" has been an awards season favorite, received four nominations: Best Picture (as a producer), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing. Meanwhile, "Nomadland" star Frances McDormand became the first woman in Oscars history to earn a nomination as a producer in the Best Picture category and one for acting. She received her third nomination for Best Actress on Monday (she previously won for "Fargo" in 1997 and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" in 2018). Joining Zhao in the Best Director category -- a first for women -- is the British actress-filmmaker Emerald Fennell, who portrays Camilla Parker-Bowles on the Netflix drama series "The Crown." Fennell's nomination was for "Promising Young Woman," her first film as a writer-director-producer. She also picked up nods for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Here are the nominations for the 93rd annual Academy Awards, which will be televised by ABC on Sunday, April 25, 2021: Best Picture: "The Father," David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi, and Philippe Carcassonne (producers) "Judas and the Black Messiah," Shaka King, Charles D. King, and Ryan Coogler (producers) "Mank," Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, and Douglas Urbanski (producers) "Minari," Christina Oh (producer) "Nomadland," Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, and Chloé Zhao (producers) "Promising Young Woman," Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell, and Josey McNamara (producers) "Sound of Metal," Bert Hamelinick and Sacha Ben Harroche (producers) "The Trial of the Chicago 7," Marc Platt and Stuart Besser (producers) Best Director: Thomas Vinterberg, "Another Round" David Fincher, "Mank" Lee Isaac Chung, "Minari" Chloé Zhao, "Nomadland" Emerald Fennell, "Promising Young Woman" Best Actor: Riz Ahmed, "Sound of Metal" Chadwick Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Sir Anthony Hopkins, "The Father" Gary Oldman, "Mank" Steven Yeun, "Minari" Best Actress: Viola Davis, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Andra Day, "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" Vanessa Kirby, "Pieces of a Woman" Frances McDormand, "Nomadland" Carey Mulligan, "Promising Young Woman" Best Supporting Actor: Sasha Baron Cohen, "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Daniel Kaluuya, "Judas and the Black Messiah" Leslie Odom, Jr., "One Night in Miami..." Paul Raci, "Sound of Metal" Lakeith Stanfield, "Judas and the Black Messiah" Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" Glenn Close, "Hillbilly Elegy" Olivia Colman, "The Father" Amanda Seyfried, "Mank" Youn Yuh-jung, "Minari" Best Original Screenplay "Judas and the Black Messiah" "Minari" "Promising Young Woman" "Sound of Metal" "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Best Adapted Screenplay "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" "The Father" "Nomadland" "One Night in Miami..." "The White Tiger" Continued in the next section:

Bob Strauss @bscritic #SnyderCut is infinitely better than the 2017 #JusticeLeague movie. Richer, deeper, awesomer, loooonger. Still not as smart as #Marvel. Better looking (and action sequences) than most #MCU movies, though. 7:07 PM · Mar 14, 2021·Twitter Web App

Variety @Variety Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s Wild ‘WAP’ Performance Fires Up the Grammys Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s Wild ‘WAP’ Performance Fires Up the Grammys Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion amped up the Grammys with a jaw-dropping performance of their NSFW anthem "WAP." variety.com 10:25 PM · Mar 14, 2021·WordPress.com

The Hollywood Reporter @THR Performing from Seoul, #BTS replicated the #GRAMMYs stage before transitioning to a red carpet set and finishing their performance by dancing atop a rooftop with the cityscape lit up behind them BTS Pays Tribute to Grammys in "Dynamite" Performance This year, the group earned a Grammy nom for best pop duo/group performance, making them the first Korean pop group to receive a major Grammy nomination. hollywoodreporter.com 11:59 PM · Mar 14, 2021·SocialFlow

The Hollywood Reporter @THR During the #GRAMMYs , the Recording Academy and CBS released a joint statement condemning and denouncing "all forms of racism, sexism, violence, anti-Semitism and hate" and encouraging viewers to use "music to bring people together." Grammys: Lil Baby and Kendrick Sampson Perform BLM-Fueled Track "The Bigger Picture" The video depicted 'Insecure' star Sampson being pulled over by white police officers and then pushed to the ground. As he attempts to run away, the officers shoot at him. hollywoodreporter.com 11:45 PM · Mar 14, 2021·SocialFlow

Variety @Variety Beyoncé Breaks Record to Become Most Awarded Woman in Grammy History https://bit.ly/3lkEJ3h 11:08 PM · Mar 14, 2021·TweetDeck

The Hollywood Reporter @THR .@BillieEilish's "Everything I Wanted" wins best record of the year at the #GrammyAwards, closing out the night. The singer-songwriter asked the crowd to cheer for @theestallion, who she says should've won the award Grammy Awards: Winners List (Updating Live) The 63rd Grammy Awards are being handed out Sunday. hollywoodreporter.com 11:45 PM · Mar 14, 2021·SocialFlow

Variety @Variety Taylor Swift Becomes First Woman to Win Album of the Year Grammy Three Times Taylor Swift Becomes First Woman to Win Album of the Year Grammy Three Times With her win for "Folklore," Taylor Swift became the only woman ever to win album of the year at the Grammys three times. variety.com 11:15 PM · Mar 14, 2021·WordPress.com

Beyoncé has the most nominations -- nine, including Record of the Year -- at tonight's edition of the Grammy Awards. With 24 total wins during her career, she appears destined to become the most-honored Grammy recipient of all time. Here are the all-time leaders: Sir George Solti (31 wins) Quincy Jones (29 wins) Alison Krauss (27 wins) Pierre Boulez (26 wins) Vladimir Horowitz (25 wins) John Williams (25 wins) Stevie Wonder (25 wins)