It's more than just a little politically chancy but still unavoidable to look at Octavia Spencer's sunny Oscar odds though the filter of co-star Viola Davis's ascendance in the Best Actress category. But if voters are capable of feeling alright with th... »
At this point, being a Meryl Streep diehard who also cares about Oscar hoopla is a kind of brutal self-flagellation. Year after year, be it a silver fox in a royalty role, a can't-miss Brit in a Holocaust film, or a rom-com sweetheart awarded for years... »
“Being a Maid By James McBride Last night, President Obama, our first African American President, delivered his third State of the Union address. On that same day, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated two gifted African Am... »
Writing regionally produced plays for 20 years including The Bluest Eye, an adaptation of Nobel Prize winning Toni Morrison novel, Lydia Diamond is making her Broadway debut with Stick Fly. »
Fourteen-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys scores with Stick Fly in her debut as a Broadway producer. Stick Fly may be best described as television's The Cosby Show meets Academy Award-winner Crash (2005). »
Jean DuJardin, your Best Actor winner (Getty Images) The Academy Awards are this Sunday--and we'll be liveblogging away at observer.com. So as to be optimally prepared for these mythical "Oscar pools" that exist only in the minds of entertainment write... »
