This week in history: 8th March – 14th March

An image of Jon Hamm at the Oscars in a suit and tie.

 

An image of Jon Hamm at the Oscars in a suit and tie.

Image via IMDB

Fargo was released written, edited and directed by Joel and Ethen Coen.  The American crime/black-comedy went on to gain seven Academy awards nominations including two wins for best screenplay Joel and Ethen Coen and Best Actress in a Leading Role (Francis McDormand.

Actor Jon Hamm was born on March 10th star of Mad Men and the upcoming Disney film, Million Dollar Arm.

March 13 2005, Disney announces Robert Iger as the new chief executive. He oversaw Disney’s acquisition of Pixar Studios in 2006, Marvel Studios in 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012 which lead to the reinvigoration of the Star Wars franchise

The words 'Star Wars' with a gold outline on a black background

Image via screenrant.com

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Inside Film at the Oscars

Pictures is the actress Jennifer Lawrence attempting to steal the Oscar for Best Actress from the winner, Lupita N'yongo
Pictures is the actress Jennifer Lawrence attempting to steal the Oscar for Best Actress from the winner, Lupita N'yongo

Image via: news.softpedia.com

The 86th Academy Awards ceremony marks the end of this years awards season and it was certainly a fitting end. If you didn’t happen to watch our entertaining liveblog covering all the events as and when they happened, we’ve got a recap of all the nominations and winners of the night.

The nominations and winners for each category at the Oscars are as follows:

Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
– Winner
The Wolf of Wall Street


Best Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club 
– Winner


Best Actress in a Leading Role
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
– Winner
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County


Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Philips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club 
– Winner


Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Ny’ongo, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County 
– Winner


Best Director
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity – Winner
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street


Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle, Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club, Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack
Her, Spike Jonze
– Winner
Nebraska, Bob Nelson


Best Adapted Screenplay
Before Midnight, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips, Billy Ray
Philomena, Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave, John Ridley
– Winner
The Wolf of Wall Street, Terence Winter


Best Animated Feature Film
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine

The Wind Rises
Frozen 
– Winner


Best Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown 
The Great Beauty – Winner
The Hunt
The Missing Picture
Omar


Best Visual Effects
Gravity – Winner
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness


Best Cinematography
The Grandmaster
Gravity 
– Winner
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners


Best Costume Design
American Hustle, Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster, William Chang Suk Ping
The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin 
– Winner
The Invisible Woman, Michael O’ Connor
12 Years a Slave, Patricia Norris


Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club, Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews
 – Winner
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger, Joel Harlow, Gloria Pasqua-Casny


Best Original Score
The Book Thief, John Williams
Gravity, Steven Price
 – Winner
Her, William Butler, Owen Pallett
Philomena, Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks, Thomas Newman


Best Original Song
“Happy”, Despicable Me 2
“Let it Go”, Frozen 
– Winner
“The Moon Song”, Her
“Ordinary love”, Mandela: Long Walk to freedom 


Best Sound Editing
All is Lost, Steve Boeddeker, Richard Hymns
Captain Philips, Oliver Tarney
Gravity, Glenn Freemantle 
– Winner
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Brent Burge, Chris Ward
Lone Survivor, Wylie Stateman


Best Sound Mixing
Captain Philips, Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael and Semanick
Gravity, Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro 
– Winner
Inside Llewyn Davis, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Lone Survivor, Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow


Best Production Design
American Hustle, Judy Becker
Gravity, Andy Nicholson
The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin 
– Winner
Her, K.K. Barrett
12 Years a Slave, Adam Stockhausen


Best Film Editing
American Hustle, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
Captain Phillips, Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club, John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
– Winner
12 Years a Slave, Joe Walker


Best Animated Short Film
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr. Hublot
– Winner
Possessions
Room o


Best Live Action Short Film
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium
– Winner
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa (Do I Have To Take Care Of Everything?)
The Voorman problem


Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet from Stardom
– Winner


Best Documentary Short
CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: The Music Saved My Life
– Winner
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall

Events, offers and releases 03/03/14

Image shows the movie poster for the upcoming movie, 300:Rise of an Empire. the image shows a spartan warrior amidst a darkened battle.
Image shows the movie poster for the upcoming movie, 300:Rise of an Empire. the image shows a spartan warrior amidst a darkened battle.

Image via: 13thdimension.com

“This is Sparta!”

March 7th sees the release of a sequel that was certainly unexpected, 300: Rise of an Empire. Unfortunately there’s no beefy Gerard Butler in the sequel, but we’ve got the just as lovely Sullivan Stapleton and Eva Green instead. This new chapter of the saga explores the events after 300, and the battles that took place. Expect some cool slow motion kills and CGI in this popcorn flick.

Something for the kids however, is Mr. Peabody and Sherman releasing on March 7th. Mr. Peabody is the world’s smartest individual, but he also happens to be a dog. With the help of his adopted boy Sherman, the duo are tasked with rewriting history in this time travelling adventure. With Ty Burrell and Stephen Colbert providing voices for the film, it’s set to be an adventure for kids of all ages!

What went viral at the Oscars.

Jennifer Lawrence and Matthew Mcconaughey backstage at the Oscars after Matthew won the Oscar for Best Actor in a leading role.

Jennifer Lawrence

The golden girl of the oscars never fails to disappoint, Jennifer Lawrence manages to recreate last year’s hilarious fall, although this time she didn’t even make it into the theatre. Instead, she tripped on a traffic cone.

Click on the image to watch the fall.

Jennifer Lawrence Falls on the Red carpet

Gif via E! Online

 

 

 

 

 

 

After losing out to Lupita Nyong’o for Best Supporting Actress, Jennifer goes on to wrestle for her second Oscar statuette.

Pictures is the actress Jennifer Lawrence attempting to steal the Oscar for Best Actress from the winner, Lupita N'yongo

Image via: news.softpedia.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ellen returns to the Oscars and resurrects the selfie.

Last time Ellen hosted the shindig in 2007, she took a snap with Clint Eastwood as a way to remember the event.

An image of Ellen Degeneres and Clint Eastwood at the Oscars in 2007.

Image via Empire Online

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This year she decided to grab a selfie with Liza Minelli.

A selfie taken by Ellen Degeneres of her and Liza Minelli at the Oscars 2014.

Image via Twitter (@TheEllenShow)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But that was nothing compared to the ‘Best selfie ever!’

A selfie taken by Bradley Cooper at the Oscars 2014 including, Meryl Streep, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Ellen Degeneres, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Lupita Nyong'o.

Image via Twitter (@TheEllenShow)

 

 

 

 

 

 

From left to right the celebrities in the uber-selife are, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts (looking like she has had one to many gin and tonics) Ellen Degeneres, Kevin Spacey (looking oddly like Pee-wee Herman), Bradley Cooper, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong’o, Peter Nyong’o (making the most of his sister’s new found fame and A-list friend) and Angelina Jolie.

Following the Tweet of this selfie, it soon became the most retweeted tweet in history, easily beating the previous record held by Barack Obama’s ‘Four more years’ tweet.

Cumberbomb

Probably the best red carpet moment of the night, Benedict Cumberbatch photo-bombs U2.

U2 posing for a photo on the red carpet at the Oscars 2014, with Benedict Cumberbatch jumping up behind them.

Photo via Buzzfeed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benedict then goes on the photobomb 38 other things

 

Pizza!

Ellen delivers pizza to the audience who have more than likely been starving themselves for the past months to fit into their Oscar dress.

Brad and Angelina eating pizza at the Oscars 2014.

Image via Twitter (@YahooCelebUK)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A series of six pictures taken by Ellen at the Oscars of celebrities eating pizza during the ceremony.

Image via Twitter (@TheEllenShow)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Travolta messes up his one line.

Introducing Idina Menzel to perform the Oscar nominated song ‘Let It Go’ from Frozen, Travolta somehow manages to introduce her as ‘Adele Dazeem’, and we have the vine to prove it.

If you’re interested in how John Travolta would introduce yourself at the Oscars, some internet geek has created a way to Travoltify your name.

What was your favourite part of the Oscars? Tweet us @Inside_Film using the hashtag #InsideFilmOscars, we’d love to know what you think.