By Abb Jones The Reelness In a pre-emptive move, Oscar-winning actor Will Smith has resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, rather than wait for the organization to suspend or even expel him over his on-stage assault of comedian Chris Rock during last Sunday’s live telecast. In a statement released Friday, the […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness Bruce Willis’ family has revealed that the 67-year-old actor has been diagnosed with the degenerative brain disorder aphasia and is retiring from acting. Aphasia robs an individual of the ability to communicate. It can affect the ability to speak, write, and understand language, both verbal and written. It typically occurs […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness CODA was the big winner at the 2022 Oscars Sunday night, in a ceremony marred by Will Smith’s shocking outburst earlier in the evening, when he rushed the stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock and repeatedly cursed at him after Rock cracked a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Oscar-winner William Hurt, star of such films as Broadcast News, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Body Heat and Children of a Lesser God, has died at the age of 71, a week shy of his 72nd birthday. One of his sons says Hurt died peacefully Sunday at his home in […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness CODA, the AppleTV+ drama about a child of deaf adults trying to juggle family responsibilities with her dream of becoming a singer, was the surprise winner at the 2022 SAG Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night. In the television category, Succession and Ted Lasso won the big ensemble awards in the drama […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness It appears as though a trio of comedy actresses – Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall – will be hosting the 2022 Oscars when the movie industry’s top awards show returns to an emcee format for the first time in four years next month. ABC, which is broadcasting the […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness Director Ivan Reitman, the man behind such iconic comedies as Animal House, Dave, Kindergarten Cop and Ghostbusters, has died at age 75. His family says he died peacefully Saturday night in his sleep at his home in Montecito, California. Born in 1946 in Komarmo, Czechoslovakia, where his father owned the […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness The Power of the Dog, director Jane Campion’s neo-Western set in 1925 Montana, leads the field of nominations for the 2022 Oscars, with 12 nominations. Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi blockbuster Dune was close behind during Tuesday’s announcement, with 10 nominations. The biggest change in this year’s voting process is that the […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness The Screen Actors Guild has announced their 2022 nominations. House of Gucci and The Power of the Dog are the top film nominees for this year’s SAG Awards, with each movie earning three nominations. In the television category, the top nominees are Succession and Ted Lasso, which each scored five nominations. […]
After a two-year hiatus, Ozark, the wildly popular Emmy award-winning Netflix crime drama series, is back January 21st for the first half of its fourth and final season. Netflix will drop 7 of the 14 new episodes that will wrap up the twisted saga of the dysfunctional family of four who are laundering money for […]