Oscars

PricewaterhouseCoopers accountant Brian Cullinan, the man who will forever be known as the guy that mixed up the envelopes at the Oscars, was Tweeting just minutes before handing out the wrong envelope. Despite being told to stay off social media during the show, it seems Cullinan simply couldn...

ABC’s 2017 Academy Awards drew 32.9 million viewers, which was the smallest audience since 2008, despite the memorable as well as controversial ending when "La La Land" was mistakenly named best picture winner instead of "Moonlight." A Reuters report, quoting Jeff Bock, senior box office...

The 2017 Academy Awards show will go down in history as the year of the screw up. Incomprehensibly, an envelope mishap lead to presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway incorrectly announcing the best picture winner as “La La Land” rather than the true winner, “Moonlight.”...

Well, that was awkward. During the 89th Oscars on Sunday, the Academy Awards for Best picture was awarded to "La La Land," the 2016 American musical romantic comedy-drama film starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Celebration erupted and the "La La Land" crew went up to the stage to accept yet...

Gene Munster, one of the Street's most notable Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) analysts, left his job at Piper Jaffray to co-found a venture capital firm called Loup Ventures with Doug Clinton and Andrew Murphy. Ahead of this weekend's 89th Oscars, Murphy penned a post titled "When will...

The film industry is preparing to cap its 2017 awards season with the year’s most anticipated event — the Oscars. And while the celebrated pictures may be eclipsed by highly politicized acceptance speeches and glaring social statements, one standard of the night will not escape its due...

There’s no talent monopoly in the 2017 film industry. Nine public corporations and dozens of private companies brought this year’s Oscar-worthy pictures to the big screen. Based on Academy Award nominations, here is how the talent is distributed: Lions Gate Lions Gate Entertainment Corp...

While the 88th Annual Academy Awards may have benefited studios like Warner Bros. (Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)), Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ: FOXA) and Open Road (Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE: AMC)), it didn’t break any records for host...

Patricia Arquette, who Sunday night won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, used her acceptance speech to address the gender wage gap in America. "We have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights...

Come this Sunday, all eyes in the film industry will be focused on the Dolby Theater in Hollywood for the 87th Academy Awards. Actor Neil Patrick Harris will be hosting the show this year for the first time, and millions of people will be joining in the celebration and cheering for their...

With over 40 million viewers, 20 categories and dozens of nominees, this massive ceremony is only glitz and glamour on the surface. Corporate titans are investing tirelessly behind the scenes to make this all possible. Not to be outdone by Sochi's top Olympic ad prices, the cost of this year's...

Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay went to Warner Bros.'s (NYSE: TWX) Argo. Best Actress went to Jennifer Lawrence. Best Song went to Sony's (NYSE: SNE) Skyfall. Best Animated Short went to Disney's (NYSE: DIS) Paperman. And the whole show was hosted by Ted and Family Guy creator Seth...