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Oscars

Monday, March 3, 2025
By Fronnie Lewis Monday, March 3, 2025
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Surprises, snubs, and shining moments at Oscars 2025

Going into the 97th Academy Awards ceremony, the Best Picture category was wide open. No real frontrunner. Still, it was a bit of a surprise when the small independent film, “Anora,” walked away with last night’s most prestigious award and four other Oscars. The comedy-drama story kicks off with a young female sex worker from Brooklyn, New York, who gets […]
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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Oscars 2024: Millions watched but ceremony was lackluster

The 96th Academy Awards is now in the history books. The ceremony began an hour earlier than usual but still ran three and a half hours. The ratings for the Oscars were up as 19.5 million viewers watched. Last year’s highest-grossing film, “Barbie,” took home only one Oscar. It was for Best Original Song for ‘What Was I Made For?’ […]
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, January 28, 2015
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Students offered free tickets to see Oscar-nominated “Selma”

A movement offering more than 300, 000 free tickets to the Oscar-nominated film, “Selma,” is sweeping the country.  The first of its kind program started in New York City with some African American business leaders creating a fund to send 27,000 students to see the critically acclaimed drama. The demand was so great that the fund grew to support 75,000 students.Then, […]
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Saturday, March 22, 2014
By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, March 22, 2014
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Director Ron Howard designs doodle mugs

Academy Award winning director, Ron Howard, is showing his artistic side in a new way.  Howard has designed a collection of  colorful mugs to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, which are for sale on Amazon.com . The art work for “Cowboy Rerun,” “Bar Scene, “Dragon Fly,” and “Highway USA” began as doodles Howard does while on the phone. […]
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Monday, March 3, 2014
By Fronnie Lewis Monday, March 3, 2014
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2014 Oscars hit high ratings as “12 Years a Slave” wins Best Picture

A lot of viewers tuned into see the Ellen Degeneres hosted 86th Academy Awards ceremony last night. The ratings are out today and they show 43 million watched the kudocast. It got a 12.9 rating among the most valued 18-to-49 demographic. This Oscar broadcast drew three million more viewers than the last time Degeneres handled the hosting duties in 2007, […]
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Monday, March 3, 2014
By Fronnie Lewis Monday, March 3, 2014
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Actress Lupita Nyong’o sparkled at the 2014 Oscars

First time nominee, Lupita Nyong’o, was one of the big winners at the 86th Academy Awards last night in Hollywood. The “12 Years a Slave” actress stunned on the red carpet in a powder blue custom Prada gown with flowing pleated skirt and plunging back and front, which many praised for having a Disney Cinderella like quality. The 31-year-old Kenyan […]
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