Saturday, 17 January 2015

Oscars Head Isaacs Calls For More Variety After Row

Head of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts says she would like to see more diversity in Oscar nominations, after a row about this year's nominees.
All 20 contenders in the foremost acting categories are white and there are no female nominees in the directing or writing categories.
The Academy, which picks the candidates, has faced strong criticism.
But Cheryl Boone Isaacs alleged she was satisfied of the nominees and that the body was 'making strides' towards diversity.
Ms Boone Isaacs, who is the 1st African-American president of the Academy, told AP the organisation is "committed to seeking out diversity of voice and opinion''.
"In the previous 2 years, we have made greater strides than we ever have in the past toward becoming a more diverse and inclusiveorganization through admitting new members and more inclusive classes of members,'' she said.
She added she would "love to see" greater diversity among the nominees.
'Selma' snub
After the nominations were publicized, people mocked the make-up of the awards using the "OscarsSoWhite" hashtag.
There has been abundant emphasis on Martin Luther King biopic Selma, with director Ava DuVernay and star David Oyelowo both missing out.
At the Critics' Choice prize, additional Selma actor, Wendell Pierce, said there would be "amazement" Oyelowo was not nominated once people saw the film.
But Ms Boone Isaacs said approval for Selma was reflected in its Best Picture nomination, which is chosen by all the academy members.
She said that although the Academy sustained make efforts to become more diverse, the wider industry needed to do the same.
"We hope the film industry will also make strides toward becoming more diverse and inclusive.''
Separate branches of the Academy choose the nominations, with actors choosing the acting categories, for example.
The further than 7000 memberships then vote for a winner.


Birdman & The Grand Budapest Hotel top the race for thisyear's Oscars with nine nominations each.
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Caravaggio Case Lost In Court

The prior owner of a disputed Caravaggio has lost his battle for compensation from an auction house.
Lancelot William Thwaytes vended The Cardsharps at Sotheby's in 2006 for £46,000 after being told it was by a follower of the Old Master.
The new owner consequently insured the painting for millions - after a close friend, an art expert, claimed it was in fact an original Caravaggio.
Sotheby's conserves the painting is not by the artist.
Mr Thwaytes endeavored to sue Sotheby's of London, for giving him negligent advice after the new owner had the artwork valued at £10m.
Lawyers for Mr Thwaytes respondent Sotheby's of not consulting enough top experts or sufficiently testing the painting before the 2006 sale.
But the judge at London's High Court governed the auction house had reasonably come to the view that the quality of the painting "was not sufficiently high to indicate that it might be by Caravaggio".
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Sotheby's fortified its claim by saying that a number of leading experts have attested to it not being by the artist.
It was also the undisputed opinion of specialists in the auction house's own Old Masters painting department that it was an anonymous copy.
Mr Thwaytes congenital the painting in the 1960s from a cousin, and when he came to sell it Sotheby's catalogued it as by a "follower" of Caravaggio.
The painting was take on board at auction by Mrs Orietta Adam, a friend of art collector Sir Denis Mahon, on whose behalf she is understood to have bought the painting.
Sir Denis had it cleaned and restored, and a year later - at his 97th birthday party - he declared that the painting was by Caravaggio and dated back to 1595. Italian researcher Mina Gregori harmonized with his opinion.
The painting was lent to the Museum of the Order of St John at Clerkenwell in London following the death of Sir Denis in 2011, and is insured for £10m.
The original artwork was painted in 1594 and is on show in a museum in Texas. It was a key work in founding Caravaggio's reputation, & was extensively copied.
Mr Thwaytes's legal team said it was bearing in mind an appeal.
"Mr Thwaytes is extremely dissatisfied with the decision delivered this morning and maintains that Sotheby's failed to spot the painting's potential," it said in a statement.


"He brought the case following the public announcementthat the painting was an autograph replica painted by the hand of Caravaggio; aview which was supported by a number of leading specialists, counting MinaGregori and Sir Denis Mahon."
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Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Transformers Leads Razzies 'Worst Film' Shortlist

The 4th entry in the Transformers franchise leads thisyear's Razzie nominations, which single out the worst movies of the last 12months.
Transformers: Age of Extinction, which completed more than$1bn at the worldwide box office, has seven nominations including worst pictureand screenplay.
Director Michael Bay has also been chosen for a Razzie, which launched in 1980 as a spoof of the Oscars.
Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas & The Legend of Hercules received six nods.
They join action funniness Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - another Michael Bay production - and Nicolas Cage's thriller Left Behind in the worst picture category.
Other notable nominations include Cameron Diaz, who is cited for her roles in romantic comedies The Other Woman and Sex Tape as well as worst supporting actress in the remake of Annie.
Seth MacFarlane, who presented the Oscars in 2013, also has a number of nominations for his comic western, A Million Ways to Die in the West.
He joins Bay in the poorest director category & is nominated for "worst screen combo" with Charlize Theron, who is also up for worst actress.
MacFarlane is also in the running for nastiest actor alongside The Legend of Hercules' Kellan Lutz, Cameron, Cage and Adam Sandler.
Sandler is no foreigner to the Razzies, having received 10 nominations for worst actor and won three times.
A new group has also been launched to honor a past Razzie winner for a critically acclaimed role.
Online voters will choose amid Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Mike Myers, Keanu Reeves and Kristen Stewart for this year's "redeemer" award.
The winners of the spray-painted excellent raspberry statues will be announced at a ceremony on the eve of the Academy awards in February.
The full list of nominations is as follows:
Worst Picture


Worst Actor


Worst Supporting Actor


Worst Actress


Worst Supporting Actress


Worst Director


Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel


Worst Screen Combo


Worst Screenplay


Redeemer Award



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Monday, 5 January 2015

Weekly Horoscope (05-01-2015 To 11-01-2015)

Aries:
You'll begin not long from now feeling energetic about your objectives and arrangements for what's to come. Furthermore this sort of vitality coursing through you provides for you the privilege demeanor to make an accomplishment of things. Furthermore, knowing the privilege individuals and associating with the privilege gatherings can help your reason tremendously. Put sooner or later and exertion into systems administration consistently and meeting with the individuals who impart your objectives and points and you'll discover your arrangements advance substantially all the more rapidly.
Taurus:
You may be more aware of cash matters, particularly where imparted assets and joint funds are concerned. The current week's lineup empowers a few genuine considered how you can decrease waste, build your investment funds, or utilize any extra cash to pay off obligations. In the mean time, this is as great a period as any to consider your vocation or individual desire and how you may advance. Utilizing your appeal and getting master counsel may be two approaches to awe the privilege individuals.
Gemini:
A monetary choice may be required right on time in the month, or in any event an opportunity to talk things through with somebody who can set you on the privilege way. Your brain is likewise on the exploits you can have. You're enthusiastic to grow your points of view and get included in circumstances that are a bit of a stretch. You'll invite challenges that bring new encounters, and additionally knock up your expertise set. Sentiment could be likely when you move in new circles.
Cancer:
Saturn's prerogative into Sagittarius proposes you're going to have an occupied time ahead. Some piece of this may be your yearning to excel, so you may be putting a ton of weight on yourself to succeed. Knowing how to pace yourself so you don't wear out too rapidly could be a lesson worth learning. With regards to joint funds and managing an account issues, you'll be on the ball if you oblige a credit. A splendid thought can help you secure required credit.
Leo:
Let yourself be guided by the shrewdness of others. A couple of snappy inquiries to the privilege individual could put you on track to achievement in a matter of moments. Connections by and large are great, with a chance to extend your social circle and system with people on your wavelength. Nonetheless, you may be more vigilant regarding the matter of dating and imaginative interpretation. Don't let an emergency of certainty stop you. Now is the right time to face your reasons for alarm and demonstrate you're greater than they are.
Virgo:
Sentiment looks genuinely serious, with chances to take another relationship to the following level of responsibility. Then again, don't be enticed to control a circumstance to suit you. It's vital to give your affection engage the space and time to settle on a choice. In the event that you do, you may discover things move along swimmingly. In the mean time, Mercury and Venus in your wellbeing part urge you to get fit and lose any pounds you picked up over the occasions. A home-based rebuilding task may wave.
Libra:
The vicinity of Saturn in your correspondence division recommends that written work, talking, and advertising could be a huge piece of your life for a long time to come. This could be an energizing time when you create a composition or Internet business with genuine clout. Establish the framework now and the future could be exceptionally sunny. In the interim, sentimental open doors look amazing. You'll be attractive and coquettish not long from now - effectively ready to get the attention of anybody you like. Things are finding!
Scorpio:
You may be eased that Saturn has left your sign. Notwithstanding, its vicinity in your individual money zone recommends now is the right time to get serious. This can be a perfect time to expand your wage by beginning a venture that could bloom throughout the weeks and months ahead. You'll have to endeavor to get it off the ground, yet once you do it could have an enormous effect to your way of life and wage. Later, amusing at your spot could be fun.
Sagittarius:
You may feel moored to specific obligations as Saturn moves all the more profoundly into your sign, yet this isn't essentially an awful thing. On the off chance that you've been imagining about objectives and arrangements, you now have the inspiration to bring them to life. On an alternate note, an enthusiastic vitality in your correspondence part sets aside a few minutes to grow your social circle, reach buddies you haven't gotten notification from in a while, or exploration your choices concerning thoughts you need to execute.
Capricorn:
The current arrangement urges you to examine your life to see what's working and what isn't. The things you're excited about and inspired to do are the ones to concentrate on. In the event that any piece of your life appears as though drudgery, it may have passed its "offer by" date. Maybe you've extricated as much from this experience as you can and now is the ideal time to release it.
Capricorn:
The current arrangement urges you to examine your life to see what's working and what isn't. The things you're excited about and inspired to do are the ones to concentrate on. In the event that any 
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