Marlon Brando – the man whom Time magazine crowned the greatest actor of the 20th century back in 1998 – would be celebrating his 100th birthday today had he not died 20 years ago. Born on April 3, 1924, Brando was a fascinating if divisive character, a perpetually enigmatic figure whose impact not only on the acting profession but on American popular culture itself can’t be overstated. He starred in numerous iconic roles, from Stanley Kowalski in “A Streetcar Named Desire” to Terry Malloy in “On the Waterfront” to Julius Caesar in “Julius Caesar” to Vito Corleone in “The Godfather.”
While he wound up nominated for eight Academy Awards and six Golden Globes and won two of each, it was the one honor Brando rejected, of course, that came to define his awards legacy: his Best Actor win for “The Godfather” in 1973 in which he sent actress and purported Native American representative Sacheen Littlefeather (a.
While he wound up nominated for eight Academy Awards and six Golden Globes and won two of each, it was the one honor Brando rejected, of course, that came to define his awards legacy: his Best Actor win for “The Godfather” in 1973 in which he sent actress and purported Native American representative Sacheen Littlefeather (a.
- 4/3/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
It’s that time of the year again when the coveted golden statuette will be handed out to the best films and performances in Hollywood. The Oscars 2024 will take place on March 10th and as always, a bunch of brilliant films and talented stars are vying for top honors. While the Academy Awards have given audiences many memorable moments over the years, they have been equally known for various controversial incidents.
Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars 2022
The most recent event in memory happened in 2022 when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock for his comments on Jada Pinkett Smith’s appearance. The actor’s first Oscar win for King Richard following this incident, was sadly overshadowed. Looking back, there have been many other occasions at the Oscars that have sparked controversy.
Here Are 5 Controversial Oscar Wins That Challenged Will Smith’s Slap 1. Marlon Brando Refused The Best Actor Award...
Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars 2022
The most recent event in memory happened in 2022 when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock for his comments on Jada Pinkett Smith’s appearance. The actor’s first Oscar win for King Richard following this incident, was sadly overshadowed. Looking back, there have been many other occasions at the Oscars that have sparked controversy.
Here Are 5 Controversial Oscar Wins That Challenged Will Smith’s Slap 1. Marlon Brando Refused The Best Actor Award...
- 3/8/2024
- by Sharanya Sankar
- FandomWire
Nearly a year and a half ago, the late Sacheen Littlefeather became the face of Native identity fraud when skepticism about her background was publicized shortly after her death in October 2022. Now, one of her friends and former associates has come forward with genealogical records that indicate the activist best known for refusing Marlon Brando’s 1973 Oscar on his behalf may have had Indigenous ancestry after all.
Gayle Anne Kelley, whom Littlefeather first approached to produce her 2018 documentary short Sacheen: Breaking the Silence, commissioned a private investigator to look into Littlefeather’s background after Native independent journalist Jacqueline Keeler (Diné/Dakota) published an explosive report in the San Francisco Chronicle alleging that she was not Apache and Yaqui on her father’s side, as she had claimed, but rather Mexican. (That her mother’s side is white has never been disputed.)
“My heart was broken, and I was very concerned...
Gayle Anne Kelley, whom Littlefeather first approached to produce her 2018 documentary short Sacheen: Breaking the Silence, commissioned a private investigator to look into Littlefeather’s background after Native independent journalist Jacqueline Keeler (Diné/Dakota) published an explosive report in the San Francisco Chronicle alleging that she was not Apache and Yaqui on her father’s side, as she had claimed, but rather Mexican. (That her mother’s side is white has never been disputed.)
“My heart was broken, and I was very concerned...
- 3/7/2024
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A detailed investigation by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has raised questions about the indigenous persona of singer/songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Sainte-Marie has been feted as the first Indigenous person to win an Academy Award for cowriting the song Up Where We Belong for the film An Officer and a Gentleman.
Sainte-Marie, 82, has claimed that she was born on Tribal land and adopted by white parents. The CBC countered that in a report published Friday and in an accompanying episode of the documentary series The Fifth Estate. The media outlet obtained a birth certificate saying Sainte-Marie was born to parents of European ancestry in Massachusetts.
The CBC reported that the birth certificate from Stoneham, Mass. showed “Beverly Jean Santamaria” and her parents listed as white. The CBC said it had the document authenticated by Stoneham town clerk Maria Sagarino.
Sainte-Marie, alerted to the revelations that would be coming, issued a statement posted to social media Thursday.
Sainte-Marie has been feted as the first Indigenous person to win an Academy Award for cowriting the song Up Where We Belong for the film An Officer and a Gentleman.
Sainte-Marie, 82, has claimed that she was born on Tribal land and adopted by white parents. The CBC countered that in a report published Friday and in an accompanying episode of the documentary series The Fifth Estate. The media outlet obtained a birth certificate saying Sainte-Marie was born to parents of European ancestry in Massachusetts.
The CBC reported that the birth certificate from Stoneham, Mass. showed “Beverly Jean Santamaria” and her parents listed as white. The CBC said it had the document authenticated by Stoneham town clerk Maria Sagarino.
Sainte-Marie, alerted to the revelations that would be coming, issued a statement posted to social media Thursday.
- 10/28/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
CBC newsmagazine The Fifth Estate has aired its Buffy Sainte-Marie exposé.
The hourlong documentary episode, presented by senior investigative reporter Geoff Leo, alleges that the singer-songwriter — considered the first Indigenous winner of an Academy Award — has been fraudulently posing as Native throughout her 60-year career.
While the specifics about Sainte-Marie’s background varied as they appeared in articles and other materials over the years — The Fifth Estate found news clippings referring to her as Algonquin, Mi’kmaq and Cree — eventually her accepted (and authorized) biography was that she was born in 1941 on Cree land in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and removed from her birth family and adopted by a white American family, the Sainte-Maries, as part of a government policy known as the Sixties Scoop. Later, as a young adult, she reconnected with the Cree people and was adopted by descendants of Chief Piapot according to Cree ways.
But...
The hourlong documentary episode, presented by senior investigative reporter Geoff Leo, alleges that the singer-songwriter — considered the first Indigenous winner of an Academy Award — has been fraudulently posing as Native throughout her 60-year career.
While the specifics about Sainte-Marie’s background varied as they appeared in articles and other materials over the years — The Fifth Estate found news clippings referring to her as Algonquin, Mi’kmaq and Cree — eventually her accepted (and authorized) biography was that she was born in 1941 on Cree land in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and removed from her birth family and adopted by a white American family, the Sainte-Maries, as part of a government policy known as the Sixties Scoop. Later, as a young adult, she reconnected with the Cree people and was adopted by descendants of Chief Piapot according to Cree ways.
But...
- 10/28/2023
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Buffy Sainte-Marie has released a statement defending her Indigenous heritage, a move that appears to be in response to upcoming documentary that is expected to raise questions about the subject.
The musician and activist — who became the first Indigenous person to win an Oscar for her musical contribution to the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman — appears to be the subject of an upcoming episode of the Canadian television series The Fifth Estate. Out October 27th, the episode description says “an icon’s claims to Indigenous ancestry are being called into question by family members and an investigation that included genealogical documentation, historical research and personal accounts.”
The description does not mention Sainte-Marie by name, but the artist released a statement about the episode, claiming that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation contacted her “to question my identity and the sexual assault I experienced as a child.”
In her statement, Sainte-Marie explains that she was adopted,...
The musician and activist — who became the first Indigenous person to win an Oscar for her musical contribution to the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman — appears to be the subject of an upcoming episode of the Canadian television series The Fifth Estate. Out October 27th, the episode description says “an icon’s claims to Indigenous ancestry are being called into question by family members and an investigation that included genealogical documentation, historical research and personal accounts.”
The description does not mention Sainte-Marie by name, but the artist released a statement about the episode, claiming that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation contacted her “to question my identity and the sexual assault I experienced as a child.”
In her statement, Sainte-Marie explains that she was adopted,...
- 10/27/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
A year ago this week, accusations surfaced in the media that the late Sacheen Littlefeather, best known for representing Marlon Brando on the Oscars stage in protest of the treatment of Native Americans, had fabricated her Native heritage.
Now Buffy Sainte-Marie, considered to be the first Indigenous Oscar winner (for co-writing the pop standard “Up Where We Belong” from 1982’s An Officer and a Gentleman), is facing similar allegations.
On Friday, the CBC newsmagazine The Fifth Estate is expected to air a documentary digging into the singer-songwriter’s roots. The episode description — the second of the 49th season of the Canadian public broadcaster’s long-running series — does not name the “icon” whose Indigenous ancestry is under investigation, but Sainte-Marie has preemptively come forward a day early to defend what she calls “[her] truth as [she] knows it.”
“It is with great sadness, and a heavy heart, that I am forced to respond...
Now Buffy Sainte-Marie, considered to be the first Indigenous Oscar winner (for co-writing the pop standard “Up Where We Belong” from 1982’s An Officer and a Gentleman), is facing similar allegations.
On Friday, the CBC newsmagazine The Fifth Estate is expected to air a documentary digging into the singer-songwriter’s roots. The episode description — the second of the 49th season of the Canadian public broadcaster’s long-running series — does not name the “icon” whose Indigenous ancestry is under investigation, but Sainte-Marie has preemptively come forward a day early to defend what she calls “[her] truth as [she] knows it.”
“It is with great sadness, and a heavy heart, that I am forced to respond...
- 10/26/2023
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
You may have noticed that there’s been a lot of talk about Lily Gladstone and her Indigenous heritage and what that fact will mean for her chances in the Academy Award Best Actress race as her epic feature “Killers of the Flower Moon” from director Martin Scorsese preps for liftoff in wide theatrical release this Friday (October 20). Gladstone is running a solid second place behind Emma Stone (“Poor Things”) in the Gold Derby combined Oscar odds for her much-praised performance as Osage Nation member Mollie Burkhart in the tragic fact-based saga.
Gladstone herself is of Blackfeet and Nimiipuu heritage and raised on a Blackfeet Nation reservation in Montana. One would presume this fact won’t work against the actress in 2024 as it might have in, say, 1954 or even ’74. And in fact it was only earlier this year that Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian actress to win Best Actress...
Gladstone herself is of Blackfeet and Nimiipuu heritage and raised on a Blackfeet Nation reservation in Montana. One would presume this fact won’t work against the actress in 2024 as it might have in, say, 1954 or even ’74. And in fact it was only earlier this year that Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian actress to win Best Actress...
- 10/17/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures are replacing “Gone with the Wind” actress Hattie McDaniel’s lost Oscar 80 years after her historic win for Best Supporting Actress.
In 1940, McDaniel took home a plaque in lieu of an Oscar statue, as was customary for supporting actors at the time. Statuettes became the standard for all winners’ categories for the ceremony in early 1944. While the whereabouts of McDaniel’s original award is currently unknown, the Academy is bestowing a new Oscar statuette in the late actress’ honor to the Howard University Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts.
McDaniel originally bequeathed her Academy Award to Howard University upon her death in 1952. The award was displayed at the university’s drama department until the late 1960s when it disappeared.
McDaniel was the first Black person to be nominated for and win an Academy Award.
In 1940, McDaniel took home a plaque in lieu of an Oscar statue, as was customary for supporting actors at the time. Statuettes became the standard for all winners’ categories for the ceremony in early 1944. While the whereabouts of McDaniel’s original award is currently unknown, the Academy is bestowing a new Oscar statuette in the late actress’ honor to the Howard University Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts.
McDaniel originally bequeathed her Academy Award to Howard University upon her death in 1952. The award was displayed at the university’s drama department until the late 1960s when it disappeared.
McDaniel was the first Black person to be nominated for and win an Academy Award.
- 9/26/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Lily Gladstone, the Native American actress who plays Mollie Burkhart in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, has been receiving rave reviews for her portrayal of an Osage woman whose family is targeted by a ruthless conspiracy in 1920s Oklahoma. Based on the true story and the best-selling book by David Grann, the film explores the dark history of the Osage murders, also known as the Reign of Terror, when hundreds of Native Americans were killed for their oil wealth.
Gladstone, who is of Blackfeet and Nimíipuu heritage, was cast by Scorsese after he saw her work in Kelly Reichardt’s indie drama Certain Women, where she played a lonely ranch hand who develops a crush on a lawyer (Kristen Stewart). Scorsese was impressed by her natural and nuanced performance, and invited her to a Zoom meeting to offer her the role of Mollie, who is married to...
Gladstone, who is of Blackfeet and Nimíipuu heritage, was cast by Scorsese after he saw her work in Kelly Reichardt’s indie drama Certain Women, where she played a lonely ranch hand who develops a crush on a lawyer (Kristen Stewart). Scorsese was impressed by her natural and nuanced performance, and invited her to a Zoom meeting to offer her the role of Mollie, who is married to...
- 9/20/2023
- by amalprasadappu
- https://thecinemanews.online/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_4649
Movie star John Wayne has quite the history when it comes to his involvement with the Oscars. He understood the politics that went on behind the scenes with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, but he still sought the validation of his peers. As a result, Wayne still played the game and recognized his own works that he felt were most worthy. Wayne once introduced an iconic comedian at the 1970 Oscars, describing him as having “true grit.”
John Wayne was a regular Oscars attendee L-r: John Wayne and Barbra Streisand | Getty Images
Wayne regularly showed up to the Oscars, even though many of his critics thought that he only had the skill to play the same, single character. Nevertheless, he brought a certain star power to the show that only the Western actor could bring. His peers even erupted into thunderous applause when he had his final public speech at the 1979 Oscars ceremony.
John Wayne was a regular Oscars attendee L-r: John Wayne and Barbra Streisand | Getty Images
Wayne regularly showed up to the Oscars, even though many of his critics thought that he only had the skill to play the same, single character. Nevertheless, he brought a certain star power to the show that only the Western actor could bring. His peers even erupted into thunderous applause when he had his final public speech at the 1979 Oscars ceremony.
- 4/9/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
So who didn’t make the cut? There was a bit of an uproar online on Sunday over the late stars who didn’t end up featured in the 2023 Oscars “In Memoriam” segment.
While this year’s tribute to those stars we’ve lost was moving and emotional — featuring a tearful introduction from John Travolta and a powerful performance of “Calling All Angels” by Lennt Kravitz — glaring omission of some big-name stars shook up some viewers at home.
Anne Heche — who died following a fiery car crash in August at the age of 53 — was not a part of the segment, despite her many film roles.
Also absent from the televised tribute was longtime film veteran Tom Sizemore — who died on Mar. 3, at age 61, two weeks after suffering a brain aneurysm that left him hospitalized.
One of the most surprising omissions was that of Charlbi Dean, who died on Aug. 22 at...
While this year’s tribute to those stars we’ve lost was moving and emotional — featuring a tearful introduction from John Travolta and a powerful performance of “Calling All Angels” by Lennt Kravitz — glaring omission of some big-name stars shook up some viewers at home.
Anne Heche — who died following a fiery car crash in August at the age of 53 — was not a part of the segment, despite her many film roles.
Also absent from the televised tribute was longtime film veteran Tom Sizemore — who died on Mar. 3, at age 61, two weeks after suffering a brain aneurysm that left him hospitalized.
One of the most surprising omissions was that of Charlbi Dean, who died on Aug. 22 at...
- 3/13/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Every year the “In Memoriam” tribute at the Oscars leaves off a few fan favorites and 2023 was no exception: Among those who weren’t included in Sunday night’s video montage were Anne Heche, “Saving Private Ryan” star Tom Sizemore and Charlbi Dean, who appeared in this year’s Best Picture nominee “Triangle of Sadness.”
Fans also noted the absence of Cindy Williams: While she was best known for the ’70s TV sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” she notably appeared in two classic films of the era, George Lucas’ “American Graffiti” and Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation.”
And while the tribute included “Goodfellas” star Ray Liotta, who died unexpectedly on May 26, 2022, his costar Paul Sorvino, who died in July 2022, was left out.
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Also missing from the tribute: two-time Oscar nominee Melinda Dillon of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,...
Fans also noted the absence of Cindy Williams: While she was best known for the ’70s TV sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” she notably appeared in two classic films of the era, George Lucas’ “American Graffiti” and Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation.”
And while the tribute included “Goodfellas” star Ray Liotta, who died unexpectedly on May 26, 2022, his costar Paul Sorvino, who died in July 2022, was left out.
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Also missing from the tribute: two-time Oscar nominee Melinda Dillon of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
John Travolta introduced the Oscars In Memoriam segment, tearing up while remembering his “Grease” co-star Olivia Newton-John.
“They’ve made us smile, and became dear friends who we will always remain hopelessly devoted to,” a visibly emotional Travolta said before the video montage began.
The Oscars recognized the actors and filmmakers we lost over the past year in the annual In Memoriam segment, which this year unfurled to the sound of Lenny Kravitz playing “Calling All Angels.” The emotional segment is a viewer favorite, but omissions of high-profile Hollywood figures spark annual debate.
This year, Twitter lit up with people they thought should have been included during the show, including Anne Heche, “Triangle of Sadness” star Charlbi Dean and Paul Sorvino. However, all three were memorialized on the Oscars website.
Among the other stars not mentioned on-screen were Leslie Jordan, Gilbert Gottfried, Tom Sizemore and Cindy Williams.
The show is...
“They’ve made us smile, and became dear friends who we will always remain hopelessly devoted to,” a visibly emotional Travolta said before the video montage began.
The Oscars recognized the actors and filmmakers we lost over the past year in the annual In Memoriam segment, which this year unfurled to the sound of Lenny Kravitz playing “Calling All Angels.” The emotional segment is a viewer favorite, but omissions of high-profile Hollywood figures spark annual debate.
This year, Twitter lit up with people they thought should have been included during the show, including Anne Heche, “Triangle of Sadness” star Charlbi Dean and Paul Sorvino. However, all three were memorialized on the Oscars website.
Among the other stars not mentioned on-screen were Leslie Jordan, Gilbert Gottfried, Tom Sizemore and Cindy Williams.
The show is...
- 3/13/2023
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
It’s Oscar weekend in Hollywood, and the Real Time live audience was in the mood for some show business insight. Host Bill Maher didn’t disappoint.
This year’s Oscars has some changes, Maher said. “They’re asking, ‘Who are you slapping?’
He also noted that it’s hard to remember who won what from year to year. “You win and you disappear,” Maher noted. He waited a beat. “Like Kamala Harris.”
Maher admitted he’s rooting for one actor in particular – Tom Cruise. “I want to see a person get up and say, “I want to thank Xenu.”
All of that in the opening monologue was the warmup to Maher’s closing editorial in his “New Rules” section.
In a segment called “The Scold and the Beautiful,” Maher reflected on the origins of award winners telling us their views, or “how bad people have it by the people who have it the best.
This year’s Oscars has some changes, Maher said. “They’re asking, ‘Who are you slapping?’
He also noted that it’s hard to remember who won what from year to year. “You win and you disappear,” Maher noted. He waited a beat. “Like Kamala Harris.”
Maher admitted he’s rooting for one actor in particular – Tom Cruise. “I want to see a person get up and say, “I want to thank Xenu.”
All of that in the opening monologue was the warmup to Maher’s closing editorial in his “New Rules” section.
In a segment called “The Scold and the Beautiful,” Maher reflected on the origins of award winners telling us their views, or “how bad people have it by the people who have it the best.
- 3/11/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The Oscars are right around the corner, with the prestigious ceremony taking place this weekend.
The Academy Awards take place on Sunday 12 March in Los Angeles.
Everything Everywhere All at Once is nominated for the most awards, with a total of 11, and German film All Quiet on the Western Front is close behind with 10.
You can find the full list of nominees here.
Rihanna - who is fresh off the back of her Super Bowl halftime show - will be performing her nominated track “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever at the ceremony.
The song, which the 35-year-old created with Tems, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson, is up for Best Original Song, marking her first ever Oscar nomination.
Last year’s award ended up being very dramatic when Will Smith infamously walked onstage and slapped presenter Chris Rock.
This year, the 95th awards ceremony will be hosted by American presenter Jimmy Kimmel.
The Academy Awards take place on Sunday 12 March in Los Angeles.
Everything Everywhere All at Once is nominated for the most awards, with a total of 11, and German film All Quiet on the Western Front is close behind with 10.
You can find the full list of nominees here.
Rihanna - who is fresh off the back of her Super Bowl halftime show - will be performing her nominated track “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever at the ceremony.
The song, which the 35-year-old created with Tems, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson, is up for Best Original Song, marking her first ever Oscar nomination.
Last year’s award ended up being very dramatic when Will Smith infamously walked onstage and slapped presenter Chris Rock.
This year, the 95th awards ceremony will be hosted by American presenter Jimmy Kimmel.
- 3/8/2023
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Film
Michelle Yeoh divides fans after sharing article saying that Cate Blanchett ‘already has two Oscars’
Michelle Yeoh shared, and then swiftly deleted, snippets from an article on Instagram, in which it was noted that her Academy Awards competitor Cate Blanchett “already has two Oscars”.
Yeoh has drawn criticism for the post, originally shared on 7 March, because she is competing with Blanchett for the Best Actress prize at the Academy Awards later this month.
The article that Yeoh shared was Vogue’s 6 March piece, titled “It’s Been Over Two Decades Since We’ve Had a Non-White Best Actress Winner. Will That Change in 2023?”
Yeoh, who is nominated at the 2023 Academy Awards for her role as Evelyn Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once, shared a number of excerpts from the article on Instagram, in a post seen by The Independent.
In her caption, Yeoh wrote: “This is not just for me, this is for every little girl that looks like me... We want to be seen.
Yeoh has drawn criticism for the post, originally shared on 7 March, because she is competing with Blanchett for the Best Actress prize at the Academy Awards later this month.
The article that Yeoh shared was Vogue’s 6 March piece, titled “It’s Been Over Two Decades Since We’ve Had a Non-White Best Actress Winner. Will That Change in 2023?”
Yeoh, who is nominated at the 2023 Academy Awards for her role as Evelyn Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once, shared a number of excerpts from the article on Instagram, in a post seen by The Independent.
In her caption, Yeoh wrote: “This is not just for me, this is for every little girl that looks like me... We want to be seen.
- 3/8/2023
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - Film
Sunday’s SAG Awards ceremony will be a streaming event for the first time on the Netflix YouTube channel. One of the highlights each year is the special In Memoriam segment. It’s been a particularly rough year with over 100 deaths of prominent actors and actresses who were likely members of SAG/AFTRA. Show producers typically are able to include approximately 40-50 people in a tribute.
Among that group will certainly be Oscar winners Louise Fletcher, William Hurt and Irene Cara, plus nominees Angela Lansbury (a SAG life achievement recipient) and Melinda Dillon. Emmy champs Mary Alice, Kirstie Alley, Leslie Jordan, Ray Liotta, Stuart Margolin, Robert Morse and Barbara Walters.
SEECelebrity Deaths 2023: In Memoriam Gallery
Here is our expansive list of over 100 people who died since last year’s ceremony, several of whom will be honored on Sunday’s event:
Ralph Ahn
J. Grant Albrecht
Mary Alice
Rae Allen...
Among that group will certainly be Oscar winners Louise Fletcher, William Hurt and Irene Cara, plus nominees Angela Lansbury (a SAG life achievement recipient) and Melinda Dillon. Emmy champs Mary Alice, Kirstie Alley, Leslie Jordan, Ray Liotta, Stuart Margolin, Robert Morse and Barbara Walters.
SEECelebrity Deaths 2023: In Memoriam Gallery
Here is our expansive list of over 100 people who died since last year’s ceremony, several of whom will be honored on Sunday’s event:
Ralph Ahn
J. Grant Albrecht
Mary Alice
Rae Allen...
- 2/24/2023
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
The Oscars have always been a battleground of sorts. In recent years, the ceremony has become a public event arbitrating issues of race, gender, and privilege in cinema and society. But throughout its 94-year history, the Academy Awards mediated some very different battles. There have been attempts to square petty power plays, wars with the Academy itself, and even attempts to take down a gay Oscars producer.
“The red carpet runs through contested turf,” Michael Schulman opens his new tome on the awards, Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold,...
“The red carpet runs through contested turf,” Michael Schulman opens his new tome on the awards, Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Nathan Smith
- Rollingstone.com
Activist, model and actor who believed she had been blacklisted for refusing an Oscar on Marlon Brando’s behalf in 1973
The Academy Awards ceremony has always tried to avoid controversy, but on 27 March 1973, during the first Oscars show broadcast by satellite around the world, Sacheen Littlefeather came to the dais to receive the best actor award on behalf of Marlon Brando.
Littlefeather raised a hand to decline the Oscar statue being presented by Roger Moore. She held up an eight-page speech Brando had written for her, but she had been told by the show’s producer, Howard W Koch, that she would have only 60 seconds to speak, or else be arrested.
The Academy Awards ceremony has always tried to avoid controversy, but on 27 March 1973, during the first Oscars show broadcast by satellite around the world, Sacheen Littlefeather came to the dais to receive the best actor award on behalf of Marlon Brando.
Littlefeather raised a hand to decline the Oscar statue being presented by Roger Moore. She held up an eight-page speech Brando had written for her, but she had been told by the show’s producer, Howard W Koch, that she would have only 60 seconds to speak, or else be arrested.
- 10/25/2022
- by Michael Carlson
- The Guardian - Film News
As this is written, the interested public is still waiting for something, anything, from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences or its movie museum by way of response to their latest crisis.
Said crisis was provoked over the weekend by a detailed column in the San Francisco Chronicle claiming that the late Sacheen Littlefeather, recently celebrated and apologized to by the Academy for her onstage Native American activism and the backlash thereto, was not a Native American at all.
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Rather, said the column, citing documents and interviews with Littlefeather’s two surviving sisters, she was of European and Mexican-American extraction, with little or no Indian blood. What she did have,...
Said crisis was provoked over the weekend by a detailed column in the San Francisco Chronicle claiming that the late Sacheen Littlefeather, recently celebrated and apologized to by the Academy for her onstage Native American activism and the backlash thereto, was not a Native American at all.
Related Story Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American And Oscars Protest Icon, Was An ‘Ethnic Fraud’ – Report Related Story Student Academy Award Reveals 2022 Medalists Related Story As Scotus Tackles Affirmative Action, The Film Academy Should Keep A Wary Eye Out
Rather, said the column, citing documents and interviews with Littlefeather’s two surviving sisters, she was of European and Mexican-American extraction, with little or no Indian blood. What she did have,...
- 10/24/2022
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
Having stood in for Marlon Brando to refuse his Oscar, the actor and activist championed Native American rights
Sacheen Littlefeather, the activist who famously stood in for Marlon Brando to refuse the best actor Oscar in 1973, faked Native American ancestry, her family have said.
In an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Littlefeather’s sisters Rosalind Cruz and Trudy Orlandi said that their sister’s claim to have Apache and Yaqui ancestry through her father was “a lie” and “a fantasy”.
Sacheen Littlefeather, the activist who famously stood in for Marlon Brando to refuse the best actor Oscar in 1973, faked Native American ancestry, her family have said.
In an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Littlefeather’s sisters Rosalind Cruz and Trudy Orlandi said that their sister’s claim to have Apache and Yaqui ancestry through her father was “a lie” and “a fantasy”.
- 10/24/2022
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
On Saturday, a bombshell report from the opinion pages of the San Francisco Chronicle whipped up #NativeTwitter into a frenzy. The report, authored by Jacqueline Keeler (Diné/Yankton Dakota Sioux), claimed that venerated White Mountain Apache/Yaqui activist Sacheen Littlefeather had fudged her identity and, according to Littlefeather’s sisters, wasn’t actually Native.
This comes four months after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences sent Littlefeather an apology for her mistreatment at the 1973 Oscars, when she stepped in for Marlon Brando and declined the award because of Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans.
And it comes mere weeks after Littlefeather’s death.
For the controversial reporter Keeler, who’s been accused multiple times of conducting unethical and racially charged “witch hunts” to “out Pretendians,” the timing seemed awkward at best and arch at worst.
Not only that, but Keeler’s article has stirred up a lot of complicated emotions for Native people,...
This comes four months after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences sent Littlefeather an apology for her mistreatment at the 1973 Oscars, when she stepped in for Marlon Brando and declined the award because of Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans.
And it comes mere weeks after Littlefeather’s death.
For the controversial reporter Keeler, who’s been accused multiple times of conducting unethical and racially charged “witch hunts” to “out Pretendians,” the timing seemed awkward at best and arch at worst.
Not only that, but Keeler’s article has stirred up a lot of complicated emotions for Native people,...
- 10/23/2022
- by Laura Clark
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros./DC’s “Black Adam” has earned the biggest opening weekend the box office has seen since “Thor: Love and Thunder” more than three months ago, taking a 67 million launch from 4,401 theaters domestically in addition to 73 million overseas for a 140 million global opening.
That figure tops the 60 million opening that star Dwayne Johnson posted with the “Fast & Furious” spinoff “Hobbs & Shaw” in August 2019 and is consistent with the 67 million opening that Jason Momoa’s “Aquaman” earned in December 2018. It is also closer to the 70 million projections that independent trackers initially posted before lowering them to 60 million shortly before release.
Though it is modest compared to 100 million-plus openings that superhero films like “Love and Thunder” and Warner/DC’s “The Batman” have earned, it is a positive result for Warner Bros. at a time when it is facing a slew of headlines over widespread layoffs and spending cuts...
That figure tops the 60 million opening that star Dwayne Johnson posted with the “Fast & Furious” spinoff “Hobbs & Shaw” in August 2019 and is consistent with the 67 million opening that Jason Momoa’s “Aquaman” earned in December 2018. It is also closer to the 70 million projections that independent trackers initially posted before lowering them to 60 million shortly before release.
Though it is modest compared to 100 million-plus openings that superhero films like “Love and Thunder” and Warner/DC’s “The Batman” have earned, it is a positive result for Warner Bros. at a time when it is facing a slew of headlines over widespread layoffs and spending cuts...
- 10/23/2022
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Months after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologised to her for what happened to her in 1973 Oscars, late Native American actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather’s legacy is being questioned by her family, reports ‘People’ magazine.
After Littlefeather died at age 75 earlier this month, her two sisters now claim that she lied about her indigenous ancestry and was previously known by the family as “Deb” in a bombshell interview with the ‘San Francisco Chronicle’.
“It’s a lie,” Trudy Orlandi said of her sister, quoted by ‘People’ magazine. “My father was who he was. His family came from Mexico. And my dad was born in Oxnard.”
Littlefeather’s other sister Rosalind Cruz added: “It is a fraud. It’s disgusting to the heritage of the tribal people. And it’s just… insulting to my parents.”
According to ‘People’, Littlefeather, who claimed to belong to the White Mountain...
After Littlefeather died at age 75 earlier this month, her two sisters now claim that she lied about her indigenous ancestry and was previously known by the family as “Deb” in a bombshell interview with the ‘San Francisco Chronicle’.
“It’s a lie,” Trudy Orlandi said of her sister, quoted by ‘People’ magazine. “My father was who he was. His family came from Mexico. And my dad was born in Oxnard.”
Littlefeather’s other sister Rosalind Cruz added: “It is a fraud. It’s disgusting to the heritage of the tribal people. And it’s just… insulting to my parents.”
According to ‘People’, Littlefeather, who claimed to belong to the White Mountain...
- 10/23/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Three weeks following the death of Sacheen Littlefeather, the activist who famously accepted Marlon Brando’s Oscar for “The Godfather” at the 1973 Academy Awards, a new column alleges that Littlefeather had been posing as a Native American through her life.
Published Saturday in the San Francisco Chronicle, the piece features quotes from Littlefeather’s sisters, Rosalind Cruz and Trudy Orlandi, who called the activist’s identity as a Native American a “lie.”
Notably, several Native American writers and activists have denounced the Chronicle column on social media, saying that its writer, Jacqueline Keeler, has long-exercised a vendetta against Littlefeather, among other figures she calls “Pretendians.” They also say Littlefeather’s sisters thought they were of Native American ancestry until Keeler informed them they weren’t.
“Her desire to weed out Pretendians has led to a violent vendetta against genuinely reconnecting Natives who don’t meet colonial standards,” wrote CarlyMButton on Twitter.
Published Saturday in the San Francisco Chronicle, the piece features quotes from Littlefeather’s sisters, Rosalind Cruz and Trudy Orlandi, who called the activist’s identity as a Native American a “lie.”
Notably, several Native American writers and activists have denounced the Chronicle column on social media, saying that its writer, Jacqueline Keeler, has long-exercised a vendetta against Littlefeather, among other figures she calls “Pretendians.” They also say Littlefeather’s sisters thought they were of Native American ancestry until Keeler informed them they weren’t.
“Her desire to weed out Pretendians has led to a violent vendetta against genuinely reconnecting Natives who don’t meet colonial standards,” wrote CarlyMButton on Twitter.
- 10/22/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Three weeks after Sacheen Littlefeather’s death, a writer has come forward with claims that the celebrated activist and former actress spent her life fraudulently posing as a Native American. Littlefeather died Oct. 2 of metastasized breast cancer at age 75.
In a piece published in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Open Forum opinion section Saturday, Jacqueline Keeler (Diné/Dakota) alleges that Littlefeather, who cemented her pop culture legacy when she took the stage at the 1973 Academy Awards to decline the best actor Oscar on Marlon Brando’s behalf, was of Mexican and white descent. During her lifetime, Littlefeather, whose birth name was Marie Louise Cruz, identified as Apache and Yaqui on her father’s side. (That her mother was white has not been disputed.)
Keeler writes that according to her research of historical documents, the lineage of Littlefeather’s father traces to Mexico, not...
Three weeks after Sacheen Littlefeather’s death, a writer has come forward with claims that the celebrated activist and former actress spent her life fraudulently posing as a Native American. Littlefeather died Oct. 2 of metastasized breast cancer at age 75.
In a piece published in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Open Forum opinion section Saturday, Jacqueline Keeler (Diné/Dakota) alleges that Littlefeather, who cemented her pop culture legacy when she took the stage at the 1973 Academy Awards to decline the best actor Oscar on Marlon Brando’s behalf, was of Mexican and white descent. During her lifetime, Littlefeather, whose birth name was Marie Louise Cruz, identified as Apache and Yaqui on her father’s side. (That her mother was white has not been disputed.)
Keeler writes that according to her research of historical documents, the lineage of Littlefeather’s father traces to Mexico, not...
- 10/22/2022
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sacheen Littlefeather – the Native American activist renowned for declining Marlon Brando’s Oscar for “The Godfather” and who died earlier this month – was not in fact Native American, her sisters have claimed, according to writer Jacqueline Keeler.
In an Oct. 22 Opinion column in the San Francisco Chronicle by Keeler – an Indigenous writer who has been investigating individuals she suspects of falsely claiming Native identity since 2021 – Littlefeather’s biological siblings Rosalind Cruz and Trudy Orlandi said that the actress and Native American civil rights icon falsified her Apache and Yaqui heritage.
“It is a fraud,” Cruz said. “It’s disgusting to the heritage of the tribal people. And it’s just … insulting to my parents.”
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Littlefeather was born Maria Louise Cruz in 1946 to a white mother and Mexican father. According to Orlandi, their father – who Littlefeather...
In an Oct. 22 Opinion column in the San Francisco Chronicle by Keeler – an Indigenous writer who has been investigating individuals she suspects of falsely claiming Native identity since 2021 – Littlefeather’s biological siblings Rosalind Cruz and Trudy Orlandi said that the actress and Native American civil rights icon falsified her Apache and Yaqui heritage.
“It is a fraud,” Cruz said. “It’s disgusting to the heritage of the tribal people. And it’s just … insulting to my parents.”
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Littlefeather was born Maria Louise Cruz in 1946 to a white mother and Mexican father. According to Orlandi, their father – who Littlefeather...
- 10/22/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Less than a month after Sacheen Littlefeather died, her two biological sisters are claiming in on-the-record interviews that the late actress and Native American activist wasn’t Native American at all.
In an explosive report published Saturday in the San Francisco Chronicle, Rosalind Cruz and Trudy Orlandi accused their late sister of being an ethnic fraud. For decades, Littlefeather claimed her father, Manuel Ybarra Cruz, was a White Mountain Apache and Yaqui Indian, but the sisters say their father’s family actually came from Mexico and that he was born in Oxnard, California, about an hour north of Los Angeles. Their mother, Gertrude Barnitz, was white.
In one of her final interviews, Littlefeather said of her Oscars rejection speech in 1973 that she “spoke my heart, not for me, myself, as an Indian woman but for we and us, for all Indian people … I had to speak the truth.”
“It’s a lie,...
In an explosive report published Saturday in the San Francisco Chronicle, Rosalind Cruz and Trudy Orlandi accused their late sister of being an ethnic fraud. For decades, Littlefeather claimed her father, Manuel Ybarra Cruz, was a White Mountain Apache and Yaqui Indian, but the sisters say their father’s family actually came from Mexico and that he was born in Oxnard, California, about an hour north of Los Angeles. Their mother, Gertrude Barnitz, was white.
In one of her final interviews, Littlefeather said of her Oscars rejection speech in 1973 that she “spoke my heart, not for me, myself, as an Indian woman but for we and us, for all Indian people … I had to speak the truth.”
“It’s a lie,...
- 10/22/2022
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
The San Francisco Chronicle published an investigative report Saturday that claims Oscars and Native American icon Sacheen Littlefeather – best known for her appearance on behalf of Marlon Brando to refuse his Best Actor Academy Award for The Godfather — was not who she claimed to be.
Her sisters said in the article that Littlefeather, who died earlier this month shortly after receiving an official apology from the Academy, was not of Apache heritage, but rather half-Mexican. They also said she did not grow up with an abusive father, or in terrible poverty.
Littlefeather’s sisters, Orlandi and Rosalind Cruz, approached Native American journalist and activist Jacqueline Keeler to tell their story. Keeler is known for co-creating the #NotYourMascot hashtag in 2013, which brought about a name change for the NFL’s Washington team. She also authors a “Pretendians” list, exposing people who make false claims of American Indian heritage.
The Chronicle article...
Her sisters said in the article that Littlefeather, who died earlier this month shortly after receiving an official apology from the Academy, was not of Apache heritage, but rather half-Mexican. They also said she did not grow up with an abusive father, or in terrible poverty.
Littlefeather’s sisters, Orlandi and Rosalind Cruz, approached Native American journalist and activist Jacqueline Keeler to tell their story. Keeler is known for co-creating the #NotYourMascot hashtag in 2013, which brought about a name change for the NFL’s Washington team. She also authors a “Pretendians” list, exposing people who make false claims of American Indian heritage.
The Chronicle article...
- 10/22/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
After she took the stage in Marlon Brando’s place at the 1973 Academy Awards, Sacheen Littlefeather became known as one of the entertainment industry’s most prominent activists for Native Americans and other Indigenous people. Rather than accept Brando’s best actor Oscar, which he had just won for his performance in “The Godfather,” Littlefeather, who died earlier this month, declined the awards and used her time on stage to criticize Hollywood’s on and offscreen treatment of Native Americans. The move prompted some outrage, leading the Academy to issue a belated apology to Littlefeather earlier this year.
When she took the stage, her first words were: “Hello. My name is Sacheen Littlefeather. I’m Apache.” But a new report alleges that might not have been true.
In a bombshell story by Native American journalist Jacqueline Keeler for the San Francisco Chronicle, Littlefeather’s sisters Rosalind Cruz and Trudy Orlandi...
When she took the stage, her first words were: “Hello. My name is Sacheen Littlefeather. I’m Apache.” But a new report alleges that might not have been true.
In a bombshell story by Native American journalist Jacqueline Keeler for the San Francisco Chronicle, Littlefeather’s sisters Rosalind Cruz and Trudy Orlandi...
- 10/22/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Just weeks after the death of Sacheen Littlefeather — the actress and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Oscar win for The Godfather on his behalf and was blacklisted in Hollywood — her biological sisters have revealed that she fabricated her Native American ancestry.
The two sisters of Littlefeather (born Marie Louise Cruz) told the San Francisco Chronicle that, despite Littlefeather’s claims of being White Mountain Apache, their father was actually Mexican with no tribal identity; genealogical records also traced the Cruz family history to Mexico City with no known ties to the tribal nations there.
The two sisters of Littlefeather (born Marie Louise Cruz) told the San Francisco Chronicle that, despite Littlefeather’s claims of being White Mountain Apache, their father was actually Mexican with no tribal identity; genealogical records also traced the Cruz family history to Mexico City with no known ties to the tribal nations there.
- 10/22/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
With just three episodes left to go, House of the Dragon is hotting up.
The latest instalment of the Game of Thrones spin-off put the places in motion for a forthcoming showdown between Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke).
Following the episode’s surprising alteration from George Rr Martin’s source material, the HBO show will turn its head to a forthcoming deadly battle.
In the latest episode, Alicent’s violent streak manifested when she held Rhaenyra at knifepoint in full view of everybody. Feeling moritified by her actions after, she chided herself in front of her father, Ser Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) – who revealed he had been left quietly happy by the move. He told her it was the first time he was left convinced of her belief in the importance of the Iron Throne.
This episode revealed that Ser Otto was back in position as...
The latest instalment of the Game of Thrones spin-off put the places in motion for a forthcoming showdown between Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke).
Following the episode’s surprising alteration from George Rr Martin’s source material, the HBO show will turn its head to a forthcoming deadly battle.
In the latest episode, Alicent’s violent streak manifested when she held Rhaenyra at knifepoint in full view of everybody. Feeling moritified by her actions after, she chided herself in front of her father, Ser Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) – who revealed he had been left quietly happy by the move. He told her it was the first time he was left convinced of her belief in the importance of the Iron Throne.
This episode revealed that Ser Otto was back in position as...
- 10/8/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Sara Lee, the former wrestler and winner of season 6 of the “WWE Tough Enough” reality competition show, has died. She was 30.
Sara’s mother, Terri Lee, shared the tragic news to Facebook on Thursday, writing, “It is with heavy hearts we wanted to share that our Sara Weston has gone to be with Jesus. We are all in shock and arrangements are not complete. We ask that you respectfully let our family mourn. We all need prayers especially Cory and her children.”
Lee married fellow WWE wrestler Cory James Weston in 2017, and the couple share three children.
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Lee gained fame when she was crowned the winner of “Tough Enough” in 2015, which earned her a one-year contract with WWE. She appeared and competed in eight matches as part of the organization’s Nxt development brand.
No cause of death has been released.
On Thursday,...
Sara’s mother, Terri Lee, shared the tragic news to Facebook on Thursday, writing, “It is with heavy hearts we wanted to share that our Sara Weston has gone to be with Jesus. We are all in shock and arrangements are not complete. We ask that you respectfully let our family mourn. We all need prayers especially Cory and her children.”
Lee married fellow WWE wrestler Cory James Weston in 2017, and the couple share three children.
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Lee gained fame when she was crowned the winner of “Tough Enough” in 2015, which earned her a one-year contract with WWE. She appeared and competed in eight matches as part of the organization’s Nxt development brand.
No cause of death has been released.
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- 10/7/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Grammy-winning country singer Jody Miller has died. She was 80. The celebrated songstress died at her house in Blanchard, Oklahoma, due to complications from Parkinson’s disease.
Miller’s first big hit came in 1964 with her song, “He Walks Like a Man”, followed by her smash-hit single, “Queen of the House”, which earned Miller a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1966.
Miller is celebrated as a pioneer for crossover female vocalists, moving from the pop/folk genre into the country music sphere, which paved the way for many artists who came after, including Linda Ronstadt, Anne Murray and many others.
“Jody Miller’s talent cannot be overstated. She had this innate, God-given ability to interpret and communicate with the most beautiful tones and inflection,” Miller’s longtime rep, Jennifer McMullen, shared in a statement issued on Thursday. “She made it look and sound so easy that it sometimes...
Miller’s first big hit came in 1964 with her song, “He Walks Like a Man”, followed by her smash-hit single, “Queen of the House”, which earned Miller a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1966.
Miller is celebrated as a pioneer for crossover female vocalists, moving from the pop/folk genre into the country music sphere, which paved the way for many artists who came after, including Linda Ronstadt, Anne Murray and many others.
“Jody Miller’s talent cannot be overstated. She had this innate, God-given ability to interpret and communicate with the most beautiful tones and inflection,” Miller’s longtime rep, Jennifer McMullen, shared in a statement issued on Thursday. “She made it look and sound so easy that it sometimes...
- 10/6/2022
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Submissions for the Academy Awards’ Best International Feature Film category closed on Monday, Oct. 3, and at this point more than 80 countries have announced their submissions for this year’s Oscars.
The highest-profile entry comes from Mexico, which submitted “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” from “Birdman” and “The Revenant” director Alejandro G. Inarritu. The film received a mixed reaction after premiering at the Venice Film Festival, but Inarritu has trimmed more than 22 minutes from that version, and Netflix is releasing “Bardo” in U.S. theaters.
Other top contenders include another Netflix release, director Edward Berger’s German-language adaptation of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” as well as South Korea’s “Decision to Leave” from Park Chan-wook and Belgium’s “Close” from Lukas Dhont.
And in a year with relatively few clear favorites, other films with a good chance of making the 15-film shortlist include Austria’s “Corsage,...
The highest-profile entry comes from Mexico, which submitted “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” from “Birdman” and “The Revenant” director Alejandro G. Inarritu. The film received a mixed reaction after premiering at the Venice Film Festival, but Inarritu has trimmed more than 22 minutes from that version, and Netflix is releasing “Bardo” in U.S. theaters.
Other top contenders include another Netflix release, director Edward Berger’s German-language adaptation of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” as well as South Korea’s “Decision to Leave” from Park Chan-wook and Belgium’s “Close” from Lukas Dhont.
And in a year with relatively few clear favorites, other films with a good chance of making the 15-film shortlist include Austria’s “Corsage,...
- 10/6/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
With just three episodes left to go, House of the Dragon is hotting up.
The latest instalment of the Game of Thrones spin-off put the places in motion for a forthcoming showdown between Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke).
Following the episode’s surprising alteration from George Rr Martin’s source material, the HBO show will turn its head to a forthcoming deadly battle.
In the latest episode, Alicent’s violent streak manifested when she held Rhaenyra at knifepoint in full view of everybody. Feeling moritified by her actions after, she chided herself in front of her father, Ser Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) – who revealed he had been left quietly happy by the move. He told her it was the first time he was left convinced of her belief in the importance of the Iron Throne.
This episode revealed that Ser Otto was back in position as...
The latest instalment of the Game of Thrones spin-off put the places in motion for a forthcoming showdown between Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke).
Following the episode’s surprising alteration from George Rr Martin’s source material, the HBO show will turn its head to a forthcoming deadly battle.
In the latest episode, Alicent’s violent streak manifested when she held Rhaenyra at knifepoint in full view of everybody. Feeling moritified by her actions after, she chided herself in front of her father, Ser Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) – who revealed he had been left quietly happy by the move. He told her it was the first time he was left convinced of her belief in the importance of the Iron Throne.
This episode revealed that Ser Otto was back in position as...
- 10/5/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Sacheen Littlefeather has died at the age of 75. The Indigenous activist famously took the stage in Marlon Brando‘s place at the 1973 Academy Awards to decline his Oscar earned for The Godfather. Littlefeather died on Sunday, October 2, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Sunday. She had been living with breast cancer. Littlefeather was born Marie Louise Cruz on November 14, 1946 in Salinas, California. She changed her name in her 20s to align with her heritage as she became increasingly involved in Native American activism in the 1970s. She was part of the group that occupied Alcatraz Island in 1970. Littlefeather reportedly met Brando through Francis Ford Coppola, who like her, lived in San Francisco, after she joined the Screen Actors Guild. Brando became interested in Native American issues and had Littlefeather give his speech in his stead during the 1973 Oscars ceremony. “He very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award,...
- 10/3/2022
- TV Insider
The Native American actor and activist who declined Brando’s Oscar for The Godfather has died aged 75, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced in a tweet on Sunday. Littlefeather had breast cancer.
The Hollywood Reporter cited a statement from her caretaker that said she died at noon on Sunday at home in the northern California city of Novato, surrounded by loved ones
Sacheen Littlefeather, actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s Oscar, dies aged 75...
The Hollywood Reporter cited a statement from her caretaker that said she died at noon on Sunday at home in the northern California city of Novato, surrounded by loved ones
Sacheen Littlefeather, actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s Oscar, dies aged 75...
- 10/3/2022
- The Guardian - Film News
Indigenous activist Sacheen Littlefeather died October 2 at age 75 from metastasized breast cancer.
Littlefeather famously made history in 1973 when she turned down the Academy Award for Best Actor on behalf of “The Godfather” winner Marlon Brando. Almost 50 years later, Littlefeather received a formal apology from the Academy for her mistreatment at the awards ceremony.
“As you stood on the Oscars stage in 1973 to not accept the Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando, in recognition of the misrepresentation and mistreatment of Native American people by the film industry, you made a powerful statement that continues to remind us of the necessity of respect and the importance of human dignity,” a letter signed by former Academy President David Rubin stated, as addressed June 18.
The letter continued, “The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified. The emotional burden you have lived through and the cost to your own career in our industry are irreparable.
Littlefeather famously made history in 1973 when she turned down the Academy Award for Best Actor on behalf of “The Godfather” winner Marlon Brando. Almost 50 years later, Littlefeather received a formal apology from the Academy for her mistreatment at the awards ceremony.
“As you stood on the Oscars stage in 1973 to not accept the Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando, in recognition of the misrepresentation and mistreatment of Native American people by the film industry, you made a powerful statement that continues to remind us of the necessity of respect and the importance of human dignity,” a letter signed by former Academy President David Rubin stated, as addressed June 18.
The letter continued, “The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified. The emotional burden you have lived through and the cost to your own career in our industry are irreparable.
- 10/3/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Sacheen Littlefeather‘s death has prompted a wave of tributes to the actor and activist, arguably best known for her 1973 Oscars speech.
At the ceremony, Littlefeather appeared in Marlon Brando’s place to reject his Academy Award for Best Actor, for his performance in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather.
Standing onstage in front of the biggest stars of Hollywood, the 26-year-old instead delivered a speech condemning the film industry’s poor representation of Native American people.
She also highlighted the events at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, where a massacre of Native Americans took place in 1890, and where protests were taking place as the awards ceremony unfolded.
At the time, her speech was met by both booing and applause from those in attendance. It was also claimed that actor John Wayne attempted to approach Littlefeather onstage but was held back.
In August 2022, the board behind the Academy Awards issued an apology to Littlefeather.
At the ceremony, Littlefeather appeared in Marlon Brando’s place to reject his Academy Award for Best Actor, for his performance in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather.
Standing onstage in front of the biggest stars of Hollywood, the 26-year-old instead delivered a speech condemning the film industry’s poor representation of Native American people.
She also highlighted the events at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, where a massacre of Native Americans took place in 1890, and where protests were taking place as the awards ceremony unfolded.
At the time, her speech was met by both booing and applause from those in attendance. It was also claimed that actor John Wayne attempted to approach Littlefeather onstage but was held back.
In August 2022, the board behind the Academy Awards issued an apology to Littlefeather.
- 10/3/2022
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - Film
Family and friends are mourning the loss of Sacheen Littlefeather. The Native American activist and actress, who famously declined an Oscar win on behalf of actor Marlon Brando at the 1973 Academy Awards, has died at the age of 75. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences shared the news to their official Twitter account on Oct. 2. Nearly 50 years ago to date, Littlefeather, born Marie Cruz, took to the stage to deliver a speech at the 1973 Academy Awards, rejecting an Oscar win on behalf of Brando. The actor, who won Best Actor for his role in The Godfather, boycotted the ceremony in protest of Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans onscreen....
- 10/3/2022
- E! Online
Sacheen Littlefeather, who delivered Marlon Brando’s controversial rejection of the Best Actor Oscar, has died at the age of 75.
Littlefeather, who appeared in a handful of films in the 1970s, was noted for her seemingly endless activism. Littlefeather (real name: Marie Louise Cruz) worked with Greenpeace, contributed to the American Indian Center, helped promote Native Americans in the entertainment industry, and brought attention to the Wounded Knee Occupation. Some of these would tie directly into her most notorious moment, when, at the 1973 Academy Awards, Sacheen Littlefeather spoke on behalf of Marlon Brando, who won the Best Actor award for The Godfather.
In the speech, Sacheen Littlefeather stated, in part: “He very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award. And the reasons for this being are the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry…and on television in movie reruns, and also with recent happenings at Wounded Knee.
Littlefeather, who appeared in a handful of films in the 1970s, was noted for her seemingly endless activism. Littlefeather (real name: Marie Louise Cruz) worked with Greenpeace, contributed to the American Indian Center, helped promote Native Americans in the entertainment industry, and brought attention to the Wounded Knee Occupation. Some of these would tie directly into her most notorious moment, when, at the 1973 Academy Awards, Sacheen Littlefeather spoke on behalf of Marlon Brando, who won the Best Actor award for The Godfather.
In the speech, Sacheen Littlefeather stated, in part: “He very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award. And the reasons for this being are the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry…and on television in movie reruns, and also with recent happenings at Wounded Knee.
- 10/3/2022
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Julia Fox is getting candid about her struggles with Adhd and Ocd. In a new video shared on TikTok, the 32-year-old actress spoke about the difficulties she’s faced while dealing with both the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder, which she said she only recently realized she suffers from.
In the video, a fresh out of the shower Fox answers a fan who asked, “Can u make a video about navigating ur career while being neurodivergent?”
“It’s been very difficult,” the “Uncut Gems” star replied. “I have bouts of like, great productivity, where I’m on top of the world and just feeling like I’m invincible. And then, I have moments of like, deep, deep, deep, stagnant type of feeling, like I just can’t f**king move.”
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In the video, a fresh out of the shower Fox answers a fan who asked, “Can u make a video about navigating ur career while being neurodivergent?”
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- 10/3/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather, whose historic and headline-making surprise appearance at the 1973 Academy Awards was heard around the world, has died at 75 years old.
Littlefeather passed away Sunday in the Northern California city of Novato after a years-long battle with breast cancer that had metastasized in recent years, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
It’s been nearly 50 years since Littlefeather — then 26 — took the stage in place of Marlon Brando, who won the Best Actor Oscar for “The Godfather”, and delivered a message on Brando’s behalf about the mistreatment and oppression of Native Americans.
On Sunday, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced her passing, tweeting, “Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, dies at 75.”
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Sacheen LittlefeatherAcademy Museum ‘An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather’, Los Angeles,...
Littlefeather passed away Sunday in the Northern California city of Novato after a years-long battle with breast cancer that had metastasized in recent years, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
It’s been nearly 50 years since Littlefeather — then 26 — took the stage in place of Marlon Brando, who won the Best Actor Oscar for “The Godfather”, and delivered a message on Brando’s behalf about the mistreatment and oppression of Native Americans.
On Sunday, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced her passing, tweeting, “Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, dies at 75.”
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Sacheen LittlefeatherAcademy Museum ‘An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather’, Los Angeles,...
- 10/3/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
With just three episodes left to go, House of the Dragon is hotting up.
The latest instalment of the Game of Thrones spin-off put the places in motion for a forthcoming showdown between Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke).
Following the episode’s surprising alteration from George Rr Martin’s source material, the HBO show will turn its head to a forthcoming deadly battle.
In the latest episode, Alicent’s violent streak manifested when she held Rhaenyra at knifepoint in full view of everybody. Feeling moritified by her actions after, she chided herself in front of her father, Ser Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) – who revealed he had been left quietly happy by the move. He told her it was the first time he was left convinced of her belief in the importance of the Iron Throne.
This episode revealed that Ser Otto was back in position as...
The latest instalment of the Game of Thrones spin-off put the places in motion for a forthcoming showdown between Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke).
Following the episode’s surprising alteration from George Rr Martin’s source material, the HBO show will turn its head to a forthcoming deadly battle.
In the latest episode, Alicent’s violent streak manifested when she held Rhaenyra at knifepoint in full view of everybody. Feeling moritified by her actions after, she chided herself in front of her father, Ser Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) – who revealed he had been left quietly happy by the move. He told her it was the first time he was left convinced of her belief in the importance of the Iron Throne.
This episode revealed that Ser Otto was back in position as...
- 10/3/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Billy Eichner has said he is “disappointed” that “straight people didn’t show up for” his new movie Bros.
The film, which is being pegged as Hollywood’s first major gay romcom, has received acclaim from critics, but has not been a hit at the box office.
It is estimated to make just 4.8m (approximately £4.3m) – half of what Universal had hoped – during its opening weekend.
In a Twitter thread shared on Sunday (2 October), Eichner wrote: “Last night I snuck in and sat in the back of a sold-out theatre playing Bros in LA.
“The audience howled with laughter start to finish, burst into applause at the end, and some were wiping away tears as they walked out. Really. I am Very proud of this movie.”
He added: “Even with glowing reviews, great Rotten Tomatoes scores, an A CinemaScore, etc, straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just...
The film, which is being pegged as Hollywood’s first major gay romcom, has received acclaim from critics, but has not been a hit at the box office.
It is estimated to make just 4.8m (approximately £4.3m) – half of what Universal had hoped – during its opening weekend.
In a Twitter thread shared on Sunday (2 October), Eichner wrote: “Last night I snuck in and sat in the back of a sold-out theatre playing Bros in LA.
“The audience howled with laughter start to finish, burst into applause at the end, and some were wiping away tears as they walked out. Really. I am Very proud of this movie.”
He added: “Even with glowing reviews, great Rotten Tomatoes scores, an A CinemaScore, etc, straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just...
- 10/3/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - Film
Fans of Sacheen Littlefeather are paying tribute to her after her death.
The Native American actor known for declining the Best Actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brandodied on Sunday (2 October).
The news was announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures, who wrote on Twitter: “Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, dies at 75.”
Following the news of her death, fans and members of the film industry have paid tribute.
Writer Hansraj Meena wrote: “Rip Sacheen Littlefeather. [She] was an Indigenous activist who famously rejected the Oscar for Best Actor in 1973 on behalf of Marlon Brando in protest against the mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples in Hollywood and to bring attention to the Wounded Knee Occupation.”
Another admirer wrote: “Rip, Sacheen Littlefeather. Honour the bravery she showed calling out the industry’s racist treatment of Native Americans at an event she...
The Native American actor known for declining the Best Actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brandodied on Sunday (2 October).
The news was announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures, who wrote on Twitter: “Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, dies at 75.”
Following the news of her death, fans and members of the film industry have paid tribute.
Writer Hansraj Meena wrote: “Rip Sacheen Littlefeather. [She] was an Indigenous activist who famously rejected the Oscar for Best Actor in 1973 on behalf of Marlon Brando in protest against the mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples in Hollywood and to bring attention to the Wounded Knee Occupation.”
Another admirer wrote: “Rip, Sacheen Littlefeather. Honour the bravery she showed calling out the industry’s racist treatment of Native Americans at an event she...
- 10/3/2022
- by Peony Hirwani
- The Independent - Film
Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s Oscar, has died.
The news was announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures, who wrote on Twitter: “Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, dies at 75.”
The actor and activist first announced she had been diagnosed with metastasized breast cancer in a 2021 Facebook post.
In September, at a ceremony titled “An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather”, the activist told the crowd: “I’m crossing over soon to the spirit world. And you know, I’m not afraid to die. Because we come from a we/us/our society. We don’t come from a me/I/myself society. And we learn to give away from a very young age. When we are honoured, we give.”
Littlefeather was blacklisted from Hollywood after gracing the Oscars stage on Brando...
The news was announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures, who wrote on Twitter: “Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, dies at 75.”
The actor and activist first announced she had been diagnosed with metastasized breast cancer in a 2021 Facebook post.
In September, at a ceremony titled “An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather”, the activist told the crowd: “I’m crossing over soon to the spirit world. And you know, I’m not afraid to die. Because we come from a we/us/our society. We don’t come from a me/I/myself society. And we learn to give away from a very young age. When we are honoured, we give.”
Littlefeather was blacklisted from Hollywood after gracing the Oscars stage on Brando...
- 10/3/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s Oscar, has died.
The news was announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures, who wrote on Twitter: “Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, dies at 75,”
The actor and activist first announced she had been diagnosed with metastasized breast cancer in a 2021 Facebook post.
In September, at a ceremony titled “An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather”, she told the crowd: “I’m crossing over soon to the spirit world/ And you know, I’m not afraid to die. Because we come from a we/us/our society. We don’t come from a me/I/myself society. And we learn to give away from a very young age. When we are honoured, we give.
Littlefeather was blacklisted from Hollywood after gracing the Oscars stage on Brando’s...
The news was announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures, who wrote on Twitter: “Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, dies at 75,”
The actor and activist first announced she had been diagnosed with metastasized breast cancer in a 2021 Facebook post.
In September, at a ceremony titled “An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather”, she told the crowd: “I’m crossing over soon to the spirit world/ And you know, I’m not afraid to die. Because we come from a we/us/our society. We don’t come from a me/I/myself society. And we learn to give away from a very young age. When we are honoured, we give.
Littlefeather was blacklisted from Hollywood after gracing the Oscars stage on Brando’s...
- 10/3/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
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