Christoph Waltz

Mar 6 2013

Breakthrough performance nomination for Quvenzhané Wallis

Awards season may be over but acclaimed films like “Django Unchained” and “Silver Linings Playbook” are still racking up nominations.
 

Feb 28 2013

Hollywood by Choice

“Django Unchained” walked away with two Oscars at the 85th annual Academy Awards ceremony last Sunday. The controversial Spaghetti Western starring Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and directed and written by Quentin Tarantino gave audiences a different look at slavery in America. In true Tarantino fashion, it kicked butt!

Feb 25 2013

Jennifer Lawrence, Daniel Day-Lewis win best acting honors

"Argo," praise yourself.

That’s what Hollywood did on Sunday night, anyway.

“Argo,” which told the story of the rescue operation that saved six Americans during the Iran hostage crisis, took home three Oscars at the 85th Academy Awards, including the biggest award of the night: best picture.

It was both an expected and yet unlikely conclusion to an awards season that took off in strange directions, though it ended up pretty much where the Oscar prognosticators thought it would.

Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
Jul 7 2011

Hollywood by Choice

It’s time to laugh. Summer is in full swing, get out of the heat and laugh to your hearts content. Why not start with Jamie Foxx and “Horrible Bosses.”

Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
May 5 2011

Hollywood by Choice

There’s something about fast cars, and hot men . . . box office receipts just don’t lie.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.