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50 Movie Nights
Dave Karger, Turner Classic Movies host and film expert, leads compelling and unexpected discussions with stars such as Scarlett Johansson, Paul Rudd, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sterling K. Brown, Tom Ford, Carol Burnett, Anna Kendrick, Ava DuVernay, Don Cheadle, and many more, on their top film recommendations of decades past, comprising a new essential list of must-see viewing for casual moviegoers and cinephiles alike.
The Bookworm Sez: The memorable Oscar nights
Studies say that the average person prefers a taller man. Height matters in many opinions and if a man’s a nice dresser, that’s even better. A pleasing comportment catches the eye, too. But if he’s stoic, just over thirteen inches tall, and clad head-to-toe in gold, well, most women — and men — would do anything for him. Those who’ve met that guy never forget him, as you’ll see in “50 Oscar Nights” by Dave Karger. kAmx>28:?6 :Ei E96 =:89ED 2C6 3C:89E[ J@F’C6 D:EE:?8 :?
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Studies say that the average person prefers a taller man. Height matters in many opinions and if a man's a nice dresser, that's even better. A pleasing comportment catches the eye, too. But if he's stoic, just over thirteen inches tall, and clad head-to-toe in gold, well, most women – and men – would do anything for him. Those who've met that guy never forget him, as you'll see in "50 Oscar Nights" by Dave Karger.
Oscars 2024: Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie were snubbed, but it’s still the year of Barbie—and Oppenheimer Original
By Dave Karger1 minute Read Barbenheimer saved the movie industry, so why shouldn’t the most famous portmanteau in film history also be the big story of the Oscar nominations? Universal’s Oppenheimer and Warner Bros.’s Barbie, which together grossed almost one billion dollars at the domestic box office last summer, have now earned a combined 21 Academy Award nominations.
50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins
. Jan. 2024. 272p. ISBN 9780762486328. $30. FILM COPY ISBN Turner Classic Movies host Karger compiles fascinating interviews with 50 Oscar winners, who discuss their films, nominations, fashion choices, winners’ speeches, and the after-parties that followed. Speaking with actors, directors, screenwriters, songwriters, costume and production designers, and sound mixers, Karger finds that most awardees cherish the Oscars, didn’t expect to win, and stress the importance of collaboration in film.
50 Oscar Nights
An exclusive look behind the scenes of the Academy Awards as top stars and filmmakers discuss their Oscar wins and tell never-before-told tales of Hollywood’s biggest night, in a collection of original interviews with Turner Classic Movies host and entertainment media journalist Dave Karger. For almost a century, movie fans have been riveted by the Academy Awards and the stars who have won Oscars.
50 Oscar Nights
An exclusive look behind the scenes of the Academy Awards as top stars and filmmakers discuss their Oscar wins and tell never-before-told tales of Hollywood’s biggest night, in a collection of original interviews with Turner Classic Movies host and entertainment media journalist Dave Karger. For almost a century, movie fans have been riveted by the Academy Awards and the stars who have won Oscars.
Dave Karger's 2023 Oscars predictions: Austin Butler is on the rise, post-BAFTAs
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) and British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) provided several major surprises over the past few days with their awards. So how might those results affect the major Academy Award races? Here are some updated predictions. Dave Karger's Oscars Predictions Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once All Quiet on the Western Front, which had the most BAFTA nominations, was still something of a surprise Best Film winner.
Dave Karger's 2023 Oscars predictions: 'Everything Everywhere' dominates post-nominations
Now that the Oscar nominations are finally out, it's time to take a stab at who might actually win on March 12. Here's where I feel like things stand at this point. Awardist Oscar Predictions Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE | Credit: Allyson Riggs/A24 Throughout the season, I've been looking at this race as a competition between The Fabelmans and Top Gun: Maverick, with Everything Everywhere All at Once in a close third place.
Q&A: Bill Nighy
You’re getting Oscar buzz for this role—one written with you in mind. How does that feel? I must have been very good in a previous life. In fact, this has been called the best work of your career. Do you think so too? I don’t know. I never watch anything I’m in, anyway. I have kind of an extreme—it’s beyond dysmorphia. I’m not the best judge. Living is about trying to do your best in every moment. Is that your outlook? I procrastinate at an Olympic level.
Dave Karger's 2023 Oscars predictions: 'Top Gun: Maverick' is soaring upward
After weeks of nominations and awards from critics groups with virtually no overlap with the voting body of the Academy, we finally have several results from the guild awards to analyze. Since many guild-award voters also vote for the Oscars, the overall race is now coming into clearer focus. Here's where things stand now, with just days to go before the Oscar nominations.
EW picks who should and will win at the 2023 Golden Globes
After a starless, non-televised ceremony in 2022 as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association tried to climb its way out of scandal, the Golden Globes are (seemingly) back. Movies including The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once, and TV series The White Lotus and Abbott Elementary all stand to win big.
Dave Karger's 2023 Oscars predictions: James Cameron has entered the chat
Avatar: The Way of Water's James Cameron and Everything Everywhere All at Once's the Daniels are nipping at Steven Spielberg's heels in the Best Director race. By Dave Karger December 22, 2022 at 10:00 AM EST Now that several high-profile groups including the Critics Choice, Golden Globes, AFI, and National Board of Review have announced their nominees and honorees, we have a better idea where things are heading this awards season.
'Babylon' star Margot Robbie, our Heat Index, and more in EW's 'The Awardist'
Babylon's Margot Robbie on making it in Hollywood: 'You need to want it more than everyone else' She outfoxed Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street, skated her way to infamy in I, Tonya, and will be thinking outside of the (cardboard) box in this summer's massively anticipated Barbie.
Paul Mescal on his acclaimed turn in 'Aftersun': 'Your parents don't always have the answers' Original
For the latest Awardist podcast, the Normal People star spoke to EW about the power of a quiet script, the accent he tried hardest to avoid, and the rush of being in a Cannes sensation. By Joshua Rothkopf November 29, 2022 at 07:15 PM EST Even Paul Mescal himself — only now becoming widely known as the sensitive boyfriend on Normal People and a handsome distraction in The Lost Daughter — can admit that it's strange for him to be playing a tweenager's dad.
Dave Karger's 2023 Oscars predictions: It's Fraser vs. Farrell in the Best Actor race Original
Awards correspondent Karger's latest ranked lists show some rapid movement after the November debuts of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and She Said. By Dave Karger November 22, 2022 at 08:15 PM EST As the fall season continues, several top contenders are becoming more widely seen by industry people and regular audiences alike.
TCM To Launch New Franchise Musical Matinee Hosted By Dave Karger
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) announced today a new weekly series, Musical Matinee, hosted by TCM’s Dave Karger, celebrating the beloved musical genre every Saturday at 12:00pm ET. The series kicks off Nov. 5 with An American in Paris (1951). “I have a song in my head from the moment I wake up until I go to bed at night,” said Dave Karger, TCM Host of Musical Matinees. “Movies and music are my two passions, and they have always been intertwined to me.
2023 Oscars predictions from EW's new Awardist columnist: 'The Fabelmans' takes an early lead
With the race starting to crystallize, awards expert Dave Karger gives us his 2023 Oscars predictions in the top categories. By Dave Karger October 05, 2022 at 03:16 PM EDT The Awardist is thrilled to welcome award-winning host, interviewer, and commentator Dave Karger as Entertainment Weekly's new Awards Correspondent.
2023 Oscars predictions from EW's new Awardist columnist: The Fabelmans takes an early lead
The Awardist is thrilled to welcome award-winning host, interviewer, and commentator Dave Karger as Entertainment Weekly's new Awards Correspondent. Known in the FYC industry for his expert Oscars predictions, Karger (who spent 17 years on staff at EW, writing over 50 cover stories) has made more than 200 live appearances on NBC's Today to talk movies and awards, and has co-hosted ABC's Live From the Red Carpet on Oscar night.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (feat. Dave Karger)
July 22, 2020And the Runner-Up Is Kevin is thrilled to welcome TCM host, IMDb correspondent, and ‘Today Show’ commentator Dave Karger to talk about Michael Curtiz’s musical biopic ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy,’ the likely runner-up in the 1942 Oscar race that lost to ‘Mrs.
LCD Soundsystem's 'Shut Up and Play the Hits' -- EXCLUSIVE TRAILER
By Dave Karger January 11, 2012 at 08:00 PM EST One of the most unique-sounding Sundance films this year has to be Shut Up and Play the Hits, which follows LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy in the days leading up to and immediately after his beloved act’s final live performance, at Madison Square Garden last April.
'227': The cast's favorite episodes
Any child of the ’80s will be happy to know that the cast of 227 is as entertaining in person as they were on NBC from 1985 to 1990. For our annual EW Reunions issue (on newsstands now), we gathered Marla Gibbs, Jackée Harry, Regina King, and Hal Williams in downtown Los Angeles for a chat about what made their Washington, D.C.-set sitcom so memorable. Here are the episodes the cast loves the most.
Oscar nominations 2012: Gary Oldman talks first-time nod
Whenever anyone would make a list of actors who shockingly have never been nominated for an Oscar, Gary Oldman was always near the top. And after being overlooked by the Critics Choice, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards for his impressively contained performance as MI6 agent George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, it was looking like he’d be an also-ran this year as well.
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Glen Campbell: Inside an icon's farewell album and tour
Sitting in the kitchen of his spacious Malibu home, Glen Campbell is explaining how golf made him realize how much he loves his day job. ”I can get that thing in my hand and I can’t hit it every time,” he says of his often frustrating trips to the links. ”And it really ticks me off. But I can go out there and play guitar.” He can say that again.
Maya Rudolph on her 'SNL' greatest hits!
Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down to lunch with Maya Rudolph for an EW feature about her surprisingly dramatic role in the new film Away We Go. And like many comedians, she was much more low-key than the often riotous characters she played on Saturday Night Live. But she was more than happy to give me a few behind-the-scenes tidbits about some of her best-loved SNL characters.
'The Sing-Off' announces season 3 contestants
NBC’s hit a cappella talent-show series The Sing-Off has announced the 16 groups that will compete in its third season. Hosted by Nick Lachey, the series will premiere on Sept. 19 with returning judges Ben Folds and Shawn Stockman alongside singer Sara Bareilles, replacing Nicole Scherzinger (who’s now a judge on Fox’s The X Factor).
Is the U.S. ready for its first female head of state?
THE TREATMENT OF Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard during her three-year administration, was misogynistic at best. Driven from office in an internal party struggle a couple of weeks ago, she was denigrated like no other Australian prime minister – for being a woman! She was the first woman head of state in the country. The lurid details were published in “In Australia, Misogyny lives on” in The New York Times on July 6.
American Film Institute announces top 10 films
By Dave Karger Updated December 12, 2010 at 10:50 PM EST The American Film Institute has announced its list of top 10 features of the year, which reads like a tally of leading Oscar contenders: Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, 127 Hours, The Social Network, The Town, Toy Story 3, True Grit, and Winter’s Bone.
There was something ''Fish''-y at the box office this weekend
Talk about living up to your name. In a surprise finish, ”Big Fish” capitalized on a larger-than-expected ”Lord of the Rings” drop to become the big fish at the box office this weekend. In its first weekend of wide release, Tim Burton’s Golden Globe-nominated drama earned $14.5 million, according to studio estimates. Added to its few weeks in limited release, “Big Fish” has now grossed $24.1 million.
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