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The MTV Movie Award Nominees Are Everything We Wanted the Oscars to be
The beauty of the MTV Movie Awards is twofold: 1) They know they have room to have fun, so categories like Best Kiss and Best Virtual Performance allow them to honor parts of movies that aren't life-changing and 2) Their voting process means everyone gets a say, and consequently the awards reflect viewers at large
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Sylvester Stallone Wanted to Boycott Oscars. Ryan Coogler Stopped Him
Sylvester Stallone had previously said that he felt "incredibly humbled" by the nomination but he was not sure whether he should celebrate it. "I spoke to Ryan Coogler when this happened. I said, 'Ryan how do you want to handle this? Because I really believe you are responsible for me being here,'" he said
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Was #OscarsSoWhite Row a 'PR Nightmare' For the Academy?
"It wasn't a broad-based movement that threatened the economic viability of the Oscars, but the celebrity status of the boycotters, given the nature of what they were trying to do, made it quite harmful, said Maurice Schweitzer, co-author of Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both
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#OscarsSoWhite: Reese Witherspoon 'Disappointed' by Nominations
"So disappointed that some of 2015's best films, filmmakers and performances were not recognized. Nothing can diminish the quality of their work, but these filmmakers deserve recognition. As an Academy member, I would love to see a more diverse voting membership," Reese Witherspoon wrote on Facebook
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The MTV Movie Award Nominees Are Everything We Wanted the Oscars to be
The beauty of the MTV Movie Awards is twofold: 1) They know they have room to have fun, so categories like Best Kiss and Best Virtual Performance allow them to honor parts of movies that aren't life-changing and 2) Their voting process means everyone gets a say, and consequently the awards reflect viewers at large
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Sylvester Stallone Wanted to Boycott Oscars. Ryan Coogler Stopped Him
Sylvester Stallone had previously said that he felt "incredibly humbled" by the nomination but he was not sure whether he should celebrate it. "I spoke to Ryan Coogler when this happened. I said, 'Ryan how do you want to handle this? Because I really believe you are responsible for me being here,'" he said
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Was #OscarsSoWhite Row a 'PR Nightmare' For the Academy?
"It wasn't a broad-based movement that threatened the economic viability of the Oscars, but the celebrity status of the boycotters, given the nature of what they were trying to do, made it quite harmful, said Maurice Schweitzer, co-author of Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both
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#OscarsSoWhite: Reese Witherspoon 'Disappointed' by Nominations
"So disappointed that some of 2015's best films, filmmakers and performances were not recognized. Nothing can diminish the quality of their work, but these filmmakers deserve recognition. As an Academy member, I would love to see a more diverse voting membership," Reese Witherspoon wrote on Facebook
