B-4 | Friday, January 25, 2019 HOLLYWOOD www.WeeklyVoice.com Oscar Nominations Shower For ‘Roma’, ‘The Favourite’ NEW YORK: Oscar voters on and “Heaven Can Wait’’) have best actress category, and Rachel Tuesday showered Alfonso Cua- matched the four-nod feat. Weisz and Emma Stone in sup- ron’s “ Roma’’ and Yorgos Lan- Cuaron, previously a six-time porting. thimos’ “The Favourite’’ with a nominee and winner for directing Along with “Roma,’’ ‘’Black leading 10 nominations for the “Gravity,’’ said by phone from Panther” and ‘’The Favourite,” 91st Academy Awards, while two London that the nominations for the eight nominees for best pic- dominant but contentious Holly- such a personal ilm were more ture were: Peter Farrelly’s interra- wood forces _ Netlix and Marvel meaningful to him, as was the at- cial road trip tale ‘’Green Book,” _ each scored their irst best pic- tention for a ilm about a humble Spike Lee’s white supremacist ture nomination. indigenous domestic worker evisceration ‘’BlacKkKlans- Though many expected “A Star (Yalitza Aparicio, who was nomi- man,” the Freddie Mercury biop- Is Born,’’ Bradley Cooper’s re- nated for best actress). He praised ic ‘’Bohemian Rhapsody,” Adam vival of one of Hollywood’s most Netlix for its commitment to his McKay’s highly critical Dick remade show business myths, ilm. Cheney biopic ‘’Vice” and ‘’A to top the nominations, Cooper “Cinema needs the opportu- Star Is Born,” which still landed was surprisingly overlooked as nity to be diverse,’’ Cuaron said. eight nominations, including best director and the Academy of Mo- “What mainstream cinema and actress for Lady Gaga and best tion Pictures Arts and Sciences the theatrical experience has supporting actor for Sam Elliott. instead put its fullest support be- A scene from ‘The Favourite’ lacked in general is diversity. There has likewise been re- hind a pair of indies by interna- And I’m talking about diversity sistance among some academy tional directors. Coogler’s “Black Panther,’’ the sonal exhumation of his Mexico in terms of stories and characters members to awarding Netlix With the black-and-white, irst superhero movie ever nomi- City childhood. Cuaron was nom- and ways of doing ilms.’’ ilms since the company typically Spanish-language “Roma,’’ Net- nated for best picture. inated for direction, cinematogra- Just as rewarded Tuesday was bypasses movie theatres. lix scored its irst best picture Cuaron tied the record for most phy, original screenplay and best Lanthimos’ period romp, which Steven Spielberg has said Net- nomination, a prize the streaming decorated Oscar nominee ever picture. Only Orson Welles (“Cit- resounded most in the acting lix ilms are more like TV mov- giant has dearly sought. Marvel, for one ilm with four individualizen Kane’’) and Warren Beatty categories thanks to its trio of ies and deserve an Emmy, not an too, joined the club with Ryan nods for “Roma,’’ his deeply per- (who did it twice with “Reds’’ actresses: Olivia Colman in the Oscar . Sarah Hyland Wrote Suicide Shyamalan Hopes To Shoot In India NEW DELHI: US-based In- Notes In Her Head dian-origin ilmmaker M. Night Shyamalan feels he infuses his LOS ANGELES,: Actress Sar- Indian inluences into his work, ah Hyland has got candid about and says he would love to come how close she was to committing to the country to shoot a project. suicide and said she wrote notes With his roots tracing back to in her head. India, Shyamalan moved to the The “Modern Family” actress US as a child. He made his irst spoke to TV personality Ellen ilm “Praying with Anger”, a sto- DeGeneres and revealed that af- ry about the journey of an Amer- ter more than 25 years battling ican-Asian student discovering chronic health issues, she got to his Indian roots, back in 1992. a point where she wrote suicide “I would love to come to shoot “I was born in Puducherry and getting appreciated for converg- want anyone to ind it because notes to her loved ones in her in India,” Shyamalan told IANS. have aunts and uncles in India. ing the world of “Split” (a story that’s how serious I was.” head, reports aceshowbiz.com. My parents are very traditional about a man with over 20 different On what pushed her to near “I shot my very irst ilm in India Sshe came “very, very, very, when I was in college when I was and my uncles and aunts are also personalities who kidnaps three breaking point, Hyland blamed very close” to ending her life, 21.I have to think of an idea.” very traditional. My generation is teenage girls) and “Unbreakable” her condition that required her the 28-year-old actress said. She His life changed after his kind of the irst generation raised (about David Dunn who gets su- to undergone kidney transplant added: “I would write letters in breakout hit “The Sixth Sense” in in the US. perhero abilities after surviving a twice. “After 26, 27 years of my head to loved ones of why I 1999. He is also credited for proj- The different type of values, train crash) in “Glass”. just always being sick and being did it and my reasoning behind it, ects like “The Visit”, “Wayward the spiritual identities, are laced The sequel to “Unbreakable” in chronic pain. you don’t know how it was nobody’s fault.” She Pines”, “The Last Airbender”, in my thrillers and you could feel and “Split” stars Samuel L. Jack- when you’re going to have the added, “I didn’t want to write it “The Happening”, “After Earth”, that coming through.” son, Bruce Willis, James McA- next good day...“ down on paper because I didn’t “Split” and “Unbreakable”. At the moment, the director is voy and Sarah Paulson. Madden, Bamber Part Ways Judge In ‘Lego’ ‘Final Destination’ Reboot LOS ANGELES: Actors Rich- ples’ therapy, it became evident LOS ANGELES:US Supreme LOS ANGELES: “Saw” Devon Sawa has a premonition ard Madden and Ellie Bamber there were far too many issues Court Justice Ruth Bader Gins- screenwriters Patrick Melton and the plane he is about to board will have split after being together for that could not be ixed. burg has been roped in to be a Marcus Dunstan have been hired explode, leading to several pas- 18 months. According to The Sun “Richard is the toast of Hol- part of “The LEGO Movie 2: The by New Line studio to write the sengers being left behind before on Sunday, Madden, who recently lywood at the moment, and un- Second Part”. sixth instalment of “Final Desti- the plane actually explodes. won a Golden Globe for Netlix’s derstandably wants to let his Ginsburg will play a cameo in nation” horror franchise. The survivors are then killed in “Bodyguard”, was dumped last hair down. Ellie is a bit quieter, the movie, reports usatoday.com. New Line is reviving its “Fi- a series of bizarre accidents, such month amid fears their lifestyles and wants to focus purely on her Director of the movie Mike nal Destination” franchise, which as Kerr Smith’s character being had become “worlds apart”. work. It felt like their day-to-day Mitchell said that Justice Gins- has been dormant since 2011, crushed by a neon sign. “Les Miserables” star Bamber lives were increasingly becoming burg’s brief role is part of the cre- reports variety.com. The ive New Line’s most successful was absent when Madden scored worlds apart.” ative younger sister’s universe. ilms grossed nearly $700 millionrecent movies have been in the a Golden Globe victory last “They were pretty inseparable Ginsburg will not be voicing worldwide between 2000 and relatively low-cost horror genre. weekend. A source close to Mad- from the day they met - and their the character, but she has already 2011. Unlike most horror fran- Those include the adaptation of den has said: “They’re both ab- friends and family had all merged given her approval to have her chises, the antagonist was Death Stephen King’s “It”, which hit solutely gutted but it was a deci- - so obviously everyone around likeness appear in the movie. as an unavoidable fate manifest- $700 million in worldwide box sion made for the best. They were them is gutted too. But both El- According to the director, ing itself in a myriad of ways. ofice, and in the “Conjuring” , arguing almost daily towards the lie and Richard hope to remain Ginsburg will become an oficialIn the irst “Final Destination”, which has seen ive ilms deliver end and, despite considering cou- friends,” the source added. “Lego Movie 2” igurine. a high school student played by $1.6 billion cumulatively.

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