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Fashion

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

The Daily Californian Arts & Entertainment picks for best dressed at the 2019 Academy Awards

Oscars outfits of Regina King, Chadwick Bozeman, Amy Poehler and Nicholas Hoult
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While the Academy Awards’ red carpet is typically known for conventional elegance and safe fashion choices, this year’s Oscars was laden with show-stopping risks that certainly paid off. Stars from across the film industry joined to honor this year’s top productions, and they ended awards season with a bang.
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Film & Television

Sunday, February 24, 2019

2019 Academy Awards walks shaky line between diversity and tradition

Though the show featured some pleasantly surprising wins and an impressive number of awards given to artists of color, the moments we could champion were quickly snuffed out by those that disappointed.
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Culture Shot

Thursday, February 21, 2019
A young boy lays in mud while looking up.

1st queer Oscars acknowledge best in LGBTQ+ film

And while this does include a couple of films that prioritize queer representation, here is what some of the Oscars lineup would look like if the entire awards ceremony prioritized queer representation.
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Culture Shot

Thursday, February 21, 2019
Scenes from movies nominated for Oscars Best Picture

Who will, could and should win the 2019 Academy Awards

This awards season has truly been a wild ride; fingers crossed that optimism will prevail and the Oscars will emerge from this critical inferno having made some good choices.
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Culture Shot

Wednesday, February 20, 2019
A man in messy clown makeup stares at a burning money pile.

What more does a genre film such as ‘Black Panther’ have to do to win Best Picture?

If your film is a commercial film, it has to reinvent its genre of choice, be constantly talked about by the press and audiences and/or have a hefty studio campaign budget standing behind it to even stand a chance at getting nominated. And then you’ll still lose to stuff such as “The Shape of Water.”
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Picks of the Week

Monday, January 14, 2019

Picks of the Week: Awards shows, music and movies to kick off the new semester

I have been away for just under a week and already feel completely out of touch with my former blasé American culture, but I promise to reach deep within that old part of myself each week and bring forth the best of what it and Berkeley have to offer.
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