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Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 8:17PM 
Jennifer Hudson [jen-nee-fer hud-son]
Verb
Definiton: to nod emphatically in agreement to something while simultaneously mouthing the word “yes”.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 3:30PM 
Black authors have not been adapted the same way as their white peers because financiers don’t put their money behind black authors.
-Barry Jenkins accepting Best Director at the Spirit Awards
Regina King understood what she was representing at the Oscars. Not just her film, If Beale Street Could Talk, and all the people who worked on it but also the legacy of James Baldwin. She mentioned him on the red carpet on her way to the ceremony. Fittingly, she also started her speech with him...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 1:42PM Annual Mandatory Beauty Posting / Polling
We've already written up their performances and talked them up at length in the Supporting Actress Smackdown so now let's discuss the gowns. Are you a red latex fan or torn between pristine or shimmery white beaded structured gowns? Perhaps your taste runs more toward classic maroon frills and floof. Or wait... I know some of you thrill to a waffle cone/snake skin/avant garde/1940s/rockyhorror something or other, don'cha? Vote and discuss, plz.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 12:00PM As is our practice we polled the team and a few friends shortly after the Oscars to get their takes. We hope you'll answer the same questions in the comments!
OSCAR NIGHT QUESTIONNAIRE Pt 1
Our answers are after the jump...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 10:15AM by Chris Feil
Of all of the great wins of Oscar night, some of the most uplifting belonged to the team from Black Panther. The film ran a gauntlet in the past year - early release, genre bias, institutionalized racism - to defy the odds and rack up three richly deserving wins in Costume Design, Production Design, and Original Score. It was the most popular film of the year and yet these wins still shouldn't be taken for granted, theirs a collective trio representing the world we experienced when we experienced Wakanda.
Adding to the sense of massive victory here are several crucial pieces of contextual trivia...
