Academy awards
When digital becomes the new hollywood for movies
Reading Time: 4 minutesLast weekend Amazon got 3 Oscars, which is a first in Amazon Studios history. While everybody is talking about the Academy Awards messed-up Best movie, at LuxuryActivist we were impressed to see how digital is now becoming the new Hollywood. Amazon Studios had 2 movies in the Oscars competition: Manchester by the Sea The Salesman With these 2 movies, Amazon Studios won 3 Oscars. With Manchester by the Sea, they won Best Male Actor with Casey Affleck and Best Screenplay. With The Salesman, Amazon Studios won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. It is the first time a Digital player wins an Oscar. It shows that the world is shifting and that digital audio-visual world is taking over. Amazon Studios is a division of Amazon.com, that focuses on developing television shows, distributing and producing films, and comics from online submissions and crowd-sourced feedback. It was started in late 2010. Content…
The Oscars, what you need to know.
Reading Time: 12 minutesEvery year by the end of February, the Academy awards organize a special evening, the Oscars, with a show filled with emotions, laughs and tears. Here are some facts you probably did not know about the Oscars and below, the complete list of nominees and winners.