By Stacey Lynn
Apr 23, 2021
The Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival is in FULL BLOOM! This is not a drill. I repeat: FULL BLOOM! But remember you MUST buy your tickets online ahead of time. Walk-ups aren t welcome this year due to Covid.
Grab your T-Rex loving littles and walk amongst life size dinosaurs at OMSI s Dinosaurs Revealed. See how they move, hear them roar, and explore their world throughout the Mesozoic Era.
While award show viewership is at an all time low, I still love doing this. Print out your own Oscar Ballot, pick your winners and pop some corn for The Oscars Sunday Night. (I know I haven t seen many of them either! That s what makes picking winners fun.)
Updated: 11:06 AM PDT Apr 22, 2021 BALLOT: Print out your own Oscars 2021 ballot to predict who will take home the Oscar!PDF | Oscar Ballot, 2021JPG | Oscar Ballot, 2021The 93rd Oscars will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and international locations via satellite; and will be televised live on Central Coast ABC on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 5pm.Emmy®-nominated producer Jesse Collins, Oscar®-nominated producer Stacey Sher and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh will produce the 93rd Oscars®. It will be their first involvement with the Oscars, which will also be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Which Decade Had the Greatest Best Picture Oscar Winners?
Will the decade of
Crash? Will
Titanic steer the 1990s out of the competition? We re going deep on the 93 Best Picture Oscar winners.
It’s
Citizen Kane – because that movie inexplicably did not win Best Picture.) In this very special, shiny, golden edition of Vs. we’re declaring which decade had the best set of Best Picture Oscar winners.
How exactly? Glad you asked. Host Mark Ellis breaks down the box office performance, Tomatometer and Audience Scores, legacy and influence, and more factors related to each decade’s films to declare the ultimate winner. Don’t agree with our pick? Offended by how much Mark dislikes
The Role: Ma Rainey, the Mother of the Blues and leader of her band. The groundbreaking musician and LGBTQ icon was once dubbed the ugliest woman in show business, and with the aid of false teeth, horsehair wigs, elaborate gowns, and a fat suit, Oscar winner Viola Davis gave life to the woman whose voice would have hundreds queuing up for hours just hear her croon or catch a glimpse of her on stage. Davis embodied not just Rainey’s presence on stage but also her steadfast determination not to allow anyone to diminish or dismiss her worth.
The Odds: Currently, there isn’t a clear frontrunner for Best Actress. Andra Day won the Golden Globe, Carey Mulligan took home the Critics Choice, and Frances McDormand won the BAFTA, but we are giving Viola Davis’ win at the SAG Awards the most weight and believe she will be our likely winner. This is fitting as her pedigree and previous Oscar nomination warrant it, and her only win was for a Supporting Role; she is more than overdue to