And finally, the nominees for Best Picture: American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Nebraska Philomena 12 Years a Slave Wolf of Wall Street Who Should Win MALIK: Hooooo boy. The Best Picture this year…the best all around film this year… I think it’s a two horse race at this point, but, yeah, […]
Here are the nominees for Lead Actress: Amy Adams Cate Blanchett Sandra Bullock Judi Dench Meryl Streep Who Should Win MALIK: It’s the freshest performance in my mind, but I think the most filled out performance was Judi Dench in Philomena. Don’t think she’ll win though. ART: I agree. Judi Dench is pretty great. But, […]
Here are the nominees for Best Supporting Actor: Barkhad Abdi Bradley Cooper Michael Fassbender Jonah Hill Jared Leto Who Should Win MALIK: Another category that could go a few different ways and not really be ‘wrong’. I love what Fassie did in 12 Years, but I was really affected by what Leto did in ‘Dallas’. […]
So what happens when the Wyandotte Siskel & Ebert get together for their annual breakdown of the Academy Awards? Only one way to find out… MALIK: Y’all know what time it is, it’s the 2014 Art Fradieu Oscar Preview! 5 posts leading to Sunday night, we’ll cover Writing, Directing, Supporting and Lead Acting and […]
Kind of out of sorts; lost someone else who looked out for me when I was younger. I’ll talk about that more later in the week. For now though, things fell kind of nicely this week as far as the timing of when certain things show up on television (and no I’m not referring […]
The Malik Aziz Foundation held its annual Black History Month dinner on Wednesday in an undisclosed location in Beverly Hills. This year’s Guest of Honor was Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, who participated in an interview, followed by a Q&A with our benefactors, trustees, and their guests. The following is a transcript from the untelevised interview session. […]
B-man, What up? So kudos to you first for taking on the job on such short notice. You’ve got the pedigree the Academy likes, and at this point, I don’t think anyone has any expectations for next year’s show. So having said that, I think this year is the perfect opportunity to do something […]
Aaron Rahsaan Thomas and Malik Aziz share an unique, common background. Both young men are natives of Kansas City, Kansas, graduates of the University of Kansas and went to grad school at the University of Southern California. They both grew up in the ‘golden age of hip hop’ and share a passion for films. For […]
Best Picture Personal Favorite: You know something? For all the crying about the lack of creativity in Hollywood, I looked at the list of nominees and can say I really enjoyed half of the films and really liked most of the rest. I’m a Nolan fanboy so I have to standup for Inception, but… […]
In what will most likely be the last time I’m asked back, I’ll be guest hosting Our Town Pasadena again tonight. My guest will be writer/producer Aaron Rahsaan Thomas. He’s the man behind this week’s episode of CSI: NY, with guest stars Ne-Yo and Lesley-Ann Brandt. As some of you know, we’ve known each […]
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