{"id":4499,"date":"2019-02-13T23:15:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T23:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/?p=4499"},"modified":"2019-02-13T23:58:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T23:58:47","slug":"currently-clicking-homeless-in-hollywood-the-academy-awards-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/currently-clicking-hollywood-homeless-academy-awards-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Currently Clicking: Homeless In Hollywood &#038; The Academy Awards Nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we start\u00a0a new tradition here on Atom Insider: Giving a shout-out to some of our friends around these here internet parts holding it down in the realm of movie journalism and pop culture. We&#8217;ll bring you the most thought-provoking pieces, the funniest takes, and other bits and pieces you might have missed this week, all gathered here for your entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Click away!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hollywood Homeless:<\/strong> Screenwriter Todd Farmer on the harsh reality of being a working Hollywood screenwriter &#8211; including being homeless between gigs &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/birthmoviesdeath.com\/2015\/03\/02\/from-hollywood-to-homeless-the-writer-of-jason-x-and-drive-angry-on-screenw\">Birth.Movies.Death.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Long Live the King:<\/strong> Rob Harvilla makes one hell of a case for why Black Panther deserves to win Best Picture &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/movies\/2019\/2\/13\/18222529\/make-the-case-black-panther-best-picture-marvel\">The Ringer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Academy Awards Awkward<\/strong>: In case you missed it, the Academy has decided to cut live awards presentation from four categories from the Oscars &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/screencrush.com\/the-categories-that-wont-be-live-at-the-oscars\/\">Screen Crush<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and people aren&#8217;t happy about it. Like, at all.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Agreed. Not quite sure why the Academy Awards seems to hate the Academy Awards this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2QkIR4Rwrx\">https:\/\/t.co\/2QkIR4Rwrx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Gad (@joshgad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshgad\/status\/1095375054081159168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For an awards do that is supposed to be by the industry, for the industry, the Academy sure doesn\u2019t have a lot of respect for the crew who put in most of the work. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ICsv8zKaAm\">https:\/\/t.co\/ICsv8zKaAm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManMadeMoon\/status\/1095143633097916416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As an Academy voter, I&#39;m not happy about the decision to squeeze down some of the awards.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\/status\/1095508038323195904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even the ever-diplomatic and thoughtful Guillermo del Toro had some thoughts:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reposting, revised: I would not presume to suggest what categories should occur during commercials on Oscars night,  but, please: Cinematography &amp; Editing are at the very heart of our craft. They are not inherited from a theatrical or literary tradition: they are cinema itself.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealGDT\/status\/1095482783856644096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscars Fallout<\/strong>: That shakeup and the tumult around the Academy Awards this year has led some people to speculate whether or not the Oscars will eventually move to streaming\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/2019\/02\/netflix-vs-disney-oscars-should-flee-abc-for-streaming\/\">The Observer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moving on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>O, Captain, Our Captain<\/strong>: It&#8217;s no secret Brie Larson has gotten ripped to play the half-human, half-Kree hybrid superhero Captain Marvel. So much so that she just <em>pushed an entire freaking Jeep by herself.<\/em> You know, as you do. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/captain-marvel-brie-larson-push-jeep-training\/\">Screen Rant<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nevertheless She Persisted<\/strong>: Speaking of Brie Larson, THR had a great in-depth feature on her this week. She&#8217;s feisty, funny, and fighting for women in Hollywood every single day. Literally. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/features\/captain-marvels-brie-larson-cant-save-womankind-but-shes-doing-her-best-1185915\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sometimes, Dead Is Better<\/strong>: Kristy Puchko (who also writes <a href=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/creepiest-kids-in-horror-movies\/\">here on Atom!<\/a>) begrudgingly comes around on loving the <em>Happy Death Day<\/em> franchise just in time for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/happy-death-day-2u\/279939\"><em>Happy Death Day 2U<\/em><\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pajiba.com\/film_reviews\/rereviewed-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-snarking-and-love-happy-death-day-.php\">Pajiba<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Into The Spider-Dance<\/strong>: LA dance troupe Kinjaz put together a choreographed dance set to Post Malone&#8217;s &#8220;Sunflower&#8221; from the <em>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse<\/em> soundtrack and it&#8217;s incredible &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/io9.gizmodo.com\/baby-im-a-wreck-after-watching-this-into-the-spider-ver-1832595982\">iO9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marmalade Sandwiches For Everyone<\/strong>: The director&#8217;s commentary track for <em>Paddington 2<\/em> is delightful and there are some fabulous little tidbits to learn from it &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/25-things-we-learned-from-the-paddington-2-commentary\/\">Film School Rejects<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our New Umbrella-ella-ella<\/strong>: Comic book adaptation <em>The Umbrella Academy<\/em> is dropping on Netflix this week. Here are all the characters and cast to keep the oddball bunch of weirdoes straight. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbr.com\/umbrella-academy-character-cast-guide\/\">Comic Book Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monster Mash(up)<\/strong>: With Universal&#8217;s monster movies universe being rebooted &#8211; again &#8211; a group of horror experts weigh\u00a0in on who they think should direct each movie &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/universal-monster-reboot-directors\/\">\/Film<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let us know what stories you liked best and other great things you&#8217;ve read this week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>You Might Also Like<\/h2>\n<hr style=\"color: #000; width: 95%; margin-left: 0;\" \/>\n<!-- The Grid Plugin Version 2.7.4 --><div class=\"tg-error-msg\" data-grid-name=\"Home Featured\">No post was found with your current grid settings.&#xa;You should verify if you have posts inside the current selected post type(s) and if the meta key filter is not too much restrictive.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we start\u00a0a new tradition here on Atom Insider: Giving a shout-out to some of our friends around these here internet parts holding it down in the realm of movie journalism and pop culture. 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