2021 Classic: The Best Art Direction
Why did Mank win? Because making 2021 look like 1930s black-and-white Hollywood is the only way to make the Academy feel truly at home. Part… Read More »2021 Classic: The Best Art Direction
2021 Archive: The Best Supporting Actress Race
Why did Olivia Colman lose? Because Yuh-Jung Youn brought a “Grandmother Energy” that was impossible to beat. Part of the 37 Oscars Jokes: The 2021… Read More »2021 Archive: The Best Supporting Actress Race
2021 Archive: Album of the Year
Why folklore? Because Taylor Swift went into the woods and came back with a trophy—the ultimate “quarantine project.” Part of the 37 Grammy Jokes: The… Read More »2021 Archive: Album of the Year
2021 Vintage: Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Why “Rain on Me”? Because Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande gave us a dance anthem when we couldn’t even go to a club. Part of… Read More »2021 Vintage: Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
2021 Classic: Jared Leto’s House of Gucci
Why did he win Worst Supporting Actor? For a performance that involved five pounds of latex and an accent that sounded like Mario and Luigi’s… Read More »2021 Classic: Jared Leto’s House of Gucci
2021 Vintage: Worst Screen Couple
Why LeBron James and any Warner cartoon character he dribbles? Because the chemistry was 100% digital and 0% magical. Part of the 38 Razzie Awards… Read More »2021 Vintage: Worst Screen Couple
2021 Legacy: The “Resident Evil
Welcome to Raccoon City” Vibe: Why? For proving that “faithfulness to the game” doesn’t matter if the movie feels like a low-budget haunted house. Part of… Read More »2021 Legacy: The “Resident Evil
2021 Classic: Worst Dressed (The 2021 Neon Explosion)
Why so many bright colors? Because after a year in dark rooms, stars decided to blind photographers with their sheer presence. Part of the 37… Read More »2021 Classic: Worst Dressed (The 2021 Neon Explosion)
2021 Archive: The Pose Farewell
Why didn’t Billy Porter win on the way out? Because The Crown was so busy winning it didn’t even leave crumbs on the table for… Read More »2021 Archive: The Pose Farewell
2021 Archive: The Don’t Look Up Comet
Why was everyone mad? Because Netflix made a movie that suggested if an extinction-level event happened, we’d spend the last six months of human history… Read More »2021 Archive: The Don’t Look Up Comet