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‘Frozen’ Unthaws Wallets Worldwide

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Rebecca Murray
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Frozen Movie Trailer
A scene from 'Frozen' (Photo © Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Hot off its Oscar wins in the Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song categories comes official word that Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen has passed the $1 billion mark at the global box office. Frozen now stands as the biggest non-sequel animated feature film in the history of motion pictures, and it’s now the second biggest international-grossing animated film of all time.

According to Disney, Frozen‘s brought in $388.8 million domestically and $611.5 million internationally. For those who prefer not to do the math themselves, that adds up to about $1,000.3 million. Frozen‘s the seventh film from the Mouse House to reach that mark, following in the footsteps of Marvel’s The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and 4, Toy Story 3, and Alice in Wonderland.

“With Frozen, we knew we had something truly special on our hands, and it has connected with fans and filmgoers around the world in a way we only dreamed was possible,” stated Alan Horn, Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios. “Animation is the cornerstone of our company, and thanks to the vision, dedication, and talent of our tremendous cast and filmmaking team, Disney Animation has come roaring back with a new classic for fans of all ages.”

The Official Frozen Plot: Walt Disney Animation Studios, the studio behind Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph, presents Frozen, a stunning big-screen comedy adventure. Fearless optimist Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) sets off on an epic journey — teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff) and his loyal reindeer Sven — to find her sister Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel), whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter.

Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf (voice of Josh Gad), Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom.





Lupita Nyong’s Gives One of the Best Speeches of the 2014 Oscars

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Rebecca Murray
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Lupita Nyong'o Oscar Acceptance Speech
Oscar® during the live ABC Telecast of The Oscars® from the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA Sunday, March 2, 2014. (Photo credit: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.)

Newcomer Lupita Nyong’o was poised enough to get through her speech but emotional enough to guarantee she meant every single word of her Oscar acceptance speech. After a rousing round of applause and a hug from her 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen, Nyong’o embraced the Oscar statuette and thanked the Academy for the incredible honor. She also talked about how she realizes the joy she’s experiencing in her life is thanks to so much pain in someone else’s, and she saluted Patsy as well as the real Solomon Northup whose memoir inspired the film.

“Steve McQueen, you charge everything you fashion with a breath of your own spirit,” said Nyong’o. “Thank you so much for putting me in this position. This has been the joy of my life. I’m certain that the dead are standing about you and watching and they are grateful and so am I.

Chiwetel, thank you for your fearlessness and how deeply you went into telling Solomon’s story. Michael Fassbender, thank you so much. You were my rock. Alfre and Sarah, it was a thrill to work with you. Joe Walker, the invisible performer in the editing room, thank you. Sean Bobbitt, Kalaadevi, Adruitha, Patty Norris, thank you, thank you, thank you, I could not be here without your work.”

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Jimmy Kimmel Live: YouTube’s Viral Videos Remade by Hollywood

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Rebecca Murray
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What if Hollywood turned to YouTube for inspiration? Could there be big screen versions of “Charlie Bit My Finger,” “Keyboard Cat,” and “David After Dentist?” If so, what would those films look like? Jimmy Kimmel answered that question with three star-studded trailers for films based on viral YouTube videos.
 
Among the stars showing up in the trailers are Chris Hemsworth, Liam Hemsworth, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Kevin Spacey, Christoph Waltz, Gary Oldman, Ben Kingsley, Abbie Cornish, Mandy Patinkin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, and Seth Rogen.
 
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The Complete List of Oscar Winners

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2014 Oscar Winners Complete List
Oscar®-nominated director Alfonso Cuaron on the red carpet at the 86th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, CA. (Photo credit: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S.)
Gravity is flying high, winning seven Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Cinematography. Also having a huge night was 12 Years a Slave‘s cast, director, and producers. 12 Years a Slave earned the Best Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture Oscars, with director Steve McQueen actually jumping for joy after he finished his Best Picture acceptance speech.
 
The March 2, 2014 broadcast was hosted by Ellen DeGeneres and featured musical performances by Idina Menzel, Karen O, U2, Pharrell, Pink, and Bette Midler. It also featured some incredibly moving acceptance speeches from first-time winners.

86th Annual Academy Awards Winners:

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features)
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
“The Great Gatsby” (Warner Bros.) Catherine Martin
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features) Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
 
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“Mr. Hublot”
 
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
“Frozen” (Walt Disney)
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
“Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
 
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Helium”
An M & M Production
Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
 
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“The Lady In Number 6: Music Saved My Life”
A Reed Entertainment Production
Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
 
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“20 Feet From Stardom” (RADiUS-TWC)
A Gil Friesen Productions and Tremolo Production
Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers
 
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
“The Great Beauty” (Janus Films) – Italy
An Indigo Film Production
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
“Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
 
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight)
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Emmanuel Lubezki
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
“Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
“The Great Gatsby” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Catherine Martin; Costume Design: Beverley Dunn
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Steven Price
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Let It Go” from “Frozen” (Walt Disney)
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
 
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by John Ridley
 
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Her” (Warner Bros.) Written by Spike Jonze
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
“Gravity” (Warner Bros.) Alfonso Cuarón
 
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine” (Sony Pictures Classics)
 
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features)
 
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
“12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight)
A River Road, Plan B, New Regency Production
Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
 
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The Selfie That Broke Twitter

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Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar Selfie Breaks Twitter

Ellen DeGeneres did a lot of playing around with the audience during the 2014 Oscars telecast, ordering pizza, sharing it with the stars (including Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie), and asking Harvey Weinstein to fork over money for the tip. She also sat in a few empty chairs and just made her way around the first few rows talking to Oscar nominees and other celebs who had the choice seats right up front.

But easily the most talked about moment of the night as far as DeGeneres’ duties as a host were concerned came when she decided to take a selfie with a few of the A-listers and Tweet the photo. The resulting photo proceeded to break Twitter. That’s right, Twitter went down in the middle of the Oscar broadcast which wasn’t good news for all of those

Not only did the photo temporarily break Twitter, it also set a new record as the most re-tweeted tweet. As I type this, it has over 2.2 million re-tweets, and that number’s still growing. And in case you’re wondering who that is peeking in on the left side of the photo next to Jennifer Lawrence, it’s Oscar-winner Jared Leto.

Matthew McConaughey Delivers a Moving Oscar Acceptance Speech

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Rebecca Murray
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Matthew McConaughey kept it together for most of his Best Actor Oscar acceptance speech but choked up a bit when he talked about the importance of his mother, deceased father, his wife, and his children. McConaughey earned his first Oscar for the dramatic film Dallas Buyers Club and as a Best Actor nominee, had to sit through nearly three hours of the awards show before learning if he would be taking home the Oscar statuette.

McConaughey’s co-star Jared Leto also went home an Oscar winner, however, he learned his fate right off the bat. Leto’s Best Supporting Actor category was the first award of the night, which meant Leto could actually relax and have fun for the rest of the evening.

John Travolta Butchers Idina Menzel’s Name at the Oscars

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Rebecca Murray
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John Travolta had the honor of introducing Tony Award-winning singer/actress Idina Menzel at the 2014 Oscars held on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, CA. The job was simple: say the lines on the teleprompter and then introduce Idina Menzel – by name – as she took to the stage to sing “Let It Go.” Instead, what actually happened was one of the most bizarre introductions in recent memory.

Granted, Idina isn’t a common first name, but Oscar presenters are supposed to practice before the actual live broadcast, so Travolta should have had the opportunity to say her name out loud a few times without the cameras rolling and without millions of people watching around the globe. But something went dramatically wrong, and what it sounds like he said is Adella Dazeem.

At the Oscars: Pink Sings “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” in Wizard of Oz Tribute

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Rebecca Murray
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Judy Garland’s adult children were recognized in the Oscar audience before Pink took to the stage to sing the iconic song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from the beloved classic The Wizard of Oz. Dressed in a gorgeous, flowing red gown, Pink performed the song while the big screen showed scenes from the film. It was a classy musical number and the perfect way to pay tribute to the lasting appeal of The Wizard of Oz.

12 Years a Slave Cast Members Party After the Spirit Awards and Before the Oscars

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12 Years a Slave Grey Goose Party
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Lupita Nyong’o at the 12 Years a Slave cast dinner hosted by Grey Goose. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for GREY GOOSE)

Grey Goose played host to a private dinner for the cast members of the critically acclaimed, award-winning dramatic film 12 Years a Slave after the Spirit Awards and the day before the Oscars. The cast was celebrating their five wins at the annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, taking home awards in Best Director, Best Cinematographer, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Screenplay categories, as well as being named the Best Feature of 2013.

The Grey Goose party was held at the Sunset Tower in Los Angeles with Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong’o, Chiwetel Ejifor, actor/producer Brad Pitt, director Steve McQueen, and Angelina Jolie showing up to celebrate the film’s awards run.

 

SNL Video: ’12 Years a Slave’s Awkward Audition Process

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Rebecca Murray
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What was the audition process like for those actors hired to play slave owners in 12 Years a Slave? This video from the March 1, 2014 Saturday Night Live episode hosted by Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) imagines it was an incredibly awkward casting session for actors who didn’t want to use certain words…

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