Posts Tagged ‘The Academy Awards’

CTVNEWS.CA: Will this be Leonardo DiCaprio’s year to finally win an Oscar?

Screen Shot 2016-02-24 at 9.57.02 AMIf the 41-year-old actor wins on Feb. 28, it will be well-deserved, says Canada AM film critic Richard Crouse.

“All the other times (he was nominated) were for worthy roles, but he narrowly missed each time,” Crouse told CTVNews.ca.

DiCaprio has been up for the best actor Oscar for his roles in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” “The Aviator,” “Blood Diamond,” and “The Wolf on Wall Street.”

But things appear to be lining up for DiCaprio this year, Crouse says, as his role in “The Revenant” is typical of the kinds of roles that the Academy tends to favour…

Read the whole article by Marlene Leung at ctvnews.ca!

Richard talks Oscars with Roger and Marilyn on CHUM FM!

Screen Shot 2015-10-21 at 3.03.37 PMRichard sits in on Toronto’s number one radio show, Roger and Marilyn, on CHUM FM to predict the winners of the top line Oscars. Will it be Leo or Matt? The Big Short or The Revenant? Listen in and win your Oscar pool! (Starts at 9:07)