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ANNUAL OSCAR ROUNDUP 2017
Tinsel & Tine Recaps & Archives The 89th Annual Academy Awards By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I normally start these round ups talking about the foods served at my annual Red Carpet Picnic, then I go into the host, handled very well by Jimmy Kimmel, whose Trump Administration political jokes were funny, made a point, but weren’t too over the top – “The Oscars are being watched by 225 countries around the world who now hate us”. Then I normally go to the red carpet fashion trends & best and worst dressed, followed by best speech and so on… highlighting various categories, some fodder, and ending with the highest honor…
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Movie Blog Post: So Proud of Nate Parker and his film The Birth of A Nation
STILL TIME TO RALLY AROUND THE REAL ISSUES OF THE BIRTH OF A NATION By Tinsel & Tine Editor, Le Anne Lindsay I’m certainly not trying to be insensitive to the horrors of rape or suicide. But come on people, this movie is not the platform for that discussion. Nate Parker was not convicted of a crime and has grown up to have a beautiful family and a seven year journey to bringing forth his film – The Birth of a Nation. It is time to rejoice about hard work, dedication, patience and talent paying off – to Research/Write/Act/Direct/Secure Funding/Go Broke etc.. takes a lot of stamina and heart and…
