The question is being raised by a new exhibition called “Art of the Selfie” at the National Museum Cardiff. It will display, among other works, Vincent van Gogh’s famous “Portrait of the Artist” as a way of asking the question “is a self-portrait the original selfie?” Maybe it’s time for a new t-shirt.
Apple is hoping to lure some new users to its MLS Season Pass service this weekend with a free trial. That means you can check out 14 games on March 16th and 17th without a subscription — the full schedule is here — and, yes, Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are playing on Saturday.
Stig Asmussen is best-known for directing Fallen Order and Survivor while at Respawn, and before that he worked primarily on the God of War franchise. Now he’s launching a new studio called Giant Skull that will focus on “gameplay-driven, story immersed action-adventure games set in captivating worlds.” No details on any projects yet, but the studio does at least have a logo.
it’s Oppenheimer. The film took home a bunch of awards, and the evening culminated with it taking home best picture.
The penultimate award of the evening went to Emma Stone for best actress in a lead role in Poor Things. She beat out Annette Bening (Nyad), Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall), and Carey Mulligan (Maestro).
Just moments after Cillian Murphy was named best actor, Christopher Nolan took home best director, his first time winning the award.
Fresh off winning the best actor in a leading role award last year, Brendan Fraser presented this year’s award to Cillian Murphy for his performance in Oppenheimer. “I’m a very proud Irishman standing here tonight,” Murphy said.
Ludwig Göransson won for best score with Oppenheimer, while “What Was I Made For” — one of two Barbie songs nominated — grabbed best original song.