Superhero fans had their Monday morning kicked off with a one more trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse from 20th Century Fox.
The footage shows how ancient mutant/”god” Apocalypse, played by Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ex Machina), gathering his Four Horsemen of Magneto (Michael Fassbender), Psylocke (Olivia Munn), Storm (Alexandra Shipp) and Angel (Ben Hardy). They also seem to have taken James McAvoy’s Professer Xavier.
Cue the Jennifer Lawrence led X-Men, comprised of the First Class/Days of Future Past heroes you’ve grown to know like Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Havok (Lucas Till), and Quicksilver (Evan Peters), to save the day. Also joining the squad are much younger versions of the original X-Men trilogy including Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan) and Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee). If only Sansa Stark had the powers of the Phoenix. Then she’d never put up with Joffrey or Ramsay’s bullshit.
Thanks to Hugh Jackman, we got a sneak tease of Wolverine’s appearance on Twitter before the trailer was released. It will be his 8th film as the character before his final go in the 3rd Wolverine standalone film.
X-Men: Apocalypse hits theaters May 27th, just weeks after Captain America: Civil War. Check out the latest and upcoming Piffcast episodes where we’ll cover both films…and then some.
The 88th Academy Awards will take place Sunday, February 28th and 6:00 PM CT. Vying for the big prize of Best Motion Picture are films like Spotlight, The Revenant, The Big Short, and Bridge of Spies, and viewers are anxious to hear Chris Rock’s monologue.
In the meantime, you can make your picks beforehand here. All the films nominated were featured in my “Best of 2015” list and you can hear my picks on The Piffcast after Thursday night.
Update: We made our picks on The Piffcast, Thursday night. So make yours now!
Actress in a Leading Role
Actor in a Leading Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Actor in a Supporting Role
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Visual Effects
Sound Mixing
Sound Editing
Animated Feature Film
Costume Design
Documentary (Feature)
Documentary (Short Subject)
Short Film (Animated)
Short Film (Live Action)
Production Design
Makeup and Hairstyling
Music (Original Score)
Music (Original Song)
Foreign Language Film
Film Editing
Directing
Best Picture
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The Ultimate Warrior defeated Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania for the WWF Title.
Microsoft released Windows 3.0.
The Berlin Wall was destroyed, East and West Germany reunify into single Germany.
The first ever Web Page was written.
Muppets creator Jim Henson passed away at the age of 53.
And here’s what happened in Movies, Music and Sports…
Movies
Comedy
Home Alone, Pretty Woman, Back to the Future Part III, My Blue Heaven, Air America, Gremlins 2, Another 48 Hours, Cry-Baby, The Freshman, Green Card, Cadillac Man, Bird on a Wire, Look Who’s Talking Too, Alice, Coupe de Ville, The Nasty Girl, Kindergarten Cop, Mermaids, Men at Work, Three Men and a Little Lady, AND…
House Party
Action/Thriller
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Total Recall, Die Hard 2, Darkman, Dick Tracy, Hard To Kill, Captain America, Predator 2, RoboCop 2, Marked For Death, Days of Thunder, Death Warrant, Rocky V, Quigley Down Under, Revenge, Peacemaker, Young Guns II, The Ambulance, The Rookie, It AND…
Tremors
Drama
Dances With Wolves, Edward Scissorhands, The Godfather Part III, Ghost, Miller’s Crossing, Awakenings, Misery, The Hunt For Red October, Presumed Innocent, The Krays, State of Grace, Lord of the Flies, Memphis Belle, King of New York, Avalon, Reversal of Fortunes, Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael, Life Is Sweet, Henry & June, Havana, AND…
Goodfellas
The 63rd Academy Awards
Best Actor
Kevin Costner, Dances with Wolves
Robert De Niro, Awakenings
Gerard DePardieu, Cyrano de Bergerac
Richard Harris, The Field
Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune – Winner
(Reversal of Fortune was the only time Jeremy Irons was nominated for an Oscar)
Best Supporting Actor
Andy Garcia, The Godfather Part III
Graham Greene, Dances with Wolves
Al Pacino, Dick Tracy
Bruce Davison, Longtime Companion
Joe Pesci, Goodfellas – Winner
(Joe Pesci was nominated once more in 1980 for Raging Bull)
Best Actress
Anjelica Huston, The Grifters
Julia Roberts, Working Girl
Meryl Streep, Postcards From the Edge
Joanne Woodward, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Kathy Bates, Misery – Winner
(Kathy Bates was nominated twice more for Primary Colors and About Schmidt )
Best Supporting Actress
Annette Bening, The Grifters
Lorraine Bracco, Goodfellas
Diane Ladd, Wild at Heart
Mary McDonnell, Dances with Wolves
Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost – Winner
(Whoopi Goldberg was nominated once before in 1985 for The Color Purple)
Best Picture
Awakenings
Ghost
The Godfather Part III
Goodfellas
Dances with Wolves – Winner
(Dances with Wolves won 7 of the 12 Oscars it was nominated for)
Music
Rock Albums
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Hip Hop Albums
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Pop Albums
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Billboard Year-End Top 25 Songs
01. “Hold On” – Wilson Phillips
02. “It Must Have Been Love” – Roxette
03. “Nothing Compares 2 U” – Sinead O’Connor
04. “Poison” – Bell Biv DeVoe
05. “Vogue” – Madonna
06. “Vision of Love” – Mariah Carey
07. “Another Day in Paradise” – Phil Collins
08. “Hold On” – En Vogue
09. “Cradle of Love” – Billy Idol
10. “Blaze of Glory” – Jon Bon Jovi
11. “Do Me!” – Bell Biv DeVoe
12. “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You” – Michael Bolton
13. “Pump Up the Jam” – Technotronic
14. “Opposites Attract” – Paula Abdul and The Wild Pair
15. “Escapade” – Janet Jackson
16. “All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You” – Heart
17. “Close to You” – Maxi Priest
18. “Black Velvet” – Alannah Myles
19. “Release Me” – Wilson Phillips
20. “Don’t Know Much” – Linda Ronstadt
21. “All Around the World” – Lisa Stansfield
22. “I Wanna Be Rich” – Calloway
23. “Rub You the Right Way” – Johnny Gill
24. “She Ain’t Worth It” – Glenn Medeiros and Bobby Brown
25. “If Wishes Came True” – Sweet Sensation
Sports
Baseball
League Leaders
Offensive
Average: Eddie Murray (LAD) – .330
Hits: Willie McGee (STL & OAK) – 199
Home Runs: Cecil Fielder (DET) – 51
RBI: Cecil Fielder (DET) – 132
OPS: Rickey Henderson (OAK) – 1.016
Stolen Bases: Vince Coleman (STL) – 77
Pitching
Wins: Bob Welch (OAK) – 27
ERA: Roger Clemens (BOS) – 1.93
Strikeouts: David Cone (NYM) – 233
Complete Games: Ramon Martinez (LAD) – 12
Shutouts: Mike Morgan (LAD), Bruce Hurst (SD), Dave Stewart (OAK) & Roger Clemens (BOS) – 4
Saves: Bobby Thigpen (CHW) – 57
MVP
AL – Rickey Henderson (OAK)
NL – Barry Bonds (PIT)
CY Young
AL – Bob Welch (OAK)
NL – Doug Drabek (PIT)
Rookie of the Year
AL – Sandy Alomar (CLE)
NL – David Justice (ATL)
World Series
Cincinnati Reds sweep Oakland Athletics (4-0)
Basketball
NCAA
Final Four
(1) UNLV, (4) Arkansas, (3) Duke and (4) Georgia Tech
National Championship
(1) UNLV over (3) Duke 103-73
NBA
League Leaders
Points Per Game: Michael Jordan (CHI) – 33.6
Rebounds Per Game: Hakeem Olajuwon (HOU) – 14.0
Assists Per Game: John Stockton (UTAH) – 14.5
All-NBA Team
Charles Barkley (PHI)
Patrick Ewing (NY)
Magic Johnson (LAL)
Michael Jordan (CHI)
Karl Malone (UTAH)
MVP – Magic Johnson (LAL)
Rookie of the Year – David Robinson (SA)
NBA Finals
Detroit Pistons over Portland Trailblazers (4-1)
Football
NCAA
Heisman Trophy – Ty Detmer, BYU
National Championship
(2) Georgia Tech was awarded the National Championship after defeating Nebraska in the Citrus Bowl 45-21
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