Emma Champion’s 2014 Annual Oscar© Report

Aaaaaaaaaand: OSCAR© time!  Another year, another name for the venue… What, in my mind, will always be known as The Kodak Theatre, was last year named the Hollywood and Highland Centre Theater, and this year goes by the title of The Dolby Theater.  Can’t they just pick a corporate conglomerate and stick to it?!  At … Read more

Emma Champion’s 2013 Annual Oscar® Report

  Tonight marks my 15th Oscar® Night, so I am celebrating 15 years of staying up all night to witness the live telecast of the Academy Awards® Ceremony.  This is the third Annual Oscar® Report, and its my pleasure as always to bring you the details of the evening. And so, the great night is … Read more

Article by Emma Champion: Rose Blossoms: Kate Winslet’s Original Titanic Screen Test and the release of Titanic 3D on Blu-Ray

It is a very rare thing to discover something new about something you know so well.  Like when you discover your other half secretly collects stamps four years into your marriage; or that moment you figured out how to open those blasted milk cartons without mullering them to buggary. Imagine my surprise then, when last … Read more

Emma Champion’s 2012 Annual Oscars® Report

Greetings from Champ Towers!  Preparation for the 84th Academy Awards is well under way.  The popcorn is in the microwave, the wine is chilled, and I have a nasty cold; to use Twitter parlance – hash tag: sad face.  However, I refuse to let it get me down – this is the first time in … Read more

EmmaChampion.com presents Emma Champion’s Graduate “Thank You” Address

“Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Marchant, Ladies and Gentleman, it is my great honour to have been asked to speak on behalf of everyone graduating here tonight, to express our sincerest gratitude to all at the University of Hertfordshire for your part in our success. I’m encouraged to see a writer receive tonight’s honorary award.  Writing is the … Read more

Film Review by Emma Champion: Machine Gun Preacher (15) starring Gerard Butler

Since his iconic, breakout performance as King Leonidas of Sparta in Zack Snyder’s 300 (2006), we, as an audience, have been treated to the many faces of Gerard Butler – and I use the term “treated” in the loosest possible sense, as satisfaction isn’t always guaranteed.  We’ve had “Rom-Com Butler” – The Ugly Truth (2009), … Read more