2011 Oscar Live Blog
Paste editor-in-chief Josh Jackson and film editor Michael Dunaway live-blogged the Academy Awards from the comfort of their respective living rooms. They looked at how far off base our Oscar picks were and shared our favorite Oscar-related tweets.... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesPredicting the Oscars: An Oscar Blogger Breaks It Down For You
“Think of Rocky winning in 1976 over All the President’s Men, Network, and Taxi Driver,” Oscar blogger Adam Lucyk says about the race for Best Picture. “Think of How Green Was My Valley winning over Citizen Kane in 1941. Think of Gigi winning over Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1958. All examples of why I’m hoping The Social Network pulls it out, but still can’t quite predict it.”... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesSalute Your Shorts: 2011 Oscar-nominated Documentaries
For the first time ever, this year the films nominated for the Academy Awards’ short documentary prize are publicly available. It’s not a surprise that the category’s long been so neglected, since both short films and documentaries have always been fairly ghettoized. There’s also perhaps a bigger issue with the category’s restraints here than with live action and animated shorts. While those shorts are in fact made for festivals, most of the best documentaries made in any given year are produced in order to be sold to television, and television shows are disqualified from the category.... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesOscar Preview - Who Will Win, Who Should Win, Who Really Should Win (Part Two)
Today we look at Best Picture, Best Director and the Best Actor/Actress categories in our annual Who Will Win/ Who Should Win/ Who Really Should Win story. read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesSalute Your Shorts: 2011 Oscar-nominated Animated Films
Most years the animated shorts category is both the audience’s preference and the only one of the categories that seems to really bring in great films. It’s hard to explain this disparity, except perhaps that because so many animated shorts are comedies they tend to lack the pretension of live-action and documentary shorts. They’re also frequently more stylistically ambitious than the other categories, which are frequently more conservative examples of their genres. I wouldn’t call the nominees examples of avant-garde cinema by any means, but they’re definitely a lot closer than what you’ll see pretty much anywhere else at the... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesOscars Going Virtual, Dropping Montages, Nominee Tributes
This year’s Academy Awards ceremony should be a “journey of a show,” according to producer Bruce Cohen. The Oscars are trading in their traditional set designs in favor of virtual projections. “We’re using our environment to take us to different places, different times, and it will change dramatically,” another producer, Don Mischer, told The Hollywood Reporter. The show will feature six or seven scenic transitions over the course of the ceremony, focused on different themes.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBanksy Leaves His Mark on Los Angeles
Just days before the Academy Awards, Banksy has brought his artwork to the streets of Los Angeles. Reuters reported on the appearance of Banksy’s artwork and captured images of the street art that he placed on city billboards and walls before they were taken down.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsAcademy Awards Don't Want Banksy Monkeying Around
Reclusive street artist Banksy may have to reveal his identity if he wants to appear at the Academy Awards this year. The graffiti artist, who is known for keeping his identity a secret, sometimes appearing in public wearing a cartoonish monkey mask, earned a nomination for his directorial skills in his spellbinding documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe 2011 Best Picture Nominees Get Lego-ized
Every year after the Oscar nominees for Best Picture are announced, people flood the interwebs with their parodies of the films. This year, not only is there an incredible lineup competing for Best Picture, but there are also some incredible parodies. Our favorite so far comes from Alex Eylar (via Defamer). Alex has melded his love of film with his love of Legos, and the result are hilarious recreations of some of the most intense scenes in each of 2010’s best-picture contenders (notice the small yellow arm in third image). Below are our favorites. For more Lego parodies, visit Eylar’s... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesThe King's Speech, True Grit Lead 2011 Oscar Nominations
The nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced this morning. The King’s Speech garnered the most, raking in a dozen, including best picture, best director (Tom Hoper) and best actor (Colin Firth in the title role of King George VI). True Grit secured the second-most, with 10 nominations likewise securing spots in the top categories: best picture, best director (Coen Brothers) and best actor (for Jeff Bridges, last year’s best actor). Surprisingly, The Social Network, which swept the Golden Globes, tied with Inception for third, with The Fighter following closely behind.... read more
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