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Salute Your Shorts: Oscar Nominee Rundown
For most of the year short films are pretty much ignored... read more
Found in: Movies, Features2009 Oscar Predictions and Proclamations
Fresh off our 25-for-35 Grammy prediction performance a few weeks back, we look to pick some Oscar winners at the 2009 Academy Awards this Sunday... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesWhat to expect from the 2009 Oscars: set photos, trailer, a stat guru's predicitions and Stephen Colbert's take
With the show finally less than a week away, several tidbits have popped up about the Academy Awards over the last few days. The main story was in Sunday’s New York Times, which unveiled artist renderings of the new set (above) designed for the jazzed-up production that will go on Sunday with Hugh Jackman as host.... read more
Found in: Movies, News10 Memorable Oscar Acceptance Speeches
You've just walked up to the podium in a daze. After bracing yourself for the disappointment that you've been trying to convince yourself you shouldn't feel, some movie star in a bejeweled dress tears open an envelope and calls your name. Now all eyes in the room—and in millions of living rooms—are on you, and you have to say something funny and something poignant and thank all of the people who need to be thanked, and the giant clock that only you can see is counting down, just like Charlie Kauffman said it would. It takes a special talent to... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySlumdog's Oscar chances threatened by exploitation charges
Even as Danny Boyle won the top prize from the Director’s Guild this weekend, confirming Slumdog Millionaire as the movie to beat at the Oscars, the director and distributor Fox Searchlight found themselves fighting off new reports of exploitation.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsOscar nominees announced: Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader and Benjamin Button amongst highlights
Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button took their anointed places and talk of a populist uprising was silenced with The Dark Knight largely snubbed as the Oscar nominations were announced this morning.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsDark Knight's Oscar hopes revived by Producer's Guild
It’s been a breakneck few weeks in the awards cycle, and now that critics’ groups and review boards nationally have delivered their choices for the year’s best films, we’re left mostly to ponder the forthcoming finale. With Oscar ballots mailed and nominations only a few weeks away, self-anointed pundits have narrowed the coveted best-picture race to four films: Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon and Milk.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsIn reversal, Dark Knight score up for Oscar
The Dark Knight’s increasingly plausible Oscar hopes hit a snag in at least one category when the academy ruled that its score was ineligible for an award because five composers were credited, even though it was widely acknowledged to be primarily the work of Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsOscar Buzz: Who's ahead in this year's key races?
There's a surprisingly gargantuan Internet faction dedicated to predicting who will be up for film's most coveted prize, the Academy Award. Publications like Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times and New York Times all have Oscar blogs that obsessively trail the fluctuations in buzz amongst the year's top films. That's not to mention stand-alone sites like Awards Daily and In Contention, or well-known bloggers like Jeff Wells, Dave Poland and Anne Thompson. Even Roger Ebert has devoted a wealth of recent ink on the subject. But, the truth is, no matter how much someone knows, it's still... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VRicky Gervais turns down Oscar gig?
At this point, it’s almost become a folk narrative: Ricky Gervais shows up at this year’s Emmys for a brief sketch and provides the only moment of relief in an otherwise disastrous ceremony. Within days there was talk of Gervais resuscitating another often-painful show—the Academy Awards—and reports had his agent in possible talks to get him the job.... read more
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