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The Dark Knight snags fives People's Choice Awards
So, it's not the Oscars, and after you look at nominees, it's even more laughable than the Golden Globes. Or is it?... read more
Found in: 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, NewsDisney starts best-picture campaign for Wall-E
Never mind that an animated film has never won a best picture Oscar. Never mind that only one, Beauty and the Beast, has ever even been nominated. And never mind, evidently, that the academy created the best animated feature award in 2001 to give the medium the recognition it deserves.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsRicky 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
Found in: Movies, NewsThe Road, Defiance and The Soloist shift release dates
With the year-end assault of prestige movies upon us, three major awards contenders—The Road, Defiance and The Soloist—have taken a more tentative place in the annual grind over concerns about release dates.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsComing soon to the Oscars: movie ads
In a bid to repeal a policy many viewers probably didn’t know existed, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced it will no longer bar the purchases of commercial spots for movies to air during the Oscar ceremony, a ban that had been in effect for more than 50 years.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBuzz for Ricky Gervais to host next year's Oscars begins
Those who caught this year's dismal Emmy Awards know that one of the lone bright spots was when... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe Dark Knight returns to theaters in Jan. for Oscar push
You've already seen it six times, so what’s one more? Warner Bros. has announced it plans to re-release The Dark Knight in January on IMAX screens to solidify a push for Academy Awards consideration.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsOscars 2008 Live Blog
Hey all you Paste readers out there. Before things start, and to help me get a hang of how the blogging system we use actually works, I thought I’d give a few general thoughts on the event in anticipation. -Awards: I expect No Country for Old Men to win the big prize, Day-Lewis to win best actor, and the Coens to nab the directing prize. It seems I’m not the only one who feels this way and these aren’t particularly revolutionary ideas. Because of this, it’s going to be the smaller stuff that’s actually interesting this year. Assuming that there’s... read more
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