Well, last night happened. Seth MacFarlane hosted, balancing the did-you-just-go-there style of humor for which he’s so often known and the showmanship you’d expect from an Oscar host. He took to the challenge, and for the most part, he landed. Yes, I would more openly welcome Tina Fey and Amy Poehlerto host next year, but [...]
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Every day of this Oscar season has been, as Sheryl Crow would say, a winding road – more than any other awards season I can recall. At last, we’ve almost reached the end: Oscar Sunday is just two days away. All the red carpets, all the acceptance speeches, all the annoying ads for David O. Russell’s [...]
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Surprise, surprise. Ben Affleck’s Argo won the Directors Guild of America’s (DGA) top prize on Saturday. With the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) doling out its prizes on Sunday, we should again anticipate a win for the thriller, though Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln might instead prevail. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) unveils [...]
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Two new posters for the upcoming Oscar ceremony came our way earlier today. The Oscar race lacks a true front-runner even though it is that time of the awards season, but that might change as the Producers Guild of America (PGA) reveals its winners – including its best picture equivalent, the Daryl F. Zanuck award [...]
Read More Alan Arkin, amour, Anne Hathaway, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ben Affleck, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Day Lewis, david o. russell, directors guild of america, Django Unchained, emmanuelle riva, featured, harvey weinstein, Jennifer Lawrence, Kathryn Bigelow, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, lincoln, Mark Boal, michael haneke, moonrise kingdom, Oscar, Oscars, producers guild of america, Quentin Tarantino, Robert De Niro, Sally Field, screen actors guild, screen actors guild awards, Seth MacFarlane, silver linings playbook, skyfall, Steven Spielberg, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Tommy Lee Jones, Tony Kushner, toronto international film festival, Zero Dark ThirtySeth MacFarlane and Emma Stone unveiled the Oscar nominations last Thursday. MacFarlane will also host the ceremony, which takes place on Feb. 24, but with several major organizations still doling out nods and wins, the Oscar race is far from over since voters have until Feb. 19 to turn in their final ballots. Like the [...]
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The Oscar Nominations were announced today by Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone, and, well… I paid attention to the Oscars somewhat near the end of 2007 when the Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men took the big wins, but my first full year of keeping tabs on Oscar was 2008, when Danny Boyle’s Slumdog [...]
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