Quantcast

March 7th, 2010: Oscar Night!

Posted by Ryan Adams On March - 25 - 2009

Since the Vancouver Winter Olympics run from February 12th – 28th next year, the Oscar schedule is shifting forward two weeks for 2010 giving us all 14 more days to savor the anxiety anticipation. Although it’s only being touted as a one-year arrangement, the more spacious range of dates will provide an interesting opportunity to try on some sanity for size. Let’s hope it feels like a good fit. The key dates:

  • Tuesday, December 1, 2009: Official Screen Credits forms due
  • Monday, December 28, 2009: Nominations ballots mailed
  • Saturday, January 23, 2010: Nominations polls close 5 p.m. PT
  • Tuesday, February 2, 2010: Nominations announced 5:30 a.m. PT, Samuel Goldwyn Theater
  • Wednesday, February 10, 2010: Final ballots mailed
  • Monday, February 15, 2010: Nominees Luncheon
  • Saturday, February 20, 2010: Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards presentation
  • Tuesday, March 2, 2010: Final polls close 5 p.m. PT
  • Sunday, March 7, 2010: 82nd Annual Academy Awards presentation

No word  yet on the date when it’s officially ok to start talking about “locks” without sounding unhinged.

Casino Online



24 Responses for "March 7th, 2010: Oscar Night!"

  1. cdmc March 25th, 2009 at 3:50 pm 1

    Will we have another Crash debacle, when AMPAS gets tired of the frontrunner?

  2. JR March 25th, 2009 at 3:53 pm 2

    Great, now we have 14 more days to discuss and torture ourselves with anticipation.

  3. Academy Awards Moving to March, Making Awards Season Two Weeks Longer - Carpetbagger Blog - NYTimes.com March 25th, 2009 at 4:01 pm 3

    [...] is the whole new Oscar schedule, as reported by Awards Daily: Tuesday, December 1, 2009: Official Screen Credits forms [...]

  4. glimmer March 25th, 2009 at 4:09 pm 4

    but the nom poll closing thing is about the same time it was this year ???

  5. Aaron Leggo March 25th, 2009 at 4:14 pm 5

    Oscars in March again! Hopefully this means a few movies that come late to the game (like Revolutionary Road most recently) can find some extra room to squeeze into the race. The potential benefits of more time for campaigning for certain movies is all conjecture, since we never know if maybe AMPAS just won’t go for a movie and would not have gone for it under any circumstances, but still, the extra time can’t hurt.

    Of course, I look forward to nominations morning with a feverish form of anticipation, so having to wait even longer for that early wake up call kind of sucks, but at least I’ll have the Olympics here at home to keep my mind busy.

  6. Paddy M March 25th, 2009 at 4:32 pm 6

    cdmc, AMPAS didn’t get tired of the frontrunner. The Oscars were a Feb event that year, and I still place my belief in the theory that it was homophobia that lost Brokeback the Oscar it deserved. Ernest Borgnine, Tony Curtis et al. have convinced me of that, and Ang Lee is another supporter of that theory.

    As to the date change, boy am I happy! Hopefully it’ll mean that we won’t have another sweep year like this year. I don’t resent Slumdog’s success, even if I wasn’t the film’s biggest fan, but who could really say they were particularly stimulated by the eventual results…?

  7. The Natural March 25th, 2009 at 4:39 pm 7

    Latest it’s been since 2003?

  8. Brian Henderson March 25th, 2009 at 5:52 pm 8

    It doesn’t matter if the Academy is trying to avoid airing at the same time as the Olympics. Nobody is going to watch it anyways.

  9. Other Ryan March 25th, 2009 at 6:20 pm 9

    “Nobody is going to watch it anyways.”

    Except, you know, us. But whatever.

  10. HaroldsMaude March 25th, 2009 at 7:10 pm 10

    if we can talk about locks, can we talk about hosts? Has Hugh Jackman been given the job for the second year?

  11. dela March 25th, 2009 at 7:33 pm 11

    My advice if the want ratings gold:
    Stick with the present date and feature Olympics ladies free skate as the main attraction of the Oscar ceremony.

  12. Scott March 25th, 2009 at 9:59 pm 12

    … Olympics theme – nice.

    How about Gold, Silve and Bronze statuettes ;)

  13. Pierre de Plume March 26th, 2009 at 12:24 am 13

    I wonder whether the date change will affect the dates of other awards presentations, like the Golden Globes, BAFTAs, etc.

    Ever since they shortened the awards calendar, things have been too rushed.

    And although I like Hugh Jackman, I hope they don’t ask him back as host.

  14. Watermelons March 26th, 2009 at 2:16 am 14

    THAT IS MUCH TOO LONG TO WAIT TO SEE KATE (KATE WINSLET) WIN ANOTHER OSCAR!

    GO KATE!!!!

    More KAte Winslet articles please

  15. Rob Y March 26th, 2009 at 2:38 am 15

    it will give me some extra time to do the full AD Nomination process for (nearly) all categories.

  16. Ryan Adams March 26th, 2009 at 4:23 am 16

    …it will give me time to go through at one additional mood swing cycle.

  17. Sam Juliano March 26th, 2009 at 4:14 pm 17

    The good thing, is that it improves the odds of a nicer weekend for people who live in the cold winter areas like NYC/Northern NJ (where I reside) but as others have rightly admitted, it drags out the process, thereby diminishing the significance just a little bit more.

  18. Pierre de Plume March 26th, 2009 at 10:31 pm 18

    At this point, Sam, many people might benefit from a longer process. That way people would have more time to see the films. A couple of weeks goes by more quickly than what used to be a month.

    And although I’m not sure Ryan is eager to experience “one additional mood swing cycle,” I myself could benefit from an extra-long wash and spin cycle.

  19. Karen March 27th, 2009 at 8:47 am 19

    How is it that it’s March 27th and only one movie/name makes the contenders list? And, it’s an animated movie. Realistically, that is nine months of possible movies in a year. No wonder why studios hold back on the “Oscar Contenders” until the last month.

    I for one miss intelligent well made movies this time of the year and also mid- to late-summer. Haven’t seen a truly good movie since December 08.

  20. Klaus Meyer November 12th, 2009 at 3:03 am 20

    Would voters of the Academy please vote for the best not the most favoured or cast a vote based on some other criteria. It has seriously cheapened the prestige of the Oscars for a great many years now.

  21. DeDe December 20th, 2009 at 1:26 am 21

    I think that they’re horrible ‘the awards’ people’ .. they didn’t give the harry potter heroes their right of being just nominated, at least??!

  22. DeDe December 20th, 2009 at 1:27 am 22

    The harry potter heroes should be nominated.

  23. DeDe December 20th, 2009 at 1:31 am 23

    Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson are worthy fo that??!!
    Besides.. EmmaWatson has been crowned the most profitable actress of the decade, earning $5.4 billion for her films.STORY HIGHLIGHTS
    Emma Watson’s films grossed more than $5 billion worldwide
    Watson’s movies grossed on average $900 million per film
    Orlando Bloom is most profitable male actor of decade It wasn’t Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie or even Meryl Streep that was named the most profitable actress of the decade — instead, 19-year-old British actress Emma Watson took the title.

  24. DeDe December 20th, 2009 at 1:33 am 24

    Come on.. admit it?? She’s better than any AMERICAN actress..


Leave a reply


All comments should respect the Awards Daily House Rules. If you think a particular comment breaks these rules then please let us know, quoting the comment in question.



  • 82nd Oscar Ceremony

    Hosts: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin
    Producers: Adam Shankman, Bill Mechanic
    Director: Hamish Hamilton
    Music: Marc Shaiman

    Quentin Tarantino
    Pedro Almodovar

    Ampas Breakdown

    Actors-1,205
    Producers-462
    Executives-436
    Sound-405
    Writers-382
    Art Directors-373
    Directors-375
    Public Relations-370
    Members at Large-254
    Shorts/Feature Ani-335
    Visual Effects-272
    Music-233
    Editors-227
    Cinematographers-201
    Original Score-234
    Documentary-145
    Makeup-115
    Total Voting Members -approx 5,777


  • 82nd Oscar Ceremony

    Hosts: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin
    Producers: Adam Shankman, Bill Mechanic
    Director: Hamish Hamilton
    Music: Marc Shaiman

    Quentin Tarantino
    Pedro Almodovar

  • Tuesday, December 1, 2009: Official Screen Credits forms due

    Monday, December 28, 2009: Nominations ballots mailed

    Saturday, January 23, 2010: Nominations polls close 5 p.m. PT

    Tuesday, February 2, 2010: Nominations announced 5:30 a.m. PT, Samuel Goldwyn Theater

    Wednesday, February 10, 2010: Final ballots mailed

    Monday, February 15, 2010: Nominees Luncheon

    Saturday, February 20, 2010: Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards presentation

    Tuesday, March 2, 2010: Final polls close 5 p.m. PT

    Sunday, March 7, 2010: 82nd Annual Academy Awards presentation



  • Twitter
    Facebook
    RSS





  • Words

    “Awards don’t matter. Never have, never will. It is still possible, however, to follow the awards season and enjoy it as a spectator of the politics of Hollywood, which I relish in. As Manhola Dargis said, they’re bullshit but we love them anyway. I do not watch the Oscars to see my opinions validated, but that doesn’t stop me from smiling when my favorite films are recognized by anyone, be it this small organization or the Academy Awards

    If you think the Oscars are a serious indication of quality then there are no two ways around it: You are an idiot.”
    by Noah R.
  • Recent Comments

  • Contender Tracker

    Awards So Far

    NBR Winner+
    /top ten*
    LAFCA Winner+
    BFCA Critics Choice Win+/Nominee*
    NYFCC Winner +/*
    SEFCA Winners+/*
    Golden Globes Nominee+/*
    SAG Winner+/Nominee*
    National Society of Film Critics winners+
    Producers Guild Winner+/Nominees*
    Directors Guild Winners+/Nominees*
    Art Directors Guild Nominees*
    Writers Guild Nominees*
    American Cinematographers Society*
    American Cinema Editors*
    Cinema Audio Society*
    BAFTA Nominations*


    Best Picture
    The Hurt Locker*+++**+++******
    Avatar*+********
    Inglourious Basterds***+****
    Up in the Air+*+*******
    Precious******
    District 9*****
    A Serious Man*****
    An Education*****
    Up****
    The Blind Side

    Best Actor
    Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart++++*
    George Clooney, Up in the Air+*++***
    Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker**+*
    Colin Firth, A Single Man****
    Morgan Freeman, Invictus+***

    Best Actress
    Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side+++
    Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia++++**
    Carey Mulligan, An Education+****
    Gabby Sidibe, Precious****
    Helen Mirren, The Last Station**

    Best Supporting Actor
    Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds+++++++*
    Woody Harrelson,The Messenger+***
    Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones****
    Matt Damon, Invictus***
    Christopher Plummer, The Last Station*

    Best Supporting Actress
    Mo'Nique, Precious+*+++++*
    Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air+****
    Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air****
    Penelope Cruz, Nine**
    Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart

    Best Director
    Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker++++*++*
    Jim Cameron, Avatar*+**
    Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds****
    Jason Reitman, Up in the Air***
    Lee Daniels, Precious**

    Best Original Screenplay
    Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds+*
    Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man+*+*
    Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker***
    Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Up*
    Oren Moverman, The Messenger

    Best Adapted Screenplay
    Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air+++++*
    Armando Iannucci, In the Loop+
    Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious**
    Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, District 9**
    Nick Hornby, An Education*

    Best Editing

    Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron, Avatar+**
    Chris Innis, Bob Murawski, The Hurt Locker***
    Julian Clarke, District 9**
    Joe Klotz, Precious
    Sally Menke, Inglourious Basterds**

    Best Cinematography
    Mauro Fiore, Avatar+**
    Christian Berger, White Ribbon+++*
    Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker***
    Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds***
    Bruno Delbonnel, Harry Potter

    Best Art Direction

    Avatar+**
    Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus*
    Nine*
    Sherlock Holmes
    The Young Victoria

    Best Sound Mixing

    Avatar+**
    The Hurt Locker***
    Star Trek* **
    Inglourious Basterds
    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen*

    Best Sound Editing

    Avatar
    The Hurt Locker
    Up
    Star Trek
    Inglourious Basterds

    Best Costume Design
    Sandy Powell, The Young Victoria +*
    Catherine Leterrier,Coco Avant Chanel*
    Janet Patterson, Bright Star**
    Colleen Atwood, Nine*
    Monique Prudhomme, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

    Best Original Score
    Michael Giacchino, Up+*
    Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, The Hurt Locker!
    James Horner, Avatar*
    Alexandre Desplat, The Fantastic Mr. Fox
    Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes*

    Best Foreign Language Film (submissions)

    A Prophet, France+*
    The White Ribbon, Germany**
    El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Argentina
    Ajami, Israel
    The Milk of Sorrow, Pru


    Best Documentary Feature

    The Cove++**+
    Food, Inc.**
    The Beaches of Agnes++*
    Burma VJ*
    The Most Dangerous Man in America
    Which Way Home


    Best Animated Feature
    Up+++**
    The Fantastic Mr. Fox+*+***
    Coraline****
    The Princess and the Frog***
    The Secret of Kells

    Best Visual Effects

    Avatar+*
    District 9* *
    Star Trek**

    Best Makeup

    The Young Victoria**
    Star Trek*

    Il Divo*


    Best Song
    The Weary Kind – T Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham, Crazy Heart ++
    Down in New Orleans, The Princess and the Frog
    Almost There – Randy Newman, The Princess And The Frog***
    Loin de Paname, Paris 36

    Best Live Action Short
    The Door
    Instead of Abracadabra
    Kavi
    Miracle Fish
    The New Tenants


    Best Animated Short
    French Roast
    Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
    The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
    Logorama
    A Matter of Loaf and Death


    Best Documentary Short

    China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
    The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
    The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
    Music by Prudence
    Rabbit a la Berlin