Monthly Archives: February 2009

“…in the category for which I should have been nominated,” as he said just now on HBO’s Real Time. He also revealed that the Oscar’s are cutting back on glitz this year. In fact, Maher says, “Sean Penn will arrive in a rented huff.” (Religulous DVD trailer after the cut) ...

Awards Daily’s Oscar pool has got to kick some serious ass. Go on over to awardspicks.com and make sure to put in your choices — let’s do this thing! ...

Weirdly enough, after the following clip, I actually experienced some excitement for the first time ever regarding the ceremony itself – it could be really great. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRjPaTUD3N4[/youtube] ...

For many of us, the Academy’s neglect of Revolutionary Road this year was nearly as painful as the red ropes they strung up to keep The Dark Knight out of the Champagne Room. Happily, the lack of a BP nomination doesn’t make it any less a masterpiece. Sam Mendes is faced with the classic dilemma of screen adaptations: How to translate the complexity of...

We start the close of this season like we do every season with our favorite Iggy Pop quote, “it’ll all be over soon.” It always gets ugly this time of year. Someone has to take a hit in our world because the truth is most journalists hate, and I mean HATE Oscar bloggers. Not the nice ones, of course, but the majority of those with any modicum of self-respect....

My friend and tipster has written in to explain his reasoning behind the possibility (no one said definite) sneak attack of Melissa Leo. I though you all might find it interesting. But before you lecture me about the validity of tips, let me just say that this is just food for thought – it shouldn’t influence your predictions. It is speculation and entertainment,...

Here are the winning scores from the IFMCРbut we know Slumdog takes this at the Oscars, right? Any chance of an upset? FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, music by Alexandre Desplat FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR • Danny Elfman BREAKOUT COMPOSER OF THE YEAR • Andrew Lockington BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA FILM • The...