Monthly Archives: January 2010

Michael Giacchino is the big winner with 9 nominations. FILM CATEGORIES: FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR • AVATAR, music by James Horner • DRAG ME TO HELL, music by Christopher Young • STAR TREK, music by Michael Giacchino • THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, music by Alexandre Desplat • UP, music by Michael Giacchino ...

Here is Adam Shankman in USA Today: “Dancing is so a part of the American public consciousness right now,” he says. “It’s a fabulous time for dancers.” He interrupts an interview to cajole the room full of auditioners, who are concentrating on rehearsing their moves. ...

The Miramax name was never meant to go on without Harvey and Bob Weinstein. Once it was sold out from under them, they went on to form The Weinstein Co. and Miramax went on releasing great movies. There is a rumor that the Weinsteins want to buy back the Miramax name. That would return things back to the way things used to be, and might make Miramax once again a force...

Thanks to the GooGooboo for the link (and HuffPo as the source): ...

Just a shout-out to many of the new Oscar blogs I see cropping up. I won’t list them here but fair warning – the lawyers at the Academy are serious about protecting their brand. They might be inclined to notify you to change your name and then you, like I, will have to start again from scratch with a new name. I realize that many of the people who have the...

January 1, 1919 – January 28, 2010 Salinger famously didn’t let Hollywood get its greasy paws on The Catcher in the Rye. His letter, after the cut. ...

It’s going to be an Oscar nominations prediction weekend, I fear. We also have the DGA to keep tabs on (Saturday). We will be writing up our predictions article at some point — but in the meantime, Richard Roeper went ahead and dove right in. My only quibble with his list is that he omits District 9 for the Best Pic lineup – and I think it’s...