Monthly Archives: December 2010
Brewing with sweetness and sentimentality, one of the best films of 2010 just got some greasy fingerprints all over it. No, just kidding. Kidding. But here is how David Poland puts it today as he gets ready to launch his column: Now that True Grit has muscled its way into the frontrunner slot to win Best Picture – more in a 20 Weeks column coming up later today...
Okay, Oscar watchers. We aren’t going to run a WGA contest, but we will run a Producers Guild top ten predictions contest. Do your worst! Remember, if you choose to use the alternates to write in films you don’t see on the list, leave two slots blank in the pull-down menu selection. The Producers Guild nominations will occur on January 4th, 2011. ...
Sorry this took so long, peeps. But we’re preparing for our Producers Guild Predict the Ten contest (coming some time today) and wanted to clear out the backlogs. And so, congratulations to our winner: Megan McLachlan, who got an astonishing score of 9 correct answers out of a possible 14. The highest. Please send an email to awardsdaily@gmail.com, Megan, to claim...
Rigorous wordplay Turns adversity to verse; Squabbles sound sweeter. My favorite thing about haiku contests is how they ask that we carefully consider our wording so all the clashing opinions find the same rhythm in a harmonious chorus. I was supposed to choose a few of the best Haiku to highlight when the giveaway winners were announced. But, you know, 95% of the entrants...
Tom O’Neil and Pete Hammond dish it up about Best Actress, wondering if Nicole Kidman might not come in and steal the Oscar away from Natalie Portman or Annette Bening (of Jennifer Lawrence, for that matter). Every day it feels like one or the other will win. First it was Bening, then it was Portman, then Portman got pregnant and then it was Bening, and now it’s...