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If you came of age in the 1980s, you lived through a time when American actresses did not depend on conventional, youthful good looks, or hotness, to get on the A list.  The good parts went to those who took the craft seriously.  A lot has changed since then.  If you look at the Best Actress race of the...

Since there aren’t five Best Picture nominees to be had this year, although the rapid about-face the Academy did from last year to this leads me...

While Academy members are receiving and filling out their ballots, around the same time, beginning December 30, SAG voters will decide on their final...

October takes me by surprise every year. I think that things are cruising along at a manageable level and then, wham! October brings Oscar season proper...

The Huffington Post has a piece by Scott Mendelson wondering about Tyler Perry’s upcoming For Colored Girls and its Oscar potential. The film is...

By the time 2010 comes to an ambling close, Michelle Williams will have two very good performances under her belt. Blue Valentine, and Meek’s Cutoff. Obsessed...

Magnolia Films will release All Good Things some time this December, putting it right in the thick of things for Oscar season. ¬†The film is directed by Andrew Jarecki (Capturing the Friedmans) and also stars Kirsten Dunst. ¬†It’s quite fun going down this particular rabbit hole, due to the mysterious nature of Robert Durst (Gosling, presumably). ¬†While...