84th Academy Awards
In Praise of Billy Crystal
Crystal hosted the Oscars in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2004, according to Wikipedia. But here he is making fun of Titanic. And Ben and Matt!...
Read moreVulture: “Great Oscar Farce”
Gavin Polone describes himself as an "agent turned manager turned producer." Today for NYMag's Vulture he turns into Oscar analyst....
Read moreHugo leads 2012 Oscar Nominations with 11
Best Picture "The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer "The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott...
Read moreOscar Nominations to be Livestreamed Here, There and Everywhere
The Live Stream is no more, so we've removed the embed. But there were 130 comments from eager beavers, so...
Read moreOscar Goes Digital
The Academy just sent out the following press release. I will snap any of the digital billboards I see. Many...
Read moreDave Karger and Tom O’Neil Talk Oscar – Sappy Wins the Day!
Love this chit chat with Tom O'Neil and Dave Karger, the latter whom acts very humble considering how TOLDJA he...
Read moreBest Picture: Will it be 5? 6? 7? 8? 9? 10?
One of the biggest surprises this year is what number Best Picture will land on. There seem to be eight...
Read morePredict the Oscar Nominees!
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The State of the Race: Of Bridesmaids and Dragon Tattoos – Year of the Woman or Just Another Year?
It was hard not to notice Robin Wright at the Critics Choice awards, striding out onto the stage with...
Read moreOscar Ballots Due Today and FYC Giveaway
The best thing about today is that by the end of it, what's done will be done. There will no...
Read moreBilly Crystal Video on Funny or Die with Helen Mirren
I thought this was new because I hadn't seen it but apparently it's been around for a while. When Harry...
Read more7 films shortlisted for Best Makeup
"Albert Nobbs" "Anonymous" "The Artist" "Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life" "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" "Hugo" "The Iron...
Read moreThe Dog and Pony Show – Joey and Uggie Hit the Campaign Trail
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZE0GV24FuIY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I'm probably a stuffed-shirt when it comes to this kind of thing so perhaps...
Read more84th Oscars Gets a Funny or Die Trailer
The Academy decided to hip it up a bit - diving right into their fears about none of the modern...
Read moreEntertainment Weekly’s Oscar Cover George Clooney and Viola Davis
Thanks to Anthony Covino!
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The State of the Race: The Changing of the Guard
As I re-watched Avatar last night, or tried to, I was thinking about the future of cinema. I was thinking...
Read moreGold Derby Posts Ballot for Best Picture
Source "It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again." No, it doesn't say that....
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84th Annual Oscar Poster
Thanks to Anthony for the heads up. What do all of those images have in a common? They all take...
Read moreThere Will Only Be Eight Best Picture Nominees This Year, Says Steve Pond
In an extraordinary move to investigate how the year might play out, The Wrap's Steve Pond approached the Broadcast Film...
Read moreReminder: Key dates for the 84th Annual Academy Awards
The snowball starts rolling down the mountain next week. Tuesday, December 27, 2011: Nominations ballots mailed Friday, January 13, 2012:...
Read moreFor the record, I'm a white cis man with little interest in seeing the same old movies about white cis…
"You’re generally not going to see movies about people who live in, say, Iowa trying to save the family farm."…
SAG has leaned populist as of late, and it certainly helped that two Moonlight actors were in the Hidden Figures…
With a meme game like this? You get a mulligan
Not yet but with all these prestige projects right up AMPAS alley they're gonna have a hard time making the…
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Predictions Friday – Best Actress and the Oscar Story
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Casting Director Carmen Cuba on the Casting Challenges, New Faces for ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4
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Anne Heche and What Should Have Been
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The State of the Race: Hollywood, the Oscars and America at a Crossroads
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The Academy Apologizes to Sacheen Littlefeather for Her Treatment at 1973 Oscars
