• The Rundown 2011: Director

    For our fourteenth Rundown article, we give you the penultimate category at the Oscars. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Director as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover awards most important to your aural experience.

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  • Precursor: 59th Motion Picture Sound Editors (2011)

    With no film winning more than one award, the Motion Picture Sound Editors did only one thing that really pointed us towards an Oscar winner…it picked War Horse for best Sound Effects and Foley, the best indicator of what film will probably win the Oscar for Best Sound Editing, an award they’ve corresponded four of…

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  • This Day in Oscar History: February 20

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1967: 39th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1966} 1979: 51st Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1978}

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  • Precursor: 64th Writers Guild of America (2011)

    The two films most people see as leading their fields for the Oscar took home the WGA prize tonight. Both categories have a solid 4-for-5 record comparing with the Oscars. In the case of The Descendants, carrying over should be no problem. For Midnight in Paris, a lot depends on whether the Academy wants to…

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  • The Inbox (Feb. 11-17, 2012)

    Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These…

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  • Gallery: Project X (2012)

    Below is a gallery for the upcoming film Project X.

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  • Poll: What Are You Most Anticipating? (March 2012)

    Return Links Most Anticipating? Poll Archive What Are You Most Anticipating? (March 2012) What are you most anticipating? (March 2012) Public OpinionPoll Results

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  • 84th Presenters: Tina Fey

    Tina Fey to Present at 84th Academy Awards® Oscar® Sunday, February 26 Beverly Hills, CA (February 17, 2012) – Tina Fey will present at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today. Fey came to prominence as a regular on “Saturday Night Live” and currently stars in, produces and…

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  • 84th Presenters: Kermit & Miss Piggy

    Hollywood’s “It” Couple – Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy – to Present at the 84th Academy Awards® on Oscar® Sunday, February 26 on ABC Beverly Hills, CA (February 17, 2012) – Hollywood icons Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy will present at the 84th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences…

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  • Weekend Preview: Feb. 24-26, 2012

    There are six new releases this week. We have previews for five of them below.

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  • This Day in Oscar History: February 19

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1968: 40th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1967} 1974: 46th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1973} 1991: 63rd Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1990} 1992: 64th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of…

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  • Precursor: 25th USC Scripter (2011)

    The USC Scripter awards is an adequate, but not infallible predictor of the Oscars. However, I’m thinking their selection this year is fairly likely to carry over. In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and…

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  • Precursor: 19th Cinema Audio Society (2011)

    If you wanted a signal that Hugo could be popular enough to take this category at the Oscars, look no further. While they missed last year, the CAS has done fairly well naming all four of the prior contests, so it’s a fairly good bet that this one should duplicate. In addition to the nominees…

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  • Precursor: 51st American Cinema Editors (2011)

    Looks like The Artist might be taking the editing prize at the Oscars after all. Or perhaps, surprisingly, The Descendants. The ACE has correctly predicted the Oscar winner five out of the last five years. While it has historically been the Drama Editing prize that corresponds, I think this year may be different considering The…

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  • Oscar Week in Review: February 12-18, 2012

    Oscar News The Artist was the big winner at another award’s show last weekend, picking up 7 awards from the British Academy of Film and Television, including Best Picture and Best Director. The acting awards went to Jean Dujardin, Meryl Streep, Christopher Plummer and Octavia Spencer. Emmanuel Lubezki won the prize for Best Cinematography from the American…

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