USDish has commissioned an interesting infographic on the fashion trends worn on the red carpet. These are just dresses and not tuxes, so the guys get no love, but is three really much difference in male style on the carpet? Yes, but not enough to really care about. So, here’s the excellent graphic highlighting some…
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As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of December, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. Today, we look back at the results of the New York…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1938: 10th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1937} 1942: 14th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1941} 1944: 16th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1943} 1985: 57th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of…
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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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There are nine new releases this week. We have previews for six of them below.
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Going out on a limb in a few categories (and ruining their record in Best Actor), the Online Film & Television Association has made several eclectic choices and quite a few that are likely to carry over to the Oscars. I don’t have a lot to say since I run the organization, so here are…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1935: 7th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1934} 1939: 11th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1938} 1986: 58th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1985}
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The Art Directors Guild awards have been announced and the expected winners took home prizes led by likely Oscar winner Hugo. In spite of it taking home a special achievement award, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 was also named Best Fantasy Art Direction, which was further notable considering this was the franchise’s…
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The winners for the 20th Annual Annie Awards have been revealed in a live-streamed telecast that suffered lag issues towards the end, but was genuinely more funny than a lot of other awards shows out there. Rango took the prize for Best Animated Feature, which should give it a leg up for the Oscars. It…
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Oscar News Michel Hazanavicius, the director of The Artist, took the top prize from the Directors Guild of America, the award most scene as the surest precursor to Oscar success. Project Nim was the documentary winner. The Help was the big winner at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, taking the prize for Best Cast, Best Actress (Viola…
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Cameron Diaz to Present at 84th Academy Awards® on Oscar® Sunday, February 26 Beverly Hills, CA (February 3, 2012) – Cameron Diaz will present at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today. Diaz will be seen next in “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” and “Gambit.” Her film…
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My brain tried to escape my head after seeing all the wrongness in evidence. Tim & Eric’$ Billion Dollar Movie Plot Summary: A pair of knuckleheads set out to film the greatest movie in history but have absolutely no idea how. Release Date: March 2, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C- Commentary: There’s too much cheese…
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