Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: William Demarest (91 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1898: Roger Heman (71 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special Effects – 5 Noms, 1 Win} 1901: Elizabeth Hill (77 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1901: Robert Usher…
Here is a rundown of what to expect from tomorrow night’s ceremony. Note that Mo’Nique and Christoph Waltz will not be presenting in either Supporting category. From Deadline Hollywood: Hosts James Franco (127 Hours and a Best Actor nominee this year) and Anne Hathaway (Love And Other Drugs) will open the show with a Billy-Crystal-originated…
Here are the winners of tonight’s Film Independent Spirit Awards Awards Tallies (4) Black Swan (2) Winter’s Bone Awards Best Feature Black Swan (Wesley) Best Director Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan (Wesley)
And the winners of this year’s worst awards were given as follows. Awards Tallies (5) The Last Airbender (3) Sex and the City 2 (2) Valentine’s Day The Awards Worst Picture The Last Airbender Worst Director M. Night Shyamalan – The Last Airbender
With the Academy Awards Sunday and no guilds left in sight, all that remains are the traditional pre-Oscars awards shows. Both go the night before the Oscars (Saturday) and neither is a terrific Oscar barometer. One is the Spirit Awards, run by Film Independent, a gala for low-budget films that doesn’t generally match up very…
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: John Leipold (82 at death) {Oscar Winner: Scoring – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1900: Jean Negulesco (93 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Directing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1905: Vernon Harris (93 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1916: Jackie Gleason…
On Wednesdays, we preview all of the upcoming new wide and limited releases hitting the theaters the coming weekend. On Fridays, we’ll now tell you what you should see. We pose two questions each week to our contributors and their responses are posted below. Wesley Lovell 1. Which of the two new wide releases would…