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The Morning After #21: November 15, 2010
Back to the movie grind stone likely form now through the beginning of the year. With preparations for the Online Film & Television Association Hall of Fame Selection Committee to year-end awards screeners, I’m going to be a busy man. That won’t stop me from putting time in on TV shows when I can find…
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Results: Film Fun Friday #31
Results are in for Week #31 of Film Fun Friday. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answer is: Close Encounters of the Third Kind. No one was able to identify the poster. Game: Six Degrees of Oscar Separation Peter was our lone responder and he made the connection in three. Note: And after three weeks…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 15
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Lewis Stone (73 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1893: Grover Jones (46 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story, Screenplay – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1905: Frank Tuttle (63 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction,Art Direction (Black-and-White), Art Direction…
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Previews: Week Ending November 14, 2010
All-in-all, we had 22 updates this week evenly split between 2010 and 2011. Of those, two were new posters for existing previews and the rest were either new trailers or new previews. Poster Highlights: Two posters managed to top this week’s batch. Both 2011’s African Cats and 2010’s Blue Valentine were the best of the…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 14
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Aaron Copland (90 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Drama/Comedy Score;Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score – 6 Noms, 1 Win} 1911: F. R. Crawley (75 at death) {Oscar Winner: Documentary Feature – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1920: Irving Ravetch (90) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay…
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Oscar Week in Review: November 7-13, 2010
Oscar News Two time Academy Award winner Robert DeNiro will receive the 2011 Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes. DeNiro will accept the lifetime achievement award at the January 16, 2011 awards ceremony. Hugh Jackman has reportedly turned down the opportunity to return as Oscar host this year. No word yet on who…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 13
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: E. H. Hansen (67 at death) {Oscar Winner: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects –14 Noms, 2 Wins} 1901: Perry Ferguson (62 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction,Art Direction (Black-and-White) – 5 Noms, 0 Wins} 1903: Paul Sheriff (56 at death) {Oscar Winner: AArt Direction (Color) – 2…
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Trailer Watch: November 12, 2010
I took yesterday off for my birthday (really, I just forgot about it until it was too late and there were too many to update right away), so here are Thursday’s and Friday’s updates: The Adjustment Bureau, Barney’s Version, Battle: Los Angeles, El Estudiante, Jumping the Broom, Season of the Witch, Seres: Genesis and You…
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Film Fun Friday #31
Let’s play a game (or two). (Please use the [.spoiler] [./spoiler] tags. Just put your answer between the two bracketed tags and remove the periods. Let everyone have some fun without getting their answers spoiled) Game: Identify the Poster At the right is the German poster for what Oscar winner. Game: Six Degrees of Oscar…
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What to See: November 12-14, 2010
On Wednesdays, we preview all of the upcoming new wide and limited releases hitting the theaters the coming weekend. On Fridays, we’ll 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 three new wide releases would you…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 12
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1891: Richard A. Whiting (46 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1892: Sol Polito (67 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1903: Milo Lory (71 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special Effects – 2 Noms, 1 Win}…
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Feed the Queue #20
It was a close one this week with second place one point behind first. But Drama wins out over comedy The Producers. Midnight Express has been added to my queue. I will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend (or watched this weekend if I have time) and reviewed in The Morning…
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Oscar Profile #11: Beulah Bondi
Born in 1888, Beulah Bondi was a seasoned stage actress who made her film debut at 43, reprising her Broadway role as the neighborhood gossip in 1931’s Street Scene. After playing several other mean-spirited characters she moved up considerably on the likability scale as Rachel Jackson, Andrew Jackson’s pipe-smoking wife in 1936’s The Gorgeous Hussy,…
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Dino De Laurentiis Has Died at 91
Legendary producer Dino De Laurentiis has died at the age of 91. by Simon Reynolds Digital Spy – De Laurentiis, whose career in cinema spanned more than 70 years and 160 movies, passed away in Los Angeles, according to Italian media reports. De Laurentiis established himself as one of Italy’s leading post-war producers, working on…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 11
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Roland Young (65 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1889: Clifton Webb (76 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor, Supporting Actor –3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1901: Sam Spiegel (84 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Picture, Irving G. Thalberg Award; Oscar…
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