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Oscars: Best Art Direction
Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara Presented by: Tom Hanks Standing Ovation: No Correct Predictions: Wesley
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This Day in Oscar History: February 27
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…
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The Shape of Things to Come at Tomorrow’s Ceremony…
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…
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Precursor: Spirit Awards
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)
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Precursor: Golden Raspberry Awards
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
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Precursor Predictions: Spirit Awards & Razzies
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…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 26
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…
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What to See: February 25-27, 2011
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…
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Predictions: 83rd Annual Oscars – Final
And so Oscar prognostication season has come to a close. Now that the Oscars are only two days away, it’s time to put to bed our final predictions. While some categories were really tough to make choices in, others were incredibly easy. We only agreed on 9 categories: Animated Feature, Actor, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay,…
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The Rundown: Best Picture
And here we have our final category: Best Picture. We always save this one for last even if it is the most predictable category of the night. Sure, we all hope for upsets, but we don’t expect them. Later today, we’ll recap our predictions and update to our final predictions.
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Film Fun Friday #45
Welcome to the new Film Fun Friday. In an effort to make our games more fun, I’ve increased the interactivity of them. Now you’ll be responding to your fellow players or continuing their thoughts. Each game has a different set of rules, so make sure to read up before posting. And always remember to have…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 25
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Jed Harris (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1908: George Duning (92 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score,Musical Score – 5 Noms, 0 Wins} 1911: Ingo Preminger (95 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Picture – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}…
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Feed the Queue #34
It was a supremely tight race for the top spot with only 7 points separating the winner and the film in sixth place. Starting at the bottom: The Divorcée and Chocolat got equal amounts of no love bottoming out with 8 points each. Punch-Drunk Love didn’t fare much better with a 9-point finish. From there,…
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The Rundown: Best Director
Often considered the second-most important category of the night, the Best Director prize frequently goes to the Best Picture winner, but will that tried and true formula work this year?
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Oscar Profile #26: Anne Bancroft
Born Anna Maria Italiano in the Bronx on September 17, 1931, the future Anne Bancroft made her screen debut in 1952’s Don’t Bother to Knock. In featured roles in A movies like Demetrius and the Gladiators and lead roles in B movies like Gorilla at Large, she became dissatisfied with her film career by the…
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