The Rundown 2011: Best Foreign Language Film
For our fourth Rundown article, a category least in line with general expectations. After the jump, you'll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Foreign Language Film as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we'll discuss a category that has many different faces.
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Oscar Flashback: The Gowns
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 of the best looks and the statistics associated with them on the red carpet for the last two decades (1990-2011).
The graphic below has been resized, but if you want to see it in full size, click the graphic and it will take you to the image as hosted on USDish's website.
Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 10
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 Film Critics Circle, National Board of Review, Satellite Awards nominations, Spirit Awards nominations and the Producers Guild of America nominations. This is a healthy spread of award bodies from indie to big budget, and a nice broad spectrum of critics groups.
But, before we get into this week's winners and losers, let's take a look at what's coming up this week:
Week 11
Feb. 7 - Visual Effects Society Awards
Feb. 11 - The Academy's Scientific and Technical Awards
Feb. 12 - British Academy Awards
Feb. 12 - American Society of Cinematographers
Feb. 12 - Grammy Awards
Big Winners
This Day in Oscar History: February 6
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 1984}
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The Inbox (Jan. 28-Feb. 3, 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 could include new image galleries for various films or important updates to upcoming releases from various smaller studios and art house production companies.
Weekend Preview: Feb. 10-12, 2012
There are nine new releases this week. We have previews for six of them below.
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Precursor: 16th OFTA Film Awards (2011)
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 the winners.
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 a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.
Award Tallies
This Day in Oscar History: February 5
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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Precursor: 16th Art Directors Guild Awards (2011)
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 fifth nomination and only their first competitive win.
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 a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.
As promised, I have posted the history of this particular guild on my website. You can find it by following this link: Art Directors Guild.
The Awards
Precursor: 20th Annie Awards (2011)
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 also won three other prizes over Kung Fu Panda 2 and The Adventures of Tintin's two awards each. Although Rango took the top prize, Panda's Jennifer Yuh Nelson was named Best Director suggesting support for Rango wasn't nearly across the board...that or animators don't really like non-animators honing in on their craft (no Gore Verbinski, you're still a live action director to them).
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 a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.
Award Tallies
This Day in Oscar History: February 4
Here's what happened today in Oscar History.
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84th Presenters: Cameron Diaz
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 credits include "Bad Teacher," "The Green Hornet," "Knight and Day," "My Sister's Keeper," "What Happens in Vegas," "The Holiday," "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle," "Gangs of New York," "Any Given Sunday" and the four animated "Shrek" films.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar® presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
Trailer Watch: Tim & Eric’$ Billion Dollar Movie
My brain tried to escape my head after seeing all the wrongness in evidence.
Tim & Eric'$ Billion Dollar Movie
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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 |
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Rating: C- Commentary: There's too much cheese to really take the poster seriously. However, that's what the producers want. It's not very brazen when your manipulation is this obvious. |
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Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here. Oscar Chances: None. |
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