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Oscar News

  • The Artist led the Golden Globe nominations this week with 6 nominations. The nominations for Best Film-Drama are The Descendants, The Help, Hugo, The Ides of March, Moneyball and War Horse.
  • The Help led the Screen Actors Guild nominations this week with 4 citations. It will compete against The Artist, Bridesmaids, The Descendants and Midnight in Paris for Best Cast.
  • Several more critics associations announced their winners this week. Among the Best Film prize recipients were The Artist from Detroit, Indiana, Las Vegas and San Diego, The Descendants from Dallas-Ft. Worth and Houston, and The Tree of Life from San Francisco and Toronto. The Tree of Life also led the nominations from the Chicago Film Critics.
  • The Academy released the shortlist this week of the 10 Live Action Short films that will compete for nominations in January.
  • Seth Rogen will host the Independent Spirit Awards on February 25.

Review Round-Up

  • Roman Polanski’s Carnage opened this weekend to lukewarm reviews, picking up only a 57 on Metacritic.

Oscar Box Office

  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy opened in 4 theatres last week with a whopping $77,000 per screen average, the third highest of the year.

Oscar Farewell

  • Bert Schneider, who produced such Oscar winning films as Days of HeavenFive Easy Pieces and The Last Picture Show, died this week at the age of 78. Schneider also won a Best Documentary Oscar for Hearts and Minds.

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