Oscar News Lionsgate has picked up Toronto Film Festival hit Rabbit Hole. Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning play, and with great roles for Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Dianne Weist (plus Aaron Eckhart), this gives Lionsgate a contender this season. For a look at why it could play a major role, look here. The Venice
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1905: Greta Garbo (84 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1914: Jack Cardiff (94 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Color), Special/Honorary; Oscar Nominee: Directing, Cinematography (Color) – 4 Noms, 2 Wins} 1920: Jack Warden (85 at death) [Pictured]
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We have several new trailers today (11). Brutal Beauty, Carnies, The Dilemma, Due Date (#2), Legacy, Nora’s Will, Picture Me, Red Hill, The Roommate, Today’s Special, and Wake Up plus a poster for Paranormal Activity 2. (The previews are out of order, but should be in order of quality. I will hopefully update this at
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Today, we continue with our series of prediction articles exploring where we think the races are at right now. Without exception, things seem to be shaping up in a lot of our minds as common names continue to pop into the lists. Yet, we caution everyone that anything can happen between September and December. Frontrunners
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Jules White (84 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Comedy Short Film, Two-Reel Short Film –4 Noms, 0 Wins} 1903: Elmo Veron (87 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1920: Annie Dorfmann (90) {Oscar Nominee: Foreign Film – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1931: Anne
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A huge bundle of trailers was dropped today (11 in all) including an Oscar contender and a bunch of bland. The new trailers are: Casino Jack, Douchebag, The Fighter, It’s a Wonderful Afterlife (trailer #2), King of Paper Chasin’, The Last Day of Summer, 9th Company, The Nutcracker in 3D, The Two Escobars, Unstoppable, and
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As I indicated at the outset, I intend to use these Oscar profiles to not only throw a spotlight on past winners and nominees, but performers and directors who should have had at least one nomination in their long careers, but didn’t. Who better to start with than the urbane, witty actor, gourmet and artist,
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It was a tight competition and a tie has resulted. Long Day’s Journey Into Night and Treasure of the Sierra Madre were the top vote getters followed by The Last Hurrah and the The Untouchables. And when given a choice between a western and anything but a western, I have to go for anything but.
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Samuel Spewack (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Russell Harlan (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 6 Noms, 0 Wins} 1911: Jerry Wald (50 at death) {Oscar Winner: Irving G. Thalberg Award;Oscar Nominee: Picture –
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We have three new trailers today. One horror film, one Tyler Perry film and one espionage thriller. As Good as Dead, For Colored Girls and The Tourist. FOR COLORED GIRLS Plot Summary: An ensemble drama adapted from Ntozake Shange’s Obie Award-winning play, a poetic exploration of what is to be of color and a female
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Week 3 of our Awards Season Box Office Predictions game. Don’t remember the rules? Check them out here: Game Rules. Submit the Following for this Week DIVISION ONE Guess the #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Guess how much the #1 Film will make, if it is not also the highest grossing new
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Another hectic week of new releases with no less than four new wide releases (Easy A, The Town, Devil, Alpha and Omega) and four new limited releases (Never Let Me Go, Catfish, Jack Goes Boating, Kings of Pastry) we’ll be talking about today: (Update, 9/15/10, 6:39p: added Wes’ comments & consensus) Consensus Below is a
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Jean Renoir (84 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Directing – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1895: Frank X. Shaw (81 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Assistant Director – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1908: Jules Schermer (87 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story – 1 Nom,
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No new trailers today, but five new posters (4 for Jackass 3D and one for Mother and Child). MOTHER AND CHILD, poster #2 Plot Summary: Follows three woman, a mother who gave up one of the others for adoption 35 years prior and the other looking to adopt. Release Date: May 7, 2010 Trailer Poster
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