It’s been a long and emotionally grueling Oscar season. We lost a dear friend in Oscar expert Damien Bona and had a frustrating three month period where anything could happen and then didn’t as the same old dominoes fell into place as they always have. The best chance for suspense comes in below-the-line categories with…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1934: 6th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1932/33} 1962: 34th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1961} 1942: 14th Annual Academy Awards (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1941}
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The Razzies are doing something different this year. In previous years, they would announce their nominees the day before the Academy Award nominations and then hold their festivities the night before the Oscars. This year, they are starting a new tradition, announcing nominees on the evening before the Academy Awards and announcing winners on April…
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Oscar News The 84th Annual Academy Awards will be presented Sunday night at 8:30 Eastern/7:30 Central on ABC. Wesley, Peter and Tripp’s final predictions can be found here. Due to its recent bankruptcy, Kodak has pulled its sponsorship of the Kodak Theater. This year’s awards will be presented at the now-named Hollywood & Highlands Center.…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1963: 35th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1962} 2007: 79th Annual Academy Awards (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 2006}
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It’s like The Hurt Locker all over again, by now The Artist seems as inevitable as a Sunday (at the Oscars). There were no major surprises, though a handful of Oscar nominees did lose this year, but for the most part, this could be considered the Academy Awards, Part 1. Matter of fact, if I…
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if they don’t want to be reunited, don’t reunite them…but we all know how it will end. Reuniting the Rubins Plot Summary: A fallen-out family must reuinte at the behest of its matriarch who wants her grandchildren to come together. Release Date: March 16, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C Commentary: It isn’t an original poster…
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On Sundays, we list the weekend’s upcoming films along with previews of trailers and posters. 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…
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They are always one of the first to announce nominees and the last to give out awards. The Spirit Awards have had more in common with the Oscars in the last decade than the prior, yet their choices don’t match up with too great a frequency. More often than not, the Spirit Awards choose the…
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Today, we present our final predictions for this Sunday’s Oscars. While we would love to keep making guesses and then second guessing ourselves for another day and a half, it’s time to put everything to rest and say “this is it.” After the jump, you’ll find our final predictions in every category and our runners-up.…
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For our eighteenth and final Rundown article, we hit the pinnacle of the evening. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Picture as well as general commentary about the race.
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Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It’s a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we’ll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1964: 36th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1963} 1969: 41st Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1968} 1975: 47th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1974} 1980: 52nd Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of…
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Christian Bale, Colin Firth, Melissa Leo and Natalie Portman to Present at 84th Academy Awards® Beverly Hills, CA (February 23, 2012) – The four Oscar®-winning actors from the 83rd Academy Awards – Christian Bale, Colin Firth, Melissa Leo and Natalie Portman – will present at the 84th Academy Awards, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don…
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