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Results: Film Fun Friday #30
Results are in for Week #30 of Film Fun Friday. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answers are: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and The Thief of Bagdad (1924). No one was able to identify the poster. Game: Site Search The Answer: 50 nominations between the 10 individuals as follows: #1 – Katharine…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 8
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Emmet Lavery (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Story and Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1909: George Wells (91 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1913: Robert Strauss (61 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor –1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1921:…
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Previews: Week Ending November 7, 2010
We had a large number of new trailers and posters this week, plus a slightly pushed ahead release date for True Grit. For a better count, there were 8 new 2010 trailers and 8 new posters; and there were 5 new 2011 trailers with 1 new poster. Here’s what I thought were the best of…
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Screener Watch: November 6, 2010
Oscar season is officially upon us. Although I received my first screener a few weeks ago, another batch arrived in the mail Friday. From this point until the end of the screener season, I’ll be posting the interesting tidbits I get in the mail. You’ll get pictures of the discs and the inserts that show…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 7
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Herman J. Mankiewicz (55 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Original Screenplay;Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay, Screenplay – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1903: Ary Barroso (60 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Dean Jagger (87 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor –…
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Oscar Week in Review: October 31 – November 6, 2010
Oscar News The Santa Barbara Film Festival will give its American Rivera Award to Annette Bening. Last year, the award went to eventual Best Actress winner Sandra Bullock, while Oscar winners Forrest Whitaker and Philip Seymour Hoffman won the award the same year as their Oscar (along with eventual nominees Mickey Rourke and Diane Lane).…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 6
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Gus Kahn (54 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Scoring; Oscar Nominee: Song,Scoring – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1897: Rowland Brown (65 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1911: Stephen Bosustow (69 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Animated Short Film;Oscar Nominee: Documentary…
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Jill Clayburgh, Oscar Nominee, Has Died at 66
Oscar nominee Jill Clayburgh has died at 66 By Mark Englehart IMDB – Jill Clayburgh, the Oscar-nominated actress whose portrayal of suddenly single women in the 1970s helped define feminism in movies and reshape the role of leading lady, died today at her home in Lakeville, Conneticut; she was 66. A stage actress who started…
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Trailer Watch: November 5, 2010
Tonight, we wrap things up with our biggest update of the week. Six new trailers (Beneath the Dark, Hall Pass, Just Go With It, Navidad S.A., Regresa and Zookeeper) and six new posters (Never Let Me Go (#5), Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, Tron Legacy (a triptych composed of posters #3, #4 & #5) and…
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What to See: November 5-7, 2010
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 three new wide releases would…
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Film Fun Friday #30
It’s another week, time for more games. We have two returning games, one more recently employed than the other: blended posters and site search. (Please use the [.spoiler] [./spoiler] tags. Just put your answer between the two bracketed tags and remove the periods. Let everyone have some fun without getting their answers spoiled) Game: Identify…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 5
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Farciot Edouart (85 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special Effects, Special/Honorary,Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Plaque), Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate);Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 9 Noms, 17 Wins} 1895: Charles MacArthur (60 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Story;Oscar Nominee: Original Story, Screenplay – 3 Noms,…
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Trailer Watch: November 4, 2010
A big line-up tonight of new trailers. Casino Jack (#2), From Prada to Nada, The Illusionist, Jolene, Sucker Punch (#2) and The Way Back. THE WAY BACK Plot Summary: A group of prisoners in Siberia escape the isolated facility and travel thousands of miles towards freedom. Release Date: December 29, 2010 Trailer Poster Rating: B…
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Oscar Profile #10: Ethel Barrymore
Born in 1879, Ethel Barrymore was generally considered the greatest actress of her generation. The second of three children of actors Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew, her mother was the daughter of actors John and Louisa Drew, who was known professionally as Mrs. Drew. Her uncles, John Drew Jr. and Sidney Drew, were matinee idols,…
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Feed the Queue #19
There was no contest with Paths of Glory easily trumping the split decision between The Great Escape and A Face in the Crowd. Paths of Glory has been added to my queue. I will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend (or watched this weekend if I have time) and reviewed in…
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