The Contenders 26: May Retrospective/July Forecast
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Oscar Winner Patricia Neal Dies at 84
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Patricia Neal, the willowy, husky-voiced actress who won an Academy Award for 1963’s “Hud” and then survived several strokes to continue acting, died on Sunday. She was 84. Neal had lung cancer and died at her home in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha’s Vineyard, said longtime friend Bud Albers of Knoxville. Neal was…
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Winners Have Been Announced for the 14th OFTA TV Awards
The Online Film & Television Association today announced the winners of their 14th Annual Television Awards. Drama Mad Men, musical Glee, comedy Modern Family and miniseries The Pacific took this year’s top prizes winning Drama Series, tying for Comedy Series, and winning Motion Picture or Miniseries respectively. The Pacific won the most awards with ten;…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 8
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Victor Young (57 at death) {Oscar Winner: Drama/Comedy Score; Oscar Nominee: Song, Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score – 22 Noms, 1 Win} 1899: Owen Marks (61 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1900: Robert Siodmak (72 at death)…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 7
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Billie Burke (85 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1901: Ann Harding (80 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1909: Ben Maddow (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1909:…
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Film Fun Friday #17
Welcome once again to Film Fun Friday where we want you to have fun. If you have further suggestions on how we can improve, ideas for other games you’d like to see or just want to tell us how much fun you’re having, feel free to drop us a Comment. If you would like to…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 6
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Oliver G. Wallace (76 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Musical Score;Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score – 5 Noms, 1 Win} 1895: Ernesto Lecuona (68 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1895: Phil Boutelje (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score…
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Trailer Watch: August 5, 2010
Another busy night on the trailer scene. There are six new trailers (Burlesque, Going the Distance, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Barry Monday, Fruit Fly, The Afterlight) and two new posters (You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Vampires Suck) BURLESQUE Plot Summary: With dreams of making it in Los Angeles, a young woman…
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Feed the Queue #6
We have a tie for last week, our first. Between They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? and Out of the Past. Since I had no procedure in place for a tie, I’ve decided to break it myself and choose the film I would rather place in the queue. Now, in this case, I had to go…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 5
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Wiard Ihnen (81 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color); Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color) – 3 Noms, 2 Wins} 1898: Lewis R. Foster (75 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Story; Oscar Nominee: Original Story, Screenplay – 2 Noms, 1…
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Trailer Watch: August 4, 2010
We have a new trailer (Patrick, Age 1.5) and two new posters (Beastly, Devil). There was a second trailer out there for a film whose name I won’t mention, but it’s a documentary that has no qualms about being entirely one-sided and unbalanced. I’m sorry, but documentaries are meant to inform not to espouse your…
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Looking at the Weekend: August 6-8, 2010
This week, we have a large number of new releases, each hoping to draw their demographic to the theater and become number one. There are also two limited release films opening this weekend. Wide: The Other Guys, Step Up 3D, Middle Men, Twelve; Limited: Flipped, Mao’s Last Dancer. Looks like we are short two contributors…
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Contest: Week 13 – Summer Box Office Predictions
It’s Week #13. Time to submit your predictions for this weekend’s box office. For a reminder of the rules, follow this link: Contest Rules Submit the Following for this Week Guess the #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Guess the highest grossing new release and how much it will make This Week’s Wide…
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Tom Sherak re-elected President of the Academy
Tom Sherak will now enjoy his second year as leader of the most powerful film award organization in the world. And in commemoration (really it was something I’ve been needing to do and this is a good opportunity), I’m adding an rss feed for the Academy in the sidebar on the right. Read the full…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 4
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Walter Oberst (55 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary – 0 Noms, 1 Win} 1907: Altina Carey (92 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Short – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1912: David Raksin (92 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1914: Paul de…
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Trailer Watch: August 3, 2010
A giant update today with no fewer than eight new trailers and a single new poster (Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader). The new trailers are for: A Mother’s Courage, Heartbreaker, Holy Wars, Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo, Peepli Live, La Soga, Colin Fitz Lives! and Battle. A MOTHER’S COURAGE Plot Summary: A documentary about…
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