OSCAR® NOMINATION BALLOTS DUE JANUARY 13

January 12, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Beverly Hills, CA – The 5,783 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must return their completed Oscar nominations ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, January 13. Ballots received after that deadline will not be counted. In the majority of…

Japanese Rock Star Reveals Golden Globes Theme Secrets!

“It has some classical elements and a rock vibe as well.” Japanese Rock Star Reveals Golden Globes Theme Secrets!

Itzkoff Gets Paid To Tolerate Ricky Gervais’ Pseudo-Asperger’s Non-Apologetic Shtick

“I don’t care about them not liking the joke, but they’ve got to understand it before they criticize it. They’ve got to know what my intention was.” Itzkoff Gets Paid To Tolerate Ricky Gervais’ Pseudo-Asperger’s Non-Apologetic Shtick

NOMINEES UNVEILED FOR BAFTA ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD

·         The Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award is the only award at the Orange British Academy Film Awards to be voted for by the British public ·         Orange Wednesdays customers have selected the shortlist of five from a long list of eight determined by the award jurors ·         The winner will be announced at the awards on 12…

Trumbull And Glass Talk Tree Of Life VFX

Trumbull And Glass Talk Tree Of Life VFX And – Trumbull To Be Awarded Gordon E. Sawyer Technical Oscar

Carey Mulligan On Difference Between A Play And Shame

Carey Mulligan On Difference Between A Play And Shame vid

PBS’ POV Doc Series Summarizes Its Take

PBS’ POV Doc Series Summarizes Its Take “With New Documentary Requirements, Oscar Is Just Being Oscar”

The American Society of Cinematographers Nominates The Artist, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Tree of Life

LOS ANGELES, January 11, 2012 – Guillaume Schiffman, AFC (The Artist), Jeff Cronenweth, ASC (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Robert Richardson, ASC (Hugo), Hoyte van Hoytema, FSF, NSC (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), and Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (The Tree of Life) have been nominated in the feature film category of the 26tb Annual American Society…

The IDA On How 2013 Academy Rules Will Affect DocuWeeks

The IDA On How 2013 Academy Rules Will Affect DocuWeeks

2011 AWFJ EDA Awards Winners

EDA ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Best Film: The Artist Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist Best Screenplay, Original: Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen Best Screenplay, Adapted: (TIE) The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash Moneyball – Steven Zallian and Aaron Sorkin Best Documentary: Buck Best Animated Film: Rango Best Actress: Viola Davis…

O’Hehir Rounds Up More Reactions To Oscar Doc Shifts

“It’s called the Academy Awards. Academy members should get to vote.” O’Hehir Rounds Up More Reactions To Oscar Doc Shifts

Michael Moore Fills In Some Blanks Of Earlier Reporting On Oscar’s Seismic Shifts For Feature Docs

“If both The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times were to ignore a film with a true theatrical release, Mr. Moore added, the Academy would be inclined to qualify it anyway. “We’ll have a very liberal appeals process,” he said.” Michael Moore Fills In Some Blanks Of Earlier Reporting On Oscar’s Seismic Shifts…

Oscar Shortlists 7 For Makeup

Oscar Shortlists Albert Nobbs, Anonymous, Artist, Gainsbourg, Harry Potter, Hugo, Iron Lady For Makeup

Oscar Shortlists 7 For Makeup

January 9, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7 FEATURES ON OSCAR’S MAKEUP PALETTE Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup category for the 84th Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: “Albert Nobbs” “Anonymous” “The Artist” “Gainsbourg:…

2011 DGA Award Nominees

LOS ANGELES, CA: On January 9, 2012, DGA President Taylor Hackford announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2011. “The directors nominated this year for the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Award have each demonstrated an inspired command of the medium.  The fact that their…

Gurus o’ Gold: Welcome To 2012

The Gurus are back for 2012… and in this special edition, the latest Best Picture chart (the Gurus welcome some more women into the Top Ten)… and a guess at the DGA nominations that are coming tomorrow morning. Better late foresight than hindsight!

The National Society Of Film Critics 2011 Awards

The National Society of Film Critics on Saturday, January 7th, 2012, chose “Melancholia” as Best Picture of the Year 2011. Kristin Dunst was named best actress for her performance in Lars von Trier’s film, and Brad Pitt was named best actor for his work in “Moneyball” and “The Tree of Life.” Albert Brooks (or his…

20W2O: 51 Days To Go

Guilding The Lily

Is it a good thing or a bad thing that we are locked into 60% or so of the nominations for all groups by Thanksgiving and that the rest of the slots will be filled by a pool of films and talent that pretty much represents fewer than 15 films legitimately vying for Best Picture slots and 8 or fewer actors/directors/writers and other top talent competing for each of the other nomination slots?

The Best of 2011: Critics, Awards and Box Office

The Best of 2011 from two points of view – the critics who bestow awards and rank the best of the year. And Movie Goers – while box office doesn’t determine quality, it’s a measure of what the audience is willing to lay down (big) bucks to see.

Central Ohio Film Critics: 2011 Awards

Best Film 1. Drive 2. Martha Marcy May Marlene 3. Take Shelter 4. Melancholia 5. The Descendants 6. Midnight in Paris 7. The Tree of Life 8. The Artist 9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 10. Hugo Best Director -Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive Best Actor -Michael Shannon, Take Shelter Best Actress -Elizabeth Olsen, Martha…