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Welcome to Oscar Talk, a weekly kudocast between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood.
Today there was a bit of news in the Oscar world, in case you were under a rock or buried in an underground chamber with Stanley Tucci or something. Anne and I address the announcement from all angles [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 20 — Special Edition! — Reacting to the nominees
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:07 pm · February 2nd, 2010
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 19 — Sundance, David and Goliath, potential surprises, Bullock/Streep
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:41 am · January 29th, 2010
Welcome to Oscar Talk, a weekly kudocast between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood.
Two weeks since our last installment, Sundance is fading away and nominations announcement is a mere four days away. In our last pre-nom discussion, we dig into the following:
• Fresh off of Sundance, we briefly discuss the success [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 18 — WGA, ACE, ASC, parties, awards shows on the way…uh, we forget anything?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:46 am · January 15th, 2010
Welcome to Oscar Talk, a weekly kudocast between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood.
After a busy week of guild announcements and circuit parties, not to mention plenty of industry news from NBC to Disney and anything in between, Anne and I are beat. And we’re moving into a busy weekend of [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 17 — Guilds, Scripters and ‘Hurt Locker’ running strong
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:09 am · January 8th, 2010
Welcome to Oscar Talk, a weekly kudocast between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood.
There have been a few major announcements this week, so let’s dig in. We wander a bit this time, but on the docket today:
• The Producers Guild of America went largely populist with its list of feature nominees. [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 16 — ‘Nine’ stumbles, so cui bono? Plus ‘Avatar’ as frontrunner and forecasting the films of 2010
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:42 am · January 1st, 2010
Welcome to the first installment of Oscar Talk of 2010 and, indeed, of the new decade. Oscar Talk is your weekly kudocast between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood.
It’s been two weeks since we dug into the Oscar race in this space. Here’s what’s on the docket today:
• Rob Marshall’s [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 15 — Precursors, holiday movies and ‘Avatar’ bows
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:03 am · December 18th, 2009
Welcome to your pre-holiday installment of Oscar Talk, a weekly kudocast between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood.
This will be the last Oscar Talk broadcast of 2009!
On the docket today as we round out the year:
• Anne and I discuss quite the busy week in precursor announcements. What does it mean? What [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 14 — ‘Avatar,’ ‘Avatar’ and ‘Avatar’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:10 pm · December 11th, 2009
Welcome to the latest installment of Oscar Talk, your weekly kudocast with yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood.
This week’s discussion is pretty much dominated by the unveiling of, arguably, 2009’s most anticipated film. So with that in mind:
• Anne and I discuss the joy of James Cameron’s “Avatar,” including everything from [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 13 — NBR, awards season party circuit and ‘Complicated’ awards prospects
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:07 pm · December 5th, 2009
Welcome to a belated edition of Oscar Talk, your weekly kudocast featuring yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood.
On the docket today:
• With the National Board of Review having kicked off the awards season, Anne and I discuss the big winners and implications for the season.
• Tis the season and the party circuit [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 12 — Holiday screeners, ‘Invictus’ and ‘The Lovely Bones’ land, thoughts on ‘Nine’ and more
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:29 pm · November 27th, 2009
Welcome to Oscar Talk, your weekly kudocast featuring yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood.
On the docket today:
• We lead off talking holiday screeners, including further talk of “Inglourious Basterds” slipping into the 10 in the wake of fading heavies.
• Speaking of which, fresh off a screening of “The Lovely Bones,” a film [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 11 — Doc feature short list, ‘That Evening Sun,’ Governors Awards and ‘Basterds’ on the march
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:06 pm · November 20th, 2009
Welcome to Oscar Talk, your weekly kudocast featuring yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood.
On the docket today:
• Anne and I discuss the week’s big Oscar news, the revelation of 15 short list contenders for the Best Documentary Feature category, including discussion of snubs, talk on those we’ve seen and some fleeting expectations [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 10 — The four to be seen, animated features, supporting categories and Tyson’s LAX punch-out
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:26 am · November 13th, 2009
Welcome to Oscar Talk, your weekly kudocast featuring yours truly and Anne Thompson of indieWIRE’s Thompson on Hollywood.
On the docket today:
• Anne and I discuss the four perceived Oscar heavies that have yet to unveil — “Avatar,” “Invictus,” “The Lovely Bones” and “Nine” — and what being last out of the gate means vis a [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 9 — Baldwin/Martin, ‘Crazy Heart,’ animated contenders and the Gurus’ latest chart
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:29 pm · November 6th, 2009
Welcome to the latest installment of Oscar Talk, a weekly kudocast between yours truly and Anne Thompson of indieWIRE’s Thompson on Hollywood.
On the docket this afternoon:
• Anne and I discuss the week’s biggest Oscar news, the tapping of Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin as this year’s Oscar telecast hosts.
• Another substantial news item this week [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 8 — ‘This Is It,’ music branch, ‘Invictus’ and ‘Avatar’ trailers, the Best Actor race and more
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:59 am · November 1st, 2009
We have a belated edition of Oscar Talk for you today. We apologize for the lateness, but what better way to kick back on a Sunday afternoon than with yours truly and Anne Thompson of indieWIRE’s Thompson on Hollywood?
In this eighth installment, we actually covered a lot of ground. This week’s topics:
• With “Michael [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 7 — ‘Amelia,’ Hollywood film fest, Gothams, supposed ‘Precious’ backlash and more
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:17 am · October 23rd, 2009
Welcome to the seventh installment of Oscar Talk, a weekly kudocast between yours truly and Anne Thompson of indieWIRE’s Thompson on Hollywood. Anne is calling from London today, where she’s gearing up for a weekend of London film fest screenings and events.
Topics on today’s agenda:
• Today’s big release, “Amelia,” finally crossed the bow of most [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 6 — Foreign, animated, ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox,’ Plummer and more
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:56 pm · October 16th, 2009
Welcome to the sixth installment of Oscar Talk, a weekly awards-centric kudocast featuring yours truly and Anne Thompson of indieWIRE’s Thompson on Hollywood.
As we move further into the season, there is finally substantial grist for the mill. Here’s what we’re discussing today:
• With 65 countries locked in for consideration in this year’s Best Foreign Language [...]
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