Meet the Academy's exclusive club of three-time acting Oscar winners

Posted by · 8:50 am · February 19th, 2013

Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Sally Field and Denzel Washington hope to join this year.

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'Argo' hits DVD/Blu-ray today ahead of other Best Picture hopefuls

Posted by · 8:28 am · February 19th, 2013

The only Best Picture nominee that has been widely available is “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” until today.

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Tech Support: 'Life of Pi' composer Mychael Danna is finally an Oscar nominee

Posted by · 7:58 am · February 19th, 2013

For veteran Canadian composer Mychael Danna, his journey with “Life of Pi” began 10 years ago when he read Yann Martel’s novel. “I remember thinking, ‘I hope nobody makes a film of this book and wrecks it,’” he says.

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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Sound Mixing

Posted by · 7:18 am · February 19th, 2013

‘Argo,’ ‘Les Misérables,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Skyfall’ square off.

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Roundup: The case against 'Argo'

Posted by · 5:15 am · February 19th, 2013

Also: Why black characters still fall short in this year’s Oscar crop.

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Off the Carpet: The long, strange trip of 'Argo'

Posted by · 11:03 am · February 18th, 2013

Charting the rise, fall, rise and fall of this year’s likely Best Picture victor.

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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Film Editing

Posted by · 8:17 am · February 18th, 2013

‘Argo,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Lincoln,’ ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ square off.

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Snow White adaptation 'Blancanieves' beats 'The Impossible' at Spain's Goya Awards

Posted by · 5:55 am · February 18th, 2013

The true-life tsunami drama takes Best Director and multiple tech awards.

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Roundup: Connecticut continues to bother 'Lincoln'

Posted by · 5:00 am · February 18th, 2013

Also: The global dominance of ‘Life of Pi,’ and an imaginary Oscar for ‘Argo’.

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'Skyfall,' 'Life of Pi,' 'Les Mis,' 'Wreck-It Ralph' and 'Game of Thrones' win MPSE Awards

Posted by · 10:08 pm · February 17th, 2013

With the costumers set to declare on Tuesday, the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 60th annual Golden Reel Awards, announced this evening, were the penultimate industry group to hand out awards in advance of next weekend’s Oscar showdown. And it was “Life of Pi” that came out the big winner, taking two awards on the night. But 007 had some plans of his own.

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'Argo,' 'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Sugar Man,' 'Mad Men' and 'Breaking Bad' win WGA Awards

Posted by · 6:45 pm · February 17th, 2013

Chalk up another for Ben Affleck’s steamroller.

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Tech Support: Seamus McGarvey on shooting 'Anna Karenina' objectively and subjectively

Posted by · 7:41 am · February 17th, 2013

Joe Wright’s DP of choice picked up his second Oscar nomination to date last month.

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'Les Misérables,' 'Brave,' 'Homeland' sound right to Cinema Audio Society

Posted by · 9:15 pm · February 16th, 2013

Is it clear sailing to a Best Sound Mixing Oscar for the musical?

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'Argo,' 'Silver Linings,' 'Brave' and 'Breaking Bad' win ACE Eddie Awards

Posted by · 8:55 pm · February 16th, 2013

It’s been reiterated for months now that “Argo” and “Silver Linings Playbook” are the two films that are well-liked across the board in the Academy and the industry at large. Well, tonight, both films have triumphed at the America Cinema Editors’s ACE Eddie Awards in the dramatic and comedic categories.

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Romania's 'Child's Pose' takes Golden Bear at Berlin, David Gordon Green gets Best Director

Posted by · 9:57 am · February 16th, 2013

Danis Tanovic takes Grand Jury Prize, ‘Gloria’ star Paulina Garcia is Best Actress.

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Tech Support: Thomas Newman on 'Skyfall' and the everyday challenges of a film composer

Posted by · 8:05 am · February 16th, 2013

Film music composer Thomas Newman landed his 11th Oscar nomination to date last month, for his original contributions to “Skyfall.” It’s the latest in a long line of Academy mentions both in the song and score categories for two decades. But despite the strong showing, Newman has yet to wrangle one of the trophies for himself.

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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Writing – Original Screenplay

Posted by · 6:30 am · February 16th, 2013

‘Amour,’ ‘Django Unchained,’ ‘Flight,’ ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ square off.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 106 — BAFTA and Scripter recap, WGA preview and more shorts

Posted by · 8:00 am · February 15th, 2013

On this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne recap the BAFTA USC Scripter Awards. They look ahead to the WGA Competition and break down three categories: Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short and Best Live Action Short.

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