ACADEMY AWARDS

The USC Scripter Awards is celebrating its silver anniversary this year. And in this 25th year, the USC Libraries’ set of nominees is reflective of a very competitive year as, for the first time ever, a tie resulted in six nominees as opposed to the usual five.

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'Ai Weiwei,' 'Queen of Versailles' join Oscar players in DGA documentary nominations

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:04 pm · January 14th, 2013

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has offered up its list of nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking, and it’s a nice slice of vindication for a pair of Oscar snubees.

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Off the Carpet: Why I want to see 'Argo' win Best Picture at the Oscars

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:51 am · January 14th, 2013

The last 100 hours or so in Hollywood has been intriguing, to say the least. The Oscar nominations on Thursday sent a series of shockwaves throughout the industry and were marvelously reflective of a tightly contended, stellar year of filmmaking. And of course, two names have been on everyone’s lips since the Thursday morning bombshell: Ben Affleck and Kathryn Bigelow.

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Big moments for Bill Clinton, Jodie Foster and Ben Affleck at the 70th annual Golden Globes

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:43 am · January 14th, 2013

It was all smiles at the Warner Bros./In Style party Sunday night as team “Argo” had grabbed yet another one-two Best Picture/Best Director punch after the film’s director Ben Affleck was unceremoniously snubbed from the Oscars’ Best Director line-up late last week.

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'Django' is Tarantino's biggest hit and 'Lincoln' crosses $150 mil as Best Picture nominees storm the box office this year

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:06 am · January 13th, 2013

This is the story of the season.

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Tell us what you thought of 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:11 am · January 13th, 2013

At this point, anyone who hasn’t seen “Zero Dark Thirty” — which is the majority of the movie-going public — has had to hear it chewed on and mulled over for well over a month. Critics awards and controversy have shrouded the film upon delivery to a wider audience this weekend, and it’s turned up #1 at the box […]

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Academy opens three more categories up to entire membership

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:11 pm · January 12th, 2013

Documentary Feature, Live Action Short and Animate Short will go out on screener

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Haneke's 'Amour' joins exclusive club of Palme d'Or winners turned Best Picture nominees

Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:30 pm · January 11th, 2013

The film joins 15 others to have transitioned from the Croisette to Oscar’s spotlight.

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Nine double-dipping Oscar nominees have multiple shots on goal this year

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:22 pm · January 11th, 2013

Another year, another set of Oscar nominees. And while all are lucky to be in the mix, some are twice as lucky. There are always a few double dippers each year, individuals recognized in multiple categories or, sometimes, twice in the same category. So who’s in the club this time around?

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 102 — Oscar nominations and the BFCA Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:40 am · January 11th, 2013

In today’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss last night’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards as well as the nominations for the 85th annual Academy Awards.

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'Skyfall,' 'Best Exotic,' 'Ted' join the usual in ACE Eddie nominations

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:00 am · January 11th, 2013

The American Cinema Editors (ACE) decided there was no rush and chose to hold its announcement for nominations honoring excellence in filmmaking until after the Oscar nominations landed. This despite being ready to announce on Tuesday. I applaud them for that. Just because the Academy says “jump” doesn’t mean you have to.

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