In today’s round-up, the Academy announces the impending deadline for animated feature film contenders, Albert Brooks continues the “Drive” press rounds and closing out Halloween with a top 50 scariest movies list.
Oscarweb Round-up: Crunch time for toons
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:09 am · November 1st, 2011
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Celebs, filmmakers, moguls and pioneers remember Steve Jobs and his legacy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:44 am · October 6th, 2011
In the wake of Steve Jobs’s unfortunate passing, a number of people in the entertainment and communications industries took to the net to offer their thoughts. We’ve collected a few of them here.
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Pixar's 'Finding Nemo' finally coming to Blu-ray
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:51 pm · October 5th, 2011
Pixar’s “Finding Nemo” will be getting the 3D theatrical treatment late next year, but a new trailer has popped up on line for the long-awaited Blu-ray release. Here’s hoping it won’t be long before that finally drops.
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Off the Carpet: Wide open supporting actor race could be headlined by vets
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:39 am · October 3rd, 2011
The Best Supporting Actor race is beginning to slowly take shape as a wide array of veteran actors, from Christopher Plummer to Nick Nolte, are leading the conversation. Nevertheless, it’s still a wide open race with a lot of room for movement.
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Interview: Albert Brooks on 'Drive' as a chance to prove something
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:58 pm · September 28th, 2011
Albert Brooks stars in Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Drive” as a mob figure. Hardly the kind of thing you’d expect him to play. Today we talk to him about stretching himself into territory he knew he could nail.
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Albert Brooks on entertaining the world one Tweet at a time
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:07 am · September 27th, 2011
As we build up to our big interview with “Drive” star Albert Brooks tomorrow, today we ask the star about his presence on social networking site Twitter.
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Albert Brooks on Steven Soderbergh and 'retirement' as a dirty word
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:17 am · September 26th, 2011
“Drive” star Albert Brooks doesn’t buy the idea that Steven Soderbergh, who directed him in “Out of Sight,” can stay away from filmmaking very long.
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Albert Brooks on being a part of the Pixar family and his sequel pitch for 'Finding Nemo 2'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:06 am · September 23rd, 2011
Building up to our big interview with “Drive” star Albert Brooks runs in a few days, we’re dropping in a few extraneous notes on the actor’s career to date. Today, it’s all about Pixar’s “Finding Nemo,” in which Brooks was the star and forever a part of their legacy.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Taking artists at their work
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · September 22nd, 2011
In today’s round-up, Manohla Dargis argues in favor of considering the work, not the actions, of filmmakers like Lars Von Trier and Roman Polanski, Steve Martin humbly passes along some Oscar emcee suggestions to newly minted host Eddie Murphy and Russia’s foreign language submission stirs up some controversy.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Are we all underestimating 'Contagion?'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · September 20th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Mark Harris wonders if we’re underestimating the Oscar chances of “Contagion,” Peter Knegt surveys what the fall fests told us about the season to come and, with “Straw Dogs” breaking the camel’s back, James Frazier takes umbrage with Hollywood depictions of Mississippi.
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