Some suggestions to first-time Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris for the 87th Academy Awards.
Dear Neil Patrick Harris: Listen to these Oscar Show suggestions before its too late
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 11:45 pm · February 11th, 2015
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LAIKA to auction 'Coraline,' 'ParaNorman' and 'Boxtrolls' puppets and more
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:21 pm · February 11th, 2015
LAIKA, the Portland-based animation studio behind Oscar-nominated films like “Coraline,” “ParaNorman” and “The Boxtrolls,” has opened its archives for the first time ever for a limited auction of over 250 puppets, models, props and art.
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'Winter Soldier' vfx artist Dan DeLeeuw: On Helicarriers and his 'game changer' Hayley Atwell effect
Posted by chris-eggertsen · 5:33 pm · February 10th, 2015
HitFix sits down with Oscar-nominated “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” visual effects artist Dan DeLeeuw.
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10 Best Actress winners you don't want to meet in a dark alley
Posted by Louis Virtel · 12:21 pm · February 10th, 2015
The Best Actress category is NOT all about glamor and regality.
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'Imitation Game' producers on the rigors of the Oscar circuit and 'Harvey Scissorhands'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:54 am · February 10th, 2015
HitFix talks to “The Imitation Game” producers Teddy Schwarzman, Ido Ostrowsky and Nora Grossman and distribution partner Harvey Weinstein about shepherding their project from studio turnaround to independent production to Oscar nominee.
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Jennifer Hudson and Anna Kendrick to perform at (apparently) musical-stuffed Oscars
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:32 am · February 10th, 2015
Jennifer Hudson and Anna Kendrick have been added to the upcoming Oscars telecast as performers, with producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron threatening “several musical sequences.”
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'Imitation Game' production design nominees on 'historical' vs. 'cinematic' reality
Posted by gerardkennedy · 11:45 am · February 9th, 2015
HitFix talks to Maria Djurcovic and Tatiana Macdonald, Best Production Design Oscar nominees for “The Imitation Game.”
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Dr. Dre and Ice Cube introduce strikingly relevant new 'Straight Outta Compton' trailer
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 9:39 pm · February 8th, 2015
NWA’s story is coming to the big screen and Dr. Dre and Ice Cube think it’s timely. We can’t disagree with them.
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'Selma' maintains a presence on '60 Minutes' and the Grammys with Oscar ballots out
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:41 pm · February 8th, 2015
The 2015 Grammy Awards broadcast was, it turned out, bookended by reminders of Paramount’s “Selma” just as Oscar ballots are making their way to the hands of voters for the final phase of Academy Awards voting.
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'20 Feet from Stardom' closes out a two-year awards run with a Grammy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:58 pm · February 8th, 2015
Last year’s Oscar winner for Best Documentary Feature, “20 Feet From Stardom,” has rounded out its long awards run beginning as a competition player way back at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival with a Grammy for Best Music Film.
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Alexandre Desplat and John Williams win Grammys for 'Grand Budapest,' 'Book Thief'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:41 pm · February 8th, 2015
Alexandre Desplat has won the Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 2015 Grammy Awards, while John Williams has won a prize for his work on 2013’s “The Book Thief.”
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Former Oscar players 'Let It Go' from 'Frozen' and Pharrell's 'Happy' win Grammys
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:27 pm · February 8th, 2015
Last year’s Oscar frontrunning Best Original Song players ended up with some Grammys to show for themselves Sunday as “Let It Go” won a pair in the visual media category and “Happy” won Best Music Video.
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Glen Campbell's Oscar nominee 'I'm Not Gonna Miss You' wins country song Grammy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:14 pm · February 8th, 2015
Glen Campbell’s Oscar-nominated song “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” has won the Grammy for Best Country Song. It could be a sleeper in this year’s Best Original Song race.
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Off the Carpet: How to look at what the guilds and BAFTA Awards have told us
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:35 pm · February 8th, 2015
With guilds and the British Academy speaking up in this year’s Oscar race, things feel spread as thin as ever. Or do they? How to read the tea leaves left by the industry roll-out…
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2015 BAFTA Awards winners as they are announced
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 9:50 am · February 8th, 2015
“Boyhood” takes Best Film and Director as “Grand Budapest Hotel” earns five honors including Original Screenplay at the 2015 BAFTA Awards. Eddie Redmayne, Patricia Arquette, Julianne Moore and J.K. Simmons also win big.
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu wins Directors Guild award for 'Birdman'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:33 pm · February 7th, 2015
The Directors Guild of America awarded “Birdman” top honors tonight. “CITIZENFOUR,” “Homeland” and “Transparent” also won prizes as four women walked away with awards.
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Oscar-nominated 'Mr. Turner' designers talk costumes and sets of Mike Leigh's biopic
Posted by gerardkennedy · 4:09 pm · February 7th, 2015
HitFix talks to Oscar-nominated production designer Suzie Davies and costume designer Jacqueline Durran about building the world of Mike Leigh’s “Mr. Turner.”
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So 'The Equalizer' was better directed than 'Selma' according to the NAACP
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:41 am · February 7th, 2015
Behold the NAACP Image Awards, where somehow Antoine Fuqua did a better job directing “The Equalizer” than Ava DuVernay on Best Picture winner “Selma” or Gina Prince-Bythewood on “Beyond the Lights.”
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