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10 things we learned from the 2015 Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 11:15 pm · January 15th, 2015

10 big takeaways from the 2015 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards including thoughts on Patricia Arquette’s speeches, Michael Strahan as host, Angelina Jolie being a good sport and one too many lifetime achievements for a two-hour show.

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Live blogging the 2015 Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 4:55 pm · January 15th, 2015

We’re live blogging the 2015 Critics’ Choice Awards! The show where all the Oscar nominees practice their acceptance speeches for all the other shows!

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Rosamund Pike wishes Carrie Coon and Kim Dickens were also nominated for 'Gone Girl'

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 2:48 pm · January 15th, 2015

Rosamund Pike reflects upon her first Oscar nomination for “Gone Girl” and the opportunity playing someone like the “Amazing” Amy Dunne provided her.

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'Grand Budapest,' 'Interstellar' dominate Oscar's craft categories

Posted by gerardkennedy · 1:32 pm · January 15th, 2015

In Contention’s Gerard Kennedy analyzes the fallout of this year’s Oscar nominations across the 10 crafts categories, where

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'Inherent Vice,' Jake Gyllenhaal, 'LEGO Movie': Oscar nominations snubs and surprises

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:03 pm · January 15th, 2015

Thursday morning’s Oscar nominations announcement brought with it the usual assortment of unexpected nominees and unexpected exclusions.

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Marion Cotillard made fun of her friends for saying she'd get an Oscar nomination

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 10:40 am · January 15th, 2015

Marion Cotilard was shocked to earn her second Oscar nomination for “Two Days, One Night” and tells HitFix she’s happy she’ll be able to bring the Dardennes Brothers’ movie to the Academy Awards.

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Roger Deakins and Emmanuel Lubezki praise fellow Oscar nominees

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:13 am · January 15th, 2015

Two of the industry’s most celebrated cinematographers, Roger Deakins (“Unbroken”) and Emmanuel Lubezki (“Birdman”), discuss their fellow Oscar nominees and their own good fortune.

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Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke says without the critics, 'Boyhood' would be 'lost'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:33 am · January 15th, 2015

Ethan Hawke joined an elite club Thursday having received multiple nominations as an actor and writer from the Academy over the years. However, he says without the critics, “Boyhood” wouldn’t have seen nearly the awards success it has.

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'Selma,' Laura Dern, 'Lego': the Academy, as ever, has its own ideas about the Oscar race

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:57 am · January 15th, 2015

HitFix’s Kristopher Tapley analyzes the morning’s Oscar nominations announcement, which featured the usual assortment of quirky Academy choices and surprises.

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'Birdman' and 'Grand Budapest' lead 2015 Oscar nominations as snubs abound

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 5:21 am · January 15th, 2015

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Birdman” led all Oscar nominees on Thursday morning with eight nominations but snubs for “The LEGO Movie,” Ava DuVernay and Jennifer Aniston made things interesting.

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2015 Academy Awards Nominations – complete list

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:45 am · January 15th, 2015

Thursday morning the nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards were announced at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills.

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Tech Support: Final predictions in Oscar's crafts categories

Posted by gerardkennedy · 10:39 pm · January 14th, 2015

In Contention’s Gerard Kennedy offers up final predictions for the crafts categories in advance of this year’s Oscar nominations announcement.

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Did Warner Bros. just plant an Oscar flag for 'In the Heart of the Sea?'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:15 pm · January 14th, 2015

Well here’s something you don’t see too often. Just two months out from a planned March release, Warner Bros. has moved Ron Howard’s “In the Heart of the Sea” all the way to Dec. 11, 2015. Let’s all make the silly pun together: that’s right in the heart of the Oscar season.

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Barbra Streisand, Ben Affleck and Guillermo del Toro lined up for industry honors

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:59 pm · January 14th, 2015

The ASC, WGA and Makeup and Hairstylists Guild will honor a trio of filmmakers with special designation awards this year: Barbra Streisand, Ben Affleck and Guillermo del Toro respectively.

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On Oscar noms eve, 'Birdman,' 'Budapest' and 'Imitation Game' have most industry love

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:30 pm · January 14th, 2015

With all the industry groups having declared, a consensus of favorites has bubbled up. Leading the way with the most overall mentions: “Birdman” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” with “The Imitation Game” right behind.

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'Apes,' 'Birdman' surge as sound editors round out pre-Oscar industry nominations

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:28 pm · January 14th, 2015

The final guild/industry group to declare nominees did so this afternoon as the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) spoke up with a roll call of players for the 62nd Golden Reel Awards.

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DGA TV Nominations: Louis C.K., Jodie Foster, and Cary Fukunaga score nods

Posted by chris-eggertsen · 10:20 am · January 14th, 2015

The DGA has announced their nominations in the TV, documentary and commercial categories for this year’s ceremony. Nominees include Louis C.K. (“Louie”), Jodie Foster (“House of Cards”) and Cary Fukunaga (“True Detective”).

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