‘Argo,’ ‘Les Misérables,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Skyfall’ square off.
Oscar Guide 2013: Best Sound Mixing
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:18 am · February 19th, 2013
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Off the Carpet: The long, strange trip of 'Argo'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 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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'Skyfall,' 'Life of Pi,' 'Les Mis,' 'Wreck-It Ralph' and 'Game of Thrones' win MPSE Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 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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'Les Misérables,' 'Brave,' 'Homeland' sound right to Cinema Audio Society
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:15 pm · February 16th, 2013
Is it clear sailing to a Best Sound Mixing Oscar for the musical?
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The top 10 shots of 2012: part two
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:35 am · February 13th, 2013
Wrapping up the year in individual film images.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Supporting Actress
Posted by gerardkennedy · 6:27 am · February 13th, 2013
Amy Adams, Sally Field, Anne Hathaway, Helen Hunt and Jacki Weaver square off.
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From Emmanuelle Riva to David O. Russell, mixed signals from BAFTA keep the race alive
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:54 pm · February 10th, 2013
Well, except Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress…
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Ben Affleck's 'Argo' wins three BAFTA Awards, including Best Film and Best Director
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:25 pm · February 10th, 2013
The BAFTA Awards went down tonight in London and it’s a big moment in the race. As Guy reminded yesterday in his predictions column, the organization has tailored its process closer to the Academy’s, eliminating branch-voted winners in favor of allowing all members to vote throughout the categories. The result could be some powerful Oscar foreshadowing.
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The Academy teams with Gallery1988 for Best Picture print exhibition
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:18 am · February 8th, 2013
The Academy has teamed up with Gallery1988 in Los Angeles to present a new Oscar-centric exhibition, “For Your Consideration,” featuring originally designed artwork for each of the nine Best Picture nominees this year.
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Oscar Guide: 2013: Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Posted by gerardkennedy · 6:33 am · February 8th, 2013
‘Hitchcock,’ ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ and ‘Les Misérables’ square off
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Music – Original Song
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:45 am · February 4th, 2013
‘Chasing Ice,’ ‘Les Mis,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Ted’ square off.
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Evening Standard nominees pit 'Skyfall' against UK indies
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:28 am · February 4th, 2013
The British film awards take place tonight.
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Roundup: On the humbler supporting stars of 2012
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · February 4th, 2013
Also: Guessing the win tally for ‘Argo,’ and trailer trickery
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Ben Affleck, Lena Dunham, Rian Johnson win Directors Guild awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:32 pm · February 2nd, 2013
Check off one more box on the “Argo” industry tour of awards season goodies. The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has crowned Ben Affleck with the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, this just a week removed from big wins from the Producers and Screen Actors Guilds.
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Roundup: Harvey's mea culpa on 'Django' and 'The Master'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:45 am · January 30th, 2013
Also: Streisand to perform at Oscars, and ‘The Sapphires’ sweeps Down Under
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Roundup: Tim Robbins and Susanne Bier on Berlinale jury
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:30 am · January 28th, 2013
Also: Soderbergh talks not-quite-retirement, and Foster champions Wallis
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'Argo' stuns for second-straight day this weekend at the SAG Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:21 pm · January 27th, 2013
“Argo” is the story of the weekend, clearly. After coming out victorious at the PGA Awards it picked up the ensemble prize that everyone had either chalked up to “Lincoln” or “Silver Linings Playbook,” with some outliers thinking “Les Misérables” had a shot at it. Surprise!
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Oscar telecast to feature tribute to movie musicals of the last decade
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:34 am · January 25th, 2013
But it’s a missed opportunity to showcase the form’s evolution.
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