“The Artist” dominated tonight’s British Academy Awards, winning seven trophies, including Best Film, Director, Actor and Original Screenplay, while its nearest competitor, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” had to be content with wins for Best British Film and Adapted Screenplay.
'The Artist' cleans up at the BAFTAs
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:36 am · February 12th, 2012
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Glenn Close aims for Best Actress in the first trailer for 'Albert Nobbs'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:19 pm · October 12th, 2011
The new trailer for Glenn Close’s labor of love, “Albert Nobbs,” has finally dropped. Will the performance bring her into Oscar’s lead actress five? Time will tell.
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Could a pair of original 'Footloose' tracks figure into the Best Original Song race…again?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:25 pm · October 7th, 2011
Craig Brewer’s “Footloose” remake is walking in the footsteps of the original. Two new tunes have been written for the film and they could figure into this year’s race for Best Original Song.
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Plummer, Gordon-Levitt, Chastain and Jones tapped for Hollywood Fest honors
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:13 am · September 26th, 2011
The Hollywood Film Awards has announced four new honorees for this year’s gala. Christopher Plummer will win a supporting actor prize for “Beginners,” Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jessica Chastain will receive breakthrough actor awards, while Felicity Jones’s work in “Like Crazy” earns her the New Hollywood Award.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 62 — 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' is icy and smooth (and good!), but is it Oscar?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:16 am · September 23rd, 2011
In this week’s podcast, we cover “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” “The Ides of March,” “Moneyball,” “Pearl Jam Twenty,” “Melancholia” and the Academy’s latest rule change.
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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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What the Academy's new campaign rules and regulations really mean
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:10 pm · September 21st, 2011
The Academy today dropped via press release its annual list of rule clarifications and changes regarding campaigning procedures, but while most are acknowledging the adjustments to post-nominations events and gatherings, my colleague Greg Ellwood has drilled down and noted probably the biggest bombshell of all in the announcement. Before the nominations are revealed, it looks to be open season.
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Off the Carpet: The great, appreciated unknown
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:00 am · September 19th, 2011
The Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals have commenced. But contrary to recent years, there is no unanimous Oscar heavy coming out of that frame.
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Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:00 am · September 19th, 2011
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