Christoph Waltz has kicked off the 85th annual Academy Awards much like he did the 82nd annual Academy Awards: by taking to the stage to accept the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The “Django Unchained” star came out on top in a fiercely contested category featuring veterans like Alan Arkin (“Argo”), Robert De Niro (“Silver Linings Playbook”) and Tommy lee Jones (“Lincoln”).
Christoph Waltz wins his second Oscar in four years for Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:52 pm · February 24th, 2013
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Oscars red carpet open thread
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:06 pm · February 24th, 2013
Say what you must about the glitz and the glam.
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Closing thoughts as we gear up for the Oscars
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:13 pm · February 22nd, 2013
I think we’ve covered it, yeah? The season has been recounted, the big expected outcome has been laid out, we’ve consoled you if that outcome is troublesome and we’ve offered up our guesses on what to expect otherwise (including our unique crafts category analysis). The season, in so many words, is nearing its end.
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Final 2013 Oscars predictions: Where did HitFix's experts land?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:26 pm · February 21st, 2013
The 85th annual Academy Awards are right around the corner as Oscar weekend is ready to descend on Tinseltown and, indeed, the world stage. Is it smooth sailing for “Argo” and Daniel Day-Lewis? Did the tight races for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor yield surprises? What mysteries do the envelopes still hold? We’ll know for sure next week and the Monday morning quarterbacking will be fascinating to behold, but in the meantime, it’s last call on predictions.
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Ben Affleck sets the record straight on 'Justice League'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:37 pm · December 19th, 2012
The internet was abuzz a few months back when an overzealous report put Ben Affleck in the driver’s seat of the planned Warner Bros. team-up film “Justice League.” The report was soon enough shot down and everyone went about their business, but in a recent interview about his work on “Argo,” Affleck said he hated talking about it in the media at all because the eventual stories shed a negative light on the project.
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Golden Globe nominations breathe new life for 'The Master' stars, 'Django'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:52 am · December 13th, 2012
The first thought that jumped to mind after today’s Golden Globe nominations announcement was, “Not too embarrassing.”
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Some SAG surprises indicate unexpected currents in the season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:57 am · December 12th, 2012
The awards-obsessive corners of the web were all abuzz this morning with murmurs of a supposed “leak” of the 19th annual SAG nominees. Intrepid net hounds had apparently gone into the guild’s website and done some choice searching to turn out what ended up being, indeed, the full list of nominees. So what were they and what do they mean?
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Seth MacFarlane to host the 85th annual Academy Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:45 am · October 1st, 2012
If you saw the Seth MacFarlane-hosted season premiere of Saturday Night Live a few weeks back, you likely got a little taste of what to expect at the Oscars this year.
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Best Picture 2013: Potential nominees from 'Amour' to 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:36 pm · September 25th, 2012
Surveying the field as the 2012-2013 Oscar season commences.
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Academy moves Oscar nominations even earlier to January 10
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:29 am · September 18th, 2012
Nominations date moved to January 10 and electronic balloting introduced
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Jimmy Fallon: 'I won't be hosting the Oscars.'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:03 am · August 8th, 2012
Jimmy Fallon revealed this morning on “The Today Show” that he will not, in fact, be hosting the Oscars this year.
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Academy Board of Governors to meet and discuss potential rule changes
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:20 pm · June 25th, 2012
Can we hope for some Best Picture amendments?
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Off the Carpet: Setting the table for the 2012-2013 film awards season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:35 am · June 11th, 2012
With the film awards season still a few months off, it’s time to at least clean up the joint and get some fresh predictions out there. Today we take a look at the lay of the land at the year’s midway point.
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From Disney to GKIDS, this year's animated feature race is already looking stacked (UPDATED)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:34 pm · June 4th, 2012
Both the toon titan and the indie distrib have full plates this season.
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It's official: The Dolby Theatre is the Oscars' home for the next 20 years
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:18 am · May 1st, 2012
Two new deals bring a name change and security to the annual show.
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