“Key & Peele” have their say regarding the “Selma” controversy and make a very unexpected but valid point regarding “Into the Woods” at a Super Bowl press conference or Seattle Seahawks’ Marshawn Lynch and Richard Sherman.
Key & Peele prove Richard Sherman and Marshawn Lynch are smarter than the Academy
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 3:34 pm · January 31st, 2015
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Tim McGraw to pay tribute to Glen Campbell at the Oscars
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:04 am · January 29th, 2015
The Academy has announced that country music star Tim McGraw will perform Glen Cambell’s Oscar-nominated song “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” at the upcoming 87th annual Academy Awards.
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Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar nominees roundtable
Posted by gerardkennedy · 12:19 pm · January 28th, 2015
HitFix rounds up the nominees from “Foxcatcher,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” to discuss this year’s contenders for the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar.
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'Frozen's' 'Let It Go' songwriters to pen Neil Patrick Harris' Oscars opening number
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:52 am · January 27th, 2015
The Academy has announced that Oscar-winning songwriters Robert and Kristen Lopez will write an opening musical number for Academy Awards host Neil Patrick Harris, and that Common and John Legend will be on hand to perform “Glory” from “Selma.”
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Oscar-nominated 'Into the Woods' costume designer says bondage was right for Rapunzel
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:33 am · January 26th, 2015
HitFix talks to Oscar-nominated “Into the Woods” costume designer Colleen Atwood, a three-time winner who picked up her 11th nomination to date for the film.
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Maroon 5's Adam Levine will perform at the Oscars
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:13 am · January 26th, 2015
We can probably expect a number of Oscar announcements this week as the producers begin to put the show together in earnest. Kicking things off, Adam Levine has been tapped to perform “Lost Stars” on the show.
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Off the Carpet: 'Birdman' asserts itself as the Oscar frontrunner
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:36 am · January 26th, 2015
With a weekend of major guild wins under its belt, “Birdman” has shot to the top of the 2015 Oscar class…for now. How many more twists in the road will there be before all is said and done?
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2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards – Live Blog
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:15 pm · January 25th, 2015
Follow along with the Screen Actors Guild Awards as Hollywood’s thespians honor their own.
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2015 SAG Awards winners and nominees
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:14 pm · January 25th, 2015
The Screen Actors Guild handed out the 21st annual SAG Awards Sunday night live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
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'Birdman' wins PGA Award, next stop Oscar?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:22 pm · January 24th, 2015
Winners of the 2015 Producers Guild Awards were announced Saturday night. Winners included “Birdman,” “Life Itself,” “Breaking Bad” and “The LEGO Movie.”
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Double-dipper sound mixing Oscar nominees talk 'Birdman' and 'Unbroken'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:56 pm · January 23rd, 2015
HitFix talks to sound mixers Jon Taylor and Frank A. Montaño, who each scored Oscar nominations for two completely different films this year: “Birdman” and “Unbroken.”
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Robert Yeoman on 'Grand Budapest' and being the only film nominee for cinematography
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:00 am · January 23rd, 2015
HitFix talks to “The Grand Budapest Hotel” cinematographer Robert D. Yeoman about shooting Wes Anderson’s latest and being the only celluloid representative in this year’s line-up.
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'Inherent Vice' costume designer Mark Bridges finally got an Oscar nod for a PTA film
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:45 pm · January 22nd, 2015
Oscar-nominated costume designer Mark Bridges talks to HitFix about “Inherent Vice” and finally getting a nomination for a Paul Thomas Anderson film.
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Contender Countdown: Will 'Boyhood's' Oscar destiny be cemented this weekend?
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 10:49 am · January 22nd, 2015
Will “Boyhood” seal its Oscar destiny this weekend? With the PGA and SAG honors on deck we take another look at the Best Picture race.
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Handicapping the 2015 short film Oscar races
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:04 am · January 21st, 2015
Need a little help with your office pool? We’re here for you. HitFix digs in deep on the Oscar-nominated short films in the animated, live action and documentary categories ahead of the annual ShortsHD theatrical release of the program in theaters Jan. 30.
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The 11 Most Psychotic Oscar-Winning Characters
Posted by Louis Virtel · 4:55 pm · January 19th, 2015
And the Oscar goes to… craycray. Join us as we revisit Anton Chigurh, the Joker, Daniel Plainview, and more.
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How former lumberjack Dennis Gassner conjured a forest for 'Into the Woods'
Posted by gerardkennedy · 10:38 am · January 19th, 2015
Production Designer Dennis Gassner worked as a lumberjack when he was a young man, which made him uniquely qualified to envision the forest set of Rob Marshall’s “Into the Woods.”
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Off the Carpet: 'Sniper' aims for Oscar with box office dominance
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:24 am · January 19th, 2015
Deep breath post-nominations, as #OscarsSoWhite ignites, “American Sniper” crushes it at the box office and everyone wonders how phase two will shake out.
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