'Into the Woods' misses the cut as Academy narrows makeup and hairstyling race to 7

Posted by · 1:49 pm · December 15th, 2014

The big surprise omission from the Academy’s list of bake-off finalists in the makeup and hairstyling category was “Into the Woods,” but other strong contenders like “Foxcatcher” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” remain.

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Did Oscar return to the Sundance Film Festival this year?

Posted by · 1:43 pm · January 29th, 2014

Did the 2015 awards season sprout in Park City this year? We take a look at some of the possibilities.

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Oscar Bait: Clint Eastwood's 'Jersey Boys' and Ben Affleck's 'Live By Night' get dates

Posted by · 1:20 pm · November 5th, 2013

Warner Bros. set release dates for Clint Eastwood’s big screen musical version of “Jersey Boys” for June 25, 2014 and Ben Affleck’s “Live By Night” on Christmas Day, 2015.

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Sony sets 'Annie' with Quvenzhané Wallis for Christmas 2014

Posted by · 2:39 pm · February 27th, 2013

You didn’t think you had heard the last of “Beasts of the Southern Wild” star Quvenzhané Wallis, I hope. The youngest Best Actress nominee of all time was shrewdly announced on Oscar Sunday as the lead in the Will Smith-produced, Will Gluck-directed adaptation of the musical “Annie,” and today a release date has been announced: Christmas 2014.

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