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Adorable kids reenact Best Picture nominees

Posted by Louis Virtel · 5:02 pm · February 3rd, 2015

Children reenact all eight Best Picture nominees. Their version of “Whiplash” might be better than the real thing.

'It means nothing, and it means everything' at annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:31 pm · February 2nd, 2015

This year’s Oscar-nominated actors and filmmakers convened at the Beverly Hills Hotel Monday afternoon for the Academy’s annual Nominees Luncheon.

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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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The 10 Most Badass Oscar Speeches Ever

Posted by Louis Virtel · 4:27 pm · January 16th, 2015

Thank God these ten folks won Oscars. Thank the effing lord. Ingrid Bergman, we love you. Cuba Gooding Jr., give us a hug.

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'Grand Budapest,' 'Interstellar' dominate Oscar's craft categories

Posted by gerardkennedy · 1:32 pm · January 15th, 2015

In Contention’s Gerard Kennedy analyzes the fallout of this year’s Oscar nominations across the 10 crafts categories, where

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'Inherent Vice,' Jake Gyllenhaal, 'LEGO Movie': Oscar nominations snubs and surprises

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:03 pm · January 15th, 2015

Thursday morning’s Oscar nominations announcement brought with it the usual assortment of unexpected nominees and unexpected exclusions.

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'Selma,' Laura Dern, 'Lego': the Academy, as ever, has its own ideas about the Oscar race

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:57 am · January 15th, 2015

HitFix’s Kristopher Tapley analyzes the morning’s Oscar nominations announcement, which featured the usual assortment of quirky Academy choices and surprises.

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2015 Academy Awards Nominations – complete list

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:45 am · January 15th, 2015

Thursday morning the nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards were announced at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills.

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Wylie Stateman explains the first-person sound experience of Oscar nominee 'Lone Survivor'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:24 pm · February 10th, 2014

“Lone Survivor” sound editor Wylie Stateman picked up his seventh Oscar nomination to date last month, though despite wonderful work in films like “Cliffhanger,” “Inglourious Basterds” and “Django Unchained,” he’s yet to win an Academy Award. He sat down with HitFix to discuss his approach to what you hear in Peter Berg’s war film.

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Off the Carpet: Frontrunners try to maintain buzz while others aim to capitalize in phase two

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:18 pm · February 10th, 2014

The Oscar nominees are gathering for lunch this afternoon as the Winter Olympics forge ahead in Sochi, gobbling up two weeks and extending the phase two timeline of this year’s film awards season. The question is, how will that extension affect the race, if at all?

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Solomon Northup wins his first award of the year for '12 Years a Slave' at USC Scripter Awards

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:52 pm · February 8th, 2014

Plenty of prizes have come “12 Years a Slave’s” way this season but Saturday night’s USC Scripter prize was the first to be shared by Solomon Northup himself.

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'Captain Phillips' and 'American Hustle' win industry editing honors

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:20 pm · February 7th, 2014

Friday night “Captain Phillips” routed fellow Best Picture nominees “Gravity,” “Her” and “12 Years a Slave” to win the ACE Eddie Award for dramatic feature film editing. “American Hustle,” meanwhile, bested “Nebraska” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” to claim the comedy/musical prize.

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Film editor Christopher Rouse on Paul Greengrass, Oscar nominations and 'Captain Phillips'

Posted by gerardkennedy · 10:19 pm · February 7th, 2014

Christopher Rouse recently earned his third Oscar nomination for Paul Greengrass’ “Captain Phillips” and Friday night, he picked up his second ACE Eddie Award to date. HitFix recently spoke to him about the on-going collaboration with Greengrass, the Academy Awards and the journey of his latest.

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Philippe Le Sourd on shooting 'The Grandmaster' and the historic final roll of Fujifilm

Posted by gerardkennedy · 11:13 am · February 5th, 2014

Wong Kar-wai’s “The Grandmaster” is just the latest stylish entry in the filmography of a revered auteur. Yet remarkably, none of his films had been nominated for the Oscar for Best Cinematography until two weeks ago when his latest broke that unusual streak with a nomination for Philippe Le Sourd.

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'Wolf' nominees Scorsese and DiCaprio move forward on separate prestige projects

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:35 am · February 4th, 2014

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio look to be going separate ways again with upcoming projects after the two have consistently collaborated on a number of projects over the last decade. Scorsese’s “Silence” is moving along with casting while DiCaprio has kick-started a new vehicle for his “Wolf of Wall Street” co-star Jonah Hill.

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TCM's 'And the Oscar Goes To' documentary skips a stone across the Academy's 85 years

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:04 pm · February 2nd, 2014

It’s been a while since we’ve seen a peek behind the veil of the Academy Awards quite like Turner Classic Movies’ “And the Oscar Goes To” documentary, which premiered Saturday night and aired again this evening directly after the Super Bowl.

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