Okay, so I went back and fiddled with some things this morning before getting on my flight to LA. I love how zany this year is. So much that we “know” about an awards season can just be thrown out the window. But of course, there will always be those who claim to have “the knowledge.” Don’t let ’em fool you.
11th hour thoughts on the eve of the nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:29 pm · January 9th, 2013
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The Long Shot: Categorically speaking
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:22 pm · December 12th, 2012
The leading-supporting divide is blurrier than ever in this year’s Oscar race
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Off the Carpet: Four score, er, more to go
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:40 am · November 19th, 2012
Four big entries remain — “Django Unchained,” “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “Les Misérables” and “Zero Dark Thirty” — each of them having been watched like a hawk as they race toward completion.
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As Waltz goes lead, might we want to keep an eye on Samuel L. Jackson in 'Django Unchained?'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:42 pm · November 8th, 2012
A source says the actor nails his best role in a long while.
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Should 'The Avengers' assemble for SAG ensemble?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:05 am · April 25th, 2012
So on one hand, yeah, the headline here is a joke. The Screen Actors Guild’s nominating committee, and indeed, any self-respecting awards-giving body is highly unlikely to pass kudos approval on a film like “The Avengers.” But in the case of a category meant to honor well-oiled machines like this one, perhaps they should.
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Viola Davis talks Steven Soderbergh, Tyler Perry, Meryl Streep and humanizing her characters
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:46 am · January 28th, 2012
The tributes at this year’s Santa Barbara Film Festival kicked off with a bang tonight as Viola Davis took the stage at the Arlington Theatre to be fluffed up for her Outstanding Performer of the Year Award. And in my four or five years of attending the festival, it was one of the better productions I’ve seen.
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