> Today we wind up SHOWBUZZDAILY‘s introduction of this year’s most promising Oscar contenders (see Part 1 here and Part 2 here, looking at those that could be called Also Eligible–they’re hoping just to get in the race. Also Eligible SHAME (Fox Searchlight – Dec. 2) SHOWBUZZDAILY odds to be nominated: 11/1 Bookie odds to […]
>Courtesy of the London oddsmakers (averaging a variety of books at easyodds.com), there appears to be little suspense ahead for the Best Picture and Best Director races at this year’s Academy Awards and almost no races at all for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. Currently, The Artist is heavily favored to win Best Picture, with […]
> The Motion Picture Academy came up with 2 great choices and a puzzler in their selections for this year’s honorary Academy Awards. (Remember–as of last year, the honorary Oscars are no longer part of the televised ceremony, but will be presented at a private banquet on November 12.) The unoffcial lifetime achivement award goes […]
Let’s face it: anyone with an interest in the matter has been circling the same basic list of titles and names for weeks now, if not months, and the truth is that as much fun as it would be for some shocking surprise to find its way into tomorrow’s Oscar nominations–Mud or Brie Larson, […]
As the last notes of the not-remotely-accidentally-chosen “Fight the Power” fade from the closing credits of the 88th ACADEMY AWARDS telecast, 10 quick thoughts on the show and awards. 1. Sometimes smart is all but indistinguishable from lucky, and that was the case for the Academy this year, which had chosen Chris Rock to […]
It’s a very good weekend to be a Weinstein. First Weinstein Company’s The Master set new per-theatre records for a live-action movie release without a stage show, and now the tidings from Toronto are lined with gold: David O. Russell’s SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, the studio’s romantic comedy-drama starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert […]
Two of the Guilds whose memberships overlap with the Motion Picture Academy issued their nominations yesterday. The first and by far more important (and most eager–they accelerated their announcement by 24 hours, apparently in an effort to influence the tail-end of Oscar nomination voting) was the Producers Guild, whose award winner has coincided with […]
The Oscars are not the Golden Globes. That appears to be the underlying message of today’s action by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, revoking the Best Original Song nomination of “Alone Yet Not Alone” from the film of the same name. (According to The Hollywood Reporter, this is just the 2d […]