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Oscar Morning Jitters and Madness
7:50 Good morning! I woke up with a start. In my dream, which we'll call a nightmare, it was 12:59 PM and I had completely forgotten about the Oscar nominations at 8:30ish and I was already HOURS...
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Oscar Nominations for 2011 (2012 Ceremony)
BEAR WITH ME AS I UPDATE! MORE COMING INCLUDING A PODCAST! ENTIRE OFFICIAL NOMINATION CHART IS COMPLETE (individual category pages will reflect the nominations by end of the day with more intricate...
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How We Did On Our Predictions! How About You?
I am not one to put too much stock in "scores" for Oscar Predictions. It's more exciting to predict something fewer people saw coming and this is why, I think I'm much better at "year in advance"...
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Podcast: Instant Reactions. Oscar Nom' Morning
Oscar Nomination Morning has always been like Christmas day to me. I sleep restlessly. I wake early. I tear open my presents. When I first met Nick Davis ten years ago, we knew we were kindred spirits...
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Curio: Tinker Tailor Condor Spy
Alexa here. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was one on my favorite movies this year, so I was a bit disappointed this morning at its lack of notice by the Academy for Best Picture. But I wasn't surprised,...
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How Would *You* React to an Oscar Nomination?
Today is the Great Day of Press Releases, of Oscar nominees or their people issuing brief outbursts of joy and pride from their good fortune. Rarely are the quotes anything but generic 'it's such an...
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Virgin Nominees
It took Gary Oldman *forever* to get an Oscar nomination. Do you think he'll return for a second?Five years ago I did a study of Oscar's acting categories and multiple vs. singular honors. I discovered...
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FYC Best Supporting Actress Michelle Pfeiffer
Too early? In all seriousness though, the only thing we know for certain about the 2012/13 Oscars is that Dark Shadows will be up for Costumes (Colleen Atwood) and Art Direction (Rick Heinrichs). The...
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Patton Oswalt To Host the Oscars In 2021*
*This is not strictly true. Remember that moment at the BFCA "Critics Choice" Show when Patton Oswalt took the stage, owned it, said somewhat interesting things (I forget what but it's been a long...
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The Lady of the Link
Off Oscar. Should You Need a BreakBoy Culture attends Madonna's royal premiere here in NYC for W.E. David Bordwell "a guide to the perplexed" for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Stale Popcorn We need to...
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Farewell Oscar Hopeful! (Snubs That Hurt Us)
Last night at 4 AM this was the only image my brain would settle on... I don't normally spend time in the middle of the night thinking of Fassbender lying naked in bed (Shush!). It's just that I had...
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Pretty Panem Princesses
JA from MNPP here. Have you guys seen the bizarre (and wonderful, genius even, if you ask me) merchandizing choices that the team behind The Hunger Games movies have been making? First I assume we all...
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Video: "The Artist" Team. Live Nomination Reactions!
Given the frequent flyer miles they're collecting en masse, it's impossible to know where The Artist's team is at any time. But the French site "About My Star" was in the room with them when the...
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The Art Direction I Live In
I always try to finish the "Oscar Categories" of my own Film Bitch Awards before the Oscar nominations. I was racing to the deadline, panting heavily, sweating profusely and then I collapsed. I am now...
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Oscar Loves Two Women. In The Same Film. Often.
Amir here. Since the Oscar nominations were announced on tuesday we’ve all heard tons of new stats about this year's slate. All the ‘oldest’ and ‘youngest’ and ‘most’s aside, the one thing that caught...
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Hail "César"s. France's Favorite Pictures
If by some stroke of bad luck or homegrown Hollywood love for The Descendants or Hugo, The Artist is derailed at the Oscars on February 26th, it could still take home double handfuls of trophies at...
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"No Relation" ...an Oscar Name Game
Last year 'round about this time our movie buddy Kurt was having fun with mash-ups of Oscar nominees. He sent us a few this year for posting (Thanks Kurt!) and, as he puts it.. These unlikely pairs of...
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Bridesmaids To Bring Us Joy on Oscar Night
Whether or not they win Ensemble at the SAG Awards on Sunday night -- be right here for the live blogging! --we'll see all six principal cast members of the hit comedy at the Oscars. They're the first...
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'darling leave a link on for me' ♫
IndieWire and Cinema Blend Reports just keeping coming on the casting of the Charlie Kauffman's musical Frank or Francis. Kate Winslet, Catherine Keener, Paul Reubens and Elizabeth Banks now added to...
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What's Going On At Sundance?
Parker Posey in "Price Check"If you're anything like me, you have trouble paying attention to Sundance unless you're actually there. It's not that it isn't a great festival. It's that it arrives during...
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