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... For Those Who Think Oscar Doesn't Matter To Other Awards Givers
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon Milk Slumdog Millionaire PGA is, as it turns out, a near lock to get 4 of 5 Academy nominees for Best Picture. So as great as it is for all 5 to be nominated, someone has to be nervous and Cynthia Swartz & Scott Rudin have to be a little...
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Dan sag it!!! Razum frazum foon ba! Oops… sorry… talking in frontier gibberish. SAG announced their nominations this morning and there really, really, really was not a single thing that moved the needle a single inch. Melissa Leo and Richard Jenkins staked their claims… as we all knew they would… and...
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Two HBO shows received Golden Globe nominations as best drama Thursday morning. Getting drama nods were “In Treatment” and “True Blood” from HBO, along with Showtime’s “Dexter,” Fox’s “House” and AMC’s “Mad Men.” Premium cable networks also got the majority of the nominations in the comedy category,...
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The Golden Globe nominations went up this morning -- you can find the full list here. The GG divide between "Drama" and "Comedy/Musical" has always been a bit of an over-inclusive cop-out, and there are no surprises in the former category: Best Picture - Drama: THE CURIOUS CASE OF...
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Just announced: Steve Coogan is set to host the upcoming Spirit Awards on February 21st. With Russell Brand having kicked things off by hosting the MTV Video Music Awards, we now only need Ricky Gervais as the Academy Award host to have the requisite three British comedians to make a trend piece! [Photo...
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Why is there so much variation in the critics groups? Well, there are often all kinds of competitive politics involved. And, as we are sure to see tomorrow, with the Golden Globes nods, a lot of managing of votes in some groups. But my basic instinct this season is that LAFCA and NYFCC and others just...
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The New York Film Critics Circle has announced its awards for the year: Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky" Best Screenplay: Jenny Lumet, "Rachel Getting Married" Best Cinematographer: Anthony Dod Mantle, "Slumdog Millionaire" Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin...
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The meeting started at 6a, Los Angeles time, and continues on. The group posts their winners to their website as they as selected, which is a pretty gracious way of not making it about who can Blackberry whom with info first. You know as much as I do when I know it. So far (last update 9 minutes ago...
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Ah... the BFCA ... I considered resigning this week after seeing that this organization chose to embrace the failing hack version of what was once a show about criticism by having Lie-ons and What Would Grandpa Say? announce the award nominations. I haven't. Not yet. As a matter of principle, it...
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Courtney Hunt's "Frozen River" may turn out to the year's big winner, at least in the indie film award ghetto -- it won Best Feature at the Gothams on Tuesday, with star Melissa Leo taking the Breakthrough Actor award, and it's been nominated for seven Spirit Awards. "Trouble...
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Wow... they read the lists of Oscar frontrunners and added Clint Eastwood twice. How important! Slumdog Millionaire should be a little concerned about winning Best Picture from this group. 80% of the films film they have given the award to in the last decade have been nominated for a BP Oscar... but...
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The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards have eliminated one category -- Best Family Film (live action). A major reason given by the group for this decision was that studios saw this award as having little value to its recipients and little impact with moviegoers. But there is a new category to replace it...
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Why is it that the only real surprises at the Indy Spirit nominations (brought to you by Sony Pictures Classics this year) were what films qualified and what odd choices were made by committees to shoehorn things in? The questions that emerge from this morning's annoucements are, as usual, about...