Academy Awards
the nominations
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2012 Best Director
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2012 Best Actor
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2012 Best Actress
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2012 Best Supporting Actor
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2012 Best Supporting Actress
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2012 Best Original Screenplay
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2012 Best Adapted Screenplay
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2012 Best Foreign Language Film
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2012 Best Documentary Feature
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2012 Best Cinematography
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2012 Best Film Editing
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2012 Best Art Direction
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2012 Best Costume Design
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2012 Best Original Score
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2012 Best Sound Editing
the Oscar poll
What's Your 2012 Oscar Prediction for Best Picture?
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Get Shorty: Predicting Oscar's Short Film Award Winners
Peter Knegt | 19 minutes agoThe short film award winners are incredibly hard to predict, but—for what it's worth—here are my predictions for the best live action, animated and documentary short films at the 84th Academy ... Read More »
Sacha Baron Cohen Banned From The Oscars For Proposing To Attend Red Carpet As 'The Dictator' Character
The Playlist | 1 hour agoWell, this is probably not the way he saw this going down. The message is clear: do not fuck with the Academy or you will be left the last one not laughing. Read More »
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HBO Docs President Sheila Nevins Talks West Memphis Three, New Oscar Rules, Sundance, Abramovic
Thompson on Hollywood | 4 hours agoHBO Documentary Films czar Sheila Nevins is a force to be reckoned with. After 30 years in the entertainment industry, she knows how to adapt. I sat down with her at the Sundance Film Festival to talk ... Read More »
Dan Aykroyd Was Nominated For An Academy Award? The Oscar Nominations That Time Forgot
The Playlist | 5 hours agoYou would think that an Oscar nomination would be a total career-changer once you get it. The top prize from your peers, even just a nomination can see you offered all kinds of new opportunities. But sometimes, ... Read More »
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Updated List of 2012 Oscar Presenters
Indiewire | 6 hours agoThe 84th Academy Awards have begun finalizing the list of announced presenters for this year's ceremony. Read More »
The 2011 Best Picture Oscar Lineup in Terms of Race, Class, Gender and (Subjectively Speaking) Quality
Peter Knegt | 7 hours agoYesterday I took on this year's best picture Oscar race, concluding the obvious in its pathetic representation of race, class, gender and (from my own perspective, at least) quality filmmaking. To ... Read More »
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Director Joseph Cedar's Professional Nightmare Led to the Oscar-Nominated 'Footnote'
Indiewire | 8 hours agoIsraeli writer-director Joseph Cedar, Oscar-nominated for his tense war movie "Beaufort," will be back at the Kodak Theater this Sunday for "Footnote." Not bad for a filmmaker with ... Read More »
This Is What It's Like To Be a First-Time Oscar Nominee
Indiewire | 9 hours agoIndustry heavyweights like Martin Scorsese and George Clooney know the Oscar game too well, but 27-year-old Norwegian filmmaker Hallvar Witzo has discovered a whole new world. An Academy Award nominee ... Read More »
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Watch: The Best Kisses From Best-Picture Winners
Thompson on Hollywood | Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 4:04 PM ESTThe Huffington Post and Moviefone have culled the best kisses from Best Picture winners, from "Casablanca" to "Titanic," and many in-between. Even "American Beauty"'s ... Read More »
And the 2012 Oscar Presenters Are...Funny (UPDATED)
Thompson on Hollywood | Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 3:52 PM ESTTake a look at the stars lined up to present at the 84th Academy Awards on February 26. Clearly, the latest additions are taking this year's show in a comedy direction... Read More »
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Oscars 2012: The Parties
Thompson on Hollywood | Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 3:41 PM ESTOscar week means Oscar parties, all culminating with the Governor's Ball after the Awards show on February 26 and the after-after parties to follow. This year the Ball will be a stand-up party, not a sit-down ... Read More »
Quote of the Day on the Oscars and How Women Get Screwed
Women and Hollywood | Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 3:38 PM ESTYou must read these really depressing but totally spot on piece by Martha Lauzen (the woman who gives us the stats of how many women are making movies, today published by the Women's Media Center. Read More »
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Oscar Etiquette, With Mike Meyers and Kevin Kline
Thompson on Hollywood | Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 2:58 PM ESTOscars weigh 8.5 pounds. And it takes skill to care for one. Watch Mike Meyers instruct Kevin Kline on Oscar Etiquette here. Read More »
McQueen on Fassbender's 'Shame' Snub: Americans Are 'Too Scared of Sex'
Thompson on Hollywood | Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 2:45 PM ESTIf you wondered why Michael Fassbender was passed over for an Oscar nod this year, his "Shame" director has the answer. "In America they're too scared of sex, that's why he wasn't ... Read More »
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Netflix and Weinsteins Strike First Streaming Deal, Including Likely Oscar-Winner 'The Artist'
Thompson on Hollywood | Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 1:52 PM ESTIt won’t be long before likely Oscar-winner “The Artist” will silently grace your instant queue. Yes, Netflix and The Weinstein Company have established a streaming deal. Read More »
Oscar Watch: Parsing the Best Actor Race, the Toughest to Call
Thompson on Hollywood | Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 1:43 PM ESTIn a year when the Oscar winners are looking all-too predictable, thank God for the Best Actor race. If anyone tells you they know with certainty who will take home the Oscar Sunday night, they don't know ... Read More »
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The 2012 Best Picture Oscar Lineup in Terms of Race, Class, Gender and (Subjectively Speaking) Quality
Peter Knegt | Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 1:24 PM ESTAs a result of the hoopla that resulted from the LA Times' investigative report on Oscar voters are how insanely white and old and male they are (which though appalling is hardly surprising), I got ... Read More »
'SHOULD WIN' VIDEO ESSAY SERIES: Best Picture TREE OF LIFE
Press Play | Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 12:13 PM ESTAll of the 2011 Best Picture nominees have their merits, but one towers above the rest: "The Tree of Life," writer/director Terrence Malick's film about...well what is "The Tree of Life" about, anyway? ... Read More »
