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With the Toronto International Film Festival a fading memory, the 2011-12 awards season is fast approaching. Beginning next month with the Gotham Award nominations, over four months of ballot mailing, ... Read More »
Last week, this column took a two-part break from Oscar-related dish to profile 13 deserving underdog actresses from this year's batch of films. Read More »
63 films have made it onto the list to be considered for the 2012 Academy Awards. Read More »
The submission list for the 84th Annual Academy Awards' foreign-language category has been officially announced, with 63 countries selecting films. The selection includes high profile entries on this year's ... Read More »
Of note: This is the first time New Zealand has submitted a title for Oscar's foreign-language consideration. (It's in Samoan.) Read More »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the shortlist of films vying for a nomination for Best Documentary, Short Subject. The final nominations will be announced January 24, and the ... Read More »
Instead of dipping into the already repetitive waters of October Oscar talk (the only real recent update being that "My Week With Marilyn" seems like a sure bet for a best actress nomination, though not ... Read More »
Last year around this time (in fact, even earlier), indieWIRE ran an article predicting the upcoming Oscar nominees and winners. At that point, "The Social Network" and "The King's Speech" already seemed ... Read More »
Attention all qualifying shorts and foreign-language Oscar contenders. The deadline approaches! Monday, October 3 at 5pm PT, is the deadline to submit entries in the Live Action Short Film, Animated Short ... Read More »
It's pretty much an assured equation: Oscars + Foreign Language Film Category = Outrage. Sometimes, the fault lies with Academy voters (as it did when "Departures" won the Oscar in 2008 over what most ... Read More »