Academy Awards
the nominations
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2013 Best Director
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2013 Best Actor
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2013 Best Actress
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2013 Best Supporting Actor
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2013 Best Supporting Actress
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2013 Best Original Screenplay
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2013 Best Adapted Screenplay
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2013 Best Foreign Language Film
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2013 Best Documentary Feature
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2013 Animated Feature
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2013 Best Cinematography
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2013 Best Production Design
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2013 Best Editing
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2103 Best Costume Design
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2013 Best Makeup and Hairstyling
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The Amazing Race: It's Not Over Yet, 5 Reasons 'The Artist' Might Not Win Best Picture
The Playlist | Fri, Jan 13, 2012, 1:50 PM ESTOscar ballots are due today, meaning that the tardier Academy members are currently flipping coins and scrabbling to make their last minute picks (this means you, Marcia Gay Harden!). So, with the announcement ... Read More »
'Hugo' Must Be Seen in Its Intended Form: 3-D
Thompson on Hollywood | Fri, Jan 13, 2012, 1:41 PM ESTHow good is "Hugo"? More importantly, how shall we ever know? The problem is that Martin Scorsese uses 3-D not as an enhancement but as an integral part of the film’s aesthetic. Read More »
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Immersed in Movies: Andy Serkis Talks ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes,' ‘The Hobbit’--and Sequels
Thompson on Hollywood | Fri, Jan 13, 2012, 12:33 PM ESTWith Oscar-nomination ballots due Friday, there's a lot more riding on "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" than the tech awards for VFX and sound editing/mixing. There's also the matter ... Read More »
Inside the Critics Choice Movie Awards: Winners Are 'The Artist,' Clooney and Davis
Thompson on Hollywood | Fri, Jan 13, 2012, 1:38 AM ESTThe Critics Choice Movie Awards is a low-key, fun, fast-moving live TV show packed with movie folks eager to win. In other words, at the "Moneyball," "The Help," "War Horse" ... Read More »
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Academy Officially Announces New Documentary and Short Film Rules
Indiewire | Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 3:47 PM ESTThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences officially announced their anticipated rule changes today. The New York Times broke the story this weekend that the Best Documentary process would be receiving ... Read More »
Inside the Cinema Eye Awards: Winners Hetherington, 'Beginners,' 'Interrupters'; James Says Documentary is 'Not a Genre'
Thompson on Hollywood | Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 2:15 PM ESTOn Wednesday night the Cinema Eye honors were presented, recognizing many documentery and independent films - from Steve James' "The Interrupters" (Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking and ... Read More »
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How Will the New Documentary Rules Affect Women Filmmakers?
Women and Hollywood | Wed, Jan 11, 2012, 12:21 PM ESTWhen I read the NY Times story earlier this week about the proposed changes for films to qualify for a documentary Academy Award nomination, I wondered how these new rules would affect films by and about ... Read More »
Oscars Narrow Makeup Nominees to Seven
Indiewire | Mon, Jan 9, 2012, 4:11 PM ESTThe Academy has announced the seven films still vying for a Best Makeup Oscar. While the gender-bending make-up of "Albert Nobbs" and the trippy expressionistic scenes of "Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life" both ... Read More »
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Is Dawn Hudson in Trouble at the Academy?
Women and Hollywood | Mon, Jan 9, 2012, 11:32 AM ESTIt seems that today is the day about stories about women executives under fire. Late Friday afternoon a news alert rolled out from the LA Times with a story about some troubles with Dawn Hudson who is ... Read More »
(UPDATED) Will Oscar Shaft Truly Indie Docs? They Already Have.
ReelPolitik | Sun, Jan 8, 2012, 7:46 PM ESTIt's hard to believe that the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and its Oscar documentary branch are instilling a new rule that docs would have to receive a review in the New York or ... Read More »
