Academy Award

Opinion: Gold Derby nuggets: Sigourney Weaver praises James Cameron | Fighting words of snubbed 'Tyson' director | Will Sandra Bullock be blind-sided in awards game?

source: The Envelope

• Pete Hammond points out an interesting change in the rules for Oscar nominations: "Beginning this year, anyone who has ever been nominated at any time for an Oscar in a category outside of their own area will now be allowed to also nominate in that race too." As per Pete, "This means multi-h...

Published Fri, Nov 20

Oscar races heat up

source: Animated Views

The Animation Blog reports that Disney bought the cover of Daily Variety last week to promote Up not only for Best Animated Feature, but for Best Picture as well. The L.A. Times says Fantastic Mr. Fox’s impressive showing during it’s qualifying run and it’s critical success may make it a stron...

Published Fri, Nov 20

Because it has been far too long since Clive Owen graced ONTD

source: OH NO!!

Clive Owen has no sentimental need to be liked by an audience". So said Patrick Marber, the writer of Closer (for which Owen was Oscar-nominated). True?

Published Thu, Nov 19

Tom O'Neil's bio

source: The Envelope

O'Neil's special interest is how the awards affect each other, particularly the top film prizes that can be viewed as one single gold derby with the Oscars as the finish line. Consider what happened to "Chariots of Fire," for example. In 1981, it emerged from obscurity to win awards at the Ca...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Oscars derby update: 'Nine' finally debuts | best picture upset by 'Inglourious Basterds'? | Alec Baldwin may be a truly winning host

source: The Envelope

If "Nine" doesn't prove to be a strong best picture contender for Weinstein Co., then maybe "Inglourious Basterds" will emerge as a front-runner? Or maybe not. When Gold Derby heard how popular it is with Golden Globe voters and predicted it would win best picture at the Oscars, it triggere...

Published Thu, Nov 19

It's the 2009 National Book Awards and These People Feel Fine

source: gawker.com

Every year, media industries have their traditional back-patting ceremonies where they heap upon their products awards saluting their best and brightest. Cynics see it as a way to drive sales to products that need it (see: The Oscars, The Tonys, etc). The pompous, starfucky nonsense put...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Oscars' 15 documentary contenders: No 'Love' for Michael Moore

source: From Inside the Box

Michael Moore's latest offering was missing conspicuously from the list of the 15 films that will be eligible for Academy Award nominations that were announced Wednesday, Nov. 18.Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" was among those titles overlooked by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Nicolas Philibert and Marcel Lozinski at DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival

source: fest21.com

The festival programme will include a comprehensive retrospective of Lozinski's work. Academy Award nominated Marcel Lozinski has been a productive filmmaker since 1972. In his documentaries Lozinski potrays people living under socialism and questioned the prevailing social cond...

Published Thu, Nov 19