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Oscars snub Miley Cyrus again, plus Adam Lambert

source: The Envelope

On the Oscars' red carpet in 2008, Miley Cyrus shared a secret dream with Ryan Seacrest while they chatted on E!: "One day I'll be here with my own movie!" Groban didn't share the nomination for "Believe" because singers don't count at the Oscars, just the writers. Thus Miley can't be nomina...

Published Tue, Dec 1

25th Annual Independent Spirit Awards Nominees Revealed

source: First Showing

BEST DIRECTOR Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - A Serious Man [IMDb] Lee Daniels - Precious [IMDb] Cary Fukunaga - Sin Nombre [IMDb] James Gray - Two Lovers [IMDb] Michael Hoffman - The Last Station [IMDb] Discover More: Awards News, Indies, Movie News

Published Tue, Dec 1

Will Female Directors Rule the 2010 Oscars?

source: Inside Movies

As old boys clubs go, the collection of people who've either won the Oscar for best directing, or have at least been considered, is not a very inclusive group, with only three female directors getting nominated for the prize in Academy Awards ... Read more Filed under: Oscar News, Awards

Published Tue, Dec 1

Gotham Indie Awards Crown 'Hurt Locker,' 'The Maid'

source: Cinematical

Do you think that these awards will have any affect on the rest of the award season? As Monika noted last night in her latest Girls on Film column, the Academy Awards Best Actress pool is a bit shallow. Could we see Catalina Saavedra ready to hit the red carpet for the Oscars? Have you seen any of...

Published Tue, Dec 1

"Precious," "The Last Station" lead Spirit Award noms: "Humpday," too

source: Seattle Times

Nominations for the Spirit Awards, formerly known as the Independent Spirit Awards but now known as Film Independent's Spirit Awards (got that?) or better known as That Fun Awards Ceremony They Have On the Beach The Night Before the Oscars, were announced this morning. Two very differen...

Published Tue, Dec 1

Oscars 2010: The Race So Far - Best Actor

source: Inside Movies

Want to be nominated for a Best Actor Oscar? Play a man having a midlife crisis. That seems to be the formula for success this year, at least for such leading Academy Awards contenders as George Clooney (pictured, right), Colin Firth, Daniel ... Read more

Published Tue, Dec 1

Spirit Awards 2010: Nominations

source: altfg.com

Michael Stuhlbarg in A Serious Man (top); James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren in The Last Station (middle); Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel in (500) Days of Summer (bottom) The nominees for the 25th annual Spirit Awards have been announced. Two of the best picture no...

Published Tue, Dec 1

'Nine', 'Up in the Air' Lead Satellite Award Nominations

source: Cinematical

Now check out this year's nominees, which continue to prove that IPA voters like to go at least slightly against the grain. Okay, so there are a lot of predictable titles in the lot, including Up in the Air and Nine, which leads with 11 nominations. Yet there are some films I don't expect to be re...

Published Mon, Nov 30