Academy Awards
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Film: For Our Consideration: Soft cels: How the Academy's animation rules fight the progress of the art form
The AV Club &bull 3 Hours Ago
Earlier this week, the Indiewire blog Press Play posted the first of four video essays arguing for an Academy Award for "collaborative performance," using Andy Serkis as an example. There's no question that Serkis is the nexus of a revolution in filmmaking, as the live-action model on which digitized characters ranging from Lord Of The Rings' Gollum to Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes' Caesar to The Adventures Of Tintin's Captain Haddock. The Oscars, like any awards show, aren't configured to recognize collaboration, but there's a thornier issue with recognizing the work of Serkis and others like him. Actors… Full Story »
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Miracle Whip Unveils Storytelling Campaign
Adweek.com - Agency News &bull 4 Hours Ago
Spots employ torch-wielding mobs, literary references to urge consumers to 'keep an open mouth' That's the core question behind mcgarrybowen Chicago's new campaign for the Kraft sandwich spread. The effort, which launches this week, features TV ads that use angry… Full Story »
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Movie News After Dark: Avengers Walking, Batman Armor, Deviancy, Breaking Bad and The Oscars According to IMDB
FilmSchoolRejects.com &bull 5 Hours Ago
What is Movie News After Dark? It's a nightly movie news column that seeks to dazzle you with facts, figures, commentary and hyperlinks. And hyper-facts, figure-links and perhaps some commentary on figures. But enough about Chris Evans' abs We begin… Full Story »
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The Long Shot: Don't go to bed angry
In Contention &bull 5 Hours Ago
With four days to go until the Academy Awards, we've reached the point in the season -- indeed, given the season's inordinate length and predictability, we've been there for some time -- where everything that's potentially exciting or commendable about… Full Story »
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Cohen Banned from the Oscars
IGN Movies &bull 5 Hours Ago
The Academy goes all "Dictator" on The Dictator. Sacha Baron Cohen has just been officially uninvited to the 84th Academy Awards. Full Story »
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Oscars 2012: Is this Meryl Streep's best year ever?
Los Angeles Times - Entertainment News &bull Today
Streep has 127 Heat Meter points so far this season for her turn as Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady." Full Story »
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Photos: Ocars roll out the red carpet, prepping the food
Los Angeles Times - Entertainment News &bull Today
Preparations continue Wednesday on Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Hollywood & Highland Center for the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday. Preparations continue Wednesday on Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Hollywood & Highland Center for the 84th Academy Awards… Full Story »
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Oscars 2012: Sacha Baron Cohen not barred -- yet
The Envelope - Ultimate Awards Site &bull Today
Word started going around Tuesday, though, that Cohen would walk the red carpet disguised as General Aladeen, his character from "The Dictator." Word started going around Tuesday, though, that Cohen would walk the red carpet disguised as General Aladeen, his… Full Story »
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A Hollywood Oscar Week Dinner Honoring Charlie Chaplin
The Hollywood Reporter - Columns &bull Today
In the year that the silent movie returns, with "The Artist" and "Hugo" leading the charge, the 40th anniversary of the Academy Honorary Award to Sir Charles Chaplin is celebrated with a dinner hosted by Harvey Weinstein. Sir Charles Chaplin,… Full Story »
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Oscar voters: How some TV veterans made it into the academy
Los Angeles Times - Entertainment News &bull Today
In 1971, writer-producer William Link gave a 24-year-old named Steven Spielberg one of his earliest directing jobs, an episode of the TV show "Columbo." The production required some managerial finesse-when the crime show's veteran cinematographer balked at Spielberg's youth, Link… Full Story »
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Hollywood preps for its Oscar moment
Paris Guardian.com &bull Today
Oscar winner Melissa Leo unveils some of this year's golden statuettes for the 84th Annual Academy Awards, on display in New York's Grand Central ... Full Story »
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Jennifer Aniston gets her star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
Paris Guardian.com &bull Today
Canadian Press film expert John McKay takes a look at the upcoming Academy Awards, and which Oscar contenders you can watch on home video before the big ... Full Story »
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Oscar predictions: What's going to win the short film races?
The Envelope - Ultimate Awards Site &bull Today
The Envelope's Gold Standard columnist Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, predicting the winners. Here he tiptoes through the minefield that is the three divisions of short films. The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of… Full Story »
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At the Oscars, it's all about us
Paris Guardian.com &bull Today
So on Sunday night we'll be parked in front of the flat-screen rooting for George Clooney (what a great guy!) or against Meryl Streep (again? No!) or for everything connected with "The ... Full Story »
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Oscars to drop Kodak name from show, announce venue as 'Hollywood & Highland Center'
Paris Guardian.com &bull Today
LOS ANGELES - The Academy Awards will be coming to you live from the same place - but with a different name. Oscar organizers have agreed to drop mentions of the Kodak Theatre from Sunday's ... Full Story »
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Sacha Baron Cohen Banned from the 84th Annual Academy Awards?
FirstShowing.net &bull Today
When it comes to award shows, Sacha Baron Cohen knows how to make an entrance and get people talking, especially when his character Bruno decided to dropped in on Eminem at the MTV Movie Awards a few years ago. Now… Full Story »
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Get Shorty: Predicting Oscar's Short Film Award Winners
The Lost Boy &bull Today
This is my personal favourite of the nominated live action short films, followed by Time Freak (Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey)-but The Shore (Terry George and Oorlagh George) is also a contender. The other nominees include Pentecost (Peter McDonald and… Full Story »
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He didn't need dialogue! He had his face!
Edward Copeland on Film &bull Today
By Edward Copeland Writing a review of The Artist has proved unusually difficult for me. I watched the film for the first time a couple of weeks ago and found it charming enough but - and perhaps it's appropriate - I was at a loss for words. Not because the movie bowled me over so much that I was awestruck, I just felt that either I was missing something or the film was. I decided to watch The Artist a second time to try and determine what gnawed at me. On the off chance you haven't heard about The Artist… Full Story »
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Sacha Baron Cohen has been banned from the Oscars. Very nice, not [Asinine]
Fark.com Showbiz RSS &bull Today
If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page. Pretty farked up of the Academy. He proposed to… Full Story »
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International Cinephile Society awards 'A Separation,' 'The Tree of Life'
In Contention &bull Today
The International Cinephile Society may be the last of innumerable critics' groups to announce their top film achievements of 2011 before the Oscars finally call a moratorium on the practice -- but in a season that has long since fallen… Full Story »
