Category: Week in Review

Oscar News The Cannes Film Festival announced the 2011 Jury, led by the previously announced Robert DeNiro. Joining DeNiro will be 8 individuals, including Academy Award nominees Jude Law and Uma Thurman, as well as filmmakers Johnnie To and Olivier Assayas. The Tribeca Film Festival opened its 10th anniversary festival on Wednesday. Select films from…

Oscar News The 64th Cannes Film Festival line-up was announced this week. Among the possible Oscar contenders on the list are Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, Lynne Ramsey’s We Need to Talk About Kevin and Oscar winner Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In. Two-time Oscar winner Robert DeNiro will lead the jury next…

Oscar News Dawn Hudson has been named the new CEO of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Review Round-Up No new Oscar contenders were released this week. Oscar Box Office The PG-13 cut of Best Picture winner The King’s Speech failed at the box office this weekend, bringing in barely over a million…

Oscar News In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, ballerina Sarah Lane claimed that as Natalie Portman’s body double for her Oscar-winning role in Black Swan, she performed “95%” of her dancing sequences. Director Darren Aronofsky rebutted, saying that he and his editor looked at the film and Lane is only about 25% of the shots.…

Oscar News At last weekend’s SAG Awards, The Fighter and The King’s Speech each took 2 acting awards, with the latter winning the Best Ensemble award. Oscar nominees Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo each took home an individual acting award. Tom Hooper won the Directors Guild of America award last weekend…

 Oscar News The nominations for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday. The King’s Speech led with 12 nominations, followed by True Grit with 10. A complete list can be found here. The Producers Guild of America gave their Best Picture prize to The King’s Speech. Another Oscar presenter was announced: former…

Oscar News The 68th Golden Globe Awards were passed out Sunday, and The Social Network took 4 awards to lead the film side of the awards. Other winners, as expected, were Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Annette Bening, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo. The biggest story of the evening, though, was host Ricky Gervais, who took…

Oscar News Seven films will compete for nominations for Best Makeup at this years Oscars: Alice in Wonderland, Barney’s Vision, The Fighter, Jonah Hex, True Grit, The Way Back and The Wolfman. The 10 recipients for the Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards were announced by the Academy this week. The Directors Guild of America has…

Because of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays falling on a Saturday this year, there were no updates those two weeks. This week I are going to do our best to catch up on three weeks of Oscar news, but if something is missed, I apologize. Oscar News The seven films eligible for the Visual…

Oscar News The Golden Globes, arguably the biggest of the Oscar precursors, announced their nominees on Tuesday. The King’s Speech led the pack with 7 nominations, and will face off for Best Picture – Drama with Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception and The Social Network. The Kids Are All Right led the comedy films with…

Oscar News The Academy announced the fifteen finalists for the Visual Effects Oscar this week. That list will be narrowed down to seven in January and then five nominees. Among the films in the running are Inception, Tron: Legacy and Alice in Wonderland. How To Train A Dragon led the pack of Annie Award Nominees…

Oscar News This year’s Oscar hosts were announced this week, and the Academy is returning to the days where film personalities hosted rather than comedians. Oscar nominee Anne Hathaway and James Franco will host this years ceremony. The National Board of Review continued its precedent of being the first major precursor to announce its awards…

Oscar News Because of the short week, there actually isn’t any real news to share here. Don’t worry, though, because precursor nods begin on Tuesday with the Spirit Awards, and it will all be chaos from there! Review Round-Up Love and Other Drugs, Oscar winner Edward Zwick’s return to the romantic comedy genre, did not…

Oscar News Last Saturday, the Academy awarded their honorary Oscars at the second annual Governors Awards. Kevin Brownlow, Francis Ford Coppola and Eli Wallach were on hand to accept their awards, while the absent Jean-Luc Godard was also honored. Many video clips are available here. The official Best Animated Feature short list has been released…

Oscar News Two time Academy Award winner Robert DeNiro will receive the 2011 Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes. DeNiro will accept the lifetime achievement award at the January 16, 2011 awards ceremony. Hugh Jackman has reportedly turned down the opportunity to return as Oscar host this year. No word yet on who…