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Every year the Academy Awards Nominations are sure to piss people off, and this year is no exception.  Hugo dominated receiving 11 nods, including Best Picture and Best Director, for Martin Scorsese’s movie that I called the best movie of 2011. The Artist however is getting a lot of love too (10 nods) for all the right reasons so it will be a showdown of cinematic appreciation for sure.

So my questions this year are as follows:  Where is Drive? Why didn’t Michael Shannon get a nomination for Take Shelter? Why is Bridesmaids in any of these categories? Why isn’t Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part II?  Why didn’t David Fincher or Steven Spielberg get a best director nod?  Why didn’t The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo get a best picture nod?

That’s all I can think of for now, I will likely be live blogging the Oscars this year, Sunday February 26th, so this list will be re-posted, my bold predictions are not always my favorite choice, it’s what the Academy voters will likely choose.

Let’s take a look at the list of major nominations:

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the trailer for the 84th Academy Awards with Funny Or Die, and it couldn’t die quicker.  The trailer features Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, William Fichtner and Vinnie Jones.  Why?  Because you’re parents will laugh is why.

The 2012 Oscar nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 24th, the show airs Sunday, February 26th at 7pm EST on ABC.

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Over the weekend it was revealed that Oscar producer Brett Ratner wanted Eddie Murphy to host the 84th Oscars, today it’s been officially announced that Murphy has agreed to do it.

It’s easy to call out the man for making a pile of awful movies over the last decade or more, but if we put that all aside for a moment and remember what it was like when Murphy ever took the stage, we have every reason to be excited.  The actor/comedian and SNL alum will host the Academy Awards show on Sunday, February 26, 2012

“I am enormously honored to join the great list of past Academy Award hosts from Hope and Carson to Crystal, Martin and Goldberg, among others,” said Murphy. “I’m looking forward to working with Brett and Don on creating a show that is enjoyable for both the fans at home and for the audience at the Kodak Theatre as we all come together to celebrate and recognize the great film contributions and collaborations from the past year.”

Who’s ever heard of a hosting gig set as a comeback?  This could very well be it.

winsletNews concerning The Oscars tends to be boring (wake me up when Ricky Gervais wins) and this unfortunately is no different. So I have one of my favorites Kate Winslet to help.

I can still remember when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated five films every year for the Best Picture Oscar.  It was nice; they didn’t have to reach too far to please everyone. Two years ago the Academy decided to revisit the days when ten films were nominated.

So it’s changing again, now the Academy will make “between five and ten” nominations.  Do you think this is because they have been looking at the movies this year and figure they might be struggling come crunch time?  A 3D nomination would make me sick.  I like the fact they are not just arbitrarily choosing a number like 10 and filling in gaps.  They will choose 5 and see if any other fills merit a nomination.
In addition to this, a few changes have been made to the way that Oscar contenders are nominated for visual effects awards, and for Best Animated Film too, see the full press release: (more…)

James Franco and David Letterman had a chat about Franco’s panned hosting gig when he stopped by The Late Show.  For anyone who caught Franco’s “performance” and has some idea of who the man is, you were not surprised.  He’s laid back and probably didn’t care all too much about putting on a show.  Here he does a good job at explaining the theory that he was under the influence onstage. (more…)

And The Oscars Went To…

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

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Did your favorite film take home an Oscar?  Find out here!

oscarsThe nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards have been announced.  Not a lot of surprises, it is nice to see Toy Story 3 going for Best Picture as I said it should in my initial review and naming it the best movies of 2010.  The King’s Speech has 12 nominations, followed by 10 for True Grit and then 8 for both The Social Network and Inception, with no Best Director for Christopher Nolan.  A deserved nomination for John Hawkes in Winter’s Bone.  James Franco got a nomination for 127 Hours, and might be looking at a busy night as host and possible award winner.

The Oscars will be awarded live by hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway on February 27, 2011. Here are the nominees with my predictions in bold (“I like to play”). (more…)

2010 Academy Awards Winners

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Here’s the complete list of this year’s winners. The Hurt Locker took the biggest prizes, winning Best Director and Best Picture, I really thought it should have been QT’s year as The Hurt Locker in my opinion was highly overrated as good as it was.  Winners in RED.

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Download the 2010 Academy Awards Ballot

Friday, March 5th, 2010

You can play along at home this Sunday and download the official ballot for The Oscars.  I do watch the show each year, often bored.  I am not looking forward to the dual hosting job of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.  Martin seems like he’s been pissed off for the last ten years, while Baldwin, well he’s just great actually.  [Download]

Here is hoping that Inglourious Basterds wins everything and shuts up Avatar and the Hurt Locker.  Ooh that’s a bingo!

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John Hughes tribute at Academy Awards

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

The 2010 Academy Awards  will feature a special tribute to writer/director John Hughes. Oscar hosts Steve Martin (Planes Trains & Automobiles) and Alec Baldwin (She’s Having A Baby) both had worked with Hughes. Not much is known about the tribute, but cast members who have worked with Hughes over the years are rumored to be involved.  Hughes is best known for writing and/or directing some of the best films from the 1980’s – Hughes dropped out of filmmaking in 1991, retiring from the public eye, and rarely granting or giving interviews to the media. He wrote a couple screenplays and did some rare script and treatment work using his pseudonym, Edmond Dantès (a reference to the protagonist of Alexandre Dumas’ novel The Count of Monte Cristo). Those films include Beethoven, Maid in Manhattan (story) and Drillbit Taylor (story).  He passed away in August of 2009, and is missed.

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