ACADEMY AWARDS

Oscarweb Round-up: Questioning the accuracy of 'Moneyball'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:19 am · September 26th, 2011

In today’s round-up, Steve Pond writes up the inaccuracies of “Moneyball,” Tom O’Neil kicks off his annual straw pull (with our own Guy Lodge participating) and battle of the half-eaten posters

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'The Artist' takes Audience Award at San Sebastian fest

Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:20 pm · September 25th, 2011

“The Artist” takes the audience award at the 2011 San Sebastian Film Festival this year as “A Separation,” “Albert Nobbs,” and “Where Do We Go Now?” is among other prize winners.

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Box Office: Disney's 'Lion King' roars (okay, squeaks) by Brad Pitt and 'Moneyball'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:07 am · September 25th, 2011

“The Lion King 3D” was #1 at the box office for a second weekend in a row, besting debuting Oscar contender “Moneyball.”

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Cinejabber: 'Batman' back-to-back

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:56 pm · September 24th, 2011

Caught a movie that was released some time back and want to comment? Let us know here. Playing some awesome video game and you’re dying to share? Let us know — well, maybe don’t let us know. The last thing I need is an excuse to go buy something else to eat up my time! Basically, it’s an open thread and the floor is yours.

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China and South Africa bring a little English to the foreign Oscar conversation

Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:00 pm · September 23rd, 2011

We talk about name appeal being a factor in the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar race, but no country this year can boast it to quite the same extent as China: not only is their submission, just announced today, directed by three-time Oscar nominee Zhang Yimou, but it stars reigning Best Supporting Actor champ Christian Bale.

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Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman and David Cronenberg set for Gotham Award tributes

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:37 pm · September 23rd, 2011

Now is the time of year when publicists jockey for their clients’ positions at tributes throughout the various awards season events. And these three will likely be in the thick of it this season.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 62 — 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' is icy and smooth (and good!), but is it Oscar?

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:16 am · September 23rd, 2011

In this week’s podcast, we cover “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” “The Ides of March,” “Moneyball,” “Pearl Jam Twenty,” “Melancholia” and the Academy’s latest rule change.

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Oscarweb Round-up: Taking artists at their work

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · September 22nd, 2011

In today’s round-up, Manohla Dargis argues in favor of considering the work, not the actions, of filmmakers like Lars Von Trier and Roman Polanski, Steve Martin humbly passes along some Oscar emcee suggestions to newly minted host Eddie Murphy and Russia’s foreign language submission stirs up some controversy.

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What the Academy's new campaign rules and regulations really mean

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:10 pm · September 21st, 2011

The Academy today dropped via press release its annual list of rule clarifications and changes regarding campaigning procedures, but while most are acknowledging the adjustments to post-nominations events and gatherings, my colleague Greg Ellwood has drilled down and noted probably the biggest bombshell of all in the announcement. Before the nominations are revealed, it looks to be open season.

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The Long Shot: Where DO we go now?

Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:47 am · September 21st, 2011

You’ve got to feel for Nadine Labaki. For months ahead of the Toronto Film Festival, industry pundits have been eyeing up the fest’s lone mentionable prize—the Audience Award—as some kind of mystical key with the power to unlock the opaque maze of this year’s Best Picture Oscar race; a maze, thus far, with no appreciable entry or exit points.

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