HitFix’s awards team surveys the 2014 Best Supporting Actor category, from George Clooney as an astronaut to Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and all points in between.
Best Supporting Actor 2014: Oscar contenders include George Clooney, Michael Fassbender and Tom Hanks
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:45 am · October 15th, 2013
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Supporting Actor
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:48 am · February 13th, 2013
Alan Arkin, Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tommy Lee Jones and Christoph Waltz square off.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 91 — 'Not Fade Away' drops on NYFF and surveying Best Supporting Actor
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · October 12th, 2012
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the New York Film Festival Centerpiece selection, “Not Fade Away,” take a look at small films looking to get a foothold this season and survey the Best Supporting Actor field.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Supporting Actor
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:29 am · February 6th, 2012
This year’s Best Supporting Actor race seemed to settle in rather early on. The eventual five nominees were all considered formidable as far back as September and nothing really came along to significantly alter the landscape. The one “surprise” came in the form of a contender popping up who had been expected to fall the way of his film. Well, ultimately he did.
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'Extremely Loud' star Max Von Sydow talks inhabiting the silent Renter in this new featurette
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:30 am · February 4th, 2012
Yesterday I sat down with “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” star and Oscar nominee Max Von Sydow for about a half hour to talk about this and that but mostly his and his film’s surprising Academy goodwill. Warner Bros. has him in town for a few days for some TV here, some radio there, plenty of interview opportunities and a fair share of post-screening Q&As. Perhaps they smell a window of opportunity.
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Christopher Plummer takes a trip down memory lane as Santa Barbara's Modern Master
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:59 pm · January 28th, 2012
Tonight brought the second tribute of this year’s Santa Barbara film fest, a spotlight for “Beginners” star Christopher Plummer and the festival’s highest honor: the Modern Master Award.
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Corey Stoll to read Hemingway's letters, primed for a Best Supporting Actor surge
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:13 pm · November 30th, 2011
“Midnight in Paris” star Corey Stoll has always been a lurking possibility for Best Supporting Actor recognition this year. But as of late, things seem to be heating up for him. After nailing down an Indie Spirit nomination Monday, it has been announced that he’ll be reading from Ernest Hemingway’s letters at a Kennedy Library event in Boston.
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Clint Eastwood's labored 'J. Edgar' opens AFI Fest — is this Leo's year?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:21 pm · November 3rd, 2011
Clint Eastwood kicked off AFI Fest tonight with the world premiere of “J. Edgar.” The film has considerable issues, but it might nevertheless be Leonardo DiCaprio’s trip to his first Oscar.
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Williams shines but 'Marilyn' buckles under an uncompelling perspective
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:42 am · October 10th, 2011
Simon Curtis’s “My Week with Marilyn” gives actress Michelle Williams a grand opportunity to shine. But the film itself suffers under the burden of a perspective not all that compelling.
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Charlize Theron is delusional in the first trailer for Jason Reitman's 'Young Adult'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:48 am · October 6th, 2011
“Juno” director Jason Reitman is back at work with Diablo Cody again this year with “Young Adult.” Finally, a trailer for the film has dropped.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Star in more movies, Werner!
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:27 am · October 5th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Werner Herzog is cast (in a stroke of genius) to star as a baddie in a Tom Cruise vehicle, Oscarcast vets Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin and Adam Shankman come together on a new project and Fox Searchlight declares a date for Steve McQueen’s “Shame.”
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 63 — Digging into the supporting categories
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:57 am · September 30th, 2011
In today’s podcast we urge you to see “50/50” and “Take Shelter” this weekend, we start chewing on the supporting categories and we discuss the box office of a few of the year’s early season contenders.
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In 'Extremely Loud,' could Max Von Sydow finally win an Oscar…for a silent performance?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:08 pm · September 28th, 2011
Stephen Daldry’s “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” held a test screening in New York over the weekend, and a reader has written in to tell us how terrific actor Max Von Sydow apparently is in a supporting role. Could he be on track for a nomination? And if so, won’t it be really hard not to finally give him an Oscar?
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Interview: Albert Brooks on 'Drive' as a chance to prove something
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:58 pm · September 28th, 2011
Albert Brooks stars in Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Drive” as a mob figure. Hardly the kind of thing you’d expect him to play. Today we talk to him about stretching himself into territory he knew he could nail.
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