David O. Russell brings the trailer for 'American Hustle' to Good Morning America

Posted by · 9:32 am · July 31st, 2013

Well, you don’t see this too often. Eschewing the usual Apple/Yahoo!/MSN launching pads, Sony premiered the trailer for David O. Russell’s “American Hustle” on ABC’s Good Morning America earlier today, with Russell on hand to talk about the movie.

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David O. Russell's 'American Hustle' halts production amid Boston area manhunt

Posted by · 11:02 am · April 19th, 2013

The production is ‘heeding the Governor’s request to remain indoors.’

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How Harvey Weinstein apparently played the press on the last day of Oscar voting

Posted by · 12:12 pm · March 27th, 2013

David O. Russell was reportedly never really attached to ‘The Ends of the Earth’

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David O. Russell's 'Silver Linings Playbook' follow-up gets a release date

Posted by · 11:19 am · March 12th, 2013

Sony has a packed potential awards slate on the way.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 106 — BAFTA and Scripter recap, WGA preview and more shorts

Posted by · 8:00 am · February 15th, 2013

On this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne recap the BAFTA USC Scripter Awards. They look ahead to the WGA Competition and break down three categories: Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short and Best Live Action Short.

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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay

Posted by · 7:35 am · February 15th, 2013

‘Argo,’ ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ square off.

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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Director

Posted by · 3:37 pm · February 12th, 2013

Michael Haneke, Ang Lee, Steven Spielberg, David O. Russell and Benh Zeitlin square off.

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Roundup: Marianelli to be celebrated at Dublin film fest

Posted by · 7:23 am · February 11th, 2013

Also: A night at the Sci-Tech Awards, and check out ‘Adam and Dog.’

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Roundup: Inside the minds of three Oscar voters

Posted by · 6:00 am · February 8th, 2013

Also: The politics of the In Memoriam montage, and ‘Lincoln’ vs. Connecticut

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Roundup: How 'The Hobbit' made the VFX shortlist sight unseen

Posted by · 5:55 am · February 1st, 2013

Also: ‘Argo’ an illegal hit in Iran, and Hackford to relinquish DGA presidency

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The Long Shot: Lifting the cloud on 'Silver Linings'

Posted by · 8:10 pm · January 30th, 2013

In praise of the ‘lighter’ option in this year’s Best Picture race.

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Off the Carpet: Why I want to see 'Argo' win Best Picture at the Oscars

Posted by · 10:51 am · January 14th, 2013

The last 100 hours or so in Hollywood has been intriguing, to say the least. The Oscar nominations on Thursday sent a series of shockwaves throughout the industry and were marvelously reflective of a tightly contended, stellar year of filmmaking. And of course, two names have been on everyone’s lips since the Thursday morning bombshell: Ben Affleck and Kathryn Bigelow.

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Oscar brings surprises aplenty as frontrunners miss and fairytales come true

Posted by · 6:27 am · January 10th, 2013

The 85th annual nominations packed an intriguing punch this morning.

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'Lincoln' leads, 'Pi' and 'Silver Linings' surge as the Academy serves up a few surprises

Posted by · 6:22 am · January 10th, 2013

Three DGA nominees miss the cut for Best Director

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Previewing the WGA Award nominees

Posted by · 6:15 pm · January 2nd, 2013

Don’t expect the Academy to mirror them too closely.

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Off the Carpet: Academy members have numerous tight races to mull over this season

Posted by · 7:58 am · December 24th, 2012

As members of the Academy hurry through the last screeners they need to see before committing an opinion on the year’s best (for those who bother trying to get as deep into the stack as possible, that is), a number of races hang in the balance as extremely tight categories are sure to leave a few contenders feeling the sting of “also-ran” on Thursday, January 10.

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'Silver Linings Playbook' rules the Satellite Awards

Posted by · 4:39 am · December 17th, 2012

Five awards for the comedy, including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress

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Roundup: Why 2012 has been a good year for movie heroines

Posted by · 5:23 am · December 11th, 2012

Also: Inside the LAFCA vote, and examining BAFTA’s rule changes

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