Round-up: Did you hear 'The Descendants' is an underdog all of a sudden?

Posted by · 7:17 am · February 10th, 2012

In today’s round-up, Fox Searchlight plays the “underdog” card for “The Descendants,” the Academy promises a “hard look” at the Best Original Song process and a number of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters podcast it up.

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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Short Film (Animated)

Posted by · 9:41 am · January 30th, 2012

US audiences will get a chance to see the Oscar-nominated shorts again this year as Shorts International (via ShortsHD) and Magnolia Pictures will be launching its popular program for the seventh-straight year. The nominees for animation, live action and documentaries will hit theaters for a limited time on February 16. But this year’s crop of contenders in the animated field is a bit thin compared to years past, I feel.

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