Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' leads the way with Saturn Awards nominations

Posted by · 9:29 am · February 20th, 2013

Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” led the way with nine nominations for the 39th annual Saturn Awards, recognizing the best in genre filmmaking. It picked up nods in the Best Fantasy Film and Best Director categories, among others. Not far behind were Ang Lee’s Oscar nominee “Life of Pi” with eight and Sam Mendes’s James Bon actioner “Skyfall” with seven.

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Oscar Guide: 2013: Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Posted by · 6:33 am · February 8th, 2013

‘Hitchcock,’ ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ and ‘Les Misérables’ square off

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Tech Support: Makeup artist Howard Berger on fleshing out 'Hitchcock'

Posted by · 7:14 am · February 5th, 2013

The previous winner could claim his second Oscar this year.

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Tech Support: 'Life of Pi' and 'Lincoln' lead the crafts category nominations

Posted by · 12:04 pm · January 10th, 2013

And they’re here. Another year come and another set of nominees in the Academy’s crafts categories, highlighting the invaluable contributions to our movies by behind-the-lines, “below the line” artists.

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Roundup: Why both sides are right (or wrong) in the 'Zero Dark Thirty' debate

Posted by · 4:00 am · December 31st, 2012

Also: NYT Oscar ballots, and how many votes do you need for a nomination?

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Roundup: Anne Hathaway to be honored by Costume Designers' Guild

Posted by · 4:30 am · December 21st, 2012

Also: Foreign-language shortlist looms, and potential whisper-campaign victims

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'Cloud Atlas' fails to make the finalists for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Posted by · 1:14 pm · December 15th, 2012

The Academy has announced its shortlist of seven Best Makeup and Hairstyling contenders. The films will proceed to the “bake-off” stage, where reels of the work put into the makeup and hairstyling effects will be screened for the branch and three nominees will be chosen, revealed alongside the rest of the Oscar nominations on January 10.

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Some SAG surprises indicate unexpected currents in the season

Posted by · 5:57 am · December 12th, 2012

The awards-obsessive corners of the web were all abuzz this morning with murmurs of a supposed “leak” of the 19th annual SAG nominees. Intrepid net hounds had apparently gone into the guild’s website and done some choice searching to turn out what ended up being, indeed, the full list of nominees. So what were they and what do they mean?

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Sacha Gervasi refutes 'Hitchcock' criticism at Fox Searchlight holiday soirée

Posted by · 7:10 pm · November 27th, 2012

Fox Searchlight Pictures had its annual east coast holiday party this evening at Andaz 5th Avenue in a nice second-floor spread with principals from the studio’s films — “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” “Hitchcock” and “The Sessions” — on hand. Spirits were particularly high after “Beasts” and “Sessions” combined for six Independent Spirit Award nominations (and one each for “Ruby Sparks” and “Sound of my Voice”).

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Roundup: The trouble with the artist biopic

Posted by · 4:00 am · November 27th, 2012

Also: The foreign-language Oscar boost, and holding off the ‘Les Mis’ train

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Roundup: On the power of the critical pan

Posted by · 2:48 am · November 26th, 2012

Also: ‘Silver Linings’ vs. the heavier contenders, and ‘Sugar Man’ wins again

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Tell us what you thought of 'Hitchcock'

Posted by · 6:36 am · November 23rd, 2012

The Master of Suspense gets his own close-up this weekend.

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Roundup: What are your favorite Thanksgiving movies?

Posted by · 6:00 am · November 22nd, 2012

Also: The year in film music, and Winslet’s royal appointment

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Roundup: Fall of the 'Guardians?'

Posted by · 6:22 am · November 21st, 2012

Also: Frank Ocean’s ‘Django’ tune, and 2012’s narrative rule-breakers

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On Alfred Hitchcock's ups and downs at the Oscars

Posted by · 6:20 am · November 20th, 2012

52 nominations spread out across 16 films

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Roundup: Hopkins says 'f— off' to Oscar schmoozing

Posted by · 5:00 am · November 20th, 2012

Also: THR’s Actress Roundtable, and ‘The Hobbit’ faces a PETA problem

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 96 — Thanksgiving on the way, 'Anna Karenina' and 'Silver Linings' open

Posted by · 8:00 am · November 16th, 2012

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and films looking to capitalize, revisit this weekend’s openers — “Anna Karenina” and “Silver Linings Playbook” — and dig in on Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

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Tech Support: 'Cloud Atlas' and 'The Hobbit' lead the race for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Posted by · 6:47 am · November 15th, 2012

The category gets a name change as a varied field takes shape.

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