SAG Awards nominee reactions: Jennifer Lawrence, Kerry Washington, Jared Leto

Posted by · 9:54 am · December 11th, 2013

Jennifer Lawrence, Kerry Washington, Tom hanks, Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Judi Dench and more weigh in on their 2014 Screen Actor’s Guild nominations.

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SAG snubs and surprises: Redford sinks, 'Dallas Buyers Club' swims

Posted by · 8:15 am · December 11th, 2013

This morning’s SAG nominations in the film categories delivered good news to most of the usual suspects, but a few key surprises have interesting implications for the race. We review who hit big, and who missed out.

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Off the Carpet: The critics leave it wide open

Posted by · 10:21 am · December 9th, 2013

The chatter that has arisen in the wake of this initial precursor wave could have been predicted: it’s anyone’s game. New York, Los Angeles, Boston and other regional critics have had their say and there’s plenty of love being spread around so far.

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Roundup: 'Frozen' is a hit, but is it selling itself short?

Posted by · 5:00 am · December 4th, 2013

In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, a critic wonders if Disney is betraying the message of “Frozen” with its deceptive marketing campaign. Meanwhile, the studio’s other holiday hopeful has opened softly in the UK.

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Roundup: 'Gatsby' goes down well in Down Under Oscars

Posted by · 4:38 am · December 3rd, 2013

In today’s roundup of online news and views, “The Great Gatsby” may be headed only for technical attention at the Oscars, but its fans can revel in its dominance at the Australian Academy Awards, where it scored a leading 14 nominations. Meanwhile, Variety picks 10 Directors to Watch,

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Off the Carpet: 'American Hustle' comes out to play

Posted by · 9:48 pm · November 24th, 2013

After weeks of audience testing, editors Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers futzing with the various tones director David O. Russell captures take-to-take during production, “American Hustle” finally came out to play Sunday night as Sony Pictures unveiled the film to a swath of press and SAG nominating committee members, among others.

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Roundup: Deneuve honored by European Film Awards

Posted by · 6:09 am · September 26th, 2013

Also: Ranking Ron Howard’s oeuvre, and is this Lubezki’s year?

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'The Avengers,' 'Cabin in the Woods,' 'Life of Pi' and 'Skyfall' win at the 2013 Saturn Awards

Posted by · 9:30 pm · June 26th, 2013

The 39th annual Saturn Awards were presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films tonight in Burbank, Calif. Top prizes for film went to “The Avengers,” “Life of Pi,” “The Cabin in the Woods” and “Skyfall,” while “Revolution,” “Breaking Bad” and “The Walking Dead” triumphed in the television categories.

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Jennifer Lawrence to produce and star in Susanne Bier's 'Rules of Inheritance'

Posted by · 4:12 pm · June 5th, 2013

The true-life drama will mark the Oscar-winning actress’s producing debut.

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'The Avengers' and 'Silver Linings Playbook' win big at the MTV Movie Awards

Posted by · 8:36 pm · April 14th, 2013

The most interesting takeaway of tonight’s MTV Movie Awards wasn’t necessarily that “The Avengers” predictably scooped up the prize for Movie of the Year. (Though, I say predictably, but I’m clearly garbage at guessing these things.) No, more interesting was that the MTV crowd gobbled up David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook” with a spoon, handing the film three awards of its own on the evening. Add that to its awards season tally and eight Oscar nominations and you’re talking about one wide-ranging crossover hit. A pity, then, that star Jennifer Lawrence wasn’t on hand to share in the spoils (and pick up her own pair of popcorn trophies).

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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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'Skyfall' wins big at Empire Awards as Helen Mirren sticks up for the ladies

Posted by · 4:38 am · March 25th, 2013

More gold for Jennifer Lawrence, while Martin Freeman beats Daniel Day-Lewis.

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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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'Skyfall,' 'The Avengers,' 'The Hobbit' lead nominations for Jameson Empire Awards

Posted by · 3:00 am · March 1st, 2013

But what films were Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway nominated for?

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The 2012-2013 Film Awards Circuit

Posted by · 8:25 am · February 27th, 2013

Charting the winners and losers of this year’s Oscar season.

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Off the Carpet: A roller coaster season comes to an end

Posted by · 3:13 pm · February 25th, 2013

What can one really say at the end of a season this contentious, this exciting, this tight every step of the way other than: “Gee, that was fun.”

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 108 — Special Edition! — Wrapping up the 85th annual Academy Awards

Posted by · 1:30 pm · February 25th, 2013

In today’s podcast, Kris and Anne dig in on last night’s Oscar telecast, the sights and sounds, the winners and losers.

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Everybody's fine: closing thoughts on an Oscar season of multiple narratives

Posted by · 1:00 pm · February 25th, 2013

With eight of nine Best Picture nominees rewarded, it wasn’t all about ‘Argo.’

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