Who is HitFix's top pundit in a tricky year for Oscar predictions?

Posted by · 6:08 am · February 25th, 2013

Okay, so not anyone’s best showing this year.

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Jennifer Lawrence wins Best Actress at the Oscars for 'Silver Linings Playbook'

Posted by · 7:43 pm · February 24th, 2013

Jennifer Lawrence, the 22-year-old star of “Silver Linings Playbook,” has won the Oscar for Best Actress at the 85th annual Academy Awards.

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Nate Silver predicts 'Argo,' Spielberg, Lawrence for Oscar glory

Posted by · 11:10 am · February 22nd, 2013

But he admits his method is a little problematic.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 107 — Final stabs in the dark

Posted by · 8:00 am · February 22nd, 2013

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne offer up their final predictions for the 85th annual Academy Awards.

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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Actress

Posted by · 7:56 am · February 21st, 2013

Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Emmanuelle Riva, Quvenzhané Wallis and Naomi Watts 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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From Emmanuelle Riva to David O. Russell, mixed signals from BAFTA keep the race alive

Posted by · 5:54 pm · February 10th, 2013

Well, except Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress…

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 105 — Affleck wins another and the nominees do lunch

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

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss Ben Affleck’s DGA victory, the annual nominees luncheon and the recently held Annie and Visual Effects Society Awards and analyze the Best Animated Short category.

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Roundup: On the humbler supporting stars of 2012

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

Also: Guessing the win tally for ‘Argo,’ and trailer trickery

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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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'Argo' stuns for second-straight day this weekend at the SAG Awards

Posted by · 9:21 pm · January 27th, 2013

“Argo” is the story of the weekend, clearly. After coming out victorious at the PGA Awards it picked up the ensemble prize that everyone had either chalked up to “Lincoln” or “Silver Linings Playbook,” with some outliers thinking “Les Misérables” had a shot at it. Surprise!

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Jennifer Lawrence skewers fellow Best Actress nominees on 'Saturday Night Live'

Posted by · 10:51 pm · January 21st, 2013

‘Naomi Watts her problem? She gonna lose!’

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Jessica Chastain owns the box office in 'Mama,' 'Zero Dark Thirty' during crucial Oscar window

Posted by · 9:53 am · January 19th, 2013

The story of today isn’t quite what’s happening in Park City but what’s happening at multiplexes across the country. Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain is leading the charge with the top two films at the box office, Andrés Muschietti’s “Mama” and Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty.”

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Big moments for Bill Clinton, Jodie Foster and Ben Affleck at the 70th annual Golden Globes

Posted by · 1:43 am · January 14th, 2013

It was all smiles at the Warner Bros./In Style party Sunday night as team “Argo” had grabbed yet another one-two Best Picture/Best Director punch after the film’s director Ben Affleck was unceremoniously snubbed from the Oscars’ Best Director line-up late last week.

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The critics choose embarrassment

Posted by · 8:43 pm · January 10th, 2013

I apologized to BFCA president Joey Berlin after this evening’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards for being frank about it, but I couldn’t tell a lie: this year’s show was an embarrassment. Appalling, I’d go so far to say.

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'Argo' takes top honors at BFCA Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Posted by · 6:15 pm · January 10th, 2013

Acting wins for Day-Lewis, Chastain, Hoffman and Hathaway.

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Roundup: The people love 'The Hunger Games'… and 'Perks'

Posted by · 3:37 am · January 10th, 2013

Also: ‘Django’ action figure controversy, and R.I.P. David R. Ellis

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'Argo' wins with Denver film critics

Posted by · 11:04 am · January 8th, 2013

Back and forth between “Argo” and “Zero Dark Thirty” as the former has claimed another Best Picture prize, this time from the Denver Film Critics Society. Ben Affleck also took Best Director, while the acting categories followed the template: Daniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Anne Hathaway.

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