Three-time Oscar producer Craig Zadan suggests he and partner Neil Meron may not return for a fourth Academy Awards telecast.
Dare to dream: Oscar producer's tweet suggests team may not return
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 10:11 am · March 9th, 2015
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Report: Academy Old Guard wants to go backward with just 5 Best Picture nominees
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 1:12 am · March 4th, 2015
The faction of the Academy who believes the current Best Picture nominee system needs to be changed are simply grasping at straws in attempt to take the Oscars dangerously backward.
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New Awards Season Rules: Would more nominees help solve the Oscars' diversity problem?
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 5:25 pm · February 26th, 2015
New rules for the Oscar game after the 87th Academy Awards season mercifully comes to an end, including comedy hosts, that Labor Day weekend launch and potentially expanding the nominee number in seven other categories.
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The post-production secrets of 'Birdman' can finally be revealed
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:41 pm · February 23rd, 2015
With the Academy Awards a memory and the “Birdman” team walking away with a boatload of Oscars, nondisclosure agreements keeping a lid on the secrets of the film’s elaborate post-production digital “stitching” process have allowed a revelation to out.
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Relive the 2014-2015 film awards circuit
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:26 pm · February 23rd, 2015
Charting the winners and losers of this year’s Oscar season.
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Off the Carpet: Unexpected virtue at the 87th Oscars
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:51 pm · February 23rd, 2015
The 87th Oscars was a memorable event despite itself, drawing a number of fascinating narratives to a close and teaching a couple of lessons we may or may not take to heart in subsequent seasons.
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Academy addresses Joan Rivers' In Memoriam Oscars exclusion
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:25 pm · February 23rd, 2015
The Academy has issued a statement responding to Joan Rivers’ exclusion from the annual “In Memoriam” segment of the 87th Oscars.
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Tech Support: 'Grand Budapest' and 'Whiplash' lead Oscar's craft categories
Posted by gerardkennedy · 12:10 pm · February 23rd, 2015
HitFix boils down the crafts categories of the 87th Oscars, where “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Whiplash” found the most love.
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'Birdman' puts Fox Searchlight and New Regency at the top of the Oscar mountain
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 10:49 am · February 23rd, 2015
Ready for your Oscar season hangover? Some major takeaways from all the players in the awards season game.
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Common on Julianne Moore's win: 'You all knew she was getting that though, right?'
Posted by chris-eggertsen · 8:43 am · February 23rd, 2015
Best Original Song winners Common and John Legend speak to the press backstage at the Oscars.
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We can put that film editing statistic away now, OK?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:18 am · February 23rd, 2015
The 2015 Academy Awards saw a significant stat finally crumble: “Birdman” became the first film in 34 years to win Best Picture without a corresponding film editing nomination.
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Is this the moment that cost 'Boyhood' the Oscar?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:58 am · February 23rd, 2015
Lots of things can crash momentum but anointing a frontrunner on the cover of a major consumer magazine too early in the process can certainly backfire. Is that what happened this year, or is it just part of an overall complex puzzle?
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Julianne Moore wins the award for Most Overjoyed Oscar Winner
Posted by chris-eggertsen · 11:23 pm · February 22nd, 2015
Julianne Moore talks to the press backstage at the Oscars, where she won Best Actress for her performance in “Still Alice.”
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'We should talk about suicide out loud': A moving, unexpected Oscars moment
Posted by chris-eggertsen · 8:42 pm · February 22nd, 2015
Oscar winners for Documentary Short Subject Dana Perry and Ellen Goosenberg Kent talk to the press backstage about their film “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1,” why talking about suicide is important and Neil Patrick Harris’s joke about Perry’s gown.
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Edward Snowden responds to 'CITIZENFOUR' Oscar win
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:24 pm · February 22nd, 2015
Edward Snowden has released a statement responding to “CITIZENFOUR’s” Oscar win, mirroring an overall theme of socio-politically charged comments at and around this year’s telecast.
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'Birdman' Oscar win again proves Telluride an Oscar season good luck charm
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:08 pm · February 22nd, 2015
If there was any lingering doubt about the Telluride Film Festival’s place in the annual film awards season, this year’s Oscars outcome ought to finally settle them.
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Patricia Arquette dissed the 'Mani Cam' again backstage
Posted by chris-eggertsen · 8:03 pm · February 22nd, 2015
Best Supporting Actress winner Patricia Arquette (“Boyhood”) talks to the press backstage at the Oscars.
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Julianne Moore is finally an Oscar winner
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:01 pm · February 22nd, 2015
After five Academy Award nominations and a career’s worth of bold, varied performances, Julianne Moore is finally an Oscar winner.
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