Ready for your Oscar season hangover? Some major takeaways from all the players in the awards season game.
'Birdman' puts Fox Searchlight and New Regency at the top of the Oscar mountain
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 10:49 am · February 23rd, 2015
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IPA does not see 'Wolf of Wall Street,' nominates it for five Satellite Awards anyway
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:39 am · December 2nd, 2013
The annual (questionable if harmless) Satellite Award nominations stuck out today when “The Wolf of Wall Street” was mentioned throughout. The film landed five nominations. But has the IPA seen it? After all, it’s only screened for guilds and HFPA so far. Turns out, at least according to the studio, no, they haven’t.
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Robert Zemeckis is back in live action territory with Denzel Washington in the trailer for 'Flight'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:53 pm · June 6th, 2012
Could the film be an under-the-radar Oscar prospect?
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Round-up: Paramount steps up the campaign for 'Transformers'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:49 am · February 3rd, 2012
Also: The perils of online voting, and Jennifer Lawrence for Best Actress 2012?
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Paramount unveils newly restored 'Wings' at the Academy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:32 pm · January 17th, 2012
AMPAS president Tom Sherak, Paramount CEO Brad Grey and the family of William A. Wellman toast the studio’s 100th anniversary.
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Pre-Globes party weekend: Weinstein, AFI, Paramount, Film Independent and BAFTA do it up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:45 pm · January 14th, 2012
Leading into tomorrow’s Golden Globes ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Hollywood has been all abuzz with events aimed at making the most of having talent in town for the big awards show weekend.
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Celebrate 100 years of Paramount on your iPad
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:17 pm · January 2nd, 2012
Paramount Pictures has launched a new app for the iPad that celebrates the studio’s landmark 100th anniversary this year. The 100 Years of Movie Magic app “is an exploration of the studio’s incredibly rich and storied history,” the iTunes blurb reads. Every studio should do something like this.
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The Academy to screen Technicolor restoration of first-ever Best Picture winner 'Wings'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:26 am · December 5th, 2011
William A. Wellman’s “Wings,” which won the first Oscar for Best Picture in 1929, has been fully restored and is ready for its close-up again. The Academy will screen the film with live music accompaniment next month as part of Paramount Pictures’ 100th anniversary.
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Paramount announces first ever digital streaming program for awards season contenders
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:35 am · October 11th, 2011
Paramount PIctures has announced a new program to screen its awards contenders via digital screeners. The Visual Effects Society will be the guinea pigs and a wide-ranging trio of films will be the first out of the gate.
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