As the Academy deliberates, BAFTA makes its own voting tweaks

Posted by · 12:55 pm · June 26th, 2012

Among adjustments made by BAFTA to its voting system, the January longlists will be scrapped, while chapter-specific voting will be reversed.

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Round-up: Score one for #teammargaret

Posted by · 9:10 am · December 26th, 2011

In today’s round-up, #teammargaret seems to have scored a victory as screeners of Kenneth Lonergan’s film have reportedly been sent to Academy members, Steven Zaillian talks changing the story and ending of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and Baz Luhrmann got a boo-boo on the set of “The Great Gatsby.”

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Meryl Streep is good-to-great in meh-to-good 'Iron Lady'

Posted by · 2:18 pm · November 17th, 2011

Phyllida Lloyd’s “The Iron Lady” shares a lot in common with Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar.” They portray conservative figures in political history with broad strokes despite attempting to flesh them out as nuanced characters. But mostly, they serve as hindrances to performances that could have won Oscars in a cake-walk.

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