After a strong showing at Sunday night’s SAG awards “The Help” is set to receive another boon on its way to Oscar night. The Writers Guild of America West announced that they will honor writer/director Tate Taylor with the 2012 Paul Selvin Award which “recognizes written work that embodies the spirit of constitutional rights and civil liberties.”
Tate Taylor to receive WGA's Paul Selvin Award
Posted by Roth Cornet · 1:36 pm · January 31st, 2012
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Viola Davis talks Steven Soderbergh, Tyler Perry, Meryl Streep and humanizing her characters
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:46 am · January 28th, 2012
The tributes at this year’s Santa Barbara Film Festival kicked off with a bang tonight as Viola Davis took the stage at the Arlington Theatre to be fluffed up for her Outstanding Performer of the Year Award. And in my four or five years of attending the festival, it was one of the better productions I’ve seen.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 76 — Guild announcements, previewing the DGA and the success of 'Bridesmaids'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:58 am · January 6th, 2012
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the PGA and WGA announcements, preview the DGA nominations and chew on the success of “Bridesmaids” so far this year.
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Predicting the 2011 DGA nominees
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:43 am · January 5th, 2012
On Monday, the most important precursor announcement of them all drops: the Directors Guild of America offers up its list of nominees for excellence in directing.
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Round-up: Raising a glass to 'Tintin'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:45 am · December 30th, 2011
Also: the invisibility of Tate Taylor, and the dark horses in the Oscar race
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Oscarweb Round-up: Will mo-cap projects like 'Tintin' and 'Happy Feet 2' qualify for Oscar's animated feature race?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:23 am · September 29th, 2011
In today’s round-up, the Academy’s feature animation branch debates the eligibility of motion capture films, Melissa McCarthy teams up with the director of “The Help” and “The Ides of March” premieres in Los Angeles.
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