Gary Oldman on investigating, and becoming, Lee Harvey Oswald in Oliver Stone's 'JFK'

Posted by · 6:27 pm · December 5th, 2011

Fifteen minutes really isn’t enough time with a guy like Gary Oldman. I’m sorry, not for me. Only a douche bag would complain about ANY time with Gary Oldman, of course. I’m aware of the navel-gazing. But someone that good, that many times out, and in that many different ways just kind of demands a laundry list of queries per film.

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Oscarweb Round-up: Sneaking 'Zoo'

Posted by · 7:03 am · November 28th, 2011

In today’s round-up, Cameron Crowe’s “We Bought a Zoo” screened for the public, Ralph Fiennes talks his directorial debut, “Coriolanus” and THR rounds up this year’s actress hopefuls.

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Oscarweb Round-up: Bringing the 'Super 8' train back around for another whiff

Posted by · 7:06 am · November 23rd, 2011

In today’s round-up, Paramount tries to light the fire under summer hit “Super 8,” Viggo Mortensen wants some serious consideration for David Cronenberg and how to dupe the internet, lesson #3245.

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Morgan Freeman to receive HFPA's Cecil B. DeMille Award

Posted by · 9:43 am · November 9th, 2011

Morgan Freeman has been tapped by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to receive its annual lifetime achievement prize, the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

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Hans Zimmer bows out of this year's Oscar race

Posted by · 9:56 am · October 23rd, 2011

Nine-time Oscar nominee Hans Zimmer has opted to sit out this year’s Best Original Score race by refusing to personally enter any of his 2011 scores for consideration — including “Rango” and “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.”

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Oscarweb Round-up: 'Dark Knight Rises' prologue to accompany 'Mission: Impossible?'

Posted by · 7:11 am · October 20th, 2011

In today’s round-up, Warner Bros. is reportedly planning to attach a prologue of “The Dark Knight Rises” to IMAX versions of “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” River Phoenix’s last film will finally see the light of day and Mike Judge offers up a rare exhibition of “Beavis and Butt-Head” voices.

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Oscarweb Round-up: Cameron Crowe's music-in-film picks

Posted by · 7:02 am · October 19th, 2011

In today’s round-up, Cameron Crowe picks his favorite music-in-film moments, an eager blogger sets about fundraising for “Tyrannosaur” and “The Dark Knight Rises” looks like it might film at Occupy Wall Street.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt on 'The Dark Knight Rises' and obsessive online spoilage

Posted by · 6:57 am · September 28th, 2011

In advance of tomorrow’s big interview with “50/50” star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, I ask the star how he feels about the obsessive fervor that surrounds any morsel of imagery or information that makes it out of the “Dark Knight Rises” set.

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Oscarweb Round-up: Keeping the 'Dark Knight Rises' secret

Posted by · 4:00 am · September 21st, 2011

In today’s round-up, Christopher Nolan is rumored to refuse letting the ending of “The Dark Knight Rises” outside the confines of his brain, Lars Von Trier retracts his apology for controversial Nazi remarks at the Cannes Film Festival and Ryan Gosling seems to be considering…retirement?

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