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With the big news out of the way, there are a few other annual house-cleaning rule alterations that ought to be addressed. First up, the Best Animated Feature Film category — which seems to get a face-lift in the rule book every summer — will now have anywhere from three to five nominees. As it [...]
On the Academy’s other rule changes
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:48 am · June 15th, 2011
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 50 — Special Edition! — Nod postmortem with Guy Lodge and Peter Knegt
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:18 pm · January 25th, 2011
Welcome to Oscar Talk. In case you’re new to the site and/or the podcast, Oscar Talk is a weekly kudocast, your one-stop awards chat shop between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood. The podcast is weekly, every Friday throughout the season, charting the ups and downs of contenders along the way. Plenty [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 49 — Final pre-nod discussion
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:00 am · January 21st, 2011
Welcome to Oscar Talk. In case you’re new to the site and/or the podcast, Oscar Talk is a weekly kudocast, your one-stop awards chat shop between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood. The podcast is weekly, every Friday throughout the season, charting the ups and downs of contenders along the way. Plenty [...]
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‘Dragon’ dominates Annie Award nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:52 am · December 6th, 2010
It was cute of the Annies to throw “Tangled” and “Toy Story 3” a bone in the Best Animated Feature, directing and screenplay categories this year, but the absence of Disney product in virtually every other field is clearly evidence of a reaction to the studio withdrawing from the organization earlier this summer. Credibility: out [...]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 41 — Governors Awards, animated and doc feature shortlists, circuit festivities and remembering Ronni Chasen
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:20 am · November 19th, 2010
Welcome to Oscar Talk. In case you’re new to the site and/or the podcast, Oscar Talk is a weekly kudocast, your one-stop awards chat shop between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood. The podcast is weekly, every Friday throughout the season, charting the ups and downs of contenders along the way. Plenty [...]
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Only 15 films qualify for Oscar’s animated feature race
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:28 pm · November 15th, 2010
I honestly didn’t expect the list to hit so soon on the heels of my item earlier this afternoon, but hit it has. And it actually appears that “The Dreams of Jinsha” was the other title submitted, not “Chico & Rita.” Alas, there are only 15 titles that qualified, meaning we will only see three [...]
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16 animated features submitted, but what will qualify?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:23 am · November 15th, 2010
The Academy will be announcing the list of qualifying films for this year’s Best Animated Feature Film Oscar some time this week. For now, we know of 16 titles that have submitted. They are indicated on our dedicated page. There was some confusion recently over which film was the 16th submission, but I’m told it [...]
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11/15 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Oscar’s shortest perf, gauging 16 animated submissions, Menken and Moore on ‘Tangled’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:41 am · November 15th, 2010
• John Lopez talks to “The Way Back” star and Best Supporting Actor hopeful Ed Harris. [Little Gold Men] • From last year, Stinkylulu writes up the shortest performance ever nominated for an Oscar: Herminone Baddeley’s 2 minutes and 26 seconds in 1959′s “Room at the Top.” [Stinkylulu] • Scott Feinberg smartly tracks down the [...]
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10/29 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: O’Barry biopic on the way, stumping for Bell in ‘Exorcism,’ Reznor talks ‘Network’ synth
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:51 am · October 29th, 2010
• Across the pond, Deborah Orr on a 15 rating due to harmless swearing weighing down an uplifting film like “Made in Dagenham.” [The Guardian] • A feature biopic is in the works about “The Cove” activist Ric O’Barry. [Deadline] • The deadline for animated feature submission nears. [Oscars.org]
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DreamWorks’ ‘Megamind’ brings out the best in Will Ferrell
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:57 am · October 25th, 2010
Was I just in a really good mood Saturday night or did DreamWorks’ “Megamind” send me out of the theater with a legitimate smile on my face? The 3D never gets in the way, the concept is sound and crisp, the voice talent is top notch and it doesn’t feel like everyone’s just going through [...]
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10/25 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Desplat honored, Watts and Plame on ‘Game,’ animated feature hopefuls reach 14
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:40 am · October 25th, 2010
• Colin Firth talks royalty and “The King’s Speech.” [Awards Campaign] • Alexandre Desplat named composer of the year. [Variety] • Scott Kraft chats with “Fair Game” star Naomi Watts and subject Valerie Plame. [Los Angeles Times]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 37 — The early year forgotten, Michael Douglas’s dueling Oscar campaigns, the animated feature race and more
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:55 am · October 22nd, 2010
Welcome to Oscar Talk. In case you’re new to the site and/or the podcast, Oscar Talk is a weekly kudocast, your one-stop awards chat shop between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood. The podcast is weekly, every Friday throughout the season, charting the ups and downs of contenders along the way. Plenty [...]
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Animated titles up to 12
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:21 pm · October 12th, 2010
I’ve been making notes on this in the comments section of yesterday’s Off the Carpet column throughout the morning, but it’s looking more and more like the magic number of 16 won’t be reached in this year’s animated feature film race. By my count, we have 12 titles. One of them, Bill Plympton’s “Idiots and [...]
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‘Tangled’ trailer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:08 pm · September 21st, 2010
Disney’s latest throwback, “Tangled,” could make a real dent this fall, which could harness a nomination for Best Animated Feature Film by season’s end. But it’ll have DreamWorks’s “Megamind” to contend with in the same frame. Gerard doesn’t seem to think it’ll make the cut, and I’ll confess I’m not entirely impressed by the latest [...]
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‘Megamind’ trailer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:17 am · September 9th, 2010
DreamWorks has already released a couple of trailers for the animated “Megamind,” but the latest (via Apple) is probably the last full-length one we’ll get in advance of the November 5 release. I really liked what I saw of the film at Comic-Con this year and given that we’re likely to see five nominees in [...]
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DreamWorks fires off first FYC ad and site of the year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:00 pm · September 1st, 2010
I don’t remember there being an earlier “For Your Consideration” ad than September 1 before, but nevertheless, DreamWorks Animation has seized an opportunity to surge out in front of the fray on behalf of “How to Train Your Dragon” with the first ad of the season, as well as the first FYC site. The ad [...]
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Rule changes for animated features and Best Visual Effects
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:49 am · July 8th, 2010
A few weeks ago the Academy’s visual effects committee was set to vote on expanding the Best Visual Effects category to five nominees. Today, the rule has officially gone into the books, according to a press release. The rules governing animated feature eligibility have also been altered to make room for films that run at [...]
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Edinburgh fest kicks off with ‘The Illusionist’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:18 am · June 16th, 2010
Last year’s Edinburgh Film Festival served me rather well, giving me my first look at “Antichrist,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Fish Tank,” “35 Shots of Rum,” “Mary and Max” and “London River,” all of which wound up in my Top 20 of 2009. (It was also where a little film called “The Secret of Kells” made [...]
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