Over the last five months, Gerard has diligently canvassed and re-canvassed the various crafts categories here at In Contention. The one category we have held back on all this time, as contenders have slowly fallen into place, was Best Original Song. Today, it’s time to dig into the field. This has turned into something of […]
TECH SUPPORT: Best Original Song
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:18 pm · December 10th, 2009
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Enter AFI
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:49 am · November 2nd, 2009
I haven’t had a chance to preview/write-up AFI Fest due to some a dizzying weekend and family obligations, but I should probably do that with the festivities entering a fourth day. “Fantastic Mr. Fox” kicked things off last week and with the festival moving from the Arclight on Sunset to the historic Chinese Theatre on […]
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Listen to Mary J. Blige’s ‘I Can See in Color’ from ‘Precious’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:24 pm · October 26th, 2009
Last month we broke the news that Mary J. Blige would be in the thick of this year’s Best Original Song mix with the track “I See in Color” from “Precious.” Mariah Carey’s “100%” was originally going to be featured in the film (and was, in early festival screenings), but when Blige saw the film, […]
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Mary J. Blige joins the race for Best Original Song
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:45 pm · September 9th, 2009
Two weeks ago we were spit-balling contenders for this year’s Best Original Song category. So far, the best bets seem to be tunes from “The Princess and the Frog,” “Nine” and “Where the Wild Things Are.” There has been some movement since, however, so I thought it was a good time for an update. In […]
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