I’ve been a bit sluggish in getting recent guild news out there. I think I’m already closing up shop in my mind. Nevertheless, the Motion Picture Sound Editors and Costume Designers Guild have announced winners this week. The latter infuriatingly keeps things a guessing game in that Oscar field.
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MPSE last industry organization to nominate
Save for the Academy, of course. And you can find sound editors’ picks at The Circuit. Just about every possible competitor was chalked up (and it’s the sound effects and foley category that tends to shed the most light). Check out the breakdown of hopefuls, as always, at the film’s dedicated Contenders page here.
“Black Swan” and “Inception” are officially the most-recognized films of the year when it comes to the guild/society circuit. Each film was chalked up by every group.
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1/14 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Weinstein on the “Oscar movie,” HFPA sued, more bad ‘Social’ breath
• Former Golden Globes publicist Michael Russell sues the HFPA two days before its biggest night leveling a boatload of accusations. [The Wrap]• Harvey Weinstein himself admits that the stereotype of the classic “Oscar movie” is probably gone. [The Carpetbagger]
• Still beating David Fincher up over “The Social Network”‘s bad breath. [Slate]
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WEEKLY WRAP: ‘Hurt Locker’ BAFTA sweep, minor fracas
• “The Hurt Locker” continued its cruise through the precursors, taking six awards at the BAFTAS.• The pile of guild awards grew as the writers, costume designers and sound editors all picked their winners.
• In our ongoing Oscar Guide series, we broke down the lead actress, documentary feature, documentary short, original score and original song races.
• Off the Carpet took stock of a quiet season, mainly just counting down the days.
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‘Avatar,’ ‘Basterds’ win with MPSE
See the full list of winners here. We covered the sound editing category last week in the Oscar Guide. I think “Avatar” is still safe to win there, but there could still be a splitting seeing “The Hurt Locker” take sound mixing.
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WEEKLY WRAP: Globe awards, BAFTA noms, foreign shortlist
• “Avatar” and “The Hangover” took top honors at a very populist Golden Globes ceremony — Off the Carpet reported from the party circuit.• The Academy revealed the nine films shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film; we sized up the race.
• BAFTA announced their nominations, with “An Education,” “The Hurt Locker” and “Avatar” topping the list.
• The Long Shot, meanwhile, pondered the identity crisis of this particular awards institution.
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‘Avatar,’ ‘Star Trek’ lead the way with MPSE
For the first time I can ever remember, the Motion Picture Sound Editors have announced their list of nominees BEFORE the Academy has announced the Oscar nominees. Because these always came a few days after the big announcement, I have to say, I have never bothered to see how often they match up with the Best Sound Editing category.These are the two specific fields to keep an eye on:
Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film
“(500) Days of Summer”
“A Serious Man”
“Avatar”
“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglorious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“The Stoning of Soraya M.”Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film
“2012”
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglorious Basterds”
“Push”
“Star Trek”
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
“Watchmen”(More, including the full list of nominees, after the jump.)