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Oscars 2012: 'The Artist' and 'Hugo' Tie for 5 Awards, But Silent Film Wins Best Picture

February 26, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Jean Dujardin captures Best Actor, Meryl Streep picks up Best Actress, with Christopher Plummer and Octavia Spencer taking home supporting actor trophies

  

Paramount Animation Chief David Stainton Resigns

February 22, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

David Stainton steps down after a few months running Paramount Animation, leaving film chief Adam Goodman to step in and run the show

  

'The Descendants,' 'The Artist' Win Top ACE Eddie Awards

February 18, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Film editing awards give "The Descendants" a big boost, and solidify "The Artist" as an Oscar editing frontrunner

  

How Gore Verbinski Wrangled 'Rango' and Kept It Under the Radar

February 13, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Gore Verbinski and ILM holed up at a ranch house to make the Oscar-nominated "Rango," the year’s most absurd and inventive animated film

  

'Rango' Rules at VES Awards

February 7, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

"Rango" takes four awards. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," "Hugo" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" also honored by Visual Effects Society. "Boardwalk Empire" and "Game of Thrones" win for TV

  

'Rango' Gets One-Theater Re-Release After Oscar Nomination

January 24, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Johnny Depp-voiced film will receive a week-long engagement at the ArcLight Hollywood

  

Can Hollywood Risk-Taker Graham King Survive 'Hugo'?

December 4, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

He's got the most impressive stable of artists of any indie producer, and his business partner is loaded. But he's never had a money-loser like "Hugo" before

  

This Year's Oscar Season: Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen

November 21, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Awards contenders are hiring armies of publicists -- is it savvy campaigning, or desperation?

  

18 Animated Movies Will Vie for Oscar This Year

November 4, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Second-biggest field in animated feature category guarantees there will be five nominees this season

  

Czech Drama May Bump Oscar Animated-Feature Category to 5 Nominees

October 12, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Producers of the foreign-language entry "Alois Nebel" also plan to enter animation race

  

Paramount Launches Awards Streaming with 'Super 8,' 'Rango'

October 11, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Studio partners with Deluxe to set up digital platform for awards voters

  

Brad Grey's Paramount Launches Animation Division, Leaving DreamWorks Hanging (Updated)

July 6, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Grey tells TheWrap: "It makes sense to work with Nickelodeon and build this into a global film business" as DreamWorks Animation deal set to expire

  

Bradley Cooper in 'Limitless' Overperforms at $19M, Box Office Still Sluggish

March 20, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Maybe it was March Madness? "Paul" and "The Lincoln Lawyer" debut to just over $13 million

  

'Rango's' Tepid $38M Leads Another Downer Box Office

March 6, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Not even the drawing power of Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski can warm ice-cold multiplexes, which were down about 34% this weekend; Damon's "Adjustment Bureau" did OK, grossing $20.9M

  

Friday Box Office: 'Rango' Opens Soft, Damon's 'Bureau' Works It

March 4, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

UPDATED: Paramount's big-budget animated feature is pacing to miss tracking by about $20M this weekend, but Uni's "Adjustment Bureau" starts stronger than expected and should do over $20M

  

Depp and Damon Look to Heat Up Frigid Box Office

March 3, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

CG-animated family film is looking to gross over $50M, while Philip K. Dick adaptation should do over $20M as the domestic movie market looks to rebound from two very slow months at the multiplex

  

Paramount's 'Rango' Has Lit Up a Smoking Controversy

February 24, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

Anti-smoking group questions whether animated critters in Johnny Depp PG-rated film should be lighting up on screen

  

Studios Airing a Record 14 Trailers During Super Bowl

February 4, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

From "Thor" to "Cowboys & Aliens," studios have more than doubled last year's ad buy

  

Fear & Loathing in ... "Rango?"

July 1, 2010 By Wrap Staff 2 years ago

Eerie similarities in the posters for two Johnny Depp movies: "Rango" and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

  

Johnny Depp Gets Animated in 'Rango' (Trailer)

June 29, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Cartoon reunites Capt. Jack with his "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore Verbinski

  

Steve Pond's Hugely Divisive List of 2011's Top Movies

December 31, 1970 By Steve Pond 43 years ago

TheWrap's awards expert: "This year, I went with the movies that -- when they worked -- provided the most dazzling cinematic experiences of the year"

  
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