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Indie Spirit Awards Smell a Lot Like Oscar This Year

February 25, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

It's hard to stay "alternative" when most of your nominees will hit the beach on Saturday -- then the Kodak on Sunday

  

Bening Steps Up, Leo Stumbles -- Uncertainty in Oscar's Actress Races?

February 9, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The men's winners seem preordained; if there's to be an Oscar upset, it might be up to the women

  

What If They Gave An Awards Show and It Had No Oscar Influence?

February 4, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The fact is this weekend's Writers Guild of America Awards and Annie Awards are very very limited in their predictive ability for the Academy Awards

  

Report: Despite Bigelow's Oscar, Celluloid Ceiling Higher Than Ever for Women

January 31, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

How bad is it? "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke says she couldn't even get a meeting to direct "The Fighter."

  

The Complete List of Oscar Winners

January 25, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Scorecard for the 83rd Academy Awards, held on Feb. 27

  

GLAAD Nominees: 'Glee' to 'Burlesque' to 'Kids Are All Right'

January 19, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation singles out movies, TV shows, journalism, theater and music

  

Good Morning Oscar, January 5: Credit Checks

January 5, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The guild makes things hard for producers, and movies that aren't getting awards do get a little love

  

Good Morning Oscar, December 30: Theories & Cookies

December 30, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Everybody's got a theory, but not everybody's theory makes sense

  

At 77, Original Score Is Oscar's Smallest Field

December 29, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Randy Newman opts not to submit "Toy Story 3," adding to list of disqualified scores

  

Oscar Screenplay Lists: Everything in its Place

December 29, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Academy's reminder lists contain 241 films, including all the celebrated scripts ineligible for WGA Awards

  

Good Morning Oscar, December 29: The Boys Club

December 29, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The year winds down with real men, pregnant ladies, wooly villains and lots of screeners

  

Wrap Video: 'Kids Are All Right's Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg

December 16, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

A conversation with the writer and writer-director on collaboration, competition and that wacky Golden Globes category

  

Director to Lesbians: 'Kids Are All Right' Not Irresponsible

December 16, 2010 By Jordan Riefe 1 year ago

Lisa Cholodenko responds to blowback she’s received over her touching and often hilarious movie, at TheWrap's Academy Screening Series

  

'King's Speech,' 'Fighter' Top SAG Awards

December 16, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Contenders include Colin Firth, James Franco, Jesse Eisenberg, Anette Bening, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lawrence

  

Good Morning Oscar, December 14: Shocking News

December 14, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Stop the presses: the Hollywood Foreign Press might be unethical, and critics like "The Social Network"

  

Annette Bening -- a Kid Who's All Right

November 30, 2010 By Valery Satterwhite 1 year ago

How fascinating it is to see phenomenal actors who are willing to completely expose themselves so openly

  

'Winter's Bone,' 'Kids Are All Right' Top Spirit Award Nominations

November 30, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

"127 Hours," "Black Swan," "Greenberg" also on mainstream list of indie nominees

  

Mark Ruffalo Added to Terror Watch List Over Gas-Drilling Doc

November 28, 2010 By San Francisco Chronicle 1 year ago

The "Zodiac" actor caught the feds' eye by organizing screenings of a documentary against natural gas drilling

  

Good Morning Oscar, November 26: Dancing Queen

November 26, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The Best Actress race apparently nears its conclusion, and Stephen King picks favorites

  

Julianne Moore on Married, Middle-Aged Anxiety

November 24, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Four-time Oscar nominee talks about sharing the screen with Annette Bening, and the precarious art of keeping an independent film alive

  

It's a Thanksgiving Feast of Screeners

November 24, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

An accelerated awards schedule has led to a big push: get those DVDs into voters' hands before the holiday

  

On Annette Bening’s Wrinkles and Lesbian Sex Scenes

November 17, 2010 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Lisa Cholodenko shot Bening, 52, in the glory of her middle years, which feels like something brave and new

  

Lisa Cholodenko: 'The Kids Are All Right,' But the Road Was Rough

November 16, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Lisa Cholodenko set out to make a commercial movie -- but Hollywood, she says, was skeptical

  

Good Morning Oscar, November 8: Sewing Lessons?

November 8, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Annette Bening steals the show and Jesse Eisenberg spills the beans

  

Annette Bening Receives Santa Barbara Honor

November 1, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

"The Kids Are All Right" actress named to receive award that went to Sandra Bullock last year

  

'Winter's Bone' Leads Gotham Award Nominations

October 18, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

"The Kids Are All Right," "Blue Valentine," "Black Swan" and "Let Me In" also competing for Best Feature

  
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