George Clooney's Women: Shailene Woodley and Judy Greer Open Up About 'The Descendants'
January, 11, 2012 11:03 am | Comments On #Academy Awards, Alexander Payne, Awards, George Clooney, Judy Greer, oscars, Shailene Woodley, The DescendantsThe man may be the big movie star, but the women in "The Descendants" have acquitted themselves pretty well, too.
Alongside George Clooney in Alexander Payne's deft awards contender about a Hawaiian landowner who discovers his comatose wife had been cheating on him, 20-year-old Shailene Woodley and 11-year-old Amara Miller take major roles as Clooney's daughters.
Judy Greer, meanwhile, makes the most of a handful of scenes in the second half of the film, while Patricia Hastie has won unamimous praise from Clooney for a thankless role as the wife, which required her to lay in a bed unconscious for nearly every moment of her screen time.
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Read More'Mortal Kombat' Scores in Writers Guild's New Media and Videogame Nominations
January, 11, 2012 10:28 am | Comments On #30 Rock, Awards, Mortal Kombat, new media, Sons of Anarchy, The Walking Dead, videogames, WGA Awards, Writers Guild Awards, Writers Guild of America"Mortal Kombat" was recognized in two categories, while the shows "30 Rock," "Sons of Anarchy" and "The Walking Dead" were also nominated for their new media efforts in the Writers Guild of America's new media and videogames nominations, which were announced on Wednesday.
"Mortal Kombat: The Web Series" received a nomination in the Outstanding Achievement in Writing Derivative New Media category, while the videogame "Mortal Kombat" was included in the Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing category.
The videogame category also included nominations for "Assassin's Creed: Revelations," "Batman: Arkham City," "Brink" and "Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception."
The Derivative New Media field included web spinoffs of "30 Rock," "Sons...
Read MoreBob Dylan to Perform at Critics' Choice Movie Awards
January, 11, 2012 8:46 am | Comments On #Awards, Bob Dylan, Broadcast Film Critics Association, Critics Choice Movie Awards, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Olivia HarrisonThe Golden Globes have Robert Downey Jr., the SAG Awards booked Natalie Portman, and the Critics' Choice Movie Awards one-upped them all by announcing that Bob Dylan will perform as part of a special tribute to Martin Scorsese.
Many of the upcoming awards shows have announced participants this week, with the biggest news being the Broadcast Film Critics Association's Wednesday announcement that Dylan, Leonardo DiCaprio and Olivia Harrison (the widow of George Harrison) will be involved in the presentation of the Critics' Choice Music + Film Award to Scorsese.
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Read More'Tree of Life,' 'The Artist' Nominated by Cinematographers
January, 11, 2012 8:08 am | Comments On #Academy Awards, American Society of Cinematographers, ASC Awards, Awards, oscars"The Tree of Life," "The Artist" and "Hugo" are among the films receiving feature film nominations from the American Society of Cinematographers, which announced the nominees for the 26th annual ASC Awards on Wednesday.
Also nominated: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy."
The nominated cinematographers are Guillaume Schiffman for "The Artist," Jeff Cronenweth for "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," Robert Richardson for "Hugo," Hoyte van Hoytema for "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and Emmanuel Lubezki for "The Tree of Life" (above).
Schiffman and van...
Read MoreMichael Moore: Why the New Oscar Doc Process Shouldn't Scare Anyone (But HBO)
January, 10, 2012 7:52 pm | Comments On #Academy Awards, ampas, Awards, Best Documentary Feature, dawn hudson, Errol Morris, Hoop Dreams, Michael Moore, oscars, Steve James, Werner HerzogNew rules in the Oscar documentary process are not going to make things harder for documentary filmmakers, director and AMPAS governor Michael Moore told TheWrap.
Instead, he said, the rules that go into effect this year are going to make what Moore called "a crazy, Byzantine process" more open, more democratic and more transparent – and they're going to fix a process that has led to decades of snubs, surprises and inexplicable decisions.
"I saw a headline that said documentary filmmakers were fearing the changes," Moore said in a lengthy interview. "We've feared the process for the last 20 years – this is the elimination of that fear."...
'Modern Family,' 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Top DGA TV Nominations
January, 10, 2012 11:03 am | Comments On #Awards, Curb Your Enthusiasm, DGA Awards, Directors Guild of America, Modern Family, Television"Modern Family" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" were the only primetime shows to receive multiple nominations, while actors Demi Moore, Jennifer Aniston and Fred Savage were saluted for their directorial work in the Dirctors Guild of America's television and commercial nominations, which were announced on Tuesday.
"Modern Family" and "Curb" each received a pair of nominations in the comedy series category, with "30 Rock" receiving the fifth nomination.
In the drama series category, the nominees were individual episodes of "Homeland," "Breaking Bad," "The Killing," "Game of Thrones" and "Friday Night Lights."
Moore and Aniston shared a nomination for segments of the Lifetime show "Five." Alicia Keys, Patty Jenkins and Penelope Spheeris were also...
Read MoreGuild Nomination Scorecard: This Year's Winners and Losers
January, 09, 2012 2:19 pm | Comments On #Academy Awards, Awards, DGA Awards, Directors Guild Awards, Midnight in Paris, oscars, Producers Guild Awards, SAG Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, The Descendants, War Horse, Writers Guild Awards"Midnight in Paris" showed unexpected strength. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" overcame a late start to make a case for itself. And "War Horse" and "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" don't exactly look like potential Oscar juggernauts anymore.
Those are some of the lessons to be learned from the four major Hollywood guilds, which have all released their nominations in the past month.
The Screen Actors Guild announced its choices in mid-December, while the Producers Guild and Writers Guild announced last week, and the Directors Guild on Monday.
With the four guilds all having some overlap in their membership with the Academy, the results can be...
Read MoreAcademy Leaves 'J. Edgar' Off Makeup Shortlist
January, 09, 2012 1:12 pm | Comments On #Academy Awards, Albert Nobbs, Anonymous, Awards, Best Makeup, Harry Potter, hugo, J. Edgar, oscars, The Artist, The Iron LadyThe Academy has narrowed the field to seven in the Best Makeup category, and the big news is what they left off, not what they included.
Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar" (below), which makes extensive use of elaborate old-age makeup on Leonardo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer and was widely criticized for that makeup, is not included on the shortlist.
Another film in which the lead character spend a good deal of time in old-age makeup, "The Iron Lady," did make the list, which was released on Monday by the Academy.
Also included were "Albert Nobbs," in which makeup artists subtly altered the appearance of Glenn Close and Janet McTeer; "Harry Potter and the...
Read MoreJennifer Lawrence to Get Up Early, Announce Oscar Nominations
January, 09, 2012 12:21 pm | Comments On #Academy Award nominations, Academy Awards, Awards, Jennifer Lawrence, oscars, Tom SherakJennifer Lawrence is not going to be nominated, but she'll still have to get up very early the morning that Oscar nominations are unveiled.
In fact, Lawrence will have to be up even earlier than the prospective nominees, because she will join Academy president Tom Sherak in announcing the 2011 Academy Awards nominations at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 24.
The job entails showing up at the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters a couple of hours earlier than that to go over the nominees before revealing them on the worldwide broadcast -- which means that either she or Sherak will likely receive some early-morning lessons in how to pronounce Hazanavicius, among other potential tongue-...
Read MoreWoody Allen, Michel Hazanavicius, Martin Scorsese Nominated by Directors Guild
January, 09, 2012 10:08 am | Comments On #Academy Awards, Awards, DGA Awards, Directors Guild Awards, Directors Guild of America, oscarsMichel Hazanavicius, Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen are among the nominees for the Directors Guild of America's top feature film award, an unusually reliable indicator of Oscar success.
The three were nominated for "The Artist," "Hugo" and "Midnight in Paris," respectively.
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The Odds is an informed, bemused, skeptical and authoritative look at all aspects of the Academy Awards race. Steve Pond, author of the L.A. Times bestseller The Big Show, has been covering this particular circus for more than two decades, much of that time as the only reporter with full backstage and rehearsal access to the Oscar show.
