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Hilarious: ‘If Movie Posters Told The Truth,’ Oscars Edition
From why we loved The Help so much to Leonardo DiCaprio‘s desperate quest for a statuette, the Oscars edition of “If Movie Posters Told the Truth” is spot-on. More »
An Illustrated Guide To The Oscar Nominations
Yesterday, we argued for those who got snubbed in the Oscars. Today, we look at who did get nominated, and make some predictions about what the War Horse horse will wear and Meryl Streep‘s acceptance speech. More »
10 Actors Who Have Never Been Nominated For An Oscar (But Really Should Have)
Finally after being in the industry since the late 1970′s, Gary Oldman got the Oscar nomination that he should have received easily more than a few times so far in his career. When the Academy Award nominees were announced yesterday, Oldman found himself in the Best Actor category for his role in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. But why did it take so long for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to acknowledge this phenomenal actor? More »
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Is The Only Best Picture Nominee To Fail Rotten Tomatoes’ Rating System
Rottentomatoes.com is the how most of us decide which movies are worth our thirteen dollars. Maybe you can gamble on a 55% film if you love the star, and despite 87% awarded to a thriller you might know you’ll enjoy the Katherine Heigl rom-com more, but you can get a sense of the artistic value of a film by the Tomatometer. More »
How Come War Horse Got Nominated For Best Picture But Beginners Didn’t?
Not only did the Best Lead Actor category forget to include Michael Fassbender who played his role of an emotionally wounded sex addict perfectly in Shame, but the Academy also failed to recognize one of the best films of the year, Beginners. More »
Ezra Miller Deserved An Oscar Nomination Just As Much As Rooney Mara And Glenn Close
If the Academy is interested in wholly transformative performances — like Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs and Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — then they should have looked at Ezra Miller‘s work. More »
The Oscars 2012 Nominations Are Out!
A couple of surprises in this year’s Oscars list, from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Otherwise, the usual suspects — The Help, The Descendants, The Artist — swept all the nominations. More »
Is Mark Wahlberg Really The Greatest Actor Of His Generation?
There’s an article in The New York Times Magazine today that makes a disturbingly good case for Mark Wahlberg being the greatest actor of his generation. That’s ignoring quite a few points against him, though. Which I refuse to do. More »
Andy Serkis Continues To Outshine His Co-Stars, This Time In The Adventures Of Tintin
Andy Serkis is by far the best part of Tintin, outranking his younger and hotter costar Jamie Bell. The same thing happened with James Franco and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but Andy didn’t even have to show his face! Gotta love that motion-capture technology. More »
What Chance Do Happy Feet Two And Gnomeo & Juliet Think They Have In Putting Out ‘For Your Consideration’ Ads?
This year’s set of For Your Consideration ads directed at Oscars and Golden Globes voters include several movies where you have to wonder why they went to the trouble of paying for an ad. When it comes to animated fare, there seems to be a chasm between the transcendental masterpieces and (sorry) the popcorn fare. That’s why I was really surprised to see that movies like Gnomeo & Juliet (cringe-inducing) and Happy Feet Two (what I would consider just a shameless sequel) are vying for the Golden Globes’ Best Animated Feature. More »
Video: Country Music Award Co-Hosts Carrie Underwood And Brad Paisley Are Really Good At Ribbing On Celebrities
Last night was the first Country Music Awards I’ve watched in years—and it made me wish that I had tuned in for the past three years where Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley hosted!
This was their fourth year, and they did a pretty bang-up job. Unlike the Oscars or other shows where an unfunny monologue drags on painfully, the eight minutes flew by. Probably because they skewered people gleefully and never too nastily, and didn’t leave country music out of it. More »
Eddie Murphy Drops Out As 2012 Oscars Host In Solidarity With Tower Heist Director Brett Ratner
With Brett Ratner ousted as a producer of the upcoming Academy Awards after he used a gay slur, Eddie Murphy has decided to throw away his last chance at becoming relevant again and will not host the show in February. Who knew that Tower Heist inspired such loyalty? More »
Check Out Steve Martin’s Letter To Eddie Murphy With Advice For Hosting The Oscars
We’ve got to applaud Steve Martin for being a comedian who can keep up with the times. More »
3 Ways Kate Winslet Can Win That Tony to Get Her EGOT
Props to Ology for realizing that with last night’s Emmy win for Mildred Pierce, Kate Winslet is now only one step away from world domination an EGOT. It’s the Grand Slam of the arts world, where artists get at least one each of the four big awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony. More »
Crushable Quotable: Vin Diesel Says ‘Fast Five’ Might Sweep the Oscars
If I didn’t have enough reasons to love Vin Diesel, here’s another one: The Fast Five believes that the drag-racing franchise taps in to blue-collar dreams of fame and adventure so well that there’s a chance it could garner an Academy Award nomination. More »
‘Black Swan’ Producers Won’t Acknowledge Natalie Portman’s Dance Double Sarah Lane
It was so easy to go along with the belief that Natalie Portman‘s lovely dancing in Black Swan was the result of a year of single-minded discipline, especially because contrasted with Mila Kunis‘ more laidback attitude, it gave us a lot to talk about concerning actresses and the signs of eating disorders. But now Dance Magazine reports that most of Portman’s dancing was done by a double, American Ballet Theatre member Sarah Lane — who wasn’t acknowledged in the film’s credits or at the Oscars. More »
Oscar Statue Faces Its Greatest Enemy… a Toddler
In an embarrassing (but still adorable) gaffe, the Oscar statuette presented to producer Simon Egan for his work on The King’s Speech got badly dented when Egan’s 15-month-old daughter Lara dropped it. It was the morning after the awards, with the crew relaxing at a rented Hollywood Hills home, when Lara’s little hands slipped. “I saw that horrific moment where the statue just fell,” her father said, “and it didn’t fall on the grass — it fell on the concrete. The horror was evident on everyone’s face as they all went, ‘oh s***.’” More »
Crush Links: Skins is a Pariah on the Television Scene
More sources pull their advertisements during Skins. (Perez Hilton)
A judge orders Charlie Sheen to surrender his children. (People)
They may have looked chummy, but sources say Anne Hathaway and James Franco grew to hate one another during the Oscars. (Dlisted) More »
Why Sci-Fi Films Never Win Best Picture at the Oscars
It made a huge splash over the summer; it sparked many a heated debate, both in the world and on the internet; it made a soul-wrenching “BRRRRRRRRRRRRRWWWWWWWWW” noise that we all felt coming up through the floor from miles away… There can be no denying that Inception was one of 2010′s Important Films. Innovative in myriad ways, it’s one of those movies that film students will undoubtedly study for years to come. And yet, there’s an issue, and that issue’s name is Oscar. Though Inception took many of the technical awards this year (as well it should have), after Sunday’s ceremony, it will now join the ranks of such films as A Clockwork Orange, The Exorcist, Jaws, Star Wars, E.T., District 9, and countless others: all well-made, well-written, gripping, smart films that stood little to no chance at the “serious” awards like Best Picture. Why? It’s a science fiction film. Again: Why? Try this: When you get down to it, sci fi films are mostly about ideas, and therein lies the problem. More »
