Why Ben Affleck must return 2013 Best Picture Oscar statuette
In Canada, there used to exist a company that produced Canadian Literature. When I first wrote Mack Dunstan’s Inferno I pitched it to that very company, several times. I even approached them through...
View ArticleAdele Brings Home Adorable Mini-Oscar for Baby Son: Picture
Souvenir for baby! After sweeping the 2013 Hollywood awards season, British singer Adele headed home to the UK with trophies for both her and her 5-month-old son. ” . . . and we’re home! What an epic...
View ArticleWill ‘Mud’ make it into Best Picture race at Oscars?
Blog: News & Views Will ‘Mud’ make it into Best Picture race at Oscars? Comments “Mud” marks the first screener sent out to academy members with most getting Jeff Nichols‘ hit coming-of-age film...
View ArticleWhy Oscar may never give us 10 Best Picture nominees again
LOS ANGELES – “I really hope we have 10 nominees this year” is a phrase I’ve been hearing a lot lately in conversations about the Oscar race. The underlying assumption is clear: With the Academy’s...
View ArticleOscars: how competitive is the race for best picture?
2 December 2013 Last updated at 02:12 GMT Oscars: how competitive is the race for best picture? By Tim Masters Entertainment and arts correspondent, BBC News From left: Sandra Bullock in Gravity,...
View ArticleUpdated 2014 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture and Director
The precursor awards are underway and I waited until seeing the likes of American Hustle, Saving Mr. Banks and Love Survivor before rushing to update my predictions once again. That said, after the...
View ArticleOscars: Why Not World’s Best Picture?
When the Oscars modified the best picture category in 2009 and instituted an annual list of up to 10 nominees, the intention may have been to make sure that critically acclaimed blockbusters like the...
View ArticleCould ‘Gravity,’’12 Years a Slave’ tie for Oscars best picture too?
Could ‘Gravity,’ ’12 Years a Slave’ tie for Oscars best picture too? 20 m ago By Rafer Guzmán Photo credit: AP | Chiwetel Ejiofor in a scene from “12 Years A Slave.” For the first time in the 24-year...
View ArticleOscar’s Best-Picture Nominations Surprisingly Risky
People rarely describe Oscar voters as edgy or daring, citing the best-picture victories of “nice” films like “American in Paris” over “Streetcar Named Desire” or “Dances With Wolves” over...
View ArticleThe Toughest Best Picture Races in Oscar History
2013 was, as we film critics have reiterated endlessly in the pages of CraveOnline, an extraordinarily good year for movies. As such, all nine films nominated for Best Picture Academy Award this year...
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