 The Golden Globe Awards are on Sunday which will bestow their statues on the very best that Hollywood has to offer. While it is widely believed, the HFPA have no real effect on the Oscar race, the group does throw one hell of a party especially with Ricky Gervais returning as host. The ceremony takes place on Sunday at 8:00pm ET and with the Oscar ballots going in the mail today, whatever happens on Sunday surprisingly, will have no threat on this year’s race, not that it would anyway.
Read more on Golden Globe Final Predictions – “Double Dipping Sauce”…
 In 1973 the frontrunners for the Oscar for Best Actor were Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail (1973), Al Pacino in Serpico (1973) and Brando in Last Tango in Paris (1973) though admittedly Brando’s behavior the previous year in refusing his Oscar for The Godfather (1972) made him an unlikely winner. Come Oscar night winner was a jaw dropper, Jack Lemmon in the little seen Save the Tiger (1973). One year later once again it was Nicholson in Chinatown (1974) and Pacino in The Godfather Part II (1974) as the frontrunners, but again the winner was right out of left field, Art Carney in Harry and Tonto (1974). Sometimes being the frontrunner means so little, and other times, as the expected winner you have it in the bag as you walk into the building. Did anyone really doubt that Jeff Bridges was going to lose for Crazy Heart (2009)?
Nope he had won the moment he was nominated because it was his time.
Lemmon won in 1973 likely because they split the vote, and I suspect Carney had the same good fortune in 1974. Through the years there have been clear cut cases of a frontrunner losing the Oscar on the big night to a lesser performance, leaving us shaking our hands in utter disbelief. Sometimes its sheer popularity, Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets (1997) over Robert Duvall in The Apostle (1997), other times sentimental choices, split votes, or God forbid, because the actor is said to be, due, whatever that means.
Read more on That Best Actor Race…
Every year at these shindigs all the stars are judged not only on their performance but how they choose to dress. Now, I’m not above judging those who can afford to look good, so here is a list of the celebrities I chose as Best Dressed at The Critics’ Choice Awards!
Michelle Williams looks elegant in a Chanel Gown
Read more on The Critics’ Choice Awards: Best Dressed…
Categories: Article Tags: Berenice Bejo, Best Dressed, Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron, Critics Choice Awards, Fashion, Melissa McCarthy, Michelle Williams, Octavia Spencer, Patton Oswalt, paul rudd, Viola Davis
Read the Press Release:
Beverly Hills, CA – The 5,783 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must return their completed Oscar nominations ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, January 13. Ballots received after that deadline will not be counted.
In the majority of the categories, PwC will tabulate the ballots using the preferential voting system.
The 84th Academy Awards® nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide. Read more on Oscar Ballots Due Today!…
 Read the Official Press Release:
LOS ANGELES, CA. – January 12, 2012 – The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced the winners of the 17th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards earlier this evening. Hosted by comedians Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel, the star-studded ceremony was held at the Hollywood Palladium and aired live on VH1. “The Artist” was named the year’s Best Picture and Michael Hazanavicius won Best Directorhonors for the film.
Read more on “The Artist” Leads at the Critics Choice with Four Awards…
Categories: News, Precursors Tags: Beginners, BFCA, Broadcast Film Critics Association, CCMA, Christopher Plummer, Critics Choice Movie Awards, George Clooney, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, news, Octavia Spencer, Precursors, the artist, The Descendants, The Help, VH1, Viola Davis, Woody Allen
Well it’s another January weekend release, folks. That just means that more movies that the studios want to get off their hands and distribute will be heading to thousands of theaters for us to soak up, even if their quality ranges from middle-of-the-road to downright unwatchable. Early word from the new releases, Joyful Noise and Contraband, has been generally mixed. They are not receiving praise across the board, and neither are they getting kicked to the dirt like last week’s The Devil Inside, which despite a 30 million+ weekend gross, received an “F” from CinemaScore. Unlike the scathingly reviewed horror flick, do not expect Contraband or Joyful Noise to break the bank.
 Read more on Weekend Openings (January 13-15)…
Categories: Weekend Openings Tags: 3D, animated film for best picture, Beauty and the Beast 3D, Ben Foster, box office, CinemaScore, Contraband, Disney, dolly parton, Giovanni Ribisi, Joyful Noise, kate beckinsale, mark wahlberg, martin luther king weekend, musicals, queen latifah, The Devil Inside, The Lion King 3D, Weekend Openings
 Best Picture – The Artist
Best Director – Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Best Actor – George Clooney – The Descendants
Best Actress – Viola Davis – The Help
Best Supporting Actor – Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Read more on Critics Choice Movie Award Winners…
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Log in with
|
The Golden Globe Awards are on Sunday which will bestow their statues on the very best that Hollywood has to offer. While it is widely believed, the HFPA have no real effect on the Oscar race, the group does throw one hell of a party especially with Ricky Gervais returning as host. The ceremony takes place on Sunday at 8:00pm ET and with the Oscar ballots going in the mail today, whatever happens on Sunday surprisingly, will have no threat on this year’s race, not that it would anyway.
