 The run to Best Picture continues pretty much without incident for The Artist. Here’s the results from BAFTA:
Best Film: The Artist
Best Director – Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Best Leading Actress – Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Best Leading Actor – Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan)
Best Original Screenplay: The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
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 It’s a bit difficult right now to try and discuss and report on the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in light of the fact that legendary singer, Whitney Houston, has tragically passed away at age 48. This was to be a big night for her, and so I think it’s safe to say all of us feel a bit weary going into tonight’s telecast. I certainly believe there will be a tribute of some sort this evening for Whitney Houston, and I sincerely hope they do her proud. She deserves it. As for the rest of this article’s Grammy coverage, I would live to preview the show by listing who will be performing tonight as well as predict who should and who will win music’s most important award. Without further ado, let’s take a look at what the 54th Grammy Awards have in store for us. Read more on 2012 Grammy Awards Preview and Predictions…
Categories: TV/Music Tags: bon iver, bruno mars, eminem, grammy nominations, lady gaga, ll cool j, maroon 5, nicki minaj, paul mccartney, rihanna, taylor swift, the band perry, Whitney Houston
 Earlier this week, I covered the “Live Action Shorts” in our annual Oscar Circuit, dissecting each one to give readers a taste of what we can expect from this often under-appreciated Academy Awards category. This weekend, I was fortunate enough to see the Oscar Nominated “Live Action Shorts” at the NuArt Theatre in Los Angeles, where they premiered for movie-going enthusiasts. I am happy to report that quite a number of these films touched me in ways that a feature length film normally would not. Of the five nominated films, only one left me cold, resulting in the single negative review of the five I had watched. Without further ado, let’s get right down to the reviews of the each of the five nominated films after the jump. Read more on Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts (2011)…
Categories: Film Reviews Tags: andrew bowler, Ciaran Hinds, conleth hill, Live Action Short Film, max zahle, oscar nominations, Pentecost, Raju, terry george, The Shore, Time Freak, Tuba Atlantic
 2011 has been widely considered a poor year for Animated Features. While I myself don’t feel like the animated films this year are a complete bust, I can understand some of these sentiments. However, looking at this year’s crop of “Best Animated Short” nominees,” you find that things don’t look so bad in animation after all. I’m amazed how even after revolutionary animated films like Toy Story 3 and Shrek, I can still find myself in awe when witnessing marvels in computer-animated technology. This was the case for many of the nominated films I saw at the NuArt theater in Los Angeles this weekend. While some I may not have completely fallen in love with, there is no denying that every single nominated film pushed the boundaries in animation on some level. In other words, I never witnessed anything I had seen in prior animated material. With that said, here are my official reviews of each of the 2012 Academy Award nominated films for “Best Animated Short:” Read more on Film Reviews: Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts…
Categories: Film Reviews Tags: amanda forbis, animated short film, Enrico Casarosa, grant orchard, La Luna, moonbot studios, oscar nominations, patrick doyan, Pixar, Sunday/Dimanche, the fantastic flying books of morris lessmore, wendy tilby, wild life, william joyce
 There are only a handful of composers in the film industry doing better work right now than Alexandre Desplat, so every new project of his is worth note. The Playlist has a report on two of them, including one potentially big Oscar player. Here you go:
Rarely a year has gone by over the past decade where composer Alexandre Desplat hasn’t delivered a memorable score for a film. 2011 was an especially strong year with “The Ides of March,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” and Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life.” As expected, Desplat’s workload isn’t going to slow down anytime soon, as he’s already set to score Wes Anderson’s much anticipated “Moonrise Kingdom” along with two recently announced projects.
Read more on Alexandre Desplat to score Ben Affleck’s next project ‘Argo!’…
 Dead at 48! Wow! Can’t believe it. Definitely one of the best voices in our history.
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The run to Best Picture continues pretty much without incident for The Artist. Here’s the results from BAFTA:
