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We are a few days from the big announcement of the Oscar nominations and the staff and I dig deep into the major categories while discussing some things from the past week.
The first thing on the agenda is to reveal the results of the Top 9 Academy Idol films. Since last week’s theme was “Golden Globe Nominations”, which film do you think got the axe?
We take several of your questions from the speculation of online voting fraud to our beliefs in films like The Master and Django Unchained.
We talk the upcoming Directors Guild of America nominations. With Ben Affleck Kathryn Bigelow, and Steven Spielberg looking good for citation (and to some extent Ang Lee), could we get a surprise from someone like Wes Anderson or Benh Zeitlin? Also, with the sliding scale, are the days of the “lone director” over?
We give our reactions to last week’s Producers Guild and Writers Guild nominations. Which films received a boost?
We talk about some films that could show up surprisingly a la The Blind Side and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.
Are we due for a surprise in any of the acting categories? We discuss.
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A female of the species for half the show is an improvement to the boys club. Now how about someone over 50 so you can stop with the “old” generalities? In the meantime, my picks for the nominations. http://blankandwhite.net/2013/01/06/jamies-two-cents-worth/
Jamie(Quote) (Reply)
Well, John Foote is in that category, so the staff is hardly without older members.
Also, my grandfather is an 80 year old retired member of the movie industry, so when I use him in talking about how many of his colleagues see films, I’m hardly making generalities. Educated guesses, perhaps…but not generalities.
Just wanted to clear that one up…
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
Sad no one even considered talking about Dwight Henry or Matthew McConaughey when you were discussing Supporting Actor. They could pull some real dark horse stuff here.
I currently have three ballsy predictions:
- PTA in Director
- The Hobbit in Production Design
- Alexandre Desplat missing Original Score entirely
Everything else is decidedly boring.
UBourgeois(Quote) (Reply)
I’ve contemplated McConaughey tonight, but I just can’t pull the trigger…
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
The thing you have to remember is that the DGA is comprised of 10,000 members and the Academy’s director’s branch, the only people who are picking the directing nominees, are only about 400. That’s why I think Haneke is a surer bet at the Academy than he is for the DGA. The latter is far more populist and a safer area for someone like Tarantino to show up in.
Almost all of my predictions are pretty standard, with even the alternates I have feeling pretty safe. However, I’m trying to decide if I can summon up the courage to predict Sam Rockwell taking that fifth spot in Supporting Actor. I’m still currently playing it safe with DiCaprio, but I just can’t shake this feeling that an actor who is as well liked as him wouldn’t be able to garner enough support to push him through to a surprise nomination, even with almost no precursor support. It reminds me of Gary Oldman last year, though admittedly it was the British contingent that saved him. Again, I haven’t made up my mind to predict him yet, but I think Rockwell could really surprise on Thursday.
Josh P.(Quote) (Reply)