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Brad Brevet at Rope of Silicon previews the Cannes Film Festival by listing the ten films he is anticipating the most. Meanwhile, Pete Hammond at Deadline wonders if this year’s fest will have the same impact on Oscar as the last two. And finally, Scott Beggs at Film School Rejects gives you everything you need to know about the films playing there.
Read more on Around the Circuit: May 11 – 17…
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Kris Tapley of In Contention has seen The Great Gatsby and now assesses the film’s chances at being an awards player later this year.
Read more on Around the Circuit: May 4 – May 10…
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The LA Times’ Nicole Sperling looks at the mostly-male-mostly-white-mostly-older members in the Academy and reports on whether AMPAS will diversify its ranks or not.
Read more on Around the Circuit: April 27 – May 3…
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Deadline’s Pete Hammond explains why there is no truth to the Oscar rumors surrounding Seth MacFarlane’s return as host as well as why AMPAS brought back last year’s producers. While The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg feels the man behind The Family Guy should return for an encore.
Read more on Around the Circuit: April 20 – 26…
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At The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw examines the 2013 Cannes Film Festival lineup, from the films expected to big players (The Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis and Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby) to some lesser-known gems.
Read more on Around the Circuit: April 13 – April 19…
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It’s Opening Day (week) for baseball! After witnessing Terence’s damned Yankees clobber my beloved Indians on Opening Day in Cleveland, Ohio, my spirits were a little dampened. But the staff at The Playlist knew just how to ease my pain by ranking the top 15 best baseball movies (just in time for this weekend’s new release of 42). I wish they would have put them in order, because the 15 films chosen are damn near perfect.
Read more on Around the Circuit: April 6 – 12…
AMPAS has unveiled the layout (along with a lot more details) for their new museum/theater, to be located in downtown Los Angeles. The building will be dedicated to “preserving, presenting, and celebrating” film in all forms, and will contain over 290,000 square feet of state-of-the-art galleries, theaters, educational areas, special event spaces, and more. The structure was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano and contemporary architect Zoltan Pali. Have a look at a few more images and concept art after the jump.
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With The New York Times reporting that Academy members were meeting to discuss the future of the Oscars, Sasha Stone of Awards Daily gave five suggestions for AMPAS to keep in mind when they get together.
Read more on Around the Circuit: March 30 – April 5…
AMPAS is introducing its new exhibition, “KICK ASS! Kung Fu Posters from the Stephen Chin Collection,” with a 40th anniversary screening of Enter the Dragon on Wednesday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. Enter the Dragon was the final film that Bruce Lee appeared in before his death on July 20, 1973. The film has been deemed “culturally significant” in the United States and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Have a look at the official press release after the jump.
Read more on Academy Kicks Off Kung Fu Poster Exhibition with 40th Anniversary Screening of ‘Enter the Dragon’…
 As April has completely come out of nowhere and become fully present, I’ve updated the new Oscar Tracker to keep in mind everything that has already been released this year so far or have screened at major festivals like Sundance, SXSW, and Tribeca.
There’s no super-duper “out there” contender that looks like it can go all the way as of today with the exception of Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight. While the film is an absolute marvel, it won’t be determined until the autumn if it can sustain throughout the summer and become a leading contender like last year with Moonrise Kingdom and Beasts of the Southern Wild. Obviously, the latter was the only film to crack the Best Picture lineup but if we’re in store for a change like AMPAS going back to five Best Picture nominees, as some have speculated, a small indie film like Linklater’s could get lost throughout the summer and fall months. As of now, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy could show up with Linklater in Adapted Screenplay but on their performances alone, they will warrant some consideration. Both are superb in their roles and will have their champions throughout the year. Read more on First Quarter Round-Up – Are There Any Oscar Contenders?…
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The big news of the week centered around the March 2 2014 date for the 86th Academy Awards. Pete Hammond at Deadline gives his analysis on why the date was pushed back rather than moved forward.
Read more on Around the Circuit: March 23rd – March 29th…
 Likely to not compete with the Olympics closing ceremonies, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced that the Oscars will be broadcasted March 2, 2014. Nominations will be moved up by a week when they are announced on January 16, 2014.
In 2015, Oscar will be back in February. There is still no word on whether they will be having their Best Picture nominees go back to five films. In 2009, AMPAS expanded their Best Picture nominees to ten and then two years later, created a sliding scale in which any number of films ranging from five to ten can be nominated. Some in the industry have speculated that this could be a possibility moving forward but no word has been confirmed yet.
Check out the full timeline and press release after the jump.
Read more on BREAKING: Oscars are moved to March in 2014! Back to February for 2015!…
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With the disastrous looking Olympus Has Fallen hitting theaters this weekend (Joey’s ** review here), Brad Brevet at Rope of Silicon wonders what the best political action thrillers of all time are. Thinking along the same lines, Andrew Dyce at Screen Rant lists their 10 favorite fictional Presidents.
Read more on Around the Circuit: March 16th – March 22nd…
AMPAS is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Robert Zemeckis’ Who Framed Roger Rabbit? by presenting a new digital  restoration of the film. Roger Rabbitt won three Oscars (four if you include the Special Achievement award that it won), and was nominated for six total. Have a look at the official press release after the jump.
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Deadline’s Pete Hammond gave his opinions on how the Oscars went down, and sympathizes for host Seth MacFarlane. I agree with Pete’s assessment that we seem to be too sensitive nowadays when it comes to our sense of humor, but I know there are others on staff who feel MacFarlane went too far. Where do you stand?
Read more on Around the Circuit: February 23rd – March 1st…
 Now that we have had a few days to recover from this crazy award season, let’s take a moment to reflect. This year so many unique things happened this awards season and many of them were derived from changes the Academy made. Of course like any change, there are sometimes problems along the way like the well documented troubles with the online system and the kneecapping of December contenders that occurred when they changed the Phase 1 deadline mid-year. However slowly, the Academy has adapted to the shifting landscape of the awards season and film. But what more could they do? Well today’s Circuit 3 attempts to answer the question: what changes would you like to see the Academy make?
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The official release from the DGA was sweet and simple: LOS ANGELES – The Directors Guild of America today announced that the 66th Annual DGA Awards will take place on Saturday, January 25, 2014 in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles.
Read more on The DGA Awards Will Take Place on January 25th, 2014 and Other Key Dates for This Awards Season!…
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It’s Oscar week! So most pundits – just like us here at The Awards Circuit – were busy unveiling their final predictions. Pete Hammond at Deadline went first, setting off a domino effect including Scott Feinberg and Todd McCarthy at The Hollywood Reporter, Anthony Breznican of Entertainment Weekly, Oliver Lyttelton of The Playlist, Rope of Silicon‘s Brad Brevet, Katey Rich of Cinema Blend, In Contention‘s trio of Kris Tapley, Guy Lodge, and Gregory Ellwood, Tom Shone at The Guardian, and Wesley Morris at Grantland. Even Nate Silver (yes, the political numbers guy) got involved with predictions at his NY Times blog, Five Thirty Eight.
Read more on Around the Circuit: February 16th – February 22nd…
And the nominees are:
Amour – Michael Haneke
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi – Ang Lee
Lincoln – Steven Spielberg
Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
Read more on Oscar Circuit: Best Director…
Categories: Oscar Circuit Tags: Amour, AMPAS, ang lee, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, Best Director, Best Director Oscar, David O. Russell, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Michael Haneke, oscar predictions, Oscars, Silver Linings Playbook, Steven Spielberg
Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman – two acting legends with five Oscars between them – are the latest names to be added to the Oscar ceremony as presenters. One of the last times we saw Jack present at the Oscars was when he famously announced Crash as the Best Picture winner for 2005. Maybe he can pull the same magic for Lincoln? I know, I know. Have a look at the official release after the jump.
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 Whether it’s the veteran finally getting up on stage or an ingenue looking to make an impression, Oscar speeches are just as much a part of an actor’s legacy as their wins for their work. Have you ever thought about what you would say if you won? Luckily, Thank the Academy is here to help you with that question. Created by a grad student at Georgia Tech, it uses the database of speeches the Academy just released and breaks down everything from the percentage of people who cry to how winners hold their Oscars. You can also create your own speech by selecting different groups and themes. Check out the one I made after the jump!
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The producers of the 85th Academy Awards Oscars continue to do a great job not only with who they are getting to present, but the order in which they are releasing the names of the presenters. Each announcement seems to have a good mix of veteran actors and young stars, as AMPAS continues to push toward appealing to a younger, wider audience. Jane Fonda, Jennifer Garner, Kristen Stewart, and Kerry Washington are the latest list of names announced, Garner’s being the one that jumps out the most to me. Wouldn’t it be a sweet moment if she were to announce the Best Picture winner for her husband’s film? Have a look at the official press release after the jump.
Read more on Jane Fonda, Jennifer Garner, Kristen Stewart And Kerry Washington To Present at the Oscars®…
(The annual “Will Win/Should Win” of the Awards Circuit has been our most popular yet most challenging series where each  writer let’s their final thoughts be known on the Oscar categories. Each writer will reveal their choices everyday leading up to the Oscar ceremony. Think you can do better? Let your final thoughts be known in the comment section or by joining our Oscar Pool. -CD)
The calendar year for most people runs January through December, but for such Oscar-obsessed people as you will find writing here at The Awards Circuit the year ends with Oscar Sunday. Everything we do at this site leads to and culminates in the big ceremony. We’ve spent countless hours going back and forth trying to figure out just where the pieces fit best into the jigsaw puzzle that the Academy Awards race has become, and I have to tell you, I have never seen a year quite like this.
Read more on Oscar 2013 Will Win/Should Win Selections (Mark Johnson)…
Categories: Article Tags: Amour, AMPAS, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, oscar predictions, Oscars, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty
This week’s Circuit 3 is simple enough. I am the Oscar Genie, here to grant you three wishes! If you had the power to stuff the envelopes for three categories this weekend, what categories would you control the fate of and who would you hand the Oscar to in each?
Read more on Circuit 3: Oscar Wishes…
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