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		<title>Seth MacFarlane Confirms He Won’t Be Hosting the Oscars Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Chitwood</dc:creator>
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Seth MacFarlane will not be returning to host the Oscars, at least not next year.  While the Family Guy creator earned mixed reviews for his hosting duties earlier this year, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron nevertheless reached out to MacFarlane to see if he’d want to come back and host again in 2014.  While the very busy MacFarlane seems like he was up to the task, scheduling issues have forced him to decline via a statement on his Twitter:
“Traumatized critics exhale: I'm unable to do the Oscars again. Tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep. However, I highly recommend the job, as Zadan and Meron are two of the most talented producers in the business. My suggestion for host is Joaquin Phoenix.”
MacFarlane is currently filming and starring in his second feature directorial effort, A Million Ways to Die in the West, and he's expected to shoot the Ted sequel later this year, which would account for the scheduling difficulties.  With MacFarlane now out, who do you think should be at the helm of next year's Oscars? My vote is for Neil Patrick Harris or Hugh Jackman. ]]></description>
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		<title>Matt Live-Blogs the 85th Academy Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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You've read our predictions, you've read all of our Oscar coverage, and tonight the winners of the 85th Academy Awards will be announced.  As I've done in past years, I will be live-blogging the ceremony and some of the red carpet.  Seth MacFarlane is hosting this year's ceremony, and I've got a good feeling that he'll do a solid job.  Of course, it's the Oscars so there will be plenty of silliness both intended and unintended, and I'll be providing my thoughts on all of it throughout the night.
My live-blogging will kick in around 8:00pm (EST) and then just keep refreshing the page for my latest thoughts on the 85th Academy Awards.  I’ll also be tweeting (cross-platform mockery!), and you can follow me on Twitter at @MattGoldberg.  We're almost at the finish line of the 2013 awards race.  Let's brave Hollywood's self-congratulatory ceremony together.  The ceremony begins at 8:30pm (EST).



[All times Eastern]

8:00pm -- It begins.  Jennifer Aniston is doing empty red carpet banner and wearing a nice dress.  It's going to be a long night...

8:03pm -- Is there something wrong with Kristin Chenoweth's stomach?  Is she trying to keep Kuato in?

8:04pm -- Halle Berry is proud to be a part of the Bond franchise.  And now she's driving away in her invisible car.

8:06pm -- George Clooney is preparing for his role as sexy Santa Claus.

8:10pm -- I could switch over to E! for more red carpet coverage, but WHY.

8:12pm -- Anne Hathaway's dress is awful, therefore I am better than ...]]></description>
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		<title>Adam and Matt Predict the 85th Academy Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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Adam and I briefly talked about our predictions on the latest episode of The Collision, but we know your Oscar pool needs more guidance.  It's a rough year, and a lot of Oscar ballots are going to go down in flames.  Last year, I played the wild card on my Oscar predictions and lost big, but this year I'm going to try and be a bit savvier.  However, I'm going up against Collider's Oscar guru, so if you're going to copy one of our cheat-sheets, it's probably best to cheat off Adam.

Hit the jump for who we think deserves to win and who we think will win at the 85th Academy Awards.  Be sure to come back Sunday night when I'll be live-blogging the ceremony.  Adam and I will also be tweeting the Oscars, so be sure to follow us @AdamChitwood and @MattGoldberg, respectively.



BEST PICTURE

Matt

Will Win: Argo

Should Win: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Adam

Will Win: Argo

Should Win: Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DIRECTOR

Matt

Will Win: Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Should Win: Behn Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Adam

Will Win: Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Should Win: Ang Lee, Life of Pi

BEST ACTOR

Matt

Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Should Win: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Adam

Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Should Win: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

BEST ACTRESS

Matt

Will Win: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Should Win: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Adam

Will Win: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Should Win: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Matt

Will Win: Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook

Should Win: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Adam

Will Win: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Should Win: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Matt

Will Win: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Should Win: ...]]></description>
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		<title>THE COLLISION: Episode 38 &#8211; The 85th Academy Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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On this special mid-week episode of The Collision, we will be talking about the 85th Academy Awards.  We wanted to bring this one to you a little early, so you'll have time to listen to it before the ceremony Sunday night.  We'll be talking about the surprise nominations, the awards race since the nominations were announced, our predictions, and more.  As always, we'll be finishing up with our recommendations.

Click here to listen to the new episode of The Collision, click here for the previous episode ("The Die Hard Franchise, Legacy, and A Good Day to Die Hard"), click here to add the podcast to your RSS, and click here to find us on iTunes. To keep up to date with The Collision, you can follow us on Twitter at @MattGoldberg, @AdamChitwood, and @DrClawMD (Dave Trumbore). Hit the jump to check out the trailers for this week’s recommendations.



Adam's Recommendation: All That Jazz

Matt's Recommendation: Apollo 13

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		<title>Puppies Predict the 85th Academy Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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This is one of the toughest Academy Awards in recent memory when it comes to predictions.  Usually, prediction ballots live or die based on the shorts section coupled with a few surprises.  But a number of major categories are up for grabs this year including Best Director and Best Supporting Actor.  It looks like Argo is the favorite to nab Best Picture, but even some prognosticators are sticking with Lincoln and Silver Linings Playbook.  So who can we turn to when it comes to making an accurate prediction?  Puppies, of course.  On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, five puppies had the option of nine bowls of kibble, each labeled with a different Best Picture nominee.  It's a highly scientific method of predicting the winner, and I wish that the puppies could vote.  They'd probably do a better job than this moron of an Academy voter.

Hit the jump to check out the video, and click here to read Adam's "The Road to Oscar" series.  The 85th Academy Awards will be held this Sunday at 7pm EST on ABC.



Thanks to Nathaniel for the heads up.



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		<title>2012 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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While the Oscar-nominated animated shorts take a little time to pick up some momentum, most of these live-action nominees find a way to grab you immediately by introducing a mystery of some kind.  One begins with a suicide attempt, another starts with a kidnapping, one features a man with a mysterious camera that can record shadows, and another opens with the striking image of children casually carrying around AK-47s.  More than animated films, live-action short movies can provide a notice to audiences and studios that these are talented filmmakers worth putting on your radar.

Hit the jump for my reviews of the 2012 Oscar-nominated live-action short films: Henry, Asad, Death of a Shadow, Curfew, and Buzkashi Boys.



HENRY

The movie begins with a clever opening where we see the eponymous protagonist kidnapped by shadowy figures, but then drifting between time and space.  One moment, he's in a strange facility, and the next moment he's in a house in World War II meeting his wife.  The plot device does an excellent joy of putting you inside Henry's mind, and it brings the short to a moving conclusion that is slightly undermined by an unnecessary closing quotation.

ASAD

The sentiment is nicer than the execution.  The cast is comprised of Somali refugees and there's a sweet story at the middle about the innocent protagonist breaking his streak of bad luck, but film's conclusion and the lazy symbol of "hope" it finds feels corny and unearned. In the face of tragedy and the soldiers who ruin the meager ...]]></description>
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		<title>Check Out Olly Moss&#8217; Incredible Poster for the 85th Academy Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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Even if you hate the Oscars, you'll love what artist Olly Moss has done for the official 85 Years of Oscar poster.  We previously showed you individual posters by various artists for this year's Best Picture nominees, but Moss' work outshines them all.  He's taken every single Best Picture winner and tried to fit them into the Oscar statue in one image.  Some of these are particularly brilliant (it took me a few moments to figure out how he represented 2001's winner, A Beautiful Mind), and it's a fun game to try and guess the each year's Best Picture winner from Moss' poster alone.

We know that Gallery1988 is teaming up with the Academy for something big this Thursday through Sunday.  They are giving away 100 of each of the Best Picture nominee posters, and it will be interesting to see if they do anything special with the Moss poster.  More details should be announced in the next day or so.  Hit the jump to check out Moss' 85 Years of Oscar poster and find out how you can buy it now.  The 85th Academy Awards will be held on February 24th at 7pm EST on ABC.



Click on the poster to see the crazy level of detail, and see if you can guess the winners.  Click here to go buy a digital offset poster of the Olly Moss Oscars poster from The Academy.  You can also click here to see them up close.

Via Moss' official website.
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		<title>85th Academy Awards to Pay Tribute to James Bond</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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Last year was James Bond's 50th anniversary, but Hollywood isn't quite finished celebrating 007.  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that this year's Oscar ceremony will pay tribute to the film franchise by including a "special sequence".  It would be very cool if producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron could get all six Bond actors onto the stage, but I get a feeling that Sean Connery would want no part of it.

I also wonder if this tribute dashes any hopes of Skyfall picking up a Best Picture nomination.  Yes, genre movies are always a long shot, but the Academy can nominate up to films for Best Picture, and Skyfall was a critical and box office success.  We'll have to wait and see how much love Bond gets when nominations are announced on Thursday, January 10th at 5:30am PST.  The Oscars will be held on Feburary 24th.  Hit the jump for the press release.

Here's the press release:

85TH OSCARS® TO FEATURE SPECIAL CELEBRATION OF JAMES BOND
The 85th Academy Awards® will include a tribute to the James Bond movie franchise which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year, the telecast’s producers announced today.

“We are very happy to include a special sequence on our show saluting the Bond films on their 50th birthday,” said producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. “Starting with ‘Dr. No’ back in 1962, the 007 movies have become the longest-running motion picture franchise in history and a beloved global phenomenon.”

The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January ...]]></description>
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		<title>AMOUR, THE INTOUCHABLES and 7 Other Foreign Films Make Oscar Shortlist</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have reduced the number of eligible foreign films to nine.  For those who don't know how the Best Foreign Language Film category works, every foreign country can submit one movie for consideration.  That list has now been whittled down to nine movies, and five of these nine will get Oscar nominations.  The films on the shortlist are Amour (Austria), War Witch (Canada), No (Chile), A Royal Affair (Denmark), The Intouchables (France), The Deep (Iceland), Kon-Tiki (Norway), Beyond the Hills (Romania), and Sister (Switzerland).

Amour is the frontrunner for the win based on critical acclaim, but I'll put my money on The Intouchables since I think the Academy will go with the feel-good caretaker movie as opposed to the remind-us-of-our-fragile-mortality caretaker movie. ]]></description>
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		<title>Must-Watch: Best Animated Short Oscar Winner, THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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There were some quality nominees for this year's Best Animated Short Oscar, but none of them came close to the winner, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.  The short is filled with clever visuals, vibrant colors, and a lot of heart.  At first, it almost seems like it's going to be the intro for Reading Rainbow if the intro took up half the show.  But as the short develops, you see how stories (symbolized by books) shape and enrich our lives especially once we tell our own.  And it does all of this without dialogue.  The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore made me tear up by the end, and after watching the short, I hope you'll understand and share my reaction.

Hit the jump to watch The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.



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Also, for those who are interested, here's a press release about the film's composer, John Hunter:

Composer John Hunter Scores Oscar Winning Short
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
 

(Los Angeles, CA) February 27, 2012— John Hunter, composer and partner at Breed Music, scores the Academy Award winning animated short The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg of Moonbot Studios. The team also worked together on the accompanying app which was named by Apple as one of the “Top 5 New Apps for iPad.” Both the fantastically innovative short and app use a hybrid style of animation that harkens back to silent films and MGM Technicolor ...]]></description>
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		<title>Winners of the 84th Academy Awards; THE ARTIST Wins 5 Including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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The Oscars are finally over.  The front-runner, The Artist, won the awards race by picking up Best Picture, Best Director (Michael Hazanavicius), Best Actor (Jean Dujardin), Best Costume Design, and Best Score.  There were also some big upsets as "locks" like The Tree of Life for Best Cinematography and Rise of the Planet of the Apes for Best Visual Effects were no match for Hugo, which ended up taking those categories and three more (Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Art Direction).  As for nice surprises...not really (unless you loved Hugo).

It was a forgettable year for the Oscars, and Billy Crystal, turning in his safe, predictable, and family-friendly routine was the perfect fit for a year that screamed "Don't rock the boat!"  Last year's Oscars took a chance on pairing Anne Hathaway and James Franco,  and the show was a mess.  This year, they played it safe and the  ceremony was still dull.  Quite simply, there was no films to root for  and the "upsets" were for the establishment.  It was also funny to have the show and actors celebrate the theater when audiences are moving to OnDemand services, and studios are trying to make the theatrical release window even shorter.   Hit the jump for a full list of the winners, click here for mine and Adam Chitwood's Oscar predictions (he did way better than me), and click here for my live-blog of the ceremony.



BEST PICTURE: The Artist


BEST DIRECTOR: Michael Hazanavicius - The Artist


BEST ACTOR: Jean Dujardin - ...]]></description>
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		<title>Matt Live-Blogs the 84th Academy Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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We're here at last.  The seemingly endless award season has reached its zenith/nadir.  I have never been less enthusiastic for the Oscars.  And I used to love the Oscars.  I loved the competition, I loved seeing the films and actors I loved get recognized with Hollywood's highest honor, and this year I hardly have anything or anyone to root for.  This year, it's mostly "Yeah, I can live with that."  I know the awards don't really matter, I know that the voting body is old white men, and I know my Oscar predictions are probably going to go down in flames (if you're still trying to figure out your Oscar ballot, go with Adam's picks; I'm playing the odds).

But this live-blog will keep me sane.  Sharing my frustrations and mockery with you fine people will help me get through this charade.  My live-blogging will kick in around 8:00pm (EST) and then just keep refreshing the page for my latest thoughts on the 84th Academy Awards.  I'll also be live-tweeting (cross-platform mocking!) and you can follow me on Twitter at @MattGoldberg.  Together, we will survive.  The ceremony begins at 8:30pm (EST).

[All times Eastern]

8:00pm - Fair warning:  I've been enduring two hours of pre-show.  I feel about as smart as the red carpet interviewers.

8:02pm - Bradley Cooper just came from his part-time job as a 70s porn actor.

8:04pm - Gwneyth Paltrow just came from her part-time job as Moon Knight.

8:06pm - There's been a mix-up.  The Price-Waterhouse guys are carrying the nuclear ...]]></description>
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		<title>Infographic: Oscar Fashion Throughout the Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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Don't lie: you mute the insipid Oscar red carpet banter and check out the dresses.  There's nothing wrong with that.  The dresses are one of the finer points of the evening, and you get to see which actresses found the right mix between elegance and originality, and which actresses found what the designer's fever dream looked like in gown-form.  The people at Dish Network, when not trying to convince us that satellite dish signals can't be blown out by a gentle breeze, have put together a fun infographic about the dresses worn by the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nominees from the past 22 years.

Hit the jump to check out the infographic.  The 84th Academy Awards air live this Sunday at 7pm EST on ABC.

Via USDish.com.  Click to embiggen.
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		<title>Mike Myers Schools Kevin Kline on Oscar Etiquette in Funny-or-Die-Produced Promo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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The 2011 Oscar race will finally be over this Sunday night, but winners need to know the proper way to accept the award.  To this end, Funny or Die has produced a promo on behalf of the Academy Awards starring Oscar-winner Kevin Kline (Best Supporting Actor for A Fish Called Wanda) and Sir Cecil Worthington (Mike Myers).  The sketch is meant to poke fun at the importance of the statue, but Worthington is really more of a reminder of the Academy's largest voting block: old white men who have never won an Oscar.

Hit the jump to check out the promo.  The 84th Academy Awards air live this Sunday on ABC at 7pm EST.

Via Oscar.com.



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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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Every day, the Academy is announcing new presenters for the Oscars, and those press releases are worthless.  No one cares if Ben Stiller will be reading nominees off a card.  But today, the Academy has made a terrific-yet-maddening announcement regarding a duo of presenters.  Kermit and Miss Piggy will present at this year's Academy Awards, and it will be the fifth time that Muppets have presented at the Oscars.  While I'll be happy to see them, the announcement makes me even more frustrated with this year's ceremony.  First, there won't be a performance of The Muppets nominated song, "Man or Muppet", which might have made sense due to set construction concerns.  However, there was enough time and money to build a stage for Cirque du Soleil, who should be seen live (or at least in a movie theater) rather than your TV.  And now that they're going to have Muppets on stage anyway, it feels like the Academy is saying, "Muppets, you're good enough to deliver a little banter and read names off a card, but no one wants to see you sing a song on live television."  At least "Man or Muppet" will probably win the Oscar.

Hit the jump for the press release.

Here's the press release:

HOLLYWOOD’S “IT” COUPLE, KERMIT THE FROG AND MISS PIGGY, TO PRESENT AT THE 84TH ACADEMY AWARDS® ON OSCAR® SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 ON ABC
 

 

Hollywood icons Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy will present at the 84th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture ...]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Oscar Preview: Best Animated Feature, Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Technical Category Quick Picks</title>
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Continuing on with our look at the 2012 Oscar race, today we delve into Best Animated Feature and the technical categories. As Pixar’s Cars 2 was the studio’s worst-received feature to date (it currently sits at 38% on Rotten Tomatoes), we’ve got ourselves an actual competition in the Animated Feature category. Not only that, but if all 18 films that were submitted to the Academy are deemed eligible, we’ll have a total of five nominated films. This leaves us to debate the merits of Rango and The Adventures of Tintin against the likes of Puss in Boots and Arthur Christmas.

Additionally, we’ve taken a stab at Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, and the technical categories. As these are incredibly tricky to predict this far out (and my picks would be doomed to haunt me come February), I’ve simply listed a couple of frontrunners in each category instead of going in depth. Though it’s still early, we’ve got an overall picture of how things look like they’ll stack up; so hit the jump to check out the state of the race so far. If you missed our previous preview articles, be sure to take a look at our picks for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, and Best Actor and Best Actress.

As I said before, the number of nominated movies in Best Animated Feature depends on how many the Academy deems eligible. If the number of eligible films is less than or equal to 15, there will be three nominees, ...]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Oscar Preview: Best Actor and Best Actress</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adam Chitwood</dc:creator>
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Yesterday we unveiled our picks for the top contenders in the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories for the upcoming 84th Academy Awards. Today, we’re taking on Best Actor and Best Actress. Though it’s still relatively early in the race, we’ve got some surefire contenders and a couple of clear frontrunners for the top acting categories. In addition to Academy darlings like George Clooney and Meryl Streep, we’ve seen some extraordinary performances from relative newcomers likes Elizabeth Olsen and Michael Fassbender. As I stressed yesterday, it’s still pretty early so things can  definitely change between now and February, but there are certainly some  clear frontrunners in these two races already. Hit the jump to see find out how everyone stacks up.

Best Actress

Frontrunners:

Viola Davis – The Help

Likely to be nominated:

Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady

Charlize Theron – Young Adult

Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin

Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia

Other contenders: 

Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs

Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene

Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

 

Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Best Actress race is largely untested at the moment, with a number of highly anticipated performances still unseen. The undisputed frontrunner here though, and likely winner, is Viola Davis for The Help. She made waves in 2008’s Doubt where she overshadowed the one-and-only Meryl Streep, and now she’s got a lead performance all her own. It’s simply the right performance at the right time, and she’ll likely take home the ...]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Adam Chitwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Ah, November. Leaves are falling, colder weather is here (depending on where you live), and the 2011 movie season is coming to a close. While angry shoppers and red Starbucks cups generally mean it’s time to start preparing for the many awkward/tense family encounters that are sure to come, it’s also time to start thinking Oscar. We’ve seen a few contenders throughout the year, but a plethora of heavyhitters will be opening over the next 5 weeks.

To aid in your Oscar polls (or to quench your curiosity) we’ve compiled a state of the race preview as of this lovely Thanksgiving week. Granted, a lot can change from now until February, but a good portion of the major players have already been screened and we’re starting to get a sense of how it could all play out. We’ll be examining all the major categories over the next four days, kicking things off with the infamously unpredictable Best Supporting Actor and Actress. Hit the jump to see where things stand.

The following two categories are probably the toughest to predict – as they tend to be where the majority of surprises come from – but we’ve done our best to compile the list of contenders. Again, it’s still relatively early in the race and things can certainly fluctuate, but this is where we see the race right now.

Best Supporting Actor

Frontrunners:

Christopher Plummer – Beginners

Albert Brooks – Drive

Likely to be nominated:

Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Other contenders:

Patton Oswalt – Young Adult

Kenneth Branagh ...]]></description>
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		<title>Eddie Murphy Confirmed to Host the Oscars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Goldberg</dc:creator>
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It seems like the Academy is making a serious effort to makes the 2012 Oscars somehow worse than last year's clusterfuck.  First, they hired Brett Ratner whose name inspires confidence in no one except for Brett Ratner.  Then last week we learned that Ratner wanted his Tower Heist star Eddie Murphy to host the ceremony.  Now Deadline is confirming that Murphy will MC next year's show and I am confirming that I have somehow found a way to be even less interested in the Oscar telecast.

I have multiple problems with Murphy.  First off, he hasn't top-lined a good film since Bowfinger.  Second, he hasn't taken a chance since his dramatic supporting role in Dreamgirls didn't win him an Oscar.   He doesn't really try to give comic performances any more and phones in awful family comedies.  Finally, and this one is just a personal preference, I think an Oscar host should have the ability to do self-deprecating humor to balance the jokes he or she is going to make at the audience's expense.  That's never been Murphy's style.  The only upside to this news is that we get to see how Murphy does stand-up on a big stage a scant 24 years after Raw. ]]></description>
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		<title>Matt Live-Blogs the 83rd Academy Awards</title>
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Like any good Oscar ceremony, the 83rd Academy Awards will most likely drag on unto infinity.  Categories will blend together and you'll find yourself waiting to see who wins "Best Costume Design for a Live-Action Short Starring Winter's Bone".  I'm trying to stop myself from being on auto-snark and hoping that the show is genuinely entertaining.  I find hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco to be charming so hopefully they'll have some good material.  Last year, I didn't expect much from Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin and I thought they did a terrific job.  While the Oscars are a show for rich people to congratulate themselves on a job well done, the host doesn't have to tear the room down to make us poor slobs at home feel better.  There's a balancing act and hopefully Hathaway and Franco can pull it off.

So get your Oscar ballots ready and hit the jump as I live-blog the 83rd Academy Awards.  Also, you can click here for my predictions.

[All Times PM Eastern]

7:39 - I said I wouldn't be on auto-snark for the Oscar ceremony.  I made no promises about the pre-show, which is clearly produced by Satan.

7:42 - Warren Beatty, what's it like to be an appendage?

7:44 - It looks like someone did a half-ass job of cremating Valentino.

7:51 - Mark Wahlberg, would you like to apologize to everyone for Max Payne?  No?  Okay.  Moving on.

7:56 - Source Code looks like a great movie if you don't like Jake Gyllenhaal since he apparently ...]]></description>
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