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Emmy predix: Best supporting actor in a drama series
Our Emmy prophets Robert "Rob L" Licuria (AwardsHeaven.net) and Chris "Boomer" Beachum agree on the six nominees for best supporting actor, but they picked different "Lost" stars to win. Also check out their predix in these races: lead drama actor, best drama actress, best drama series, and best comedy series. BEST SUPPORTING DRAMA ACTOR: ROB'S PREDIX 1. Terry O'Quinn ("Lost") 2. Michael Emerson ("Lost") 3. Aaron Paul ("Breaking Bad") 4. Martin Short ("Damages") 5. John Slattery ("Mad Men") 6. John Goodman ("Treme") Alternates: Campbell Scott ("Damages"), Chris Noth ("The Good Wife"). ROB'S COMMENTARY: Now that we know O'Quinn is submitting his name, I think it is safe to say that only he and Emerson will...
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04/15/2010 14:15
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'The Hurt Locker' wins six Oscars, including history maker for director Kathryn Bigelow
The 82nd Academy Awards followed the script set down by pundits, as the front-runners for all of the major Oscars won Sunday night. "The Hurt Locker" led with six Oscars, including best picture and best director for Kathryn Bigelow, who became the first woman to win this award. The Iraq war drama also picked up prizes for original screenplay (Mark Boal), editing, sound mixing and sound editing. "Avatar" went into the night tied with "The Hurt Locker" with a leading nine nominations but had to settle for three Oscars for art direction, cinematography and visual effects (and a $2.4-billion and counting box-office take). See a complete list of all Oscar winners here. Lead actor went...
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03/07/2010 21:38
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Gold Derby nuggets: Oscars to get instant engraving | A salute to Sandra Bullock | Time up for '24'?
• Oscar winners will no longer have to wait weeks to see their names on the shiny gold statuettes they are handed at the ceremony. The academy has announced plans to personalize the Oscars at the post-ceremony Governors Ball. To that end, "the academy will create 197 nameplates, one for each 2009 nominee in every category. The engraving will include the nominee’s name, category, film title and year. After the winners have been announced, the unused nameplates will be recycled." As academy president Tom Sherak said, “An Oscar statuette just isn’t complete until a nameplate is attached. The Governors Ball is the perfect place for Oscar winners to add that final touch as they celebrate...
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02/09/2010 14:55
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Oscar nominations: Fascinating facts, figures and milestones
With invaluable assistance from our many forum posters, here are interesting stats about this year's nominations for the Oscars. Nine not so fine: "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" lead this year's derby with nine nominations each; "Nine" managed just four nominations. However, beginning with "The Life of Emile Zola" in 1937, there have been 77 films that have landed 10 or more Oscar nominations. Last year's big champ "Slumdog Millionaire" won eight of its 10 races, while "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" managed just three wins from 13 nominations. Money matters: On nomination day, "Avatar" broke the domestic box office record of 1997 best picture champ "Titanic" when it reached $601 million in receipts....
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02/03/2010 14:06
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Oscars guided by guild awards in nominations
This year, 19 of the 20 SAG acting nominees are contending at the Academy Awards. The only one not to make the cut was SAG supporting actress contender Diane Kruger ("Inglourious Basterds"), who was replaced on the Oscars ballot by Maggie Gyllenhaal ("Crazy Heart"). Last year, 18 of the 19 SAG acting nominees repeated at the Academy Awards. As double SAG nominee Kate Winslet was bumped up by the Oscars from supporting to lead for "The Reader," she was denied a lead nod for "Revolutionary Road." However, that film's Michael Shannon managed to knock SAG nominee Dev Patel of "Slumdog Millionaire" out of the supporting race. Two years ago, 15 of the 20 SAG nominees...
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02/02/2010 10:01
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Experts divided on adapted screenplay winner at Oscars
Four of these Oscar pundits -- Edward Douglas (Coming Soon), Scott Feinberg (And The Winner Is), Michael Musto (Village Voice) and Jeff Wells (Hollywood Elsewhere) -- predict "Up in the Air" scripters Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner to prevail in the adapted screenplay race. Steve Pond (The Wrap) thinks the prize will go to Nick Hornsby for his adaptation of "An Education," while I believe Geoffrey Fletcher will win for adapting "Precious." See experts' predictions of the best actor race here, best actress race here, best supporting actor here, best supporting actress here and best picture here. Contenders are ranked according to their likelihood of winning. ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Douglas Feinberg Musto O'Neil Pond Wells 'Up...
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12/23/2009 15:35
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Week in Review - Oscars Edition: Predictions for every race | Telecast details | Nominees cursed and blessed | Quizzes galore
OSCAR PREDICTIONS • Gold Derby's gutsy, 100% accurate Oscars predictions • Gold Derby odds on the top Oscars races • Experts predict who'll win the Oscars • Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke in a real heavyweight bout • Can Meryl Streep beat Kate Winslet at the Oscars? • Rookie pundit needs a new Oscars crystal ball OSCARS TELECAST • Will Rob Pattinson sing with Mary Poppins at the Oscars? • Will Miley Cyrus, Beyonce, Zac Efron and Rob Pattinson wow Oscars' viewers? • 'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson will be an Oscars presenter • Some Oscars TV ads still for sale — only $1.4 million a pop! • Oscars are the Emmys' biggest winner OSCARS HOST:...
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02/22/2009 02:26
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Here's how our Oscar pundits scored
The Envelope's odds scored fairly high, nailing 10 of the top 12 categories. Congrats to our own Steve Pond of The Envelope for achieving the highest score in all categories (19). Oh, if only I hadn't switched three predictions on Oscar morning, ditching the three eventual winners, I would've triumphed with a score of 20, but, alas… 19 — Steve Pond (The Envelope) 18 — Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) 17 — Tom O'Neil (The Envelope), Gene Seymour (Newsday), Peter Travers (Rolling Stone) 16 — Mike Sragow (Baltimore Sun) 15 — Edward Douglas (Comingsoon.net) 14 — Ken Tucker (Entertainment Weekly)
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03/05/2006 22:39
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Oscars theory No. 8: multiple noms = a win
Academy Award voters sure are gracious. They hate to see a contender lose, especially more than once in a night, so multiple nominees often win at least one statuette. Although writers and directors can have more than one nomination per category, actors can't, but many still manage to reap chances in the lead and supporting races in the same year. Not all successfully, alas. Poor Sigourney Weaver lost same-year bids for "Gorillas in the Mist" and "Working Girl" and Julianne Moore went home empty-handed despite dual noms for "Far from Heaven" and "The Hours." However, all of these stars prevailed in one category despite losing in another (note: the winning film is cited first): Jamie...
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03/01/2006 14:19
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Gene Seymour's revised Oscars predix
A few weeks ago Newsday film critic Gene Seymour generously wrote out his Oscar predix for The Envelope. Looks like he's changed his mind in three categories since — supporting actor (dumping Paul Giamatti for Matt Dillon), musical score (goodbye "Brokeback," hello "Geisha") and song (now prefers "Pimp" to "Travelin' Through"). Below are Seymour's full predictions, as originally written, followed by his updates in each race. BEST PICTURE X - "Brokeback Mountain" "Capote" "Crash" "Good Night, and Good Luck" "Munich" The only thing that could brake this juggernaut's momentum — and it’s by no means unlikely — is some manner of "Brokeback" fatigue; e.g., people hearing for so long how "great" the movie is and...
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03/01/2006 12:12
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Watch Oscar nominees on DVD this weekend
This week's DVD release of "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit," contender for best animated picture, reminds us of other Oscar nominees already out on disc — like its chief rival, "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride." Other titles to nab at the video store: "The Constant Gardener" (up for best supporting actress and screenplay), "Crash" (picture, director, supporting actor, screenplay and more), "Hustle & Flow" (actor, song) and "Junebug" (supporting actress). "North Country" comes out on Feb. 21, "Walk the Line" and "Pride & Prejudice" on Feb. 28.
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02/10/2006 11:00
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Gene Seymour's early Oscar predix
Right now I'm very busy rounding up early Oscar predictions from our panel of experts so The Envelope can issue racetrack odds. All I'm asking each expert to do is to rank nominees from 1 to 5 in 12 categories, but Gene Seymour of Newsday went to town giving us detailed analysis of each category in extensive text format. So, since he offered these to us so generously, here are his noodlings for your kudos enlightenment and enjoyment. BEST PICTURE X - "Brokeback Mountain" "Capote" "Crash" "Good Night, and Good Luck" "Munich" The only thing that could brake this juggernaut's momentum — and it’s by no means unlikely — is some manner of "Brokeback" fatigue;...
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02/10/2006 00:12
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