Oscar Noms

Those hoping for Oscar gold for the late Stephen Bruton and T. Bone Burnett’s acclaimed score for the Jeff Bridges-starring “Crazy Heart” will be disappointed to hear Fox Searchlight has opted out of submitting the film’s original country western compositions for consideration. The Wrap reports that the score would have run afoul of Academy regulations forbidding works by multiple composers. A similar rule resulted in the ineligibility of the...  

BoDog has announced the Vegas betting odds for the Academy Awards and Golden Globes. Check them out after the jump. Academy Awards Odds (More Academy Awards odds to follow when the nominees are announced) 2010 Academy Awards – Odds to Win Best Picture Up in the Air 3/1 The Hurt Locker 7/2 Precious 6/1 Inglorious Basterds ...  

Stage veterans Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, which will take place on Monday, March 7 in Los Angeles and be aired live on ABC-TV. Martin has previously co-hosted the ceremony twice. He starred Off-Broadway in Waiting for Godot and is...  

Marc Shaiman has been named music director for the 82nd Academy Awards, according to a report in The Los Angeles Times. The composer-arranger has earned three Academy Award nominations for Original Score for his work on The American President, First Wives Club,...  

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Omelet (www.omeletla.com), a hybrid creative and entertainment agency recognized for its big ideas and innovative use of non-traditional media, announced today that it has been awarded strategic and creative duties for the marketing campaign for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards show scheduled to air on March 7th at 5PT/8ET on ABC. Omelet won the repeat business without a competitive review.  

While the American Film Critics are handing out their awards, the European Film Academy have done there's with little exposure, and I think it does deserve some decent mentions, particularly as The White Ribbon seems to be doing so well. There's arguably a lot more quality in this list over some of the more Hollywood lists. See what you think....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.  

The Response, in which Kate Mulgrew portrays a Guantanamo military judge, has made the list of semi-finalists for the 82nd Academy Awards. Ten live action short films were chosen from amongst seventy-one pictures that qualified, including: The Response, The Door, The Ground Beneath, Hotel, Instead of Abracadabra, Kavi, Miracle Fish, The New Tenants, Short Term 12 [...]  

An Education, The Last Station, Broken Embraces, Coco Before Chanel, The Damned United. There are Oscar nominees in those films, the smart money says. But will tiny Sony Classics be able to coax wins or even nominations out of that...  

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host this year's Oscar telecast. The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony will be held March 7, 2010. Martin hosted the show in 2001 and 2003....  

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Actor Sean Penn, winner of Best Actor Award for "Milk" and wife Robin Wright Penn attend the 81st Annual Academy Awards Governor's Ball held at Kodak Theatre on February 22, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Robin Wright Penn;Sean Penn (Getty Images)more pics »It seems like divorce even has its perks, Robin Wright Penn thinks her pending divorce Sean Penn will actually boost her...  

‘We wanted him to go on an adventure so he’d have to use his cane and false teeth in a fight’ After directing Monsters, Inc for Pixar, Pete Docter got together with Bob Peterson, who would eventually serve as his co-director on Up . “We ...  

LOS ANGELES - Since June, when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences opened the best picture race to 10 nominees, Oscar has been waiting for a knight in shining box office armor — preferably a "Dark Knight": a commercial powerhouse with ...  

" Avatar " can score up to nine Academy Award nominations: best picture, director, art direction, film editing, music score, song, sound editing, sound mixing and visual effects. Check out this post to read our detailed analysis of the competition ...  

For your consideration: movie madness and awards ardor. And we're not talking about “Avatar,” James Cameron's $450-million 3-D gorilla that opened Friday throughout the known universe. With Oscar nominations set for Feb. 2 (pity those West ...