Academy Awards News
Neil Patrick Harris to Host the Oscars (EXCLUSIVE)
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Neil Patrick Harris will host this year’s Oscars on Feb. 22, Variety has learned. Harris has performed on the Academy Awards show, but this will be his first time as host. Harris has hosted the Tony Awards in past years and Emmy this year, so with Oscar, he is apparently going for the EGOT sweep...
6 years 14 weeks ago via jackiechan
Oscar Attracts Submissions from 83 Countries
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The list of Academy Award contenders from around the world range from Afghanistan's 'A Few Cubic Meters of Love' to Venezuela's 'The Liberator'
6 years 15 weeks ago via donnieyen
Italy Picks Paolo Virzi’s ‘Human Capital’ As Its Foreign Oscar Contender
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Paolo Virzi’s stylish economic crisis murder mystery “Human Capital” is Italy’s candidate for the foreign-language Academy Award race. “Capital” transposes U.S. novelist Stephen Amidon’s eponymous novel about capitalist greed from Connecticut to Italy’s wealthy region of Brianza, near Milan. It competed at Tribeca, has been a hit at the local box office scoring around $7.5...
6 years 17 weeks ago via jackiechan
Oscars: Czechs Nominate Andrea Sedlackova's 'Fair Play' in Foreign-Language Category
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Polished coming-of-age drama premiered at Karlovy Vary film festival in July
6 years 18 weeks ago via jetli
Sony Pictures Classics Launching 'Still Alice' and Julianne Moore Into the Oscar Race
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Sony Pictures Classics has acquired Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland'sAlzheimer's drama "Still Alice," starring Julianne Moore and Kristen Stewart, out of the Toronto International Film Festival, where the film screened to acclaim. READ MORE:Julianne Moore and Kristen Stewart Have a Heart-to-Heart in 'Still Alice' ScenePer Deadline, the label plans to the film in time for Oscar season, meaning Moore is all but secured a nomination for her devastating performance as a cognitivepsychologist who's diagnosed with early onsetAlzheimer's.
6 years 19 weeks ago via brucelee
Oscars: Chile Nominates 'To Kill a Man' for Foreign Language Category
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Alejandro Fernandez Almendras' third film will also be submitted for the Goya Awards.
6 years 19 weeks ago via jackiechan
Taiwan submits Ice Poison for Oscars
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Drug drama directed by Midi Z put forward for Best Foreign-Language Award.
6 years 19 weeks ago via brucelee
In the Race for Oscars, Toronto Puts Up a Hurdle
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The Toronto International Film Festival has closed its first four days to any movie that previously played elsewhere, a move that some think will threaten smaller films’ Oscar chances.
6 years 22 weeks ago via jetli
Academy Unveils Oscar Submission Dates
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has unveiled its calendar for submission deadlines. The first deadline is next week, for the sci-tech awards. Otherwise, most of the dates are in the fourth quarter, and roughly parallel the Acad’s schedule in past years. The dates are as follows: Scientific and Technical Awards:
6 years 29 weeks ago via jetli
What Does the Academy's Flurry of Changes Mean for the Oscars?
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has had a busy week. On Wednesday morning, it announced new campaign rules for the 87th Academy Awards. On Thursday, it revealed the names of 271 artists and executives who were being invited to join the Academy. And on Friday, it unveiled changes in the rules for eight different Oscar categories.
6 years 29 weeks ago via jackiechan