variety.com – 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... 5 years 42 weeks ago via jackiechan

variety.com – 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... 5 years 45 weeks ago via jackiechan

fb.indiewire.com – 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. 5 years 47 weeks ago via brucelee

screendaily.com – Drug drama directed by Midi Z put forward for Best Foreign-Language Award. 5 years 47 weeks ago via brucelee

variety.com – 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 5 weeks ago via jetli