Studios big and small strategize for next go-around
March 8, 2008
On Monday, barely a week after the Coen brothers won three Oscars, Focus Features made an announcement: The brothers’ next movie will be released in early September. While the comedy about mistaken identity and the CIA is not perceived as a heavy awards play, the timing of the release showed the scrutiny specialty divisions are giving the fall.
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March 1, 2008
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The Oscars in 60 Seconds
February 25, 2008
Oscars Flop…
February 25, 2008
“The Oscars are a ratings dud. Nielsen Media Research says preliminary ratings for the 80th annual Academy Awards telecast are 14 percent lower than the least-watched ceremony ever. ”
Via AP
The International Oscars
February 25, 2008
“”There Will Be Blood’s” best actor Daniel Day-Lewis lives in Ireland, while “La Vie en Rose” surprise best actress winner Marion Cotillard makes her home in Paris. Spain’s Javier Bardem was named best supporting actor for “No Country for Old Men,” and Scotland’s Tilda Swinton won best supporting actress for “Michael Clayton.” Many of the evening’s lower-profile awards — for art direction, makeup, costume design and animated short among them — went to non-American filmmakers and designers.”
Via LAtimes
Deep throat it, Diablo!
February 25, 2008
Asked whether she thought the writers strike affected the Oscarcast, original screenplay winner Cody said “Tonight’s show, I’m not sure I saw it. I was into my own world of anxiety and stomach pain,”
The “Juno” scribe corrected descriptions of her former job as “exotic dancer.”
“I was not a dancer. I can’t dance,” she said, which leaves “stripper” as the correct job description. “If I had the money, I would pay off people in the journalism world to not mention it again,” she joked, adding that if her own life story were made into a script, she would have to write it. “It would be a silly movie because nobody would believe it.”
As for other artists out there working at strange odd jobs, she said “To me those are the greatest artists in the world, because they’re doing art for art’s sake.”
There WILL be Blood: No Country for Old Men Best Picture of the Year….
February 25, 2008
And Coen Brother best directors…
Best Oscars in years.
Oscar night is here
February 24, 2008
Live bloggin at: AICN, Defamer, Nikki Finkle
Clooney the Greek: His Oscar Pool Picks
February 22, 2008
“”Our film is the best it can be in that genre. But there’s a ceiling on that genre,” says Clooney. “I thought Daniel Day Lewis had the best performance of the year. Then I saw La Vie En Rose. Marion Cotillard does an old person trying to be young, instead of what everyone does — a young person trying to be old. It’s a stunning performance. But there is no way Daniel Day Lewis won’t win.”"
Via Time
There Will Be Advertising Blood
February 21, 2008
“However, a competition among niche films often translates into lower ratings because there’s less chance the average viewer saw the movie. With the exception of “Juno,” none of the five films nominated for best picture - “Atonement,” “No Country for Old Men,” “Michael Clayton” and “There Will Be Blood” - pulled in more than $100 million at the box office.”
What?! The Oscars are this weekend? Who knew?
February 18, 2008
“This Sunday, the world’s top film awards get under way with a full array of stars such as George Clooney and Cate Blanchett parading up the red carpet outside the Kodak Theatre where Academy Award nominees hope to be named best actor or actress. Some 5,800 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will anoint one film as their favorite among nominees that include crime drama “No Country for Old Men” and teen pregnancy comedy “Juno.”"
Via Reuters