Luhrmann’s next film, Roberts and Streep in AUGUST, Fuller takes on THE MUNSTERS, more – News Links
Baz Luhrmann‘s next project my not be The Great Gatsby after all. The director told MTV News that he’s also working to get a musical based in New York City to the big screen. (MTV) John Wells’ adaptation of the Pulitzer and Tony-winning play August: Osage County has piqued the interest of two powerhouse performers: Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep. (Deadline) Because anything Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller does will be spectacular, you can actually get excited about NBC’s The Munsters remake. (EW) Ryan Gosling is in talks to fill the lead role vacated by Leo DiCaprio in George Clooney’s Farragut North. (THR) Richard Linklater’s Bernie just got hotter. Matthew McConaughey will join Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine in the upcoming dark comedy. (THR)...
Read More12 Hours of Oscar: Meryl Streep’s Nomination
12 Hours of Oscar: 2010 Academy Awards trivia every hour until the show starts. Meryl Streep is already the most nominated actor in Oscar history with 16 combined leading and supporting nominations. Even if she doesn’t win for Julie & Julia, the nomination alone give her another Oscar record. Streep has surpassed Katherine Hepburn as the actor with the most leading role nods in Oscar history. Streep now has 13. The great Kate, only 12. (via FilmSite.org) Full list of Oscar...
Read MoreGelling – The 2010 Oscar Race
Prior to this weekend, the race for Best Picture was down to four films. After the Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards, it may only be down to two. Avatar took home both Best Director and Best Motion Picture – Drama at the Globes tonight. On Friday, The Hurt Locker took Picture and Director. Sure, we say these are just critics groups. They don’t vote for Oscar. But the two awards shows have given Avatar and The Hurt Locker the momentum, very public momentum, that’s necessary to win. The Director’s Guild of America announces its pick on Jan. 30. That group has a startlingly accurate track record when it comes to predicting the Best Picture winner, especially in the last decade. (Their love for Ang Lee, times two, being the only exceptions.) If the DGA award goes to Avatar...
Read More67th Annual Golden Globes: The Winners – AVATAR takes Drama Picture, Director
After the Critics’ Choice Awards and the Globes, it looks like the Best Picture race is down to Avatar and The Hurt Locker. Here are tonight’s Golden Globe winners. Motion Picture winners… Best Motion Picture, Drama – AVATAR Best Motion Picture, Comedy/Musical – The Hangover Best Director – James Cameron, Avatar Best Actress, Drama – Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Best Actor, Drama – Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart Best Actress, Comedy/Musical — Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia Best Actor, Comedy/Musical – Robert Downey, Jr., Sherlock Holmes Best Supporting Actress — Mo’Nique, Precious Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Best Foreign Language Film – The White Ribbon Best Animated Feature — Up Best Screenplay – Up in the Air Best Original Score — Michael Giacchino, Up Best Original Song — “The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart Not Motion Picture...
Read MoreBFCA 2010 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards winners – AVATAR takes 6, Picture & Director for HURT LOCKER
There was only one instance in the past 10 years when the BFCA’s Critics’ Choice Awards Best Picture winner didn’t go home with the Best Picture trophy at the Oscars. That was in 2004 when Sideways beat the eventual Best Picture Oscar winner Million Dollar Baby. Now that The Hurt Locker has won the Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Picture, do we finally have a frontrunner for the Best Picture Oscar? Or is this another critics’ darling that won the award during a foggy season? We’re all pretty certain that Kathryn Bigelow is going to walk away with the Best Director Oscar already. Best Picture may not be that far out of reach. Full list of winners after the jump… BEST PICTURE The Hurt Locker BEST ACTOR Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart BEST ACTRESS Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia...
Read MoreAn Oscar Education – Predictions Updated
A funny thing happened when I finally saw An Education. I realized that the film, with some of the strongest female characters your likely to see on film this or any year, was going to be a hard sell to the Academy. Carey Mulligan’s role doesn’t fit the mold that Oscar has developed: either deglam or play a famous female figure. If you do both (see: Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose) you get the gold. If you do neither, well, you’re Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada. At least that’s how it used to be. When I wrote my first Oscar post of the season, I mentioned that this year we could finally see a female director win the Best Director statue. I was talking about The Hurt Locker‘s Kathryn Bigelow, who I have since removed...
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