12 Hours of Oscar: Will Waltz be Tarantino’s first?
12 Hours of Oscar: 2010 Academy Awards trivia every hour until the show starts. Tarantino gives many actors new leases on life. And while he’s directed five to Oscar nominations, including John Travolta (Pulp Fiction), Robert Forster (Jackie Brown), and this year, Christoph Waltz(Inglourious Bastereds), he’s never seen one win. If Waltz takes home the Best Supporting Actor trophy, his will be the first Tarantino-directed performance to ever win an Oscar. Full list of Oscar...
Read More12 Hours of Oscar: PRECIOUS moment
12 Hours of Oscar: 2010 Academy Awards trivia every hour until the show starts. Lee Daniels is only the second African-American to get on Oscar nomination for Best Director. (John Singleton was the first for Boys N the Hood.) But Daniels also broke down another barrier this year. His film, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, is the first movie directed by an African-American to earn a Best Picture nomination. Full list of Oscar...
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 More12 Hours of Oscar: James Cameron’s 23
12 Hours of Oscar: 2010 Academy Awards trivia every hour until the show starts. James Cameron truly is king of the world. Not only did his film Avatar become the highest-grossing picture of all time, but it earned Cameron’s place in Oscar history, too. Cameron is the only director to have back-to-back narrative features earn a total of 23 nominations. (That’s 14 for Titanic and 9 for Avatar.) (via FilmSite.org) Full list of Oscar...
Read More12 Hours of Oscar: A Razzie and an Oscar?
12 Hours of Oscar: 2010 Academy Awards trivia every hour until the show starts. It looks like Sandra Bullock is heading for an Oscar win tonight. If she does take home the Academy Award for Best Actress, Bullock win have the unflattering honor of being the only actor to win an Oscar and a Razzie in the same year. That’s right, this year’s Best Actress would also be the Worst Actress after Bullock won (and accepted!) the Razzie for her starring role in All About Steve. Bullock and co-star Bradley Cooper also took home the Razzie for Worst On-Screen Couple. (via NBCLA) Full list of Oscar Predictions...
Read MoreSavage Chicken’s Oscar Night Drinking Game 2010
If Oscar night is my Superbowl, then imbibing like I’m at a tailgate party is proper way to celebrate. Enter Savage Chicken. The cartoon blog posted the definitive Post-It Note guide to Oscar drinking. While I don’t think I’ll be able to go to work after six Jägerbombs, I’m happy to drink a White Russian in honor of the Dude. Check out the full comic here. Thanks to @CathSmithDotCom for passing this...
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