Oscar 2008: Daniel Day-Lewis, Tilda Swinton, Marion Cotillard

Daniel Day-Lewis, Tilda Swinton, Marion Cotillard, Javier Bardem

Christopher Rouse – Best Film Editing Oscar winner

Jan Archibald, Didier Lavergne – Best Makeup Oscar winners
Photos: Matt Petit / © A.M.P.A.S.
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by Andre Soares | February 26, 2008   
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Oscar 2008: George Clooney, Marion Cotillard, Javier Bardem

Marion Cotillard

Javier Bardem, George Clooney

Christopher Rouse, Per Hallberg
Photos: Todd Wawrychuk / © A.M.P.A.S. (Bardem & Clooney); Richard Harbaugh / © A.M.P.A.S. (Cotillard, Rouse)

by Andre Soares | February 25, 2008   
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Oscar Ceremony 2008

It’s not over until the fat lady sings. Since Amy Adams is anything but fat, that meant another three hours of Oscar give-aways after her rendition of "Happy Working Song" from Enchanted.

Nearly four hours into the Oscarcast 2008…
And it’s finally over. No Country for Old Men has been voted the best film of 2007.
I must admit that I didn’t really watch the ceremony, except to listen to the announcements of the year’s Oscar winners. For about two seconds, I did, however, check out Amy Adams singing a ditty from Enchanted — I just wanted to take a look at her, who, in my view, should have been one of this year’s five best actress nominees.
And I did watch Jon [...]

by Andre Soares | February 25, 2008   
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Oscar 2008: Best Screenplay, Cinematography, Music

Ethan Coen, Josh Brolin, Joel Coen, James McAvoy

Oscar 2008: Best Picture, Actor, Actress
Best adapted screenplay
Atonement (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
Away from Her (Lionsgate)
Written by Sarah Polley
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax/Pathé Renn)
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
* No Country for Old Men (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Best original screenplay
* Juno (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Diablo Cody
Lars and the Real Girl (MGM)
Written by Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)
Written by Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille (Walt Disney)
Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
The Savages (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Tamara Jenkins

Best cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner [...]

by Andre Soares | February 24, 2008   
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Oscar 2008: Film Editors and Art Directors Seminars at the American Cinematheque

Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men (top); Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (bottom)

A couple of American Cinematheque events at the Egyptian Theatre at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles:
The American Cinema Editors‘ seminar "Invisible Art, Visible Artists" will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 23. The scheduled participants are the 2008 Oscar nominees:

Christopher Rouse, The Bourne Ultimatum
Juliette Welfling, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jay Cassidy, Into the Wild
"Roderick Jaynes" (Joel and Ethan Coen), No Country for Old Men
Dylan Tichenor, There Will Be Blood

Saoirse Ronan, James McAvoy in Atonement (top); Jayne Wisener in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (bottom)

The Art Directors [...]

by Andre Soares | January 26, 2008   
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