Cat Stevens, Winona Ryder, Seth Rogen at Hal Ashby Tribute

The Academy of Motion pictures Arts and Sciences presented "An Academy Salute to Hal Ashby," on Thursday, June 25, 2009. Pictured above are (left to right): Peter Bart of Variety, Cameron Crowe, Judd Apatow, Diablo Cody, Seth Rogen, Jon Voight, Haskell Wexler, and the former Cat Stevens, now Yusuf Islam.
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Seth Rogen

Winona Ryder, Diablo Cody

Cameron Crowe, Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens, Judd Apatow

Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens

by Deborah Arthur | July 23, 2009   
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Oscar 2008: Daniel Day-Lewis, Dario Marianelli, Diablo Cody

Daniel Day-Lewis – best actor winner

Dario Marianelli – Best Original Score Oscar winner

Diablo Cody – best original screenplay winner

Trevor Wood, Ben Morris, Bill Westenhofer, Michael Fink – best visual effects winners
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by Andre Soares | February 26, 2008   
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Oscar 2008 Predictions: Best Director, Screenplay

Richard Foreman / Miramax Films
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
By now the Coen brothers are veterans; they’ve been around for more than two decades and neither one has ever won a best director Oscar. Joel Coen was nominated in 1996 for Fargo, but lost to Anthony Minghella for The English Patient. (Until The Ladykillers in 2004, in which they were billed as directors, producers [along with a few other names], writers, and editors [as "Roderick Jaynes"], the Coen brothers shared credit for their films by naming Joel the director and Ethan the producer.)
It’s the Coens’ turn now — and they’ve won this year’s DGA Award, the first pair to do so since Robert Wise and [...]

by Andre Soares | January 29, 2008   
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Oscar 2008 Predictions: Best Screenplay, Animated Feature

Elle Page, Michael Cera in Juno

Oscar 2008 Predictions: Acting Categories
Best Original Screenplay:

Diablo Cody, Juno
Kelly Masterson, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Brad Bird, Ratatouille
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton

Possibly: Steven Zaillian, American Gangster (though actually "inspired" by a magazine article)
 

Mathieu Amalric, Marie-Joseé Croze in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Adapted Screenplay:

Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Possibly: Sarah Polley, [...]

by Andre Soares | January 3, 2008   
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Detroit Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
2007 Detroit Film Critics Society award nominations: December 14, 2007
2007 Detroit Film Critics Society award winners: December 19, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
 

Best Film
* No Country for Old Men
Juno
Into the Wild
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
There Will Be Blood
Best Director
* Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Sean Penn, Into the Wild
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd
Jason Reitman, Juno
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
* George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Mathieu Amalric, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Actress
* Ellen Page, Juno
Julie Christie, Away [...]

by Andre Soares | December 19, 2007   
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