Kevin O'Connell Articles

Oscar Ceremony 2008: Part I The biggest surprise at the Oscar 2008 ceremony was Javier Bardem's best supporting actor Oscar win for No Country for Old Men. Joke! (Bardem, shown above next to Jack Nicholson, is not applauding himself.) The second biggest surprise was Marion Cotillard's win. I was expecting Julie Christie. In fact, I wanted Julie Christie, though Cotillard (right) was surely just as [...]

Transformers by Michael Bay (Paramount) "The Art of Sound," an evening celebrating the 2007 Sound Editing and Sound Mixing Oscar nominees and winners, will be presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Saturday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. "The Art of Sound" will be moderated by Academy Sound Branch governor and 20-time Oscar [...]

Best Art Direction Atonement, Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer All of this year's nominees are period pieces, but Atonement is the only one with the "classical European" look that Academy-ites most appreciate. By the way, the last film with a contemporary setting that won the best art direction Academy Award was the 1979 musical All That Jazz.   Best Costume Design Atonement, [...]