Oscar Ceremony 2008 Articles

According to Oscar savants, experts, and know-it-alls everywhere, one TV-ratings point was lost per unfunny repartee at the 2008 Oscarcast. If so, the one between Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway was both long and unfunny enough to lose the show about 2 million viewers. Blame it on the dark-themed films, the (relatively speaking) little-known nominees (in the US), the — until just a week ago [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Bill Westenhofer, Michael Fink, Trevor Wood, Ben Morris Oscar 2008: Best Screenplay, Cinematography, Music Best visual effects * The Golden Compass (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners) Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Walt Disney) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier Transformers (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) Scott [...]