Steven Spielberg Articles

Jim Taylor, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg Jim Taylor, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscar Nominees Luncheon, which took place in Beverly Hills on Monday, February 6, 2012. The above photo sort of looks like prayer time at the Luncheon. If so, Taylor is thankful for The Descendants‘ Best Picture nomination. (Taylor is one of the film’s [...]

Jeremy Irvine in Steven Spielberg’s War Horse Following a series of disappointments this awards season, Steven Spielberg has finally had his two 2011 releases come out on top — at the Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards earlier this evening. War Horse won the Golden Reel for sound editing: sound effects and foley in a feature film, while The Adventures of Tintin won for [...]

Steven Spielberg, Jean Dujardin, Michel Hazanavicius, Ludovic Bource Steven Spielberg, Jean Dujardin, Michel Hazanavicius, and Ludovic Bource at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscar Nominees Luncheon, which took place in Beverly Hills on Monday, February 6, 2012. Spielberg has been shortlisted as one of the producers (Kathleen Kennedy is the other one) of Best Picture nominee War Horse. Dujardin is a Best [...]

Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love The early 2003 Robert Wise/Martin Scorsese/Gangs of New York Oscar campaign scandal wasn’t the first time that Miramax and its big boss, Harvey Weinstein, were accused of aggressive Oscar campaigning. Following the unexpected 1999 Best Picture win of Miramax’s John Madden-directed romantic comedy Shakespeare in Love over DreamWorks’ Steven Spielberg-directed World War II drama Saving Private Ryan, New [...]