The Academy has instituted Best Picture hiring and representation ‘Oscar Diversity’ quota requirements whose goals and potential effectiveness are debatable.
The Artist (2011)
-
Uggie: The Artist dog star and inveterate scene-stealer. Uggie, ‘The Artist’ scene-stealing dog star, has died The biggest non-human movie star of the 21st century, Uggie, whose scene-stealing cuteness helped…
-
Harvey Weinstein “entourage” apparently includes the current French president. The Legion d’Honneur Chevalier was nominated by none other than Nicolas Sarkozy, whose behind-the-scenes support for the powerhouse Hollywood producer and…
-
Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche: ‘The Players’ posters and 9/11 joke removed. World Trade Center 9/11 joke removed from Jean Dujardin sex comedy ‘The Players’ “Jean Dujardin, already Oscared, can…
-
‘The Artist’: Best Picture winner makes history. Best Picture winner ‘The Artist’: Two ‘First Times’ in Oscar history Pictured above are several cast members of Best Picture winner The Artist…
-
Jean Dujardin, Uggie the Dog in Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist It’s awards season. Your movie has been winning tons of trophies on two continents. What to do? After arriving in…
-
Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo in The Artist Jean Dujardin can’t win ’em all. For his (in my humble opinion brilliant) performance as a fading silent film star in Michel…
-
Meryl Streep Oscar Ad Controversy “It’s been TWENTY-NINE YEARS SINCE MERYL STREEP WON AN OSCAR. And she certainly deserves to win for her performance in The Iron Lady,” reads a…
-
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture * The Help – Jessica Chastain. Viola Davis. Bryce Dallas Howard. Allison Janney. Chris Lowell. Ahna O’Reilly.…
-
Amber Heard: SAG Awards. Zombieland actress Amber Heard: SAG Awards Actress Amber Heard, whose credits include Zombieland, Patrick Lussier’s Nicolas Cage action flick Drive Angry, and the Johnny Depp box…
-
Michel Hazanavicius and wife Bérénice Bejo: Making Golden Globes history. Michel Hazanavicius and wife Bérénice Bejo: ‘The Artist’ achieves unique Golden Globes feat Michel Hazanavicius and wife Bérénice Bejo accept…
-
The Artist‘s Michel Hazanavicius is the only first-timer among the five nominated directors for the 2012 Directors Guild of America Awards. Hazanavicius’ competition consists of Woody Allen for Midnight in…
-
Michelle Williams, Luke Kirby, Take This Waltz With four nominations, Michel Hazanavicius’ silent comedy-drama The Artist is the top nominee in the international categories of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle’s…
-
Tabloid with Joyce McKinney. The Detroit Film Critics Society’s surprising Best Documentary pick, Errol Morris’ Tabloid, offers a glimpse into “The Case of the Manacled Mormon” a.k.a. “The Mormon Sex…
-
The Descendants with George Clooney and Shailene Woodley. Since the late 1990s, Alexander Payne has been hopping around the United States, making movies about white, presumably heterosexual, middle-aged (or middle-ageish)…
-
Thanksgiving Families for All Tastes: Some Much More Popular Than Others as unorthodox clan easily beats competition including Martin Scorsese flop.
-
Melancholia with Kirsten Dunst. The European Film Academy (EFA) Awards’ Best Film winner, Melancholia tells the story of two sisters (Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg) as one of them is about…
-
Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady with Anthony Head. The most curious thing about Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist winning the New York Film Critics Circle’s Best Film and Best Director…
-
John Travolta & wife Kelly Preston: Governors Awards Red Carpet. John Travolta & wife Kelly Preston: Governors Awards John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston are seen arriving at the 2011…
Jean Dujardin. Jean Dujardin made film-award history after he won the 2012 Best Actor Academy Award for his performance as a fading silent film matinee idol in Michel Hazanavicius’ The…
The Artist with Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC) * The Descendants Kevin Tent, A.C.E. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk…
Jeremy Irvine Jeremy Irvine, the star (along with the titular character) of Steven Spielberg’s World War I drama War Horse, arrives at the 2012 London Film Critics Awards. Irvine was…
I Saw the Devil with Lee Byung-hun. Released in August 2010 in South Korea, Kim Jee-woon’s psychological action thriller I Saw the Devil stars Blue Dragon Award nominee Lee Byung-hun…
Best Cast winner Bridesmaids with Rose Byrne, Kristen Wiig, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, and Wendi McLendon-Covey. Early this awards season, two female-centered hit movies topped the Best Cast…