What's Next for the Academy Award Winners?
The 84th Annual Academy Awards have wrapped, officially concluding the 2011 movie year. (Yes, I’m aware that we’re already two full months into 2012, but the Academy moves slower than we’d prefer.) As expected, The Artist -- Michel Hazanavicius’ ode to Hollywood’s Golden Age -- took home the evening’s top honors, claiming best picture, director and actor for the effervescent Jean Dujardin. The remaining acting trophies were divided up between the legendary Meryl... More
Which Weinstein Co. Movie Will Win Next Year's Best Picture Oscar?
Congratulations, The Artist! The black-and-white, predominantly silent ode to Hollywood’s Golden Age made good on a season-long promise by taking home the Oscar for Best Picture at last night’s Academy Awards. A tip of the hat goes to Best Supporting Actress nominee Berenice Bejo, Best Actor winner Jean Dujardin, Best Director winner Michel Hazanavicius … and, of course, to producer Harvey Weinstein, the consummate Oscar strategist. How good is Weinstein? During his nearly... More
Backstage at the Oscars: Golden Statue Winners Thank Their Lucky Stars
Beaming and thankful for receiving the highest honor in the film industry, a parade of Oscar winners slowly made their way backstage. Greeted by over 300 media members, each star took to the podium with statue in hand to answer the age old question, “how are you feeling?” Here are a few highlights. The Help’s Octavia Spencer scored the first major award of the night for best supporting actress. Spencer, who played a servant during the 1960s in Mississippi at the height of racial... More
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Not everyone has the time or patience to watch all 12 hours of Oscar programming. If you were one of those people who tuned in right as the ceremony was starting and skipped every commercial break to check in on the NBA All-Star game score, then you most likely missed some of Oscar's other best moments, most notably Sacha Baron Cohen's appearance as his Dictator character (which almost didn't happen until it randomly happened for reasons we're quite unsure of), as well... More
Watch: All the Best Moments from the 2012 Academy Awards
In case you missed any of the big highlights from last night's Academy Awards ceremony, we're here to make your life easier. Check out a collection of our favorite moments below, and be sure to let us know what this year's show got right and wrong, in your expert, Oscar-obsessive opinion. More: Here's a list of all the 2012 Academy Award winners More: Here's our ultra hip red carpet gallery More: Here's our hilarious Oscars live-blog Billy Crystal's... More
'Hugo' Dominates Early but 'The Artist' Claims Best Picture Oscar
And so we've come to the end of Awards season. The 84th annual Academy Awards were handed out tonight and while Hugo dominated much of the technical categories, The Artist laid claim to the major awards of best picture, directing and best actor (Jean Dujardin). Hugo started off the night with five wins and it seemed like the Martin Scorsese family film was well on its way to scoop up some major awards. But in the end, the momentum built up by Michael Hazanavicius' silent film was too much to overcome. A... More
We've listed the 2012 Academy Award nominees below, with the winners highlighted in gold. Please keep refreshing this list as we'll be updating it in real time throughout the Oscar ceremony. The 2012 Academy Award Winners Best Picture THE ARTIST THE DESCENDANTS EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE THE HELP HUGO MIDNIGHT IN PARIS MONEYBALL THE TREE OF LIFE WAR HORSE Directing THE ARTIST – Michel Hazanavicius THE DESCENDANTS... More
Our 2012 Academy Awards Live-Blog
Welcome to our 2012 Academy Awards liveblog! We're liveblogging this year's awards show all night long, courtesy of our Fiction vs. Reality columnist Joe Piccirillo. Join Joe in the discussion below, with his oldest comments at the bottom and his newest near the top. Here's an updated list of this year's award winners in real time Check out our red carpet gallery 11:39PM: Well, that's it. Thanks to all one (1) of you for reading along with me and my silent... More
'The Artist' Leads the Way at Spirit Awards, Adam Sandler Sets New Razzie Award Nominations Record
The Artist continues its awards run which culminates at tonight's Academy Awards. The black and white silent movie took home four awards at last night's Independent Spirit Awards, including best feature and best director. Acting awards went to Jean Dujardin (The Artist), Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn), Christopher Plummer (Beginners) and Shailene Woodley (The Descendents). Dujardin and Plummer are heavy favorites in their respective categories for tonight's Academy Awards. Williams'... More
