PGA, Spirits And SAG Awards Spark Final Oscar Voting Weekend
If staging the SAG Awards, the PGA Awards, and the Film Independent Spirit Awards within 48 hours of each other was meant to influence Oscar voting in any way and not just some coincidence (cough), well, it may have worked.…
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Oppenheimer, Succession, And The Bear Top 2024 PGA Awards
After an eventful Spirit Awards, the industry’s attention shifted to Hollywood and the Ray Dolby Ballroom where the 2024 PGA Awards were handed out. The big winner, obviously, was Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” which took Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Poctures.…
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‘Past Lives’ Wins Best Feature At 2024 Spirit Awards
The most fun awards show of all returned to the giant tent on Santa Monica Beach as the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards crowned “Past Lives” as Best Feature, and Celine Song won Best Director. Hosted by Aidy Bryant, the…
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Oppenheimer Dominates The 2024 SAG Awards Winners
We’ve had the BAFTAs and the DGAs, but this weekend is a triple crown of awards shows. Tomorrow, the Independent Spirit Awards and the PGA Awards will hand out trophies back to back, but today? Today is for SAG, aka…
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How A Global Effort Brought The Oscar-Nominated Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Visual Effects To Life
It takes more than a village to make a movie. It often takes a global network of visual effects artists working alongside the on-set actors, crew, and filmmakers. Especially if you’re attempting to pull off something as heartbreaking and realistic…
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Poor Things, Barbie And Ahsoka Top 2024 Costume Designer Guild Awards
The race for the Costume Design Academy Award is still up in the air, but no matter what happens, Holly Waddington and Jacqueline Duran will always have their 2024 Costume Designer Awards wins. The pair took Excellence in Period Film…
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Jason Reitman, Christopher Nolan, Chloé Zhao, And 33 Other Filmmakers Save LA’s Historic Westwood Village Theater
In perhaps one of the best feel-good stories in Hollywood this year, a coalition of 36 filmmakers have invested in a coalition to save Los Angeles’ fabled Westwood Village Theater. Organized by Jason Reitman, the group will book first-run features…
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‘We were putting on the parachute as we fell’
There is a very competitive race in the Visual Effects Oscar category this year. There’s the old standby (“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”), the head-scratcher (“Napoleon”), the iconic monster (“Godzilla Minus One”), the space-faring super-hero team (“Guardians of…
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Picard Earn 2024 WGA Awards Nominations
Can you even hear a guild awards ceremony if it occurs after the Academy Awards? Thanks to the WGA strike, we’re about to find out. The nominees were announced this morning for the 2024 WGA Awards which will take place…
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Part Two Is The First Major Best Picture Player Of 2025
As always, the 2024 Sundance Film Festival gave us several likely Oscar nominees. Keiran Culkin for “A Real Pain,” documentaries “Union” or “Daughters“,” and, potentially, Sebastian Stan for “A Different Man.” But there was no Best Picture player in the…
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J.A. Bayona Reflects On Young People Embracing The Netflix Blockbuster Society of the Snow
J.A. Bayona and his producing partners spent years attempting to finance “Society of the Snow.” Despite his track record, no one, no studio, no production company from his native Spain wanted to back it. And, the story of the 45…
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Maestro, Saltburn, And Dancing With The Stars Top 2024 Make-Up Artists and Hairstylists Guild Awards
“Poor Things” may have taken home the BAFTA or Makeup and Hair on Sunday morning Los Angeles time, but “Maestro” showed its awards season strength later that evening at the 2024 Make-Up Artists and Hairstylists Guild Awards. The Bradley Cooper…
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