Best Short Story “The Seventh,” by Darwyn Cooke, in Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition (IDW) Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) Daredevil #7, by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel) Best Continuing Series Daredevil, by Mark Waid, Marcos Martin, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel) Best Limited Series Criminal: The Last of the Innocent, by …
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Bring a blanket and escape to the movies under the stars this Summer! Oscars Outdoors is a summer screening series at the Academy’s new open-air theater, located on the Academy Hollywood campus. Food Trucks provided by Roaming Hunger. Trucks will vary each night and will be tailored to the movie showing whenever possible. Trucks are …
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Featuring author Susan Orlean, animal trainers Sarah Clifford and Omar von Muller and a screening of “Clash of the Wolves” (1925) starring Rin Tin Tin, with live musical accompaniment by Michael Mortilla. “Man’s Best Friend” has gotten a wonderful publicity boost from the movies. Canine cinema mythology has enhanced human appreciation of a dog’s loyalty, heroism, humor and intelligence from the earliest days …
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About 37 million people tuned in to the Academy Awards last year, and a great deal rides on the show’s outcome…Yet the roster of all 5,765 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a closely guarded secret. The organization does not publish a membership list. A Los Angeles Times study …
About 37 million people tuned in to the Academy Awards last year, and a great deal rides on the show’s outcome…Yet the roster of all 5,765 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a closely guarded secret. The organization does not publish a membership list. A Los Angeles Times study …
19 Nominations for actors playing kings and queens of England $325,000 – Cost of It Happened One Night (Best Picture, 1935) $237 million – Cost of Avatar (Best Picture nomination, 2010—it lost) 23 – Best Picture nominees in which Bess Flowers appeared, the most of any actor (and she was an extra in all 23 …
Now that the Super Bowl is over our next big entertainment event is the 84th Academy Awards on February 26th. Which means we have 17 movies to catch up on. Below are the movies and their nominations. If you’re really a movie buff you can also check out the other awards shows leading up …
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I’m proud to say that my good friend, over at Cr8impact, is also good friends with “Nick Corirossi and Charles Ingram, at Funny Or Die, who wrote and directed the new Oscars Trailer featuring Billy Crystal and Robin Williams! I’m only two degrees of Kevin Bacon/separation away from all this! That’s Robin Williams as …
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There really are a lot of awards… December 2011 Dec 15 – Golden Globe Nominations January 2012 Jan 5 – Writers Guild of America (WGA) Nominations Jan 12 – Critics Choice Awards Jan 15 – Golden Globe Awards Jan 17 – BAFTA Nominations (British Oscars) Jan 21 – Producers Guild Awards Jan 23 …
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