"Ghost Rider" sequel oddly tame, Cage seems restrained (Reuters)

February 17th, 2012 - 

Reuters – If ever there was a match seemingly made in neo-grindhouse heaven, it would be a collaboration between directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the guys behind the exhilaratingly all-bets-are-off “Crank” franchise, and actor Nicolas Cage, a man determined to star in as many ludicrous B-movies as possible in a quest to make every single Academy Award voter rue the day they ever gave him an Oscar.

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Filmmaker Douglas Trumbull receives honorary Oscar (AP)

February 12th, 2012 - 

AP – The first Oscars of the year have been presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards, the motion picture academy’s annual celebration of the geeks and gizmos that make movie magic.

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Costume designer Eiko Ishioka has died at 73 (AP)

January 26th, 2012 - 

AP – Eiko Ishioka, a bold, Academy Award-winning visual artist whose surreal and sensual costumes were worn by Broadway actors, Olympic athletes, Cirque du Soleil performers and movie stars like Jennifer Lopez, has died in Tokyo. She was 73.

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Sony, Paramount and Weinstein Co. get Oscar boost (Reuters)

January 24th, 2012 - 

Reuters – Movie studio Sony Pictures Entertainment received 21 Oscar nominations on Tuesday, fending off stiff competition from rival companies Paramount Pictures and The Weinstein Co. for Academy Award nods, which can boost box office and DVD sales.

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Oscar nominations announced for lead actress (AP)

January 24th, 2012 - 

AP – The 84th annual Academy Award nominations for lead actress in a motion picture have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Oscar nominations announced for supporting actor (AP)

January 24th, 2012 - 

AP – The 84th annual Academy Award nominations for supporting actor in a motion picture have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Oscar nominations announced for supporting actress (AP)

January 24th, 2012 - 

AP – The 84th annual Academy Award nominations for supporting actress in a motion picture have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Poland’s Oscar hopeful revives ghosts of Holocaust (Reuters)

January 18th, 2012 - 

Reuters – Polish director Agnieszka Holland will take her third shot at an Academy Award with a dark film that dwells on the ambiguous attitudes of her countrymen towards the Nazi Holocaust.

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‘Potter,’ ‘X-Men,’ ‘Apes’ vie for visual Oscar (AP)

January 4th, 2012 - 

AP – The Academy Award for visual effects is shaping up into a showdown among such heroes as Harry Potter, the X-Men, the Transformers and Captain America.

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Amazon Studios hooks up winning scripts with producers (Reuters)

December 15th, 2011 - 

Reuters – A trio of big name producers Denise Di Novi (“Crazy, Stupid, Love”), Bill Gerber (“Gran Torino”) and Academy Award winner Edward Saxon (“Silence of the Lambs”) have signed on to produce scripts uploaded to Amazon’s site, the company announced on Thursday.

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