OSCARS 2013

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Nathaniel's been slow to post his predictions.

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 February 2013 14:33 (eleven years ago) link

Peters/Sondheim specialty = extra gay

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 February 2013 14:38 (eleven years ago) link

Hollywood Psychics still holding out for Lincoln

http://www.awardsdaily.com/Predictions/main.php

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 February 2013 14:44 (eleven years ago) link

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscar-voters-brutally-honest-ballot-422546

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

“It’s a tough category because everything is mediocre. I’m definitely not voting for The Pirates. I’m not voting for Frankenweenie. Brave was unimpressive. So I guess it’s between ParaNorman and Wreck-It Ralph. So… [At this time he assigned the screen side of his iPhone to the former and the back side of it to the latter, and spun it on his desk.]

Vote: Wreck-It Ralph

turds (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 21 February 2013 15:04 (eleven years ago) link

Nathaniel's been slow to post anything this year.

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 February 2013 15:10 (eleven years ago) link

Huh, between the print edition and the hit-generating slideshow, EW moved away from predicting Lincoln in director and screenplay. (So have I.)

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 February 2013 15:15 (eleven years ago) link

"If there's a contender who has been robbed this year, it's Kushner."

Raise a glass.

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 February 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link

the one i linked is an anonymous director walking through his ballet btw

turds (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 21 February 2013 15:30 (eleven years ago) link

That one's a really funny read, actually.

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 February 2013 15:38 (eleven years ago) link

Though not quite as funny as Snow White's postmort on The Worst Oscar Production Number Ever: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-rob-lowes-snow-white-422225

I remember Bob Mackie said, "Why am I making a Snow White outfit?" I fainted once during a fitting because I hadn't eaten. I woke up, and Bob was going, "Honey, are you all right?" He gave me juice. My dress was bought for $23,000 by someone involved with the production who was buried in it. It was a man. I'm leaving it at that.

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 February 2013 16:00 (eleven years ago) link

Uh-oh.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar winners Russell Crowe, Jennifer Hudson and Catherine Zeta-Jones will perform at the Academy Awards in a tribute to the resurgence of big-screen musicals, organizers said on Wednesday.

The performance, which will also feature Oscar nominees Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman from "Les Miserables," is part of the several musical acts at the annual Hollywood awards on Sunday.

"We are pleased to have been able to amass so much talent to create the celebration of musicals of the last decade that we envisioned," Oscars producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan said in a statement. "We are thrilled that so many talented actors have agreed to bring our vision to life."

Musicals have had a revival over the past decade in Hollywood. Death row drama "Chicago" won six Academy Awards in 2003, including top prize Best Picture, and girl-group drama "Dreamgirls" scored two Oscars in 2007 while television's "Glee" has won six Emmy awards since 2010.

R&B singer Hudson won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2007 for her role in "Dreamgirls" and Zeta-Jones won the same award for "Chicago" in 2003.

Crowe, who stars in "Les Mis," won an Oscar for Best Actor in 2001 for his role in the Roman drama "Gladiator."

"Les Mis" scored eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Original Song. "Les Mis" actors Amanda Seyfried, Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit and Samantha Banks will also join the musical tribute.

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 February 2013 16:11 (eleven years ago) link

Crowe to be dubbed by Beyonce.

That voting director is kind of a dick, but

"Michael Haneke just hates human beings, and I happen to be a human being and don’t like being shit on."

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 February 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link

Says the director of Cruising (according to speculation).

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 February 2013 16:17 (eleven years ago) link

the resurgence of big-screen musicals
the resurgence of big-screen musicals
the resurgence of big-screen musicals
the resurgence of big-screen musicals
the resurgence of big-screen musicals
the resurgence of big-screen musicals

abanana, Thursday, 21 February 2013 17:41 (eleven years ago) link

I love how it describes Zeta Jones and Hudson getting supporting gongs for musical performances...and then old Rusty with his Oscar for Gladiator. *record scratch*

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 21 February 2013 17:54 (eleven years ago) link

srsly, musicals went away for all of 8 or 9 years

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 February 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago) link

Says the director of Cruising (according to speculation).

― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, February 21, 2013 11:17 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

god, no way. the guy who just made killer joe repeatedly & lazily emphasizing his preference to be 'uplifted'? not in a million years

turds (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 21 February 2013 18:40 (eleven years ago) link

that dude sounds like someone who's par for the course in hollywood/a terrible person

christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 21 February 2013 19:15 (eleven years ago) link

his reasoning for not voting for ang lee because of the ending but in the end plumping for david magee's screenplay makes absolutely no sense whatsoever!

danzig, Thursday, 21 February 2013 19:29 (eleven years ago) link

See? Crazy enough to be the guy who directed Killer Joe.

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 February 2013 19:30 (eleven years ago) link

god, no way. the guy who just made killer joe repeatedly & lazily emphasizing his preference to be 'uplifted'? not in a million years

He dislikes Amour and War Witch because they're depressing, but I didn't interpret that to mean that he always wants uplifting fare. He did say that voters as a whole tend to vote that way when it comes to the foreign-language-film category -- as a way, I guess, of defending his own vote for Kon-Tiki. But he also voted for Zero Dark Thirty as Best Pic and seems to have loved The Master.

jaymc, Thursday, 21 February 2013 19:31 (eleven years ago) link

He did say that voters as a whole tend to vote that way when it comes to the foreign-language-film category -- as a way, I guess, of defending his own vote for Kon-Tiki.

he said p much the same thing about searching for sugarman too

friedkin's denied it on his twitter anyway, and im willing to take him at face value

https://twitter.com/WilliamFriedkin/status/304630336183226368

turds (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 21 February 2013 19:46 (eleven years ago) link

yeah, Sugarman 'made me feel like a million bucks' sounds more like, I dunno, the guy who directed Chicago.

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 February 2013 20:01 (eleven years ago) link

at least he didn't call ZDT "magnanimous" though

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 February 2013 20:03 (eleven years ago) link

Team America should have been nominated.

Ulna (Nicole), Thursday, 21 February 2013 21:54 (eleven years ago) link

Carpetbagger predictions. I am appalled that De Niro is a front runner.

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 February 2013 12:13 (eleven years ago) link

where ya been? Lincoln backlash.

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 February 2013 12:23 (eleven years ago) link

wd love to read DDL's in-character text messages

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 February 2013 12:33 (eleven years ago) link

Sort of "fun" that at least 3 of the top 8 still have 3 viable contenders, and another is a total toss-up. Sucks that Lincoln will lose in almost all of those.

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Friday, 22 February 2013 12:45 (eleven years ago) link

If ever we needed a mulligan at HND.

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Friday, 22 February 2013 12:46 (eleven years ago) link

I root for films I like to lose at this point. A greater honor.

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 February 2013 12:50 (eleven years ago) link

A strategy so fulfilling you've adapted it for everything else in life.

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Friday, 22 February 2013 13:32 (eleven years ago) link

Nate Silver runs the numbers. LOL at the pitiful weighting in the directors' category:

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/oscar-predictions-election-style/

"it’s going to be blind luck if we get this one right: you can’t claim to have a data-driven prediction when you don’t have any data."

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Friday, 22 February 2013 14:42 (eleven years ago) link

Of course, Silver admits his method just doesn't work in this field. Case in point:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/02/22/movies/22fivethirtyeight-oscar-charts/22fivethirtyeight-oscar-charts-custom6.png

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Friday, 22 February 2013 14:45 (eleven years ago) link

my only stake in this is hoping waltz doesnt win. that should be sam jackson's nomination

turds (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 22 February 2013 14:50 (eleven years ago) link

The other four should be Matthew McConaughey's.

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Friday, 22 February 2013 15:29 (eleven years ago) link

Bruce Willis as Capt Sharp, imho

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 February 2013 21:48 (eleven years ago) link

it's SUCH a relief to dislike something more than you.

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 February 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link

you could make a long list and you know it

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 February 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link

(as could Zero Dark Grumpyclimber)

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 February 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link

have no problem with the Willis performance, ESPECIALLY in this group.

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 February 2013 21:57 (eleven years ago) link

jaymc, has an acting category ever before consisted entirely of past winners?

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 February 2013 22:05 (eleven years ago) link

pretty sure this is the first time -- in a supporting category at least

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 February 2013 22:27 (eleven years ago) link

Yeah, first time in any category AFAIK.

jaymc, Saturday, 23 February 2013 00:04 (eleven years ago) link

Filled out the office Oscar pool earlier today. Interestingly, my picks are identical to Nathaniel's (with the exception of the shorts, which we don't do):
http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2013/2/22/final-oscar-predictions.html

jaymc, Saturday, 23 February 2013 00:06 (eleven years ago) link

no Bond film has ever won Best Song, THAT's weird.

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 23 February 2013 01:42 (eleven years ago) link

More than most years I'm appalled by the predictions. As in, I can't fathom De Niro and Argo as frontrunners

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 February 2013 02:15 (eleven years ago) link

I still think TLJ will win. But De Niro does have two things going for him: 1) He's taken an unusually active role in Harvey's campaign for him, and 2) In a category of former Oscar winners, he's gone the longest time without one.

jaymc, Saturday, 23 February 2013 02:31 (eleven years ago) link


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