Argo, Ang and the Academy Award for Awkward Oscar Host
Benjamin Affleck, we didn’t see your boobs. But now we can safely say that the members of the motion picture academy’s directors branch are in fact boobs for not nominating you– or Kathryn Bigelow. So the 85th Annual Academy Awards will go down in history as one of the few times that the winner of the best picture trophy was passed over for directing the film. Or as host Seth McFarlane put it, the story of...
BAFTA Also Stands for ‘Ben Affleck Film Takes All’
Even the British are in love with a previously classified chapter in American history, the rescue of six Americans during the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979. Yes, Ben Affleck and his “Argo” have just added more trophies to their treasure chest of awards, picking up the BAFTAs for best director and best picture at ceremonies Sunday night in London. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is just the latest of a...
Ben Affleck ‘Auditions’ for Best Director and Wins the DGA Award
It was, of course, Ben Affleck’s night at the 65th Annual DGA Awards, and the newly anointed best director of “Argo” could be forgiven for acting almost like a kid in a candy store – or an actor auditioning for some of the best helmers in the feature film business, which he acknowledged during his acceptance speech. Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, Kathryn Bigelow and Tom Hooper had been his “betters,” as he called them, vying for...
Producers and Actors Annoint Argo, and Ben Affleck Reigns as the King of Hollywood
Chris Terrio did an excellent job writing the screenplay for “Argo,” for which he’s been nominated for an Oscar, and he could probably write a good story about the drama itself coming from behind to take frontrunner status after its 1-2 victory punch at the PGA Awards and the SAG Awards. The producers held their 24th annual ceremonies awarding excellence in film and television in the international ballroom of...
Costume Designers Guild Noms Boost Lincoln, Argo, Les Miz, Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall
It’s a rare period film in which the costumes of the characters are not an integral part of the viewing experience, and this season’s crop of awards contenders are no conception to the rule. The costume designers of Lincoln, Les Miserables, Argo, Anna Karenina and Moonrise Kingdom were among those honored with nominations from the Costume Designers Guild, which will present its 15th annual awards ceremony on...
Follow The Atkin Report
