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...
Broadcast Film Critics Elect Lincoln With a Record 13 Nods
“Lincoln” is clearly the film to beat at the 2013 Critics Choice Movie Awards. The Steven Spielberg-directed historical epic chronicling the assassinated president’s last few months in office garnered a record-breaking 13 nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association in categories including best film, director, lead actor for star Daniel Day-Lewis, supporting actress for Sally Field, who plays his wife, supporting...
There Will Be Oscars, and Arrogance
The recently settled WGA strike has still put a huge damper on Hollywood’s biggest party week. A lot of events have cancelled, including many of the swag suites that normally set up shop at various hotels and houses in the hills. But one sector is working nonstop: stylists and designers looking to get their schmattas on the stars. Here’s one crazy story: a female nominee in one of the marqee categories–although not...
DDL: Class Act at the SAG Awards
I have always been a huge admirer of Daniel Day-Lewis, ever since his “My Left Foot” and “The Last of the Mohicans” days. But his DDL-ness reached new heights with his acceptance speech for winning The Actor for his riveting performance as Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood.” Incongrously, he had appeared on Oprah the other day and told her he wanted to talk about Heath Ledger more than he...
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