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“August: Osage County” Moves to December 27, Forgoes Christmas Day Opening

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“August: Osage County” Moves to December 27, Forgoes Christmas Day Opening

The release schedule is like a chess game these days. The Weinstein Company just pushed “August: Osage County” off Christmas Day and moved it to December 27th. Smart move. “AOC” is a superb dramedy that might not have been the best choice for December 25th — as Harvey Weinstein noted at the premiere last week  in New York, the Westins are a little like the Borgias.

More than a dozen films are opening on Christmas Day and “AOC” doesn’t need to be in that mix. The main players that Wednesday will be “Wolf of Wall Street,” “Anchorman 2,” “Walter Mitty,” and “Grudge Match.” When “AOC” comes on Friday, it will have only “Labor Day” (sort of a write off at this point) and “Lone Survivor” as competition.

Last night the “AOC” crowd had their L.A. premiere, where Meryl Streep starred on the red carpet. She and Julia Roberts lit up the night. “AOC” is the Best Ensemble movie of the year, frankly. Watch it translate its SAG nominations into Oscar noms. This not a chick flick, by the way. Someone asked me that the other day. The men– Chris Cooper, Sam Shepard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dermot Mulroney, Ewan McGregor– are just as strong as the women.

Motion Picture Academy Gets A Great New Modern Logo

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Motion Picture Academy Gets A Great New Modern Logo

Love the new Academy logo. Here’s a note posted by our old pal, Christina Kounelias. Nice work:

“Two years ago we began a thoughtful internal dialogue regarding the visual identity of the Academy, and found a need for a new design system that reflects the creativity of our organization.

oscar logoWe set out to build something that accurately reflects our community of artists, their diverse talents, and the creative process they employ to bring disparate ideas together into a single vision.

With the help of agency 180LA, we developed a visual identity that’s as inspired by the Academy’s heritage as it is by our future, including the much-anticipated opening of our Academy Museum in 2017.
The highlight is our new Academy logo, which can be seen at the top of this page.

The new logo spotlights the Oscar from above – creating a triangular shape and uniting the “A” of the Academy with our iconic statuette. This design gives the Academy a presence in its own logo for the first time and underscores our efforts to support creative arts and sciences year-round.”

Please click around below to explore some of our inspirations.

Christina Kounelias
Chief Marketing Officer, The Academy
 

http://www.oscars.org/imagination/

Katy Perry and John Mayer Audition for “A Star is Born” on GMA

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Katy Perry and John Mayer Audition for “A Star is Born” on GMA

How badly do Katy Perry and John Mayer want Clint Eastwood to cast them in “A Star is Born”? They took their audition to the hyena fest known as “Good Morning America” today, appearing on a couch and discussing their romance with George Stephanopolous. The occasion was the “release” of their video duet called “Who Do You Love,” a song from Mayer’s flop album “Paradise Valley” which was released back on August 27th.

“Paradise Valley” is currently number 147 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album chart. It’s sold fewer than 350,000 copies. Perry’s “Prism” album is number 9, and has sold a bazillion CD and downloads thanks to Perry’s “Roar” single.

Meet Mr. and Mrs. Norman Maine.

They’re each very talented. And Mayer, formerly given to giving embarrassing quotes, at least didn’t used to flog his romances on TV. Why are they now pursuing the path of Jessica Simpson (a former Mayer flame) and Nick Lachey?

Money, baby. It’s all about money. Mayer had to do something to get “Paradise Valley” back in the game. But really, this? And it’s not even for charity.

On a separate note, I’ve been enjoying a Mayer song called “Gravity.” I think it’s because of the Sandra Bullock movie. They should have used it as the theme song.

As for “A Star is Born”: Clint, there’s your cast.

PS Mayer just fired his long time manager, Michael McDonald (not the singer). Could it have been over a decision like this?

Michael Jackson’s Mother Raises $2K Toward $3Mil Goal on FundAnything for Documentary

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Michael Jackson’s Mother Raises $2K Toward $3Mil Goal on FundAnything for Documentary

EXCLUSIVE Really, I do not make these things up. Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine is trying to crowdfund $3.2 million on www.fundanything.com. She wants to make a documentary about Michael with a Chinese businessman named Tetsunori (Terry) T. Kunimune. He’s the CEO of something called Poly Plants, and it looks like he’s a chemical engineer. How the Jacksons select business partners should be a case study at Harvard. So far they’ve raised $2.092.

remembering michaelAnyway. Katherine writes: “Welcome, fans.  I would like to share an opportunity for you to join our circle of family and friends to celebrate the life and legacy of my son Michael Jackson.

It involves a tribute documentary film project that Michael’s children Paris, Prince, Blanket and I have been working on for a few years.  Our goal with this film is to share a positive, loving and respectful tribute to Michael, who spent his entire life sharing his gifts with the great hope of making the world a better place.

The nearly finished documentary film project is a partnership between myself and co-Executive Producer, Terry Kunimune.  It is filled with heart-warming anecdotes, rare photos from my personal collection, and many untold stories by his friends and family about Michael during some of the most pivotal moments in his life.

Telling Michael’s story from his family’s point of view needs to feature many video clips and musical moments that are an integral part of telling his life story.  However, because it is Michael, the cost to license everything is prohibitively expensive, and why I am asking you, his fans, to join our circle and help support the completion of the documentary film.

In order to show our appreciation for your support, Michael’s children and I have created a limited collection of rewards not available in stores, but made available exclusively to his contributing fans.

Please join our circle of friends and family as I remember my son, as the children remember their father, and as we all remember our Michael.  I thank you for your continued support.”

The attached art work comes from the Jacksons, aka the House of Tacky. Apparently Michael’s estate and executors didn’t know this was happening. Pass the Advil.

 

Welcome, fans.  I would like to share an opportunity for you to join our circle of family and friends to celebrate the life and legacy of my son Michael Jackson.

It involves a tribute documentary film project that Michael’s children Paris, Prince, Blanket and I have been working on for a few years.  Our goal with this film is to share a positive, loving and respectful tribute to Michael, who spent his entire life sharing his gifts with the great hope of making the world a better place.

The nearly finished documentary film project is a partnership between myself and co-Executive Producer, Terry Kunimune.  It is filled with heart-warming anecdotes, rare photos from my personal collection, and many untold stories by his friends and family about Michael during some of the most pivotal moments in his life.

Telling Michael’s story from his family’s point of view needs to feature many video clips and musical moments that are an integral part of telling his life story.  However, because it is Michael, the cost to license everything is prohibitively expensive, and why I am asking you, his fans, to join our circle and help support the completion of the documentary film.

In order to show our appreciation for your support, Michael’s children and I have created a limited collection of rewards not available in stores, but made available exclusively to his contributing fans.

Please join our circle of friends and family as I remember my son, as the children remember their father, and as we all remember our Michael.  I thank you for your continued support.

– See more at: http://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/rememberingmichael#sthash.xVBkKAaL.dpuf

Welcome, fans.  I would like to share an opportunity for you to join our circle of family and friends to celebrate the life and legacy of my son Michael Jackson.

It involves a tribute documentary film project that Michael’s children Paris, Prince, Blanket and I have been working on for a few years.  Our goal with this film is to share a positive, loving and respectful tribute to Michael, who spent his entire life sharing his gifts with the great hope of making the world a better place.

The nearly finished documentary film project is a partnership between myself and co-Executive Producer, Terry Kunimune.  It is filled with heart-warming anecdotes, rare photos from my personal collection, and many untold stories by his friends and family about Michael during some of the most pivotal moments in his life.

Telling Michael’s story from his family’s point of view needs to feature many video clips and musical moments that are an integral part of telling his life story.  However, because it is Michael, the cost to license everything is prohibitively expensive, and why I am asking you, his fans, to join our circle and help support the completion of the documentary film.

In order to show our appreciation for your support, Michael’s children and I have created a limited collection of rewards not available in stores, but made available exclusively to his contributing fans.

Please join our circle of friends and family as I remember my son, as the children remember their father, and as we all remember our Michael.  I thank you for your continued support.

– See more at: http://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/rememberingmichael#sthash.xVBkKAaL.dpuf

Welcome, fans.  I would like to share an opportunity for you to join our circle of family and friends to celebrate the life and legacy of my son Michael Jackson.

It involves a tribute documentary film project that Michael’s children Paris, Prince, Blanket and I have been working on for a few years.  Our goal with this film is to share a positive, loving and respectful tribute to Michael, who spent his entire life sharing his gifts with the great hope of making the world a better place.

The nearly finished documentary film project is a partnership between myself and co-Executive Producer, Terry Kunimune.  It is filled with heart-warming anecdotes, rare photos from my personal collection, and many untold stories by his friends and family about Michael during some of the most pivotal moments in his life.

Telling Michael’s story from his family’s point of view needs to feature many video clips and musical moments that are an integral part of telling his life story.  However, because it is Michael, the cost to license everything is prohibitively expensive, and why I am asking you, his fans, to join our circle and help support the completion of the documentary film.

In order to show our appreciation for your support, Michael’s children and I have created a limited collection of rewards not available in stores, but made available exclusively to his contributing fans.

Please join our circle of friends and family as I remember my son, as the children remember their father, and as we all remember our Michael.  I thank you for your continued support.

– See more at: http://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/rememberingmichael#sthash.xVBkKAaL.dpuf

Welcome, fans.  I would like to share an opportunity for you to join our circle of family and friends to celebrate the life and legacy of my son Michael Jackson.

It involves a tribute documentary film project that Michael’s children Paris, Prince, Blanket and I have been working on for a few years.  Our goal with this film is to share a positive, loving and respectful tribute to Michael, who spent his entire life sharing his gifts with the great hope of making the world a better place.

The nearly finished documentary film project is a partnership between myself and co-Executive Producer, Terry Kunimune.  It is filled with heart-warming anecdotes, rare photos from my personal collection, and many untold stories by his friends and family about Michael during some of the most pivotal moments in his life.

Telling Michael’s story from his family’s point of view needs to feature many video clips and musical moments that are an integral part of telling his life story.  However, because it is Michael, the cost to license everything is prohibitively expensive, and why I am asking you, his fans, to join our circle and help support the completion of the documentary film.

In order to show our appreciation for your support, Michael’s children and I have created a limited collection of rewards not available in stores, but made available exclusively to his contributing fans.

Please join our circle of friends and family as I remember my son, as the children remember their father, and as we all remember our Michael.  I thank you for your continued support.

– See more at: http://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/rememberingmichael#sthash.xVBkKAaL.dpuf

Rock Hall Finally Admits Cat Stevens, Ronstadt, Hall & Oates, Makes up Award for E Street Band

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Rock Hall Finally Admits Cat Stevens, Ronstadt, Hall & Oates, Makes up Award for E Street Band

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame years ago refused to induct the E Street Band with Bruce Springsteen. But now, after considerable leaning on from within, the Hall of Fame has had to make up an award for Springsteen’s amazing band. They’ll get a Special Merit Award, cooked up in a political backstage maneuver. It’s too little, too late.

Also in that category is make up time for a bunch of acts that should have been in long ago: Linda Ronstadt, Hall & Oates, and Cat Stevens. Better late than never.

Long time stragglers KISS also made the cut this year, as did Peter Gabriel. Nirvana made it on their first year of eligibility.

Also being inducted , for no apparent reason, are the original managers of the Beatles and Rolling Stones, respectively Brian Epstein and Andrew Loog Oldham.

Who’s still not in: dozens of producers who made hit records and created the sounds of stars in the 60s and 70s including Phil Ramone, Richard Perry, Tommy LiPuma, Russ Titelman, and Nile Rodgers.

Also artists like The Moody Blues and Chicago, Billy Preston and Mary Wells. Sting is not in as an individual artist. Bon Jovi remains locked out. So does Chubby Checker.

But the rock hall is running out of inductees. The year of eligibility for new nominees is now 1989. Music was in a fallow period for most of the 90s. In tact, it still is. The choices are getting slimmer and slimmer. This last minute concocted award for the E Street Band speaks volumes about the mistakes made in the past.

Exclusive: Will Smith’s Private School, Now Closed, Was $307K in the Red

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Exclusive: Will Smith’s Private School, Now Closed, Was $307K in the Red

Exclusive: According to its federal non profit tax filing for 2012, Will Smith’s private school had to close down last June. New Village Academy, which taught Scientology curriculum and was run by a Scientologist, finished 2012 some $307,000 in the red.

New Village Leadership Academy was started by “After Earth” star Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith in 2008 in Calabasas, California. The school met with immediate criticism as it featured Scientology curriculum. Within a year the headmaster was fired when she wouldn’t go along with the Smiths’ plans. A new headmistress, Franca Campopiano, a Scientologist replaced her.

The school closed abruptly last July. This column spoke to one of the parents, producer Jeff Wald, a few months ago. More recently, the original headmaster gave an interview to Tony Ortega confirming the Scientology connection. One parent, entertainment lawyer Ken Hertz, who was on the board with his wife, refused to return calls.

According to the new filing, Campopiano was making $225,872 a year. Other salaries at the small private school came to $1,276.161.

The school seems like it was top heavy in debt. Total expenses in 2012 were $2, 951,570 under $3 million. Revenue was $2, 929,355– and that included $740,00 from tuition. The gap was just too wide for the Smiths–who’d already donated around $1.5 million– to make up.

Not only that: the school listed under Liabilities loans to staff, directors, trustees former and current of $1.235 million.

The school claimed net assets of (-) $307,146.

Clearly they were not teaching higher math at New Village.

“Homeland” Says Goodbye to Damian Lewis’s Brody: We Were Warned

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“Homeland” Says Goodbye to Damian Lewis’s Brody: We Were Warned

Our long national nightmare is over. Award winning actor Damian Lewis has left “Homeland.” His character, Brody, expired in last night’s finale.

We’d been warned. Remember: the show’s producers hinted at this at last July’s TCAs. They said Brody was expendable. And so he was.

What next? “Homeland” is renewed for another season. But it’s likely Saul and Carrie will have new terrorists to deal with. And no more romances, with any luck. “Homeland” ran aground when Lewis’s Brody and Claire Danes’ Carrie started snooping on each other, in bed. No more of that. Of course, Carrie will have Brody’s baby. Maybe the nanny will be a terrorist.

Lewis goes on to bigger and better things. Hey, maybe Danes will exit after next year. Season 5 will be Saul on his own.

I guess there’s no “Homeland” movie.

 

Beyonce Shatters iTunes Record for Fastest Selling Album– Already Near 700K in US

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Beyonce Shatters iTunes Record for Fastest Selling Album– Already Near 700K in US

Beyonce has shattered the iTunes record for fastest selling album with her fifth release, called “Beyonce.” The album was a surprise release on Friday– not on any schedules. No one knew about it in public. But with no marketing or forewarning, “Beyonce” — the singer’s best album ever, filled with actual songs and singing– just blew through iTunes. They’ve sold at least 618k copies in the US, heading quickly to 700K. The album will debut at number 1 tomorrow on all the different charts.

The genius of the Beyonce album on iTunes is that the individual tracks are not available. You have to buy the whole album. This may break what has been the killing of the album in the last ten years. The single tracks won’t be available until after Christmas. So Sony and Beyonce get the full $15.99 and not $1.29 per track. Rob Stringer and the Sony people may be changing the game here big time, and getting the business back on its feet.

Critics Choice Awards Nominees: “12 Years,” “Hustle,” “Gravity” Lead the Pack

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Critics Choice Awards Nominees: “12 Years,” “Hustle,” “Gravity” Lead the Pack

The Broadcast Critics have sent out their nominations for the 19th annual Critics Choice Awards. Conspicuously absent are a couple of films, like “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “Mud.” “The Butler” and “August: Osage County” didn’t make the Best Picture list but made Best Acting Ensemble. Brie Larson turned up in Best Actress from a phenomenal movie called “Short Term 12,” which had no release at all from Cinedigm. This is a grass roots campaign. I’m very chagrined that this group, of which I am a voting member, had no love for “Fruitvale Station.” That seems criminal to me. Critics Choice Awards are on the CW Network on January 16th.

NOMINATIONS FOR THE 19th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS

BEST PICTURE

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

Her

Inside Llewyn Davis

Nebraska

Saving Mr. Banks

12 Years a Slave

The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTOR

Christian Bale – American Hustle

Bruce Dern – Nebraska

Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips

Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

Robert Redford – All Is Lost

BEST ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Sandra Bullock – Gravity

Judi Dench – Philomena

Brie Larson – Short Term 12

Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips

Daniel Bruhl – Rush

Bradley Cooper – American Hustle

Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave

James Gandolfini – Enough Said

Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Scarlett Johansson – Her

Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle

Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave

Julia Roberts – August: Osage County

June Squibb – Nebraska

Oprah Winfrey – Lee Daniels’ The Butler

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

Asa Butterfield – Ender’s Game

Adele Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Color

Liam James – The Way Way Back

Sophie Nelisse – The Book Thief

Tye Sheridan – Mud

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

American Hustle

August: Osage County

Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Nebraska

12 Years a Slave

The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST DIRECTOR

Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity

Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips

Spike Jonze – Her

Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave

David O. Russell – American Hustle

Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Eric Singer and David O. Russell – American Hustle

Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine

Spike Jonze – Her

Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis

Bob Nelson – Nebraska

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Tracy Letts – August: Osage County

Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke – Before Midnight

Billy Ray – Captain Phillips

Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope – Philomena

John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave

Terence Winter – The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity

Bruno Delbonnel – Inside Llewyn Davis

Phedon Papamichael – Nebraska

Roger Deakins – Prisoners

Sean Bobbitt – 12 Years a Slave

BEST ART DIRECTION

Andy Nicholson (Production Designer), Rosie Goodwin (Set Decorator) – Gravity

Catherine Martin (Production Designer), Beverley Dunn (Set Decorator) – The Great Gatsby

K.K. Barrett (Production Designer), Gene Serdena (Set Decorator) – Her

Dan Hennah (Production Designer), Ra Vincent (Set Decorator) – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer), Alice Baker (Set Decorator) – 12 Years a Slave

BEST EDITING

Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers – American Hustle

Christopher Rouse – Captain Phillips

Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger – Gravity

Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill – Rush

Joe Walker – 12 Years a Slave

Thelma Schoonmaker – The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Michael Wilkinson – American Hustle

Catherine Martin – The Great Gatsby

Bob Buck, Lesley Burkes-Harding, Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Daniel Orlandi – Saving Mr. Banks

Patricia Norris – 12 Years a Slave

BEST MAKEUP

American Hustle

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Rush

12 Years a Slave

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Gravity

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Iron Man 3

Pacific Rim

Star Trek into Darkness

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

The Croods

Despicable Me 2

Frozen

Monsters University

The Wind Rises

BEST ACTION MOVIE

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Iron Man 3

Lone Survivor

Rush

Star Trek into Darkness

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE

Henry Cavill – Man of Steel

Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man 3

Brad Pitt – World War Z

Mark Wahlberg – Lone Survivor

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE

Sandra Bullock – Gravity

Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Evangeline Lilly – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Gwyneth Paltrow – Iron Man 3

BEST COMEDY

American Hustle

Enough Said

The Heat

This Is the End

The Way Way Back

The World’s End

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Christian Bale – American Hustle

Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street

James Gandolfini – Enough Said

Simon Pegg – The World’s End

Sam Rockwell – The Way Way Back

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Amy Adams – American Hustle

Sandra Bullock – The Heat

Greta Gerwig – Frances Ha

Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Enough Said

Melissa McCarthy – The Heat

 

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE

The Conjuring

Gravity

Star Trek into Darkness

World War Z

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Blue Is the Warmest Color

The Great Beauty

The Hunt

The Past

Wadjda

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

The Act of Killing

Blackfish

Stories We Tell

Tim’s Vermeer

20 Feet from Stardom

BEST SONG

Atlas – Coldplay – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Happy – Pharrell Williams – Despicable Me 2

Let It Go – Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez – Frozen

Ordinary Love – U2 – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Please Mr. Kennedy – Justin Timberlake/Oscar Isaac/Adam Driver – Inside Llewyn Davis

Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey – The Great Gatsby

BEST SCORE

Steven Price – Gravity

Arcade Fire – Her

Thomas Newman – Saving Mr. Banks

Hans Zimmer – 12 Years a Slave

NOMINEES BY PICTURE FOR

THE 19th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS

12 Years a Slave – 13 Nominations

Best Picture

Best Actor / Chiwetel Ejiofor

Best Supporting Actor / Michael Fassbender

Best Supporting Actress / Lupita Nyong’o

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Director / Steve McQueen

Best Adapted Screenplay / John Ridley

Best Cinematography / Sean Bobbitt

Best Art Direction / Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer), Alice Baker (Set Decorator)

Best Editing / Joe Walker

Best Costume Design / Patricia Norris

Best Makeup

Best Score / Hans Zimmer

 

20 Feet from Stardom – 1 Nomination

Best Documentary

 

The Act of Killing – 1 Nomination

Best Documentary

 

All is Lost – 1 Nomination

Best Actor / Robert Redford

 

American Hustle – 13 Nominations

Best Picture

Best Actor / Christian Bale

Best Supporting Actor / Bradley Cooper

Best Supporting Actress / Jennifer Lawrence

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Director / David O. Russell

Best Original Screenplay / Eric Singer and David O. Russell

Best Editing / Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers

Best Costume Design / Michael Wilkinson

Best Makeup

Best Comedy

Best Actor in a Comedy / Christian Bale

Best Actress in a Comedy / Amy Adams

 

August: Osage County – 4 Nominations

Best Actress / Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actress / Julia Roberts

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Adapted Screenplay / Tracy Letts

Before Midnight – 1 Nomination

Best Adapted Screenplay / Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke

 

Blackfish – 1 Nomination

Best Documentary

 

Blue is the Warmest Color – 2 Nominations

Best Young Actor/Actress / Adele Exarchopoulos

Best Foreign Language Film

 

Blue Jasmine – 2 Nominations

Best Actress / Cate Blanchett

Best Original Screenplay / Woody Allen

 

The Book Thief – 1 Nomination

Best Young Actor/Actress / Sophie Nelisse

Captain Phillips – 6 Nominations

Best Picture

Best Actor / Tom Hanks

Best Supporting Actor / Barkhad Abdi

Best Director / Paul Greengrass

Best Adapted Screenplay / Billy Ray

Best Editing / Christopher Rouse

 

The Conjuring – 1 Nomination

Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

 

The Croods – 1 Nomination
Best Animated Film

Dallas Buyers Club – 3 Nominations

Best Picture

Best Actor / Matthew McConaughey

Best Supporting Actor / Jared Leto

 

Despicable Me 2 – 2 Nominations

Best Animated Film

Best Song / Happy – Pharrell Williams

Ender’s Game – 1 Nomination

Best Young Actor/Actress / Asa Butterfield

Enough Said – 4 Nominations

Best Supporting Actor / James Gandolfini

Best Comedy

Best Actor in a Comedy / James Gandolfini

Best Actress in a Comedy / Julia Louis-Dreyfus

 

Frances Ha – 1 Nomination

Best Actress in a Comedy / Greta Gerwig

 

Frozen – 2 Nominations

Best Animated Film

Best Song / Let It Go – Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez

Gravity – 10 Nominations

Best Picture

Best Actress / Sandra Bullock

Best Director / Alfonso Cuarón

Best Cinematography / Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Art Direction / Andy Nicholson (Production Designer), Rosie Goodwin (Set Decorator)

Best Editing / Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger

Best Visual Effects

Best Actress in An Action Movie / Sandra Bullock

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie

Best Score / Steven Price

 

The Great Beauty – 1 Nomination

Best Foreign Language Film

 

The Great Gatsby – 3 Nominations

Best Art Direction / Catherine Martin (Production Designer), Beverley Dunn (Set Decorator)

Best Costume Design / Catherine Martin

Best Song / Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey

 

The Heat – 3 Nominations

Best Comedy

Best Actress in a Comedy / Sandra Bullock

Best Actress in a Comedy / Melissa McCarthy

Her – 6 Nominations

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actress / Scarlett Johansson

Best Director / Spike Jonze

Best Original Screenplay / Spike Jonze

Best Art Direction / K.K. Barrett (Production Designer), Gene Serdena (Set Decorator)

Best Score / Arcade Fire

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – 5 Nominations

Best Art Direction / Dan Hennah (Production Designer), Ra Vincent (Set Decorator)

Best Costume Design / Bob Buck, Lesley Burkes-Harding, Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor

Best Makeup

Best Visual Effects

Best Actress in an Action Movie / Evangeline Lilly

 

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – 3 Nominations

Best Action Movie

Best Actress in an Action Movie / Jennifer Lawrence

Best Song / Atlas – Coldplay

 

The Hunt – 1 Nomination

Best Foreign Language Film

 

Inside Llewyn Davis – 4 Nominations

Best Picture

Best Original Screenplay / Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Best Cinematography / Bruno Delbonnel

Best Song / Please Mr. Kennedy – Justin Timberlake/Oscar Isaac/Adam Driver

Iron Man 3 – 4 Nominations

Best Visual Effects

Best Action Movie

Best Actor in an Action Movie / Robert Downey Jr.

Best Actress in an Action Movie / Gwyneth Paltrow

 

Lee Daniels’ The Butler – 3 Nominations

Best Supporting Actress / Oprah Winfrey

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Makeup

Lone Survivor – 2 Nominations

Best Action Movie

Best Actor in an Action Movie / Mark Wahlberg

Man of Steel – 1 Nomination

Best Actor in an Action Movie / Henry Cavill

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – 1 Nomination

Best Song / Ordinary Love – U2

 

Monsters University – 1 Nomination

Best Animated Film

 

Mud – 1 Nomination

Best Young Actor/Actress / Tye Sheridan

 

Nebraska – 6 Nominations

Best Picture

Best Actor / Bruce Dern

Best Supporting Actress / June Squibb

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Original Screenplay / Bob Nelson

Best Cinematography / Phedon Papamichael

Pacific Rim – 1 Nomination

Best Visual Effects

 

The Past – 1 Nomination

Best Foreign Language Film

Philomena – 2 Nominations

Best Actress / Judi Dench

Best Adapted Screenplay / Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope

Prisoners – 1 Nomination

Best Cinematography / Roger Deakins

Rush – 4 Nominations

Best Supporting Actor / Daniel Bruhl

Best Editing / Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill

Best Makeup

Best Action Movie

 

Saving Mr. Banks – 4 Nominations

Best Picture

Best Actress / Emma Thompson

Best Costume Design / Daniel Orlandi

Best Score / Thomas Newman

Short Term 12 – 1 Nomination

Best Actress / Brie Larson

 

Star Trek into Darkness – 3 Nominations

Best Visual Effects

Best Action Movie

Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

Stories We Tell – 1 Nomination

Best Documentary

This Is The End – 1 Nomination

Best Comedy

 

Tim’s Vermeer – 1 Nomination

Best Documentary

 

Wadjda – 1 Nomination

Best Foreign Language Film

 

The Way Way Back – 3 Nominations

Best Young Actor/Actress / Liam James

Best Comedy

Best Actor in a Comedy / Sam Rockwell

The Wind Rises – 1 Nomination

Best Animated Film

 

The Wolf of Wall Street – 6 Nominations

Best Picture

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Director / Martin Scorsese

Best Adapted Screenplay / Terence Winter

Best Editing / Thelma Schoonmaker

Best Actor in a Comedy / Leonardo DiCaprio

 

World War Z – 2 Nominations

Best Actor in an Action Movie / Brad Pitt

Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

The World’s End – 2 Nominations

Best Comedy

Best Actor in a Comedy / Simon Pegg

Harvey and Bob Weinstein Finally Reunited with Miramax Through New Deal

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Harvey and Bob Weinstein Finally Reunited with Miramax Through New Deal

Harvey and Bob Weinstein are finally being reunited with the company they founded, Miramax. They lost the name and their library to Disney several years ago. Disney sold the company to Colony Capital and a group of investors who didn’t know what they were doing, and drove the treasured library into a hole. Now Colony’s smart Thomas Barrack has made a deal to let the Weinsteins run the company and the library, and restore to its original luster.

Now the Weinsteins can make TV series from some of their original hits, including “Good Will Hunting” and “Flirting with Disaster.” They can also take pride in getting back– at least by license– the name they came up with which was dedicated to their parents, Miriam and Max. Miriam Weinstein made a statement today congratulating her sons.

Miramax had several Best Picture winners and nominees including The English Patient, Chicago, and Shakepeare in Love (winners) and Good Will Hunting, Gangs of New York, The Cider House Rules, The Aviator, and Chocolat.

This year the Weinsteins are back in the Oscar game with August: Osage County, Philomena, The Butler and Mandela.

 

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