Tales from Abroad: Premature BINGO Will Get You SpankedTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:19PMTrinity, I sit here weeping. Weeping because instead of dining at Mather Hall, I eat Dutch pancakes and stroopwafels by the kilo (remember, it's the metric system here, darlings). Weeping, because instead of running from McCook to the English building with five minutes between classes, I leisurely ride my bike to my three classes a week, and then relax during my four-day weekends, or travel to ...
Oscar predictions for 82nd Academy Awards on March 7Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:41PMOnce again, it’s the most wonderful time of the year for film fans. The 82nd Academy Awards promises a great showdown (see accompanying analysis) and numerous surprises.
Box-office brawn vs. artistic might in Oscar raceTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:41PMAt its core, this year’s 82nd Academy Awards comes down to a battle between box-office brawn and artistic might.Kathryn Bigelow’s $15 million cinematic powerhouse, “The Hurt Locker,” provides a pressure-cooker look at the Iraq war through the eyes of bomb-disposal experts living on the edge and tempting fate every time they make a roadside stop.James Cameron’s $200 million-plus technical marvel ...
Wonderland film breaks 3D recordTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:32AMTim Burton's Alice in Wonderland enters the UK and Ireland box office at number one, with record opening takings for a 3D movie.
Alice in Wonderland boots Avatar off UK box office top spotTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:09AMAlice in Wonderland Production year: 2010 Country: USA Cert (UK): PG Runtime: 108 mins Directors: Tim Burton Cast: Alan Rickman, Anne Hathaway, Barbara Windsor, Christopher Lee, Crispin Glover, Helena...
Big Night for the Small FilmsTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 1:26AMSound the adjutant’s call. Cue the trumpets. Sometimes, the underdog wins. Sometimes, the unlikely hero rises to the occasion from the shadows. Sometimes, good films get recognized. The 82nd Academy Awards’ letters came in Sunday night.
'Dinosaur' doesn't roar to life in StonehamMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:25PMAny little kid worth his little kid stripes will tell you that dinosaurs are the awesomest creatures. They're...
Most Oscars past their primeMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:00PMAcademy Award nominations brought visibility to many films, but the actual trophies probably won't translate into a significant bump at the box office.That's because most of the films that won Sunday night hit their stride in the pre-Oscar season."During the holiday movie season through the first quarter, 'Avatar,' 'The Blind Side,' 'Crazy Heart' and 'Precious' have all benefited greatly from ...
Robert Horton's predictions for who'll take home the OscarsMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:25PMThis year the Oscars changed tradition by shifting the honorary awards — statuettes given to movie veterans overdue for plaudits — to a separate ceremony, held last November. That's a shame, because it sidelines some very deserving people.
In ContentionMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:45PMAll of the awards have gone out, the champagne is being toasted, the speeches have been given, and the jokes have fallen flat; the jokes, of course, fell extremely flat.
The Hurt Locker dominates the OscarsMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 1:57PMTHE Hurt Locker director Kathryn Biglow beats Avatar 's James Cameron for the major awards.
Big Night For 'Hurt Locker' At OscarsMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:02PM"The Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow made history Sunday night at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, becoming the first woman to win the Best Director Oscar. Her movie also won Best Picture, shutting sci-fi favorite "Avatar" out of the major awards. Both movies went into the ceremony with nine nominations; "The Hurt Locker" won six, and "Avatar" claimed three.
Oscars ceremony 2010: All the major nominees and winners for the 2009 film seasonMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:11AMThe Academy Awards - the Oscars - yesterday marked the culmination of the film industry's 2009 awards season that has included the Baftas and Golden Globes. See if you predicted the results with the key nominees and winners here • Get the data • Oscar winners: the full list The 2009 Oscars ceremony took place in Hollywood last night , and most of the Datablog predictions (based on previous ...
Who Won Oscars?Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:54AMWho won Oscars? Who won Best Pictures? The people who won Oscars last night were the same nominees that critics and fans expected to win. There were few, if any, surprises last night. Overall, Martin and Baldwin were great, but the show was lackluster. The 2010 Oscar telecast lacked anything fascinating during its telecast. And come [...]
2010 Oscars BlogMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:00AMHey, it's the BOP 2010 Academy Awards blog. We'll be checking in periodically during the red carpet goings-on. - Tony Kollath, 6:47 pm Welcome to the red carpet on the E! Network --a short man in a tux with a microphone talking with comparatively tall, reasonably glamorous, impractically fashionable people.
Hurt Locker beats Avatar at OscarsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:26PMTHE Hurt Locker has won best picture and best director, beating Avatar while Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock have won major gongs at the Awards.
Winners of the 82nd Academy AwardsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:23PMComplete list of winners is at the bottom. Bringing an end to a tense and suspenseful night, "The Hurt Locker" captured the best picture prize at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards on Sunday.
Bridges earns best-actor Oscar for ‘Crazy Heart’Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:18PMAUDIO SLIDESHOW: The Red Carpet LINK: See a complete list of the winners LOS ANGELES — Jeff Bridges won the best-actor Academy Award on Sunday for his turn as a boozy country singer trying to clean up his act in “Crazy Heart.” read more
The Hurt Locker takes Best Oscars pictureSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:05PMTHE Hurt Locker has won best picture while Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock have won the major best actor and actress gongs at the Academy Awards ceremony.
Larry the Web Guy Picks the Films for the Academy Award Oscar Night CeremonySunday, March 7, 2010 @ 10:39PMThis reviewer first wants to point out by way of disclaimer that I haven't seen all the movies nominated. Even so, I'll make some predictions about the major categories. Some of those predictions will be founded upon solid logic; some will be educated guesses; some will just be guesses.
Mo’Nique, Waltz win supporting-acting OscarsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 9:33PMLOS ANGELES — Villainous roles snatched the supporting-acting prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards: “Precious” co-star Mo’Nique as a contemptible mother and “Inglourious Basterds” co-star Christoph Waltz as a sociable Nazi fiend. read more
Avatar, Hurt Locker lead nominees for 82nd Annual OscarsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 7:24AMCanadian film director James Cameron shows 3D glasses prior to a show of his movie'Avatar' on the side line of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on January 28, 2010 in Davos.
Oscars 2010 PredictionsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 7:06AMJust scraping in, but decided it wouldn’t be right if I didn’t post my Oscar predictions (and hopefully the traditional running diary post Oscars). Listed below, each of the categories, who I think deserves to win and who I think will win. Feel free to post your predictions in the comments (in the 13 hours [...]
82nd Annual Academy Awards Day Is HereSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 6:11AM"Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" will battle for top honors at tonight's Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, while Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges look to cap off a successful awards season by taking home top acting Oscars. Watch our Oscars preview video »
Oscars: Expect less flash, more emotionSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 6:11AMBEVERLY HILLS — If they were solving a murder instead of producing the Oscars, Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman would be like characters in a buddy-cop movie. Shankman, the director of Hairspray and a judge on "So You Think You Can Dance," is the extrovert — ostentatious and perpetually in CAPITAL LETTERS with lots of exclamation points!!!
Oscar forecast: Jeff Simon makes his predictionsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 5:05AMIt didn't register at all on the national water cooler the next day. But it was, without doubt, the most emotionally revealing moment at the Golden Globes.
Event to mark creek rebirthSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 4:15AMBALLSTON SPA — Former competitive canoe and kayak racer and lifelong water enthusiast Ruth Dibelius will be honored Monday, March 8, as she steps down after five years as president of Friends of the Kayaderosseras.
The Oscars will go to ... Blade movie critic Kirk Baird picks his Academy Award winnersSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:55AMBy KIRK BAIRD BLADE STAFF WRITER Picking Oscar’s Best Picture winner this year is like tracking down a celebrity at a rehab center: Does it get any easier? Bet the farm on The Hurt Locker, a riveting, harrowing film about an expert bomb disposal unit in Iraq that will have you sweating bullets — unlike the film’s producers, who must know their movie’s Best Picture win is a fait accompli. Leading ...
Your Oscar ballotSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:15AM"An Education" "The Hurt Locker" "Inglourious Basterds" "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" "A Serious Man" "Up" "Up in the Air" Actor Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart" George Clooney, "Up in the Air" Colin Firth, "A Single Man" Morgan Freeman, "Invictus" Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker" Supporting actor Matt Damon, "Invictus" Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger" Christopher Plummer, "The ...
Academy Award PicksSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:42AMThe 82nd Academy Awards arrive at 8 p.m. today on ABC, and once again the sample ballot below can be used to follow along, or peruse ahead of time and make your own predictions.
The 100 club: Artists who signed up for comedian Josie Long’s self-improvement odyssey reveal fruits of their 100 days ...Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:30PMRyan was working in Belgium until he moved here last August. Originally from Canada, he lived in Amsterdam and Rome before finding his way to London. Now he's here, what's he doing? "A push-up and a sit-up every day." Eh? "I'm doing a push-up and a sit-up every day – adding one more for every day that passes. Now I'm on 79, it's pretty tough."
Lista de nominados a la 82a entrega de los premios OscarSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:31AM1. Mejor película: "Avatar", "The Blind Side", "District 9", "An Education", "The Hurt Locker", "Inglourious Basterds", "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire", "A Serious Man", "Up", "Up in the Air".
Bannock County GOP chairman: 'Politics ... can get its hooks in you a little bit'Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:08AMPOCATELLO — To describe what he believes is wrong with government, Jim Guthrie tells the story of the proverbial frog in hot water. Drop the frog in a scalding vat and it will immediately try to escape, but turn up the heat gradually, and the frog will stay calm until it boils.
Manny the Movie Guy's Fearless, Complete 2010 Oscar Predictions!Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:16PMIt's shaping up to be a battle between "The Hurt Locker" and "Avatar" at the 82 nd Annual Academy Awards! Both films lead the pack with 9 nominations each including Best Picture, but only one will remain victorious.
And the Oscar goes to...Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:45PMForget Christmas: For filmmakers, the most wonderful time of the year is Oscar season, a time when they do everything they can (and sometimes more than they’re allowed to) in order to take home one of those prized statuettes.
'Avatar,' 'The Hurt Locker' Lead Oscar NominationsFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:34PMThe science-fiction sensation "Avatar" and the war-on-terror thriller "The Hurt Locker" lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for former spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow.
On location with 2010 Oscar nomineesFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:26PMFrom enchanting French cafes to the football field, the Academy Award nominee films transported us around the world. Although we cannot visit the fanciful world of Pandora, here are just a few of the places we can experience off the screen. FRANCE ...
Oscars: I were a member of the AcademyFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:40PMAfter a long haul of awards, ceremonies and shows Hollywood is finally gearing up for the big one, the 82nd Academy Awards. A lot of interesting possibilities and some great new things are in store for the Oscars this year, including structure of the show itself as well as changes in categories allowing for a more diverse range of films to snag the gold this year, namely in the best picture race ...
Looking into the Oscar crystal ballFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:09PMPublished: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 11:42 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 11:42 a.m. The most intriguing Oscar category Sunday will be for best director. It’s the first time ex-spouses (James Cameron for “Avatar” and Kathryn Bigelow for “The Hurt Locker”) are competing.
Simmons: Breaking down Tiger's comebackThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:22AMBill Simmons breaks down Tiger's comeback and explains why it will be tougher than what Muhammad Ali faced in 1970 after his return from exile.