The common refrain this season has been one of despair, of theatrical death by dearth.
There is no category this year whose lineup—and winner—is closest to being set in stone than supporting actor.
Ruby Dee may be the only one that generates honest goodwill with a titanic slap worthy of the category’s “season vet” slot.
Suddenly, the Oscar race is being headlined by a pair of uncompromising, boldly conceived pieces of formalism.
Carrie Underwood can take consolation in being all but certain to win Female Vocalist of the Year for the second year in a row.
Here are our predictions for how 10 races are going to shake down on Sunday.
Britney’s opening number at this year’s VMAs set the tone for the entire night.
MTV decimated whatever tiny shred of integrity its annual Video Music Awards show still had when this year’s list of nominations were announced.
The 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has come to a close.
This is a complete list of the winners at the 79th Annual Academy Awards.
This is a complete list of our predicted winners at the 2007 Academy Awards.
Anyone who has followed this year’s Oscar race for Best Picture knows that the stats above are not meant as a joke.
It’s too bad the guild award that most strongly corresponds with this category—the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ “Golden Reel”—doesn’t get handed out until Feb. 24.
Because Oscar history tells us that the winner of this award aligns often with the winner of the top prize, we were hoping for ACE to shed some light on what may be the tightest best picture race ever.
We’ve noticed a certain trend among “professional” Oscar prognosticators—first and foremost among them Dave Karger—in dealing with the question of Dreamgirls.
Last year we sided with the musical candidate and crapped out when voters went for the big black ape instead of the man in black.
There isn’t a single short I can recommend in this category without some reservation.
At least for the last few years, the voters in this category have shunned instant gratification and gone with more impressionable rewards.
It would seem that this year’s cinematography nominees were picked by aliens.
The Academy has shown great resistance to awarding costumes without corsets.
For whatever reason, it’s not Peter O’Toole’s perfect 0-for-7 record leading up to this year’s Best Actor contest that’s standing in award-magnet Forest Whitaker’s way to a win.