What do "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "Lincoln" have in common? Beyond both being American Oscar hopefuls that happen to be his two favorite films of the year, A.O. Scott thinks they share some...
As members of the Academy hurry through the last screeners they need to see before committing an opinion on the year's best (for those who bother trying to get as deep into the stack as possible, that is), a number of...
The 1980s was a largely fallow period for Disney animation, but the studio closed out the decade in high style with "The Little Mermaid." It boasted an irresistible recipe which mixed a classic fairy tale (a...
The Costume Designers' Guild, which will hold its 2012 award ceremony on February 19, has announced a list of honorary award winners that includes costume designers Judianna Makovsky (a three-time Oscar nominee previo...
Normally this column would begin with something like, "Ballots have been mailed to Oscar voters today," but that begs reminding that for the first time ever, the Academy has adopted an electronic voting syst...
Is he or isn't he?
For the last few months, it's seemed like every other entertainment news story was about whether or not
the mysterious baddie played by Benedict Cumberbatch in J.J. Abrams' upcoming "Star ...
After four nominations and three wins for Outstanding TV Series - Drama, maybe the Hollywood Foreign Press Association just felt like "Mad Men" was getting too big for its britches? Maybe the HFPA wanted to ...
This morning's announcement of the 2013 Golden Globes nominations meant that Hollywood players had to wake up before daylight -- but for many of them the lack of sleep was worth it when they were nominated. Here's how...
The Golden Globes may be the one major awards show to give a separate platform to comedy and/or musical filmmaking, but the Hollywood Foreign Press clearly sided more with drama in this morning's nominations.
Not onl...
The first thought that jumped to mind after today's Golden Globe nominations announcement was, "Not too embarrassing." Often enough awards watchers are looking to the HFPA to do what they do, fill out their ...
