Why the Oscars Timetable Change Is Bad for Movies (Analysis)
By Scott Feinberg The Hollywood Reporter *** The Academy’s calendar changes that were announced on Tuesday — moving up the close of nomination voting from Jan. 13 to Jan. 3 and the noms announcement...
View ArticleA Chat with the Team Behind Switzerland’s Oscar Entry ‘Sister’ (Video)
By Scott Feinberg The Hollywood Reporter *** As I predicted earlier this week, a five-member jury in Switzerland has chosen, from a shortlist of five options, Ursula Meier‘s Sister (L’enfant d’en haut)...
View ArticleAustria and France Are Early Frontrunners for Foreign Language Oscar (Analysis)
By Scott Feinberg The Hollywood Reporter *** The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just released the official list of entries that have qualified for consideration in the best foreign...
View ArticleBackstage at the 16th Hollywood Film Awards, First Awards Show of the Season
By Scott Feinberg The Hollywood Reporter *** As the 16th Hollywood Film Awards, the first awards show of the Oscar season, took place in the ballroom of the Beverly Hilton, this reporter was weaving...
View ArticleAaron Sorkin Hosts ‘Promised Land’ Sneak Peek as Many Oscar Hopefuls Court...
By Scott Feinberg The Hollywood Reporter *** Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin hosted a special advance screening of Gus Van Sant‘s Promised Land on Saturday night at the SoHo House in Los...
View ArticleThe SAG Awards Could Impact the Oscars More Than Ever This Year (Analysis)
By Scott Feinberg The Hollywood Reporter *** Voting to determine the nominees for the 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards will begin Wednesday and run through Dec. 10. The resulting nominations will be...
View Article‘Les Miserables’ Wows First Audience in New York, Clearly Headed for Oscars...
By Scott Feinberg The Hollywood Reporter *** Universal’s highly-anticipated awards hopeful Les Miserables, the first film directed by British filmmaker Tom Hooper since he won the best director Oscar...
View Article‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Finally Screens, Enters Thick of Crowded Oscar Race...
By Scott Feinberg The Hollywood Reporter *** Zero Dark Thirty, written by Mark Boal and directed by Kathryn Bigelow — who both won Oscars for their last film, 2009’s best picture winner The Hurt Locker...
View ArticleFEINBERG FORECAST: Updated Projections (With 13 Weeks Until the 85th Oscars)
By Scott Feinberg The Hollywood Reporter *** Every Sunday through the Oscars on Feb. 24, The Hollywood Reporter‘s awards analystScott Feinberg will release a new “Feinberg Forecast,” a post in which he...
View ArticleGetting to Know Two Extraordinary Members of the Academy Who Never Miss a Film
By Scott Feinberg The Hollywood Reporter Like every Oscar blogger, I get on the case of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences about things that I feel they’ve done wrong or could do better...
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