Oscar Contenders and other Such Award Nonsense!

@tsarstepan,

I have Last Train Home saved in my queue, too. I think you'd also enjoy Discovery Atlas: China Revealed (it's on streaming, in HD!)

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Through breathtaking cinematography and personal stories from locals, delve into the people, culture and landscape that make up China, and witness the enormous changes happening in a civilization that dates back more than six millennia. From a rice farmer in a rural village to a construction magnate in Shanghai, viewers will meet a broad cross section of China's people that will illuminate the richness of modern life in this wondrous country.

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@Irishk,

Thanks irishk. Watched it tonight. An informative and well polished doc.

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@tsarstepan,

BREAKING NEWS:
The King's Speech just ran off with the highly coveted Producer's Guild Award for Best Picture over the expected Social Network juggernaut.

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The last three Producers Guild winners – “The Hurt Locker,” “Slumdog Millionaire” and “No Country for Old Men” – have gone on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. In the 21-year history of the awards, two-thirds of PGA winners have won the Oscar.

http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/producers-guild-goes-24132

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@tsarstepan,

'The King's Speech' wins the DGA awards
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/01/30/the-kings-speech-wins-the-dga-awards/

So Tom Hopper gets the big Feature Film direction prize from the Director's Guild.... Hmm....

The King's Speech has almost hit its terminal velocity. Might have the momentum to bowl over its greatest rival this year The Social Network.

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@tsarstepan,

Once again, The King's Speech rules the roost.

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MOTION PICTURES
Ensemble: The King's Speech
Male Actor, Leading: Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Female Actor, Leading: Natalie Portman, Black Swan

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@tsarstepan,

The 2nd annual a2k Oscar pool is up and running.
http://able2know.org/topic/168147-1

Here's a little intelligence gathering to help your ballot:

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Oscars Have Never Saluted Royals With A Best Picture Win
21 February
4:22 PM 2/21/2011 by David Ciminelli

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/race/oscars-have-never-saluted-royals-159783

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@tsarstepan,

tsarstepan wrote:

I got Last Train Home on the Netflix queue.

On Netflix streaming starting tomorrow, 2/22!

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@Irishk,

Excellent news!! Thanks Irishk!

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@tsarstepan,

You're most welcome. I'm going to try to watch it along with a few other things before I make my choices (mostly uninformed choices - I'll have to wing it) in your voting thread.

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Let me start the new preOscar season with my first great Oscar cause:
Owen Wilson (lead) and Marion Cotillard (supporting) deserve to be nominated for their parts in the latest Woody Allen film, Midnight In Paris .

A great film to rival Woody Allen's best Annie Hall, Manhattan, Mighty Aphrodite.

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@tsarstepan,

For your consideration: Ides of March: rated a 10/10!
Achievement in directing: George Clooney;
Performance by an actor in a lead role: Ryan Gosling;
Performance by an actor in a supporting role: Paul Giametti;
Performance by an actress in a supporting role: Evan Rachel Wood;
Adapted screenplay;

Best Motion Picture of the Year;

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A great year so far. My proudest Urban Dictionary submission has been submitted and approved last week.

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Oscarbuster 1 thumb up

{os-ker-buhs-ter}
noun
a cinematically manipulated Hollywood studio produced motion picture, especially one lavishly produced melodrama, that has or is expected to boldly WOW the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and subsequently obtain a Best Picture Oscar award for the studio and film producers.

Similar to: Oscar Bait
With a touch of makeup, Harvey Weinstein aged Justin Timberlake to star in the producers $200million dollar Bill Clinton/Monicagate Oscarbuster biopic.

TAGS: oscars oscar awards best picture hollywood oscar buster oskarbuster oskars academy awards movies films film awards award worthy oscar bait
by AcademynominatedTsar Dec 14, 2011

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Oscarbuster

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@tsarstepan,

Congratulations, Tsar!!!

Is that a real movie being made or did you just make that up for the purpose of giving us a definition example?

Clever Smile

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@Irishk,

Thanks Irishk. That example is a fakie just written up for the definition.

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Live streaming of the 2013 Oscar nominations broadcast starts in less then 5 minutes.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Watch-2013-Oscar-Nominations-Announced-Live-35036.html

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@tsarstepan,

PART ONE:
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:
Amour (2012)
Argo (2012)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Django Unchained (2012)
Les Misérables (2012)
Life of Pi (2012)
Lincoln (2012)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln (2012)
Hugh Jackman for Les Misérables (2012)
Joaquin Phoenix for The Master (2012)
Denzel Washington for Flight (2012/I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Emmanuelle Riva for Amour (2012)
Quvenzhané Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Naomi Watts for The Impossible (2012)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Alan Arkin for Argo (2012)
Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master (2012)
Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln (2012)
Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained (2012)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Amy Adams for The Master (2012)
Sally Field for Lincoln (2012)
Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables (2012)
Helen Hunt for The Sessions (2012)
Jacki Weaver for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:
Michael Haneke for Amour (2012)
Ang Lee for Life of Pi (2012)
David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Steven Spielberg for Lincoln (2012)
Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:
Amour (2012): Michael Haneke
Django Unchained (2012): Quentin Tarantino
Flight (2012/I): John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom (2012): Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty (2012): Mark Boal

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:
Argo (2012): Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012): Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi (2012): David Magee
Lincoln (2012): Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook (2012): David O. Russell

http://www.imdb.com/oscars/nominations/

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i hope Lindsay Lohan Best Actress wins f0r Lizard Dick

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When an actor loses a lot of weight, or plays a historical figure, or takes on a character with a terrible disease, the dreaded term “Oscar bait” is sure to rear its head. With the Dallas Buyers Club, Matthew McConaughey hit the trifecta: He stars as Ron Woodroof, a Texas man who died from an AIDS-related illness in 1992.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/08/27/dallas_buyers_club_trailer_matthew_mcconaughey_takes_on_the_role_of_a_lifetime.html

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