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Special Event: 84th Annual Academy Awards
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An Early Look at 2013 Oscar Contenders:
It's almost hard to believe, but with the conclusion of Sunday's Academy Awards, this year's awards race is now officially over -- and the race to the 2013 Oscars has officially begin.
While it's obviously premature to guess who will be walking up to the podium next year to accept their golden man, we figured you'd like an idea of the likely contenders. If these films we've assembled as our early (way early) 2013 Oscar predictions are anything to go by, next year's race promises to be a GREAT one. Bring them on!
'Argo
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While his acting career has yet to peak, Ben Affleck's directorial career is flourishing. His last two films, "Gone Baby Gone" and "The Town," were critical darlings that each garnered Academy Award nominations, so expectations are riding high on his next one, "Argo," to deliver. The true story chronicles the covert operation to rescue six Americans during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979.
Possible Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Bryan Cranston)
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'Anna Karenina'
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Academy members are suckers for a good period romp with stellar source material, so they'll no doubt lap up this epic adaptation of the historically acclaimed novel. It also helps that the film's helmed by Oscar-nominated director Joe Wright ("Atonement"), and that he cast his muse, Keira Knightley (an Oscar nominee herself) as the doomed heroine.
Possible Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Knightley), Best Supporting Actor (Jude Law)
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'Brave'
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After misfiring with the critically panned "Cars 2," Pixar looks to be back on track with "Brave," a sure-to-be stirring tale about a Scottish princess who sets out to undo a curse that could ruin her kingdom. If the trailer is anything to go by, this will be the animated film to beat come Oscars time.
Possible Nominations: Best Animated Feature
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Cogan's Trade'
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While Andrew Dominik's last film, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," didn't draw a crowd, it was a hit with the Academy, garnering two Academy Award nominations. His latest reunites the director with "Jesse James" star Brad Pitt for a crime story about a professional enforcer (Pitt) hired to investigate a mysterious heist. It sounds grim, but the talent behind the project is stellar.
Possible Nominations: Best Actor (Pitt)
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Dark Knight Rises
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Fans cried foul when "The Dark Knight" wasn't nominated for Best Pictures despite critical approval, so chances are the Academy won't turn a blind eye this time around. With Christopher Nolan at the helm and all the regular players back, this final installment of the new Batman trilogy is destined to thrill. How can the Academy ignore Nolan & Co. this time around?
Possible Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Thomas Hardy)
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'Django Unchained'
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Quentin Tarantino has never been one to play it safe, and his latest, "Django Unchained," has the promise to be his most controversial work yet. Despite the Academy's aversion to controversy, it's been welcoming to Tarantino's films in the past, so chances are they'll embrace his new thriller. Oscar winner Jamie Foxx plays the titular hero who sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio).
Possible Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Foxx), Best Supporting Actor (DiCaprio)
'The Gangster Squad'
An Oscar contender from the director of "Zombieland"? By the looks of "The Gangster Squad," it seems likely. The proof lies in the casting. Director Ruben Fleischer has assembled one of the best ensembles in recent memory for his period crime picture. Among the cast members along for the ride: Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Emma Stone, Nick Nolte, Anthony Mackie, Josh Brolin and Giovanni Ribisi. The star power alone will no doubt impress.
Possible Nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor (Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn), Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone)
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'Gravity'
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Sci-fi is a genre the Academy usually ignores, but with Alfonso Cuaron ("Children of Men") at the helm and a cast fronted by George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, chances are the Academy will go against the grain this time around. "Gravity" stars Bullock as the lone survivor of a space mission gone wrong, who tries to return to Earth and reunite with her daughter.
Possible Nominations: Best Director, Best Actress (Bullock)
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'The Great Gatsby'
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Although Baz Luhrmann's last epic endeavor, "Australia," flopped, don't count the Australian auteur out of next year's race. If anyone's poised to do great things with a 3-D rethinking of "The Great Gatsby," Luhrmann's the guy. The director's grandiose style is perfectly suited to the classic tale, and so is the cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton and Isla Fisher.
Possible Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (DiCaprio), Best Actress (Mulligan), Best Supporting Actor (Maguire)
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'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'
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The Academy has rewarded each of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" films with Best Picture nominations, and by the looks of this prequel, history will likely repeat itself. With Jackson back at the helm and Ian McKellen returning as Gandalf, "The Hobbit" is poised to do killer business and reap a slew of nominations.
Possible Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (McKellen)
'Kill Bin Laden'
Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow follows up "The Hurt Locker" with another war film, this one about the hunt for Osama bin Laden -- talk about a match made in war-movie heaven. Couple that with the cast Bigelow has assembled (Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Joel Edgerton and Kyle Chandler), and "Kill Bin Laden" has the makings of a real contender.
Possible Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay
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'Les Miserables'
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Let's face it, folks. If "Les Miserables" is any good, it's the film to beat next year. For starters, it's a film adaptation of one of the most beloved musicals of all time. Did we mention it's directed by Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper ("The King's Speech"), stars two Oscar hosts, Anne Hathaway (Oscar nominated actress) and Hugh Jackman, and features Oscar winner Russell Crowe belting his heart out?
Possible Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Crowe), Best Actor (Jackman), Best Supporting Actress (Hathaway)
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Source: http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/2013-oscar-predictions/
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Am I the only one who likes Winslet's performance in The Reader? She made a nazi sympathetic, I mean none of the others were doing it, although Anne Hathaway gave a cute little performance. I don't know what the hell Angelina was doing through most of that film. Meryl and Kate were the only two actresses worthwhile in that category that year.
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Possible Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (DiCaprio), Best Actress (Mulligan), Best Supporting Actor (Maguire)
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In a perfect world.
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TiVo: Jennifer Lopez Starred In Oscar Night’s Most-Viewed TV
It’s amazing how much TV viewers care about a little show of nipple. At least that seems to explain why Jennifer Lopez’s joint appearance with Cameron Diaz to present the award for Best Costume Design and Makeup was the most-viewed moment among TiVo DVR users who watched last night’s Oscars live or up to 12 hours after it aired. Their appearance had 14.1% more viewings than the average for the rest of the show, TiVo says based on data from 300,000 of its customers. The company counts the number of times a moment is played or re-played — so it could be inflated by multiple viewings on a few TV sets. Messages indicating that Lopez’s dress revealed more than viewers commonly see in primetime spread through Twitter and other social networks immediately after her appearance. The second-most-watched moment, at 13.5% above average, came nearly an hour later when Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow presented the award for Best Documentary. Meryl Streep’s victory as Best Actress was close behind, with 13.3% more viewings than average. As for the least-watched moments, they were the acceptance speeches for Sound Mixing (9.8% below average), Original Score (-8.2%), and Visual Effects (-7.3%).
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/
******** but for the wrong reasons.
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Brave already has Best Animated Feature on lock and it isn't even released yet. Pixar slaying as usual.
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Brave already has Best Animated Feature on lock and it isn't even released yet. Pixar slaying as usual.
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If Brave does get nominated, its probably also got the win on lock too.
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At least Viola broke her government official/law enforcement archetype with The Help
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what the ****? She was a single mom in Doubt. . .
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Spielberg's Lincoln has it on lock...
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Originally posted by Jessica19
It’s amazing how much TV viewers care about a little show of nipple. At least that seems to explain why Jennifer Lopez’s joint appearance with Cameron Diaz to present the award for Best Costume Design and Makeup was the most-viewed moment among TiVo DVR users who watched last night’s Oscars live or up to 12 hours after it aired. Their appearance had 14.1% more viewings than the average for the rest of the show, TiVo says based on data from 300,000 of its customers. The company counts the number of times a moment is played or re-played — so it could be inflated by multiple viewings on a few TV sets. Messages indicating that Lopez’s dress revealed more than viewers commonly see in primetime spread through Twitter and other social networks immediately after her appearance. The second-most-watched moment, at 13.5% above average, came nearly an hour later when Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow presented the award for Best Documentary. Meryl Streep’s victory as Best Actress was close behind, with 13.3% more viewings than average. As for the least-watched moments, they were the acceptance speeches for Sound Mixing (9.8% below average), Original Score (-8.2%), and Visual Effects (-7.3%).
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/
******** but for the wrong reasons.
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Watch as she gets nominated next year for Parker.
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