The 2010 Oscars: Winners & Roundup
So, this evening I headed to a rather exclusive Oscar party in central London courtesy of Grey Goose and watched the stars arrive on the red carpet followed by the ceremony itself on TV screens scattered around the venue. The evening opened with Neil Patrick Harris performing a stage show number followed by our hosts, [...]
The 2010 Oscars Updated Live!
The biggest night in Hollywood is here and over the next few hours they’ll be tears, cheers and (hopefully) a few surprises as the 82nd Academy Awards are handed out.
The sordid trudge up the red carpet has finished and I’m going to be blogging live as the winners are announced, you can have a look [...]
Watch the Oscars Red Carpet Arrivals Here LIVE
This evening is the biggest night of the year when it comes to movies! Yes, that’s right, if you didn’t know already, tonight is the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony or The Oscars as they’re more affectionately known.Later on this evening we’ll find out of James Cameron’s Avatar, Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker or a ranked [...]
Best Picture Oscar: Are you Team Avatar or Team Hurt Locker?
Tonight’s the night. The 82nd Academy Awards are only hours away and despite the increase in number to ten Best Picture nominees, most of the hype and speculation has been around two films, James Cameron’s 3D spectacular Avatar, and Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker.
So, to jump on a particularly crowded bandwagon, we’re asking you if [...]
2010 Things I’m Looking Forward To
As i write this, it’s the 1st March, the sun is shining, and it feels like the movie year is starting to begin, after a slow first two months. It feels like a good time, then, to have a look at what the next ten months have in store, and the ten things i’m most [...]
Oscar Nominations – Our First Reactions & What Did You Think?
When it happened they came through (full list of nominations here) thick and fast, with no real surprises and a few disappointments in the mix. While this is mainly a publicity exercise there is some truly outstanding talent being honoured here, and there’s good news for Carey Mulligan who greatly impressed in An Education and [...]
2010 Oscar Nominations List in Full
Normally these things never suit UK time as they’re in the middle of the night but, as we eat our Tuesday lunch, the 82nd Annual Academy Awards Nominations (or the Oscars as they’re more affectionately known) will be revealed live by Anne Hathaway from an LA hotel at 5am local time in the US!
We’ve got [...]
Oscar Finds New Hosts
Oscar is a fickle fellow. It seems like he just can’t make up his mind when it comes to his Emcee. It was a surprise last year when it was announced that Hugh Jackman was chosen to don the tux for the evening. Afterwards when I talked to people, the response was favorable. So talk [...]
Jackman Out of 2010 Oscars
Hugh Jackman was credited with bringing what the Americans term his ‘A-game’ to the Oscars ceremony last year and rejuvenated an ailing format with a bit of a song and a dance, great comic timing and a whole host of Jackman.
The audience loved it and for the first time in years the Oscars was more [...]
Why Good Films Get Ignored By Oscar
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One thing that Duncan Jones’ campaign to get Sam Rockwell an Oscar nomination has shed light on is the fact that incredibly deserving films and actors are often ignored by the academy, apparently for no good reason.
The reason commonly cited for this, often [...]
