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The HeyUGuys Interview: Producer Simon Chinn talks Project Nim and Academy Awards

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Producer Simon Chinn may not be the man who takes all the plaudits as such, but his meticulous eye for a good story has seen him behind some of the finest documentaries in recent years. He has worked on Man on Wire, The Imposter and Searching for Sugarman – and it’s his brilliant feature length [...]




The Oscars 2013 Winners

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It’s the biggest night in Hollywoodland and we’re along for the crazy, caffeine-fueled night. Whether it’ll be Lincoln’s night or a wider net of awards there’ll be plenty to talk about for weeks to come. If you’re on Twitter then follow us tweet the night away over at @heyuguys and you can keep abreast of [...]




Watch the Oscars Red Carpet Show Live Stream

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Tonight is the night we’ve all been waiting for. It’s the Oscars. Almost the entirety of Hollywood will be gathering out at the Dolby Theatre. But before the ceremony itself gets underway tonight, we’ve got the Oscars Red Carpet Show to look forward to. The nominees will be taking to the red carpet, alongside pretty [...]




85th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon Photo

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Every year, Oscar puts on one of the most prestigious movie lunches for all of the nominees of Academy Awards that year and this year is no different. Yesterday, The Beverly Hilton Hotel hosted the lunch which was attended by hundreds of nominees as you can see in he photo below. A list of all [...]




HeyUGuys’ Best Picture Oscar Predictions: 2013 Edition

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It’s that time of the year again; the time of year when everyone ceases simply “liking” or “disliking” films, and instead gets very worked up about what everyone else apparently thinks (as I’ve done here). Yep, it’s Oscar season, and after what everyone is agreeing was a truly exceptional year for film, the 85th Academy [...]




So You Want to Win An Oscar? PART VIII: THE CAMPAIGN

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It’s Oscar nominations day. You couldn’t sleep. Years of hard work and stress and socialising have been judged by six thousand of your peers, the results of which are about to be announced. But this is no lottery, this is the Oscars. Campaigns are a lengthy and expensive process, but you already know that, which [...]




Oscars 2013: The Good, The Bad, and The Shameful

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Yesterday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their nominees for this year’s Oscar ceremony.  As always, it has drawn sharp criticism from folks all over the world.  I was especially incensed at some of the major snubs, and delighted by others. So, let’s hash it out.  I’m going to tell you what [...]




The 2013 Oscar Nominations are Announced

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The awards season is finally coming to its peak. The BAFTA nominations were announced yesterday. The Golden Globes ceremony will be held this Sunday. And now the Oscar nominations have been announced, cutting down the finalists that have been contending for the coveted awards over the past few months. Waking up at an extremely early [...]




Watch the Oscar Nominations Live!

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In a few moments Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone take to the stage to announce the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards. In the spirit of goodwill and massive free publicity the Academy have allowed YouTube to live stream the whole shebang so check below for the live stream from L.A. We’ll have the full [...]




So You Want to Win An Oscar? PART VII: THE BOX OFFICE

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Your Weinstein produced, Gondry directed American period drama starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Amy Adams, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris O’Dowd, Richard Gere, and Francis McDormand with a Howard Shore score has been shot and edited. Your cast have traversed the United States in a seemingly endless gauntlet of interviews and publicity events leading up to its highly-anticipated Thanksgiving [...]




Seth MacFarlane & Emma Stone to Announce Oscar Nominations

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This Thursday, the Academy will be announcing the final list of nominations for this year’s Oscars, and the anticipation couldn’t be much higher. 2012 was another phenomenal year with so many exceptional films, from all aspects of production, and the race has been an impressive one in recent months in the midst of the awards [...]




Oscars: 9 Films make Shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film

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The Oscars are almost upon us, and with just two weeks to go before we hear the final nominations, the race is on, with all the main categories wide open and still to play for. And now one of those categories, for the Best Foreign Language Film, is narrowing. So far, we’ve had the shortlists [...]




Best Makeup at the Oscars – Looper, Les Misérables, Men in Black 3 & More top Shortlist

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The Oscars are just over two months away, and the awards season is in full swing as we head towards the end of the year. We’ve had the shortlists in a handful of categories already – Best Animated Feature, Best Visual Effects, Best Documentary, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song – and now the [...]




Oscars: 75 Songs vie for Best Original Song led by Les Misérables, Ted & Safety Not Guaranteed

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The Oscars are almost upon us, and the past few weeks have treated us to the shortlists competing in a number of categories, including Best Animated Feature, Best Visual Effects, Best Documentary, and Best Original Score. With the nominations announcement creeping ever closer at the start of next month, the Academy have now announced a [...]




104 Scores in the Race for Best Original Score at the Oscars

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The Oscars are a little over two months away, and with so many fantastic films released throughout this year, the anticipation surrounding the announcement of the nominations next month is running on high. So far, we’ve had the shortlists for the Best Animated Feature, the Best Visual Effects, and the Best Documentary categories. Now the [...]




For Your Consideration: Lionsgate release the Screenplay for The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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The Oscar season is upon us, and with the nominations announced in exactly one month, the studios are all getting underway with their various campaigns. Lionsgate has a handful of contenders, including The Impossible and The Hunger Games, and it is also giving an awards push for this year’s successful The Perks of Being a [...]




So You Want to Win An Oscar? PART III: THE STUDIOS

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After many a night schmoozing with the Hollywood elite your persistence has finally paid off. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Amy Adams, Richard Gere, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris O’Dowd, and Frances McDormand have all committed to your Michel Gondry helmed American period drama based on a true story. But you can’t afford to crack out the champagne just yet, [...]




Oscars – 15 Films Announced as the Shortlist for the Documentary Feature Award

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The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has made a little bit more progress in it’s ever so exhausting task of narrowing down the top contenders for the Documentary Feature Award. The list, which used to include just over 120 films, has finally been narrowed to a more manageable 15.  Many of the films [...]




The Dark Knight Rises, John Carter, The Avengers & More lead Oscars Visual Effects Finalists

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2012 has been another huge year for blockbusters, with dozens of big-budgeted, big-scale films hitting the big screen pretty much from the word go. Whilst most blockbusters don’t find themselves as contenders in the majority of categories at the Oscars, one place we continually see them arrive is in the Best Visual Effects category. The [...]




21 Films Submitted for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars

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This year will mark the twelfth year that the Academy Awards have featured the Best Animated Feature category, and now the full list of submissions has been released, totalling twenty-one for this year’s entries for consideration. Last year, Gore Verbinski’s Rango took home the Oscar, fighting off competition in the form of A Cat in [...]