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Oscar Buzz and Awards Season 2009

It's December!  Guess what that means!!!

Since Spout saw fit to make a banner for our group on the Groups page, I thought it was only fair to start our 2009 buzz thread and get the juices flowing.  You know, one of our four major predictors, the Critics Choice Awards, has its nominations being announced tomorrow by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, followed closely by the Golden Globes and SAG.  Keep up to date here on all of the lists and nominees as they get announced.  Get ready to discuss the awards season.  I have a feeling we're going to have a doozy this year...  the SpoutBlog has already been hitting on some of the short list announcements and the subjects of great speculation, not the least of which include whether or not Heath Ledger will posthumously be nominated for any award for his Joker portrayal in The Dark Knight.  Also - is Wall-E good enough to be nominated for Best Picture (I think Animated Feature is in the bag). 

Also, now that it's after Thanksgiving, we're seeing the awards season push of films.  Any interest you this year?

Let's live up to our hype and get to buzzing.  After all, it's the most wonderful time of the year for us Oscar fans! :-)

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Well, I've been looking for a list of the Critics' Choice nominees, but not even the BFCA has published them online, even though the timetable says the nominees were announced today.  So, I found a list elsewhere.  Watch as the fancy lists appear!

http://www.chiff.com/pop-culture/critics-choice-awards.htm

In the meantime, the LA Film Critics Association granted their year-end awards: http://www.awardsdaily.com/?p=4694

Stay tuned for more buzz and contribute your own!

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pippin06:

Well, I've been looking for a list of the Critics' Choice nominees, but not even the BFCA has published them online, even though the timetable says the nominees were announced today.  So, I found a list elsewhere.  Watch as the fancy lists appear!

http://www.chiff.com/pop-culture/critics-choice-awards.htm

In the meantime, the LA Film Critics Association granted their year-end awards: http://www.awardsdaily.com/?p=4694

Stay tuned for more buzz and contribute your own!

The list is compiled.  I will label the nominees later (that's a feat), but I note that Spout does not seem to have Mongol (nominated for Documentary Feature) in its database.  Stay tuned!

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Today's (December 10, 2008) buzz and scoop:

The New York Film Critics Circle (is that Karina's new club?) announced their end of year awards: http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0625035/

Apparently, the scorers for The Dark Knight were originally disqualified for consideration.  Apparently, they're un-disqualified (re-qualified?  qualified?)...um again or now or still:  http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2008/12/alert-the-acade.html

And apparently, Jack Sparrow impersonators can't catch a break.  That's not so much Oscar buzz as it is just really funny:

http://www.ktla.com/landing_news/?Flashing-Girls-Prompt-Disneyland-to-Can-=1&blockID=154946&feedID=171

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Obviously... someone wasn't thinking when they tried to disqualify the greatest film of all time's score from the list. Honestly, who are these noobs?

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Of all the Oscar contenders I haven't seen yet, I'm most exctied for Darren Aaronofsky's The Wrestler.

That Mickey Rourke is really something. I'm glad he's got a movie this good-looking coming out.

Here's the trailer.

Read the review.

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Another I'm excited to see is Defiance. It looks like Robin Hood meets Schindler's List.

I didn't love Zwick's The Last Samurai, but I liked it, and I liked Blood Diamond more. If Zwick gives me reason to like Defiance even more, I'll be pleased.

Here's the trailer.

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Today's (December 11, 2008) Oscar buzz:

--The Golden Globe nominations, our second major predictor, were announced today!  Watch as the wonderful list appears in our group!  Oh, and I ganked this link from Karina/SpoutBlog: http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/globes/env-2009-globes-nom-list-scorecard-html,0,1212252.htmlstory

--More info on the LA Film Critics, lauding Wall-E as the first animated feature to be awarded best film (from imdb):

Animated Film Wins Prestigious Award

11 December 2008 4:12 AM, PST

Wall-E has become the first animated movie to be named Best Film of The Year by the Los Angeles Film Critics.

The futuristic robot in space film topped the critics' list on Tuesday, giving it an Oscars boost.

British actress Sally Hawkins claimed the Best Actress prize for Happy-Go-Lucky and Sean Penn's portrayal of assassinated gay San Francisco, California, politician Harvey Milk won him the Best Actor honour.

Late star Heath Ledger and Penelope Cruz snagged the Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards for their roles in The Dark Knight and Vicky Cristina Barcelona respectively.

--And the Humanitarian Oscar goes to... (from imdb)

Lewis Honoured With Humanitarian Oscar

11 December 2008 4:12 AM, PST

Veteran comedian Jerry Lewis will be honoured with an Academy Award for his humanitarian work at next year's Oscars ceremony.

The 82 year old is set to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Hollywood event in February in recognition of his annual fundraising telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

The beloved funnyman helped found the research organisation in 1950, and has reportedly raised an estimated $2 billion (GBP1.31billion) for the cause since his annual U.S. telethons began in 1966.

Sid Ganis, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, says, "Jerry is a legendary comedian, who has not only brought laughter to millions around the world but has also helped thousands upon thousands by raising funds and awareness for those suffering from muscular dystrophy."

Lewis will join a list of stars who have received the intermittently-awarded honour, including Bob Hope, Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn and Paul Newman.

--Here's something for SkyPilot a la Mickey Rourke and The Wrestler:

http://maxim.com/TheResurrectionofMickeyRourke/articles/46850.aspx

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Ok, so the Globes nominee list is up, but I'll parse out what's nominated for what later.  The only note: in the made-for-TV movies, I can't find 24: Redemption in Spout's database.  That's ok, because that feels much more like television than a made-for-TV movie, and frankly, it wasn't all that great.  I'm not all of a dither about the upcoming season of 24 because of it, is what I'm saying.  I'm much more of a dither about the fact that Pushing Daisies was canceled, but that's a rant for another place and time...

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I'm glad Burn After Reading got nominated for best comedy/musical for the Golden Globes.  That was my favorite 2008 movie, although I haven't seen that many.