Let's look at the results from the 79th Academy Awards ceremony: Best Motion Picture of the Year: The Departed Babel Letters from Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine The Queen Achievement in Directing: Martin Scorsese for The Departed Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima Stephen Frears for The Queen Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel Paul…
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It costs big money to run the Oscar race. Many people don't realize all the money it takes to market an award winner. Here are some of the money figures which the studios are spending to market an Oscar contender: The Departed: $40.3 million Little Miss Sunshine: $11.9 million The Queen: $14.5 million Babel: $16.4…
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Super Movie Critic and my personal hero Roger Ebert claims that Little Miss Sunshine may cause an upset at this year's Oscars. Ebert has been pretty spot on with his Academy Award predictions in the past. Last year he was only wrong once out of all the major categories (he chose Amy Adams over Rachel…
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Kimberly Peirce, Darren Aronofsky, David O. Russell, Spike Jonze, David Fincher, Baz Luhrmann and Mark Romanek were supposed to be the next generation of filmmakers. What happened? Sharon Waxman of the New York Times has a great article titled "The Mystery of the Missing Moviemakers". "Is it a sign of timidity, or laziness, or some…
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AMC Theaters has announced that it will show the five movies nominated for Best Picture back-toback on the Saturday before the Academy Awards. AMC, the second biggest theater chain in the United States, will sell tickets for only $30. The mini-film festival will be shown at 78 theaters across the country on February 24th 2007…
Read MoreHere are the winners from the 2007 Golden Globes: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (FILM) Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls ORIGINAL SONG "The Song of the Heart" - Happy Feet - Music & Lyrics by: Prince Rogers Nelson SUPPORTING ACTOR (MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE) Jeremy Irons - Elizabeth I ACTRESS (TV DRAMA) Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer ACTOR (TV…
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