2012 Academy Award Nominations Announced

Academy Awards Nominations 2012

Now that the Golden Globe Awards are out of the picture it is now time for the real awards show to get underway. With almost a month to go, the 84th Annual Academy Awards will be live on February 26, 2012. The nominations have been picked and it is up to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to choose who will reign supreme at this years’ Oscars. Continue reading

The 69th Golden Globe Awards Winners List (Live Updates)

69th Annual Golden Globe Awards Winners 2012

Tonight is the big night for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Whether you are just tuning in or have been watching the whole night, I’ll be providing a live updated list of the awards winners just in case you missed anything. The Artist won the big ticket at the Critic’s Choice Awards earlier this week, but who have the Hollywood Foreign Press Association picked tonight? The bigger question is who will Ricky Gervais humiliate? Continue reading

2012 Golden Globe Nominees

Ricky Gervais 2012 Golden Globe Awards

Here we go again, awards season has finally gotten the ball rolling with the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations. Even though The Hollywood Foreign Press seems to dish out some of the strangest and the most WTF! nominations every year, this even is still one of the biggest award shows for entertainment. As of today, there are 14  film and 11 television categories, and I’ve got all your nominations right here for 2012. Continue reading

Neato: Awesome Animal Beatbox

Let’s face it, the music industry is a dying breed. It has lost its edge and we are stuck with the same boring music we hear a 1000 times over with as much autotune as possible. Could Rebecca Black be foreshadowing the music industry’s future? Probably. But when little gems like, Animal Beatbox, directed by Damon Gameau, come into play, it brings  a sparkle of hope that there is some creativity left in this world. Damon Gameau won Tropfest 2011 Australia, the world’s largest short film festival. My hat goes off to you Mr. Gameau. Check out Animal Beatbox after the break for some real musical talent.

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The 2010 Brandcameo Award Winners

Who knew that a little thing like Reeses Pieces could spark a cultural complexity and annoyance such as product placement. Being a geek of both arts, advertising and film, I wonder to myself, how have I never heard of these awards? Well your guess is as good as mine. But moving forward… the Brandchannel has furiously tabulated product placement for over the past decade. Each year they honor the good, the bad, and the ugly of product placement in films. To see who the big winners are, find out after the break!

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Read The 2011 Oscar Nominated Scripts

Read?! Read?! Who reads these days?! But when it comes to these great screenplays, I would suggest that you should take the time to peruse through some of these great pieces of writing. From Inception to The Social Network, Raindance.org has gifted audiences with 9 of the 10 screenplays nominated this year for the Oscar. Click on the raindance link to get the chance to download the screenplays.

10 Films You Would Have Never Expected To Be Oscar Nominated

There have been plenty of amazing films nominated for the most prestigious award in cinema, but did you know there have been some stinkers and average movies nominated for the big award? This year The Wolfman is gracing the academy’s list of recognized films of 2010, but there have been a few more that have snuck in throughout Oscar history. See the entire list after the break!

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The 83rd Academy Award Winners (Live Updates)

The 83rd Academy Awards will be airing tonight on ABC at 730 CST and I will be bringing you the winners as they are presented live (you’ll have to refresh the page throughout the night if you stay with me). I’ll also be putting in my two cents and just trying to enjoy my night as this will be a pretty exciting awards show. Not only do we get the first co-ed co-hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco, but the youngest ever too. I am also excited to see what Banksy will have in store if he will crash the award show or not.

To see who has won thus far, keep reading after the jump!

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And Your 2011 Razzie “Winners” Are…

Last night the 31st Annual Razzie Awards were given to the most well deserving “winners” of 2010. There were some pretty bad stinkers last year and not everyone can be “winners” here, but I believe they made the right choices this year. Check out who were acclaimed the worst of the worst last night after the jump!

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2011 Oscar Predictions

With only a matter of hours before the biggest awards ceremony in the film industry takes place, I have just a few predictions to get out of the way to set in stone bragging rights if I am to guess these awards correctly. If I get them wrong, then you can just tell me to shove it. The 83rd Annual Academy Awards can be seen on ABC tonight at 5/4 CST and the ceremony starts 830/730 CST. Without further ado take a gander after the jump to see who I believe will take the Oscar tonight!

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