AWARDS RACE

By Pete Hammond hollywoodnews.com: For the first time two 3D movies opened against each other on the same weekend grabbing a combined total of an estimated $60 million at the box office just one week after the debut of another 3D family epic, The Chronicles Of Narnia: Voyage of the[...]

By Sean O’Connell Hollywoodnews.com: The rally cries rang out in support of Javier Bardem and his performance in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Biutiful” shortly after the actor’s name was left off the short lists at both SAG and the Golden Globes. “Every awards season is rife with injustices, but one in particular stands[...]

By Sean O’Connell Hollywoodnews.com: James Franco opened up about hosting the Oscars in an exclusive interview for EW.com. Though his initial reaction was to reject the offer, Franco eventually reconsidered. “Then I thought about it and I thought, well, why not? Because I’ll look bad? Well, I don’t care.” Awards Daily[...]

hollywoodnews.com: Two hundred forty-eight feature films are eligible for the 2010 Academy Award® for Best Picture, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. To be eligible for 83rd Academy Awards® consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by midnight, December[...]

hollywoodnews.com: Robert Duvall will be honored on Wednesday, January 5 at 11:00 am with a Handprint and Footprint Ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre along the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame to celebrate 50 years of Excellence in film. This year for his outstanding performance as Felix Bush in Sony Pictures[...]

By Paul Sheehan at GoldDerby hollywoodnews.com: Just how many of the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees will go on to contend at the Oscars? The 2100 SAG members who sit on the nominating committee have proven to be remarkably prescient at predicting which performances will find favor with the 1205 voters[...]

By Gold Derby News Desk hollywoodnews.com: Here’s the first batch of Golden Globe predictions from these notable pundits: Tim Appelo (Hollywood Reporter), Erik Davis (Cinematical), Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood), Joseph Kapsch (Zap2It), Dave Karger (Entertainment Weekly), Guy Lodge (In Contention), Michael Musto (Village Voice), Tom O’Neil (Gold Derby, The Envelope), Steve[...]

hollywoodnews.com: The iconic symbols that evoke Oscar Night® – including the red carpet, the searchlights, the envelope and Oscar® himself – are center stage in “You’re Invited,” the 83rd Academy Awards® marketing campaign unveiled today by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. For the first time, the public[...]

By Sean O’Connell Hollywoodnews.com: Are you ready for the further adventures of a smitten Shakespeare? How about more card-shark games with the “Rounders” crew? That seems to be the intention of Miramax films, which today announced a partnership with The Weinstein Company to produce sequels of popular films from the Miramax library.[...]

By Sean O’Connell Hollywoodnews.com: Now we have a race. Instead of falling in line with the major critics groups, which crowned David Fincher’s “The Social Network” as the year’s best film, the Screen Actors Guild this morning divided its love between “The King’s Speech” and “The Fighter,” bestowing each with four major[...]