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‘Sexist Pig’ Mel Gibson Sneaks Into Awards Race

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The Mel Gibson comeback train barrels into 2011 today with word that the troubled actor/filmmaker has earned awards-body recognition. The catch: He’s been given the “Sexist Pig Award” from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, which also recognized more conventional kudos front-runners The Social Network , The Kids Are All Right (including Best Actress winner Annette Bening over Natalie Portman), The King’s Speech and True Grit among its films of the year. Congrats to all! [ AWFJ ]

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Who is This ‘Mark Whalberg,’ and Why Is He Trending on Twitter?

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I know we’re all quick to judge these days, but come on: Who hasn’t gravely misspelled an A-list movie star and eventual Oscar nominee’s name in the process of tweeting about his rumored third nipple?

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Will Sony Play the Karate Kid Card in its Oscar War Vs. King’s Speech?

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As noted in today’s edition of The Broadsheet, a writer at VF. com has made a compelling (or at least intriguing, or at least time-killing) case for The King’s Speech being little more than a well-produced riff on the original 1984 version of The Karate Kid . On the one hand, tropes is tropes; there are only so many original stories in the world, and eventually everything will have something in common. On the other… I mean, “The unorthodox, uncredentialed teacher is contrasted with a cruel — but more respected — educator.” Or, “The teacher helps fill a void left by the student’s absent father.” Is this the beginning of a covert Sony vs. Weinstein Oscar-season war?

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Toy Story 3 Not Competing for Best Original Score Either

Posted on December 30, 2010 by | Leave a comment

The official list of Academy Award eligible scores numbers 77 in total, but don’t expect to see many of your favorites get recognized come nomination time. As previously reported , Black Swan , The Fighter , Tangled , The Kids Are All Right and True Grit were deemed ineligible because of their reliance on previously produced music, and now comes words that Randy Newman declined to enter his Toy Story 3 score in the running. This marks the first time Pixar won’t have a nomination in the Best Original Score category since Cars was passed over in 2006. [ In Contention ]

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Watch Buzz Lightyear and Mr. Incredible Do the Pixar Mashup

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Oscar Index: Inception, ‘Steak Eaters’ on the Move

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Well, here we go: Nomination ballots are in Academy voters’ mailboxes as of this week, meaning that the ” [m]ost over-covered, over-considered Oscar season ever ” just became that much more over-covered and over-considered. How can we ever hope to break it down? To the Index!

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Oscar Index: Inception, ‘Steak Eaters’ on the Move

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Well, here we go: Nomination ballots are in Academy voters’ mailboxes as of this week, meaning that the ” [m]ost over-covered, over-considered Oscar season ever ” just became that much more over-covered and over-considered. How can we ever hope to break it down? To the Index!

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WGA Awards: Grown Ups Has a Better Shot Than The King’s Speech

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The Writer’s Guild of America has released the list of eligible screenplays for their annual awards. Traditionally, these awards have been strong predictors for the Oscars, with winners for both original and adapted screenplays matching up eleven of the last sixteen years. But this year, there are a few noteworthy omissions including The King’s Speech and Toy Story 3 . But don’t worry, Grown Ups is here! Between this and the list of eligible Best Picture films, maybe Armond White should start spearheading a last-minute, Hail Mary campaign for the film, Harvey Weinstein-style.

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Javier Bardem on Biutiful, Barcelona, and the Economy of Exploitation (Oscars Included)

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I could feed you that tired old line about Javier Bardem delivering the performance of a lifetime etc. etc. in Biutiful , but come on. Why lie? The reality is that Bardem has delivered such richly drawn, deeply layered work for years, from his role as doomed Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls to the right-to-die proponent Ramon Sampedro in The Sea Inside and even the affectless, coin-tossing killer Anton Chigurh in No Country For Old Men — all canonical characters of the last decade, all justifiably Oscar-nominated (with the latter winning). It is fair to say Biutiful ‘s struggling, terminally ill Barcelonan eclipses them all; so when will Bardem receive the awards-season recognition he deserves?

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5 Ridiculous Scenes in Otherwise Good Movies of 2010

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Looks like we’ll be treated to 10 Best Picture nominees worth the recognition this year. (Take that, 2009, The Blind Side , and Up in the Air !) But now that 2010 is almost kaput, it’s high-time for a reality check of the year’s best films — an unflinching glimpse back at the times when even quality cinema stumbled in its path to greatness. Here, we explore five great films with five really ridiculous (and questionably forgivable) scenes.

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