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Karl Malden (RIP)

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:37:15 +0000

A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947 [ via ] This past week has been very rough on the entertainment industry and our cultural history. Today, with Karl Malden's death, we've lost the last remaining principal cast member of Tennessee William's legendary play turned movie A Streetcar Named ...

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Letters to Twilight: Mid-year Progress report

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:00:05 +0000

LTT/LTR Mid year progress report Dear Faithful Readers and Newbies- Before we break to celebrate this fair country’s independence day tomorrow, we must first look at where we’ve come from. And by we, of course I mean us here at Letters to Twilight, not the United States. ...

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Oscar Rule Change: Ten Best Lists

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:17:49 +0000

A film historian of the 60s and 70s sent me his best guesses at what ten best Oscar lists would have been between 1967 and 1979. What's fascinating, assuming he's making reasonably inside-ballpark calls here, is that adding five sometimes improves the choices, and often does not. But while my ...

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Counting to ten

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:30:00 +0000

Since the Academy announced the new ten-lane track for the Best Picture race, any number of bloggers have projected which extra films might have made the cut under this format in the last few years, a process that, for many, retrospectively hands hypothetical nods to everything from ...

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Karl Malden Passes

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:57:41 +0000

Karl Malden has been elderly and well and unwell for a long time. Living in this town, one got used to seeing Malden now and again, looking stronger or weaker at different times. A few weeks ago, Michael Douglas was given a lifetime achievement award by AFI, and his father, Kirk, was in ...

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Captioning the new pics of Robert Pattinson because they’re too good not to caption

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:00:51 +0000

Dear Rob- This week’s been like Christmas day in June. It’s been like my Super Sweet 16, 5 years later, ahem. It’s been like my first time all over again. It’s been like winning the lottery. It’s been like the Oscars on rewind. It’s been like ...

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Hugh Jackman, the new A-Team member

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:58:16 +0000

Although he hosted the Oscars this year, Hugh Jackman was not a member of the club at the time. In consequence, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences though this should be changed. So they invited the actor from...

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82nd Academy Awards to Feature 10 Best Picture Nominees

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:21:55 +0000

Beverly Hills, CA (June 24, 2009)— The 82nd Academy Awards, which will be presented on March 7, 2010, will have 10 feature films vying in the Best Picture category, Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announced today (June 24) at a press conference in Beverly ...

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Guess who was invited to join the Academy?

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:24:00 +0000

James McAvoy was among the 134 artists invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Those who were invited to join the Academy “have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions ...

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Harry Potter: Finally Oscar Worthy?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:14:00 +0000

The result of the AMPAS announcement that there will be 10 Best Picture nominees at next years Academy Awards is speculation regarding which films that in previous years just missed the cut will be nominated. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince might just be one of them. Following a ...

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2010 Oscars to have 10 Best Picture nominees | Academy Awards | OscarWatch

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:48:46 +0000

Pixar-Up_l I wasn't planning on resuscitating this blog until September, but with news this huge, I'll gladly make an exception. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that it will name 10 Best Picture nominees next year instead of five. Yes, that's right: TEN Best ...

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Is the Met Ball Deflating? - news

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:58:46 +0000

(NEW YORK) With the recent news of downsizing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art --169 employees, constituting 14 percent of the total staff, left the museum in a mixture of layoffs and voluntary retirement--the buzz about the fate of the Vogue -sponsored Costume Institute Gala continues to ...

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Weekend Recap: 'Transformers,' Michael Jackson, Peter Jackson Updates

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:57:48 +0000

We've certainly seen a lot of highs a lows over the past few days. The Transformers release is nearly record breaking, while the deaths of celebrities, particularly Michael Jackson, have left a cloud over the usual proceedings. Beyond all that, we still found a few stories worth ...

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OFF THE CARPET: The more the merrier?

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:48:00 +0000

The Academy dropped a bombshell announcement mid-week, leaving a mixture of cheers and jeers as well as a number of questions that will be answered slowly but surely as a new Oscar season approaches. The chief complaint from those who took umbrage with the decision to open the Best Picture ...

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Oscars Makeover Continues With Changes for Music Category

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:24:51 +0000

Oscars keep making changes in the rules including tighter standards for original song category which makes it possible that there will be no award given in the category.

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Oscars moves testimonial awards to earlier dinner; changes Song rules

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:59:00 +0000

If there were worries that the increased 10 Best Picture Nominees were going to make the Oscars telecast even longer, the Academy has taken at least one step to keep the telecast less bloated.

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OSCARS EXPAND BEST PIC TO 10 NOMINEES

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:09:34 +0000

(”I wish this had chocolate in it.”) At a press conference this morning in Beverly Hills, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science president Sid Ganis (pronounced “gay anus”) announced that the Best Picture category will expand to include 10 nominees. It’s a ...

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Charles Gibson to direct 'Goblin' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:53:00 +0000

Visual-effects specialist makes helming debut Visual-effects specialist Charles Gibson will make his bigscreen directing debut with the Geoff Rodkey-scripted family comedy "The Goblin." Matt Berenson will produce with Wind Dancer Film principal Matt Williams and production head Judd Payne. Wind ...

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Do the Oscars Matter? Fandango Says Yes

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:40:26 +0000

Fandango's Harry Medved just sent over this groovy poll: * According to a Fandango/Comcast.net poll of more than 2,500 moviegoers today (as of 3 pm PT today), 41% said that Oscar&... (more)

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The Oscars is cutting the good stuff out of the show

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:35:27 +0000

Last week AMPAS announced that they were going to make the show longer by nominating 10 films for Best Picture (stupid idea) and this week they announced what will be missing from the telecast. The first thing (which really p!sses me off) is they are making changes to is what ...

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