Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
awardsdaily.com - 1/5/2009
Producers Guild Nominations!
—
The Producers Guild Nominations Slumdog Millionaire The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Milk Frost/Nixon The Dark Knight Thanks to Quiggles for the heads up. They also appeared on Hitfix. Thanks to Jack for the tip.
Producers Guild of America nominations = Oscars' front-runners
goldderby.latimes.com - 1/5/2009
Producers Guild of America nominations = Oscars' front-runners
— goldderby.latimes.com — There were no jaw-droppers among the nominees for best picture by the Producers Guild of America: "The... Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Dark Knight," "Frost/Nixon," "Milk" and "Slumdog Millionaire." A winner will be announced on Jan. 24. Most of the ... Producers Guild of America nominations = Oscars' ...

Comments vote down Vulture found this 1/5/2009found this
awardsdaily.com - 1/8/2009
DGA Nominations
— awardsdaily.com — David Fincher, Benjamin Button Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Gus... Van Sant, Milk DGA Nominations

Comments vote down Oh No They Didn't! found this 1/8/2009found this

Blog Reactions

Fataculture:  ‘Dark Knight’ Gets Boost With PGA Nomination

Get The Big Picture:  'Button,' 'Slumdog,' 'Dark Knight' Among Producers Guild Nominees

Carpetbagger:  Caped Crusading

Comments
Blog Reactions

‘Dark Knight’ Gets Boost With PGA Nomination
Fataculture — ... Road” or “The Reader” as most probable candidates. Hot on the heels of the PGA nominations being announced just a few minutes ago, “The Dark Knight” gets a much-needed push in my opinion and may just please all its annoying fanboys by scoring a Best Picture nomination after all. The announcement of the DGA nominations on Thursday will provide more ammunition for predictions, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Chris Nolan made the cut, even if he isn’t on my list of preferences. [ AD , while ...

'Button,' 'Slumdog,' 'Dark Knight' Among Producers Guild Nominees
Get The Big Picture — ... Why is this significant? Because over the past 18 years, the PGA (or the other PGA if you're a golfer) has predicted the Best Picture nominees for the Academy Award with 75% accuracy. That means that three of these are surefire nominees and the other two have a real good chance. Here are the nominees for Best Picture, as revealed by Awards Daily: ...

Caped Crusading
Carpetbagger — ... into a film that got great box office and also demonstrated craft and finesse. Making big movies dance is tough work, although as the Bagger has pointed out, they had a bit of trouble bringing the movie in for a landing. Still, “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” was a movie that had, oh, seven or eight endings, and not only received love from the producers, but went on to be crowned best picture of the year for 2003. (Awards Daily points out that the Producers Guild has a pretty mixed record when it comes to matching the five eventual nominees.

Related: Benjamin Button
Friday Estimates by Klady
mcnblogs.com 1/4/2009 — THE OSCAR NUMBERS (as of today) The Dark Knight - $531m Wall-E - $224m The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - $67.7m Slumdog Millionaire - $25.5m Milk - $15.9m Doubt - $15.5m Gran Torino - $7.7 Frost/Nixon - $5.4m The Reader - $2.5m The ...
HOT DIGGITY DOG! 'Marley & Me' Still #1, 'Bedtime Stories' #2, 'Benjamin Button' #3
deadlinehollywooddaily.com 1/5/2009 — coming
The Oscar Numbers
awardsdaily.com 1/5/2009 — Len Klady at Movie City News has posted the standings for the Oscar movies (pre-noms, obviously). Benjamin Button is doing very well: THE OSCAR NUMBERS (as of today) The Dark Knight - $531m Wall-E - $224m The Curious Case of Benjamin ...
PGA Nominates...
mcnblogs.com 1/5/2009 — The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon Milk Slumdog Millionaire PGA is, as it turns out, a near lock to get 4 of 5 Academy nominees for Best Picture. So as great as it is for all 5 to be nominated, someone has to be ...
‘Marley’ Barks to Box Office Repeat
bumpshack.com 1/5/2009 — 'Marley & Me' was the #1 movie at the weekend box office for the second weekend in a row. Adam Sandler's 'Bedtime Stories' came in at #2 followed by Brad Pitt in 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.'
A Curious Case
marcuslangford.com 1/5/2009 — Hello all! I just wanted to drop in really quick to share my thoughts with a movie that I saw last night and that movie was 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'. Now if you have not seen this...
David Fincher’s Charm Offensive Continues
nymag.com 1/6/2009 — When last we checked in on David Fincher's noble quest to win an Oscar, the Benjamin Button director was attempting to silence his critics by hitting them really hard in the chest ("That's for you, for not greenlighting the movie when you had a ...
The Bidens turned away from ‘Benjamin Button’
celebitchy.com 1/6/2009 — Apparently, Vice President-Elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill are huge Brad Pitt fans. The couple tried desperately to get into The Curious Case of Benjamin Button this Saturday in their home state of Delaware, but were turned away because the show ...
Oscar Visual Effects Candidates Narrowed to Seven
getthebigpicture.net 1/7/2009 — There were fifteen potential nominees for the Best Visual Effects Oscar about two weeks ago, and that list has now been thinned to just seven. Will it be one of the wins for 'The Dark Knight,' or will Oscar go with 'Benjamin Button'?
Seven Remain as Visual Effects Finalists of the 81st Academy Awards
aceshowbiz.com 1/7/2009 — 'The Dark Knight', 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' and 'Australia' are among the seven remaining movies to fight for the three spots in 2008 Oscar's visual effects category.
Predict the ASC nominees for Cinematography
awardsdaily.com 1/7/2009 — Almost let this one slip past us. I believe the American Society of Cinematographers announce their nominees today or tomorrow. In the sidebar we have listed: Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Roger Deakins, Revolutionary ...
Pepaw Pitt Talks About You Know What
dlisted.com 1/7/2009 — Oh, look. Brad Pitt loved his Benjamin Button old baby face make-up so much that he's decided to wear it everywhere! If that was only the truth. This definitely needs more tinkering by the Photoshop elves. I know, Brad is trying to be all " raw " and ...
$3.5 Million in Mistakes
hollywood-elsewhere.com 1/7/2009 — Digital Domain's wondrous digital effects in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- particularly the "aging and youthing" of Brad Pitt -- "are so perfect as to be virtually invisible, free of the usual trappings of CGI -- that too-fluid, too-fake, ...
Brad Pitt Gets Love Lesson, Golden Globe Nod From 'Curious Case Of Benjamin Button'
mtv.com 1/8/2009 — 'Any love involves loss, and that's the risk you take,' actor says of backward-aging flick. By Jocelyn Vena Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Photo: Warner Bros. The Golden Globes are only days away — ...
Oscar Watch: Making the VFX Bakeoff
weblogs.variety.com 1/9/2009 — [Posted by David S. Cohen] Now we know the seven films that will compete for the visual effects Oscar: Australia, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Hellboy II, Iron Man, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and The Mummy: Tomb of ...
David Fincher: The (brief) PopWatch retrospective
popwatch.ew.com 1/8/2009 — Today, New York's Lincoln Center concludes its "Under the Sign of Fincher" event with two screenings of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button followed by a discussion session led by the man himself. (You can cick here to see if...
Now the critics choose: Batman vs `Milk,' `Button' (AP) — Yahoo! News: Television News
AP - Harvey Milk and Benjamin Button each came into Thursday's Critics' Choice Awards with eight nominations, but Batman or an unlikely millionaire was liable to swipe the night's big prize.
Now the critics choose: Batman vs `Milk,' `Button' (AP) — Yahoo! News: Gossip/Celebrity News
AP - Harvey Milk and Benjamin Button each came into Thursday's Critics' Choice Awards with eight nominations, but Batman or an unlikely millionaire was liable to swipe the night's big prize.
Now the critics choose: Batman vs `Milk,' `Button' (AP) — Yahoo! News: Movie News
AP - Harvey Milk and Benjamin Button each came into Thursday's Critics' Choice Awards with eight nominations, but Batman or an unlikely millionaire was liable to swipe the night's big prize.
Now the critics choose: Batman vs `Milk,' `Button' — Latest News on omg!
AP - Harvey Milk and Benjamin Button each came into Thursday's Critics' Choice Awards with eight nominations, but Batman or an unlikely millionaire was liable to swipe the night's big prize.