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Jan 29 2012 01:26 AM ET

'The Artist' wins big at the Directors Guild Awards

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The Directors Guild of America announced its annual awards tonight at a ceremony in the Grand Ballroom above the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The Artist‘s Michel Hazanavicius took home the prize for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film. Fellow nominees Martin Scorsese (Hugo) and Alexander Payne (The Descendants) also spoke at the event while accepting their nomination medallions. As is his custom for awards events, nominee Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris) was not present; nominee David Fincher (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) had to fly to the premiere of his film in Tokyo, Japan, although he did attend the nominee breakfast Saturday morning.

Hosted by Kelsey Grammer, the evening also feted directors for feature documentaries, and TV dramas, comedies, reality shows, made-for-TV movies and miniseries, soap operas, children’s programming, and commercials.

Since 1948, the DGA Award winner for feature film has gone on to win the Academy Award for Best Director every year save for six exceptions, most recently when Rob Marshall took home the DGA Award for Chicago in 2002, while Roman Polanski won the Oscar for The Pianist.

Check out the full list of winners below: READ FULL STORY »

Jan 27 2012 11:00 PM ET

'The Artist' sweeps Australian Academy's International Awards

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For the first time, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has handed out international prizes, and Oscar frontrunner The Artist took home three of the five awards presented tonight at a ceremony in West Hollywood. The Artist won the AACTA International Awards for Best Picture, Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius), and Best Actor (Jean Dujardin). Meanwhile, Meryl Streep won the Best Actress prize for The Iron Lady, while The Ides of March and Margin Call tied for Best Screenplay. The Artist is also up for big prizes at the Directors Guild Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards this weekend.

Jan 27 2012 01:09 PM ET

Directors Guild Award: Who will win?

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In each of the last eight years, the winner of the Directors Guild of America Award went on to win the Best Director trophy at the Oscars. And in nine of the last 10 years, the DGA-winning film ended up taking Best Picture. So all eyes will be on tomorrow night’s DGA Awards, where The Artist‘s Michel Hazanavicius, Hugo‘s Martin Scorsese, Midnight in Paris‘ Woody Allen, The Descendants‘ Alexander Payne, and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo‘s David Fincher will compete for the evening’s biggest prize.

After dominating this week’s Oscar nominations, clearly The Artist and Hugo are the two top contenders for the DGA as well. Though both films share an affection for a bygone age of cinema, their directors couldn’t be more different: Hazanavicius, 44, is a relative newcomer with only three goofy French-language films under his belt, while Scorsese, 69, is a nine-time DGA nominee (and two-time winner, for 2006′s The Departed and HBO’s Boardwalk Empire). Hazanavicius is helped by the fact that Scorsese took the feature prize only five years ago. Either man could win, but my hunch is that just as rookie Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) bested Fincher (The Social Network) last year, the less-experienced Hazanavicius will pull out the victory tomorrow.

Check back here tomorrow night for the results. And my colleague Adam B. Vary will have a complete on-the-scene report as well.

Dave on Twitter: @davekarger

Jan 22 2012 01:01 AM ET

'The Artist,' 'Tintin' win Producers Guild Awards

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The Artist continued its march to the Oscars by winning the Producers Guild of America award for Best Picture of the Year, emerging victorious over top contenders like Hugo, The Help, The Descendants, Midnight in Paris, and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. The last four years, the PGA winner has gone on to win the Academy Award as well. In the animated category, The Adventures of Tintin topped Rango, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, and Cars 2. The complete list of winners is below.

Picture The Artist
Animated Feature The Adventures of Tintin
Documentary Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
TV Drama Boardwalk Empire
TV Comedy Modern Family
TV Longform Downton Abbey
Live Entertainment & Talk The Colbert Report
TV News 60 Minutes
Competition The Amazing Race
TV Sports ESPN’s 30 for 30
Non-fiction TV American Masters
Childrens Sesame Street
Web Series 30 Rock Presents 

Dave on Twitter: @davekarger

Jan 17 2012 03:11 AM ET

'The Artist,' 'Tinker Tailor' lead BAFTA nominations

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Oscar frontrunner The Artist leads the nominees for this year’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards with 12 nominations, followed by Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with 11. Though it wasn’t nominated for Best Film, Hugo also fared well with 9 nominations. The Artist‘s Bérénice Bejo was listed in the lead actress category despite her supporting campaign on these shores. Left out of the acting races: J. Edgar‘s Leonardo DiCaprio, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo‘s Rooney Mara, Drive‘s Albert Brooks, and The Descendants‘ Shailene Woodley. (Albert Nobbs costars Glenn Close and Janet McTeer were not eligible since their film didn’t open in the UK in time.) War Horse, meanwhile, received five craft nominations but was shut out of all the major categories. Viewers can watch the BAFTA ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 8 pm ET on BBC America.

Here is the entire list of feature nominees:

Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy READ FULL STORY »

Jan 13 2012 11:48 AM ET

Paul Feig on 'Bridesmaids' sequel: 'Only... if we could make it as good or better than the original, and that's very hard'

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Bridesmaids was named Best Comedy at last night’s Critics Choice Awards, which can only help our favorite “stone-cold pack of weirdos” and their Oscar chances in the coming weeks. But what about the film’s chances of a sequel?

Ever since the film’s massive box office and critical success last summer, there’s been talk of a follow-up. While nothing is set in stone (Bridesmaids cast members including Wiig came up with some sequel ideas, which they shared with EW, and Universal told us that they hope to reassemble the entire gang), EW caught up with Feig, Mumolo, and Wendi McLendon-Covey, all pictured above with cast mates Maya Rudolph and Ellie Kemper, at the Critics Choice Awards, to discuss the future of Bridesmaids.
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Jan 12 2012 11:23 PM ET

'The Artist' and 'The Help' dominate the Critics Choice Awards

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The Artist cleaned up at the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Critics Choice Awards, winning four trophies including Best Picture and Best Director. The Help, meanwhile, also won big, taking home three prizes including acting awards for Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer. The Descendants‘ George Clooney and Beginners‘ Christopher Plummer picked up the male acting awards. Last year, all four acting winners repeated their victories at the Oscars. The full list of winners is below.

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Jan 9 2012 01:45 PM ET

Directors Guild nominees: Fincher in, Spielberg out

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The Directors Guild Awards, perhaps the most predictive pre-Oscar prize of the season, has thrown quite a wrench into the Oscar race with its list of five nominees for Best Director of the year. Along with The Artist‘s Michel Hazanivicius, Hugo‘s Martin Scorsese, The Descendants‘ Alexander Payne, and Midnight in Paris‘ Woody Allen, the DGA named The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo‘s David Fincher over touted contenders like War Horse‘s Steven Spielberg and The Tree of Life‘s Terrence Malick. Dragon Tattoo has now been nominated by the Directors, Writers, and Producers Guilds. Could it snag a Best Picture nod on Jan. 24 as well? It’s certainly looking likelier than The Tree of Life, which has now officially been shut out by all four guilds.

Check back tomorrow for my updated predictions in the six main races.

Dave on Twitter: @davekarger

Jan 8 2012 12:28 PM ET

'Melancholia,' Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst win National Society of Film Critics awards

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Lars von Trier’s Melancholia took home its first major U.S. awards yesterday when the National Society of Film Critics voted it the Best Picture of the Year, and star Kirsten Dunst as Best Actress. Brad Pitt won Best Actor for both Moneyball and The Tree of Life; Albert Brooks won Best Supporting Actor for Drive; and Jessica Chastain won Best Supporting Actor for The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, and The Help.

Unlike most other year-end awards, the National Society of Film Critics — which is comprised of 58 film critics from across the country (including EW’s Owen Gleiberman and Lisa Schwarzbaum) — also releases the first-and-second runners-up to each of its awards, along with the vote totals in its weighted ballot system. You can check out the full list of winners and runners-up below:  READ FULL STORY »

Jan 3 2012 12:27 PM ET

Producers Guild Top 10: 'Dragon Tattoo,' 'Ides of March' in; 'Tree of Life' out

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The Producers Guild of America has announced its 10 nominees for Best Picture of the Year, and along with expected contenders like The Artist, War Horse, The Descendants, The Help, and Hugo were two minor surprises: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and The Ides of March. Left off the list, meanwhile, were Drive, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, and most interestingly, The Tree of Life. That polarizing film, which has done well in the critics awards so far, clearly takes the biggest hit in the overall Oscar race and is no longer a sure thing for a Best Picture nomination.

Last year, the PGA honorees matched the eventual Best Picture nominees nine for 10, but this year it may not be as easy to compare the two — the Academy’s new voting rules dictate that there will be somewhere between five and 10 Best Picture nominees this go-round, depending on how many films receive at least 5 percent of the overall No. 1 votes. The PGA awards will take place on Jan. 21; all the nominees are listed below.

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