The Gold Standard: Actors in drama series

The Gold Standard: Actors in drama series

"Homeland" swept the two lead acting drama categories last year. Could another first-year series be poised to duplicate the feat? Let's look...

The Gold Standard: Emmy chances for comedy shows and stars

The Gold Standard: Emmy chances for comedy shows and stars

"Modern Family" has won the comedy series Emmy for each of its three seasons. Other shows that have gone the three-peat route — "30...

A wide field for drama series Emmy

A wide field for drama series Emmy

"Mad Men" owned the drama series Emmy for four years running before "Homeland" knocked if off last season. Both shows delivered seasons this...

The Gold Standard: It's time for Emmy to surprise us

The Gold Standard: It's time for Emmy to surprise us

Backstage at the Emmys last year, reporters were squirming — and not just because of the ill-fitting rental tuxes and too-tight gowns....

2013 MTV Movie Awards: Pitch perfect? Not quite

2013 MTV Movie Awards: Pitch perfect? Not quite

Sam Jackson cursed. Snoop Lion shared a blunt with Ke$ha. Selena Gomez was all "hurray for...

MGM plans for a new Bond movie 'within three years'

MGM plans for a new Bond movie 'within three years'

MGM Studios plans to send James Bond on his next mission sooner than later, announcing Wednesday that it hopes to have the next...

Oscars redux: Hey, what are Tina Fey, Amy Poehler doing next year?

Oscars redux: Hey, what are Tina Fey, Amy Poehler doing next year?

Beleaguered Oscar host Seth MacFarlane made no secret leading up to the show that this year's gig was a one-and-done proposition. So...

Oscars 2013: Five things we learned from the awards season

Oscars 2013: Five things we learned from the awards season

The Oscars are over. (Or is Seth MacFarlane still singing? We turned off the TV.) "Argo" has its best picture trophy. Ben Affleck made his...

A sneak peek at three Oscar ballots

A sneak peek at three Oscar ballots

On the eve of Oscar voting, we asked three academy members to let us peek at their ballots and tell us, anonymously, who they're voting...

Oscar predictions 2013: We call the four acting races

Oscar predictions 2013: We call the four acting races

Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...

Oscar predictions 2013: Picture and director--the 'Argo' effect

Oscar predictions 2013: Picture and director--the 'Argo' effect

Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp has been sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the...

Oscar predictions 2013: Animation, documentary, foreign film

Oscar predictions 2013: Animation, documentary, foreign film

Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...

Oscar predictions 2013: 'Argo' will take screenplay, film editing

Oscar predictions 2013: 'Argo' will take screenplay, film editing

Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...

Oscar predictions 2013: Adele! Adele! Adele!

Oscar predictions 2013: Adele! Adele! Adele!

Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...

Oscar predictions 2013: Calling the visual crafts awards

Oscar predictions 2013: Calling the visual crafts awards

Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...

Oscar predictions 2013: Sounding off on sound

Oscar predictions 2013: Sounding off on sound

Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...

Oscar predictions: We call the three shorts categories

Oscar predictions: We call the three shorts categories

Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...

Oregon's Laika animation batting 1.000 with academy

Oregon's Laika animation batting 1.000 with academy

If you were starting an animation house with an eye toward the bottom line, you wouldn't necessarily follow the course that Oregon-based...

De Niro's tears in 'Silver Linings' are advertisement enough, OK?

De Niro's tears in 'Silver Linings' are advertisement enough, OK?

Probably just like you, we at the Gold Standard enjoy the occasional Facebook foray to ...

'Skyfall's' Deakins wins ASC: Will overdue Oscar come his way?

'Skyfall's' Deakins wins ASC: Will overdue Oscar come his way?

Go to Roger Deakins' IMDB page and you'll see that the celebrated...

Oscar animation race remains tightest in years

Oscar animation race remains tightest in years

"Wreck-It Ralph's" five-trophy haul at this weekend's Annie Awards makes it a favorite of sorts in the race for the animated feature Oscar,...

DGA analysis: Unlike 'Apollo 13,' 'Argo' isn't coming back to earth

DGA analysis: Unlike 'Apollo 13,' 'Argo' isn't coming back to earth

Those belonging to the camps of the eight movies not titled "Argo" that are competing for this year's best picture Oscar went to bed last...

'Zero Dark Thirty's' Jessica Chastain on women defined by work

'Zero Dark Thirty's' Jessica Chastain on women defined by work

It didn't dawn on Jessica Chastain until after she saw "Zero Dark Thirty" that her character in the film, a driven CIA agent named Maya, had...

Santa Barbara film fest sees itself as Oscar harbinger

Santa Barbara film fest sees itself as Oscar harbinger

Daniel Day-Lewis' career was playing out before an audience of 2,000 at Santa Barbara's Arlington Theatre, but the two-time Oscar winner...

The Gold Standard: Bet a penny on Day-Lewis as Lincoln?

The Gold Standard: Bet a penny on Day-Lewis as Lincoln?

"I am 10 years older than I was a year ago." We believe that's a line Abraham Lincoln said to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the end of "Lincoln."...

Jessica Chastain's signature 'Zero Dark Thirty' line follows her [Video]

Jessica Chastain's signature 'Zero Dark Thirty' line follows her [Video]

Daniel Day-Lewis may have been "clothed in immense power" in "Lincoln," but when it comes to memorable movie lines from the past year, it...

A text to Jessica Chastain led her to 'Zero Dark Thirty' [Video]

A text to Jessica Chastain led her to 'Zero Dark Thirty' [Video]

"If I ever ask you for anything it’s to speak with you for five minutes … just five minutes."

Barbra Streisand will sing at Oscars

Barbra Streisand will sing at Oscars

The Oscars are beginning to look a lot like the Grammys.

Now for real insight into Oscars -- by the guilds

Now for real insight into Oscars -- by the guilds

The academy liked "Argo," but not its director, Ben Affleck. The Directors Guild of America nominated Affleck, but couldn't find room for...

The 'Argo' factor in this year's Oscar fest

The 'Argo' factor in this year's Oscar fest

In the week since Oscar nominations were announced, we've sat through two award shows — the Critics' Choice Awards, thrown by a...

Which Oscar nominees will receive a bounce from Globes?

Which Oscar nominees will receive a bounce from Globes?

So it turns out that even delivering former President Bill Clinton as a Golden Globes presenter isn't enough to persuade the Hollywood...

Oscar nominations 2013: Who are the favorites to win?

Oscar nominations 2013: Who are the favorites to win?

"Lincoln" leads the field. Will its momentum carry through to Oscar wins? Here are the newly revised Gold Standard odds for the post-Ben...

Oscar nominations: Our final predictions

Oscar nominations: Our final predictions

Four score and seven years ago (OK, it wasn't that long ... it just feels that way), we began trudging down the path that on...

DGA nominations: These voters did see 'Les Miz,' right?

DGA nominations: These voters did see 'Les Miz,' right?

With the Directors Guild handing a nomination to Tom Hooper for his work on "Les Miserables," a movie many have cited for its ... well ......

PGA noms give hope to 'Skyfall,' 'Moonrise,' 'Beasts,' 'Django'

PGA noms give hope to 'Skyfall,' 'Moonrise,' 'Beasts,' 'Django'

Oscar nominations will be announced in eight days, and, at this point, we've put only five movies in our circle of trust for the best...

'Guardians' author William Joyce: Sean Connery inspired Santa

'Guardians' author William Joyce: Sean Connery inspired Santa

When children go to sleep tonight, the visions dancing in their heads will more likely be those of electronic gizmos than of sugar plums....

Oscar 8-Ball: Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Oscar 8-Ball: Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Three years after "The Hurt Locker" and its director, Kathryn Bigelow, won Oscars, the hunt for Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty"...

 'Rust and Bone's' Marion Cotillard dives head-first into roles

'Rust and Bone's' Marion Cotillard dives head-first into roles

She's described by director Jacques Audiard as "a diver," someone who "throws herself into a role head first."

Oscar 8-Ball: Tom Hooper's 'Les Miserables'

Oscar 8-Ball: Tom Hooper's 'Les Miserables'

Tom Hooper's adaptation of the tip-top pop opera "Les Miserables" has already racked top nominations from the Screen Actors Guild and Golden...

Deconstructing 'Moonrise Kingdom'

Deconstructing 'Moonrise Kingdom'

By Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times Director Wes Anderson pulls back the curtain on his inspiration for the film.

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Post-Oscars 2013: The music, and the art of predicting wins

Reporter Sarah Hashim-Waris chats with Times writer Todd Martens about the music...

Reporter Sarah Hashim-Waris chats with Times writer Todd Martens about the musical hits and misses of the award show, and with The Gold Standard's Glenn Whipp on his prediction process.