Backstage at the Emmys last year, reporters were squirming — and not just because of the ill-fitting rental tuxes and too-tight gowns....
Sam Jackson cursed. Snoop Lion shared a blunt with Ke$ha. Selena Gomez was all "hurray for...
MGM Studios plans to send James Bond on his next mission sooner than later, announcing Wednesday that it hopes to have the next...
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...
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...
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...
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp has been sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the...
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...
If you were starting an animation house with an eye toward the bottom line, you wouldn't necessarily follow the course that Oregon-based...
Probably just like you, we at the Gold Standard enjoy the occasional Facebook foray to ...
Go to Roger Deakins' IMDB page and you'll see that the celebrated...
"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,...
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...
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...
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...
"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."...
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...
"If I ever ask you for anything it’s to speak with you for five minutes … just five minutes."
The academy liked "Argo," but not its director, Ben Affleck. The Directors Guild of America nominated Affleck, but couldn't find room for...
In the week since Oscar nominations were announced, we've sat through two award shows — the Critics' Choice Awards, thrown by a...
So it turns out that even delivering former President Bill Clinton as a Golden Globes presenter isn't enough to persuade the Hollywood...
"Lincoln" leads the field. Will its momentum carry through to Oscar wins? Here are the newly revised Gold Standard odds for the post-Ben...
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...
With the Directors Guild handing a nomination to Tom Hooper for his work on "Les Miserables," a movie many have cited for its ... well ......
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...
When children go to sleep tonight, the visions dancing in their heads will more likely be those of electronic gizmos than of sugar plums....
Three years after "The Hurt Locker" and its director, Kathryn Bigelow, won Oscars, the hunt for Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty"...
She's described by director Jacques Audiard as "a diver," someone who "throws herself into a role head first."
Tom Hooper's adaptation of the tip-top pop opera "Les Miserables" has already racked top nominations from the Screen Actors Guild and Golden...
Can a movie that New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick called "basically a three-hour homage to 'Blazing Saddles'" manage to pull in a...
Thinking about our love for "The Master," we can't help but recall that early moment in the film when the military official tells the...
Is Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" poised to become this year's "Hugo," the CG-heavy movie that scores a host of crafts nominations on its way to a...
The Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. named it best picture. Will academy members be in the mood for "Amour"? Time to check with the Oscar 8-...
After signing on to play the title character of his black comedy "Bernie," Jack Black wanted to meet the real-life Bernhardt "Bernie"...
Jack Black might not have starred in "Bernie" had he and filmmaker Richard Linklater and writer Mike White been able to "crack the code"...
The "Les Miserables" ensemble is currently out on the promotional circuit, making a big deal about their live, on-set singing in the movie...
When "Silver Linings Playbook" began filming, the script clocked in at 110 pages, which made it barely manageable for the movie's scant 33-...
David O. Russell rewrote "Silver Linings Playbook" more than 20 times, honing the material so it would feel completely real and natural, a...
Before "Silver Linings Playbook," filmmaker David O. Russell had written all the movies he directed. But when the late Sydney Pollack gave...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday its shortlist of 15 documentary feature finalists and, as always, the...
Before making "Silver Linings Playbook" together, writer-director David O. Russell and Bradley Cooper had planned to join forces and...
David O. Russell's screwball comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" seamlessly shifts between moods and tones as it tells the story of a bipolar...
David O. Russell's screwball comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" and Wes Anderson's coming-of-age romance "Moonrise Kingdom" led the 2013...
With high-profile Oscar contenders "Les Miserables" and "Zero Dark Thirty" screening for the first time for guild and academy members this...
Tom Hooper's feverishly anticipated adaptation of "Les Misérables" screened for the media, academy and guild members this afternoon...
Academy voters don't particularly like to reward comedies, but they are nuts about movies spotlighting characters battling their not-so-...
Mine eyes have seen the glory. And by this point, most academy members have too. Time to check in on "Lincoln" with the Oscar 8-Ball, that...
Two past Oscar winners lead this year's supporting actress Oscar field, but the race remains largely unsettled thanks to the late arrival of...
By Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times Director Wes Anderson pulls back the curtain on his inspiration for the film.
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