Mechanic and Shankman to Produce the Oscars. Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman will produce the 82nd Academy Awards® telecast, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announced today. This will be the first major Oscar show involvement for both men. "I couldn't be happier to have this talented team on board," said Sherak. "I've known Bill for many years so it's like putting Oscar in the care of a dear friend. Bill has a tremendous love and respect of film and will draw from his vast experience as a producer, a studio executive and a film historian to help make this year's Oscar telecast a memorable one.
"I'm thrilled to be producing the Oscars with Adam," said Mechanic. "The last time I was on the show was as a dancer, and to come back as a producer is such an unbelievable honor," said Shankman. Mechanic is the chairman and CEO of Pandemonium Films and the former chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment. Shankman’s directorial credits include (2008), (2007), (2002) and (2001).
Cérémonie 2010 décalée. Nouvelles règles 1/2. Nouvelles règles 2/2. Cela serait-il le début d'une révolution? L'Académie des Oscars a modifié sur deux autres points son règlement. Après avoir élargi à dix le nombre de nommés pour l'Oscar du meilleur film (voir actualité du 24 juin 2009), les organisateurs ont décidé de rendre la catagéorie "Meilleure chanson" facultative. Si le nombre de chansons valables n'est pas suffisant, la catégorie n'apparaîtra pas cette année-là. Deuxième changement, les Oscars honorifiques - Irving Thalberg (cinéastes), Jean Hersholt (humanitaires) et les Oscars d'honneur (pour l'ensemble de la carrière) - seraient remis dans une cérémonie "à part", en novembre plutôt que lors de la soirée des Oscars.
Ces deux choix ont aussi deux inconvénients. Tags liés à cet article : hollywood, oscars, Prix. Nouveaux votants ! Le cinéaste anglais Danny Boyle, le réalisateur franco-algérien Rachid Bouchareb, ainsi que l'actrice Anne Hathaway figurent parmi les 134 personnalités du monde du 7ème Art invités à rejoindre le collège électoral de l'instance organisatrice des Oscars, annonce l'Académie américaine des arts et sciences du cinéma (AMPAS) sur le site RelaxNews. Autour d'Anne Hathaway, 19 acteurs ont également été conviés à rejoindre l'Académie.
Parmi eux figurent Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Michael Cera, Emily Blunt, Casey Affleck, James Franco ou encore l'Australien Hugh Jackman. Ce dernier avait présenté la 81ème cérémonie des Oscars en février dernier. Chez les réalisateurs, Danny Boyle et Rachid Bouchareb sont invités aux côtés notamment de Rob Lurie, Henry Selick, Tyler Perry et Thomas Mccarthy.
Les autres invités viennent aussi bien de la représentation de talents au montage en passant par le maquillage ou la musique de films. Les Academy Awards 2010 seront remis le 7 mars prochain. La cérémonie se produit aussi. Producing the Academy Awards show is a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it – soon. Is AMPAS president Tom Sherak having trouble finding the perfect person (or people) to produce the next Academy Awards show, or is a producer already on board but playing coy about announcing the news? At the moment, the answer is hazy. We know that hiring an Oscar producer is always the first order of business for an Academy president after his election, which for Sherak came on August 18. When I asked AMPAS executive director Bruce Davis about the search on the 28th, he said Sherak was working on it every day, and that the decision “had better be well behind us in another month.”
That was 27 days ago – which means that Sherak should by now have made his list of seven-to-10 candidates, consulted with the Academy administration on the order in which to make offers, and started talking to the potential producers. “We’ll hope to hit a home run the first time,” said Davis. Premières magouilles. Weinstein se donne. Les sélections se précisent, les stratégies se dessinent, les acteurs commencent déjà à se pouponner, bref, tout se précipite pour la 82ème cérémonie des Oscars , qui a été décalée au 7 mars pour ne pas interférer avec les jeux Olympiques. Quelques infos en vrac, plus ou moins récentes. Audiard aux Oscars J’ai vu Un Prophète avant d’ouvrir ce blog, je n’ai donc pas eu l’occasion de saluer ce film qui est pour moi le meilleur de l’année, et de très loin. La bonne nouvelle est qu’on aura l’occasion d’en reparler : après le Grand Prix à Cannes, l’ovation (et plus si affinités) au festival de Toronto, le dernier film du grand Audiard représentera donc la France aux Oscars.
Pour cela, le film sera projeté une semaine au mois de décembre dans un petit nombre de salles – puisqu’il me semble qu’il faut être sorti en salles l’année précédente pour être nominé – , puis à plus grande échelle au cours de l’année 2010. Nous saurons s’il est nominé le 2 février 2010. Almodovar recalé. Harvey's Back: The Sequel (Again)--The Hollywood Reporter | Risk.
Anecdotes. Does Oscar Ever Get It Wrong? | FILMSHAFT.COM. Présélections film étranger. With the Oct. 1 deadline fast approaching, a slew of countries have unveiled their films vying for nominations in Oscar’s foreign-language category. Two of the recently announced selections, Canada’s “I Killed My Mother” and Belgium’s “The Misfortunates,” world preemed in the Directors’ Fortnight at May’s Cannes Film Festival. “I Killed My Mother,” the first film by 23-year-old Montreal-based writer-director Xavier Dolan, won three prizes in the Cannes sidebar. The autobiographical French-language drama stars Dolan as a gay 16-year-old who has a stormy relationship with his mother. Here Films will release the pic Stateside early next year.The other Fortnight selection is Felix Van Groeningen’s “The Misfortunates,” about a boy growing up in the 1980s in a household of drunks, gamblers and womanizers. Produced by Ghent-based shingle Menuet, the film just had its North American bow in Toronto.
Sergio Rezende’s “Salve geral” is Brazil’s nominee. Afrique - Moyen Orient. 'Ajami' picked as Israeli Oscar entry - Entertainment News, Film. LONDON — “Ajami,” co-directed by Israeli Yaron Shani and Palestinian Scandar Copti, was the big winner at the Israeli Film Academy’s Ophir Awards, taking home the best film, director, editing and music prizes. The film nod means the pic is automatically selected as Israel’s entry for a nomination in the Academy Awards’ foreign-language category, beating Samuel Maoz’s much-touted Venice Golden Lion winner “Lebanon.” Maoz’s pic, an autobiographical account of Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, won for cinematography, art direction and soundtrack. “Ajami,” which played in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight and nabbed the film prize at the Jerusalem Film Festival earlier this year, is a gritty crime drama set in Haifa. Its victory is something of a blow to Sony Pictures Classics, which last week acquired U.S. rights for “Lebanon.”
SPC co-toppers Michael Barker and Tom Bernard had been hoping to anchor the pic’s U.S. release around an Oscar nom. Don Krim’s Kino Films is releasing “Ajami” in the U.S. Amériques. Le Blog d’Ecran Noir » Archive du blog » J’ai tué ma mère dans l. South America trio unveil Oscar pix - Entertainment News, Film N. BUENOS AIRES — Chile, Venezuela and Bolivia have selected their candidates for the foreign language Oscar nomination. Chilean Miguel Littin’s Guadalajara-laurelled drama “Dawson, Isla 10″ (Dawson, Island 10), starring Benjamin Vicuna, is based on the autobiography of politician Sergio Bitar. Set during Chile’s 1973 coup, it tells how he became a political prisoner in a concentration camp on a tiny island off the coast of southern Chile. Bitar, now 69 and Minister of Public Works in President Michelle Bachelet’s center-left government, was assigned the No. 10 of the movie title.
The movie also was chosen to compete in Spain’s Goya awards for best Spanish-American film. Chile’s Azul Films and Brazil’s VPC Cinema Video Prods. Artisticas produced “Island” with Venezuela’s Villa del Cine. Venezuela is fielding “Libertador morales, el justiciero,” the freshman directing effort of Efterpi Charalambidis. Asie. China sends Kaige pic to Oscar - Entertainment News, Film News, BEIJING — China has chosen “Forever Enthralled,” the Chen Kaige-helmed biopic about Peking Opera star Mei Lanfang, as its contender for a nomination in the foreign language film category at the Oscars. Pic, starring Leon Lai as the opera star, bowed on Dec. 4 and earned $17 million at the local box office. “Forever Enthralled” was chosen by the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. This is Kaige’s third run at the Oscar, following “Farewell, My Concubine,” which also deals with Peking Opera, and fantasy epic “The Promise.”
The closing date for submissions to the foreign language category is Oct. 1. Nominations will be announced Feb. 2 and the Academy Awards take place on March 7. Philippines. Soxie Topacio’s dark comedy “Grandfather Is Dead” (Ded na si Lolo) trumped a slew of contenders to represent the Philippines in the hunt for a nomination for foreign-language film Oscar. Pic beat Venice competition entry “Lola,” helmed by Cannes director winner Brillante Mendoza, and 14 other pics. “Grandfather” centers on a family’s reaction to the sudden death of the patriarch and is one of six films produced by APT Entertainment and the Directors Guild of the Philippines under its Film Director project. Gina Alajar, Elizabeth Oropesa, Manilyn Reynes, Dick Israel, Roderick Paulate, Perla Bautista and BJ Forbes lead the cast. The Film Academy of the Philippines’ Oscar committee included multihyphenate Eddie Romero (who was named the country’s National Artist in 2003), Manny Morfe of the Production Designers Guild of the Philippines, helmer-thesp Robert Arevalo and helmers Jose Carreon, William Mayo and Elwood Perez.
Europe. BERLIN — “For a Moment Freedom,” by Iranian-Austrian filmmaker Arash T. Riahi, has been chosen as Austria’s candidate for a nomination in Oscar’s foreign-language film race. Pic tells the story of Iranian refugees and their journey to Austria via Turkey. Lauded for its subject matter and a narrative that balances realism, suspense, humor and tragedy, the film has picked up a number of awards on the fest circuit, including best Austrian film at the Vienna Film Festival and first feature kudos in Montreal and Zurich.
Riahi will be competing against fellow Austrian Michael Haneke, whose historical drama “The White Ribbon” is representing Germany. “For a Moment of Freedom” was produced by Vienna-based Wega Film and Les Films du Losange in Paris. The two companies, along with Berlin’s X Filme, also produced “The White Ribbon.” The closing date for submissions to the foreign language category is Oct. 1. Eastern Europe unveils Oscar pics - Entertainment News, Film New. Backgammon as a metaphor for life’s travails takes a central role in Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev’s “The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner,” one of five pics chosen to represent Eastern European countries vying for a nomination in Oscar’s foreign language category.
Film won best Bulgarian feature last year at the Sofia Film Festival. Serbia’s choice, helmer Darko Lungulov’s “Here and There,” took awards at New York’s Tribeca Festival for new narrative filmmaker and New York film for his tale of romance and desperation that transcend the very different worlds of Serbia and America.
Armenia’s choice is “A Magician’s Nephew,” a documentary about screenwriter Tonino Guera, a friend of Federico Fellini, directed by Ruben and Vahe Gevorkyants. Doc won an award in the history and culture category at last year’s 12th Russian Golden Drum television and film festival in Siberia. The closing date for submissions to the foreign language category is Oct. 1. Poland enters in 'Reverse' for Oscar - Entertainment News, Film. WARSAW — Poland’s candidate for a foreign-language film Oscar nomination is Borys Lankosz’s “The Reverse,” which won the award for Polish film at the recently concluded Gdynia Film Festival.
It is the feature debut of documentary filmmaker Lankosz. The film is a darkly humorous suspense story told against the backdrop of communist Poland in the 1950s. Three women — a young girl, her mother and her grandmother — find themselves in an unexpected situation when the boyfriend of the girl turns out to be a secret service agent. At a spur of the moment choice the girl poisons the agent and the three women face the challenge of dealing with the body. “The Reverse” was produced by KADR studio – a film co-operative in which such filmmakers as Andrzej Wajda and Jerzy Kawalerowicz made their most important films of 1950s and 1960s. It marks the studio’s return to film production after a 15-year hiatus. “The Reverse” does not have a U.S. distributor. Swiss selects 'Home' for Oscars - Entertainment News, Film News,
Thriller warms Iceland's Oscar hopes - Entertainment News, Film. Films d'animation. Ce week end, pas grand chose à se mettre sous la dent au niveau de l’actualité cinéma. Voici cependant un florilège totalement subjectif de ce qu’il s’est passé d’intéressant ces deux derniers jours. Faut-il tuer Megan Fox ? Nous savons déjà depuis plusieurs semaines que les relations entre Megan Fox et le reste de l’équipe de ne sont pas au beau fixe .
On se souvient qu’elle déclarait que travailler avec Bay était comparable à travailler avec Hitler. De son côté, Michael Bay le lui rend bien : pour , il semblerait qu’il réfléchisse à une façon de la faire mourir histoire de ne pas avoir à la supporter pendant tout le tournage. Mike Nichols couronné Il y a eu Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock ou encore Martin Scorsese. Oscars 2010 : l’animation en question Cette année, il se pourrait que le nombre de nominés dans la catégorie Film d’animation passe à 5, ce qui n’est habituellement pas le cas – 3 nominés en 2008. Spike Jonze joue sur deux tableaux. Which Five Animated Films Do You Think Will be Nominated for an. Premiers pronostics ! Michael Moore gets mixed reviews, while a rabbi weighs in on the Coen Brothers. In today's roundup of Oscar news ‘n’ notes from around the web, a rabbi weighs in on the Coen Brothers, and Michael Moore gets mixed reviews.
Just in time for Yom Kippur, the New York Times talks to the Coen Brothers about the Jewishness of "A Serious Man. " Then they talk to a rabbi about the Coens. The rabbi thinks the guys are prophets. (Photo of Joel and Ethan Coen, below: Focus Features) They just disagree, again: Jeff Wells thinks "Capitalism: A Love Story" might "break through," based on its opening-weekend boxoffice and the reaction from Jay Leno and an anonymous former Fox broadcaster.
(Hollywood Elsewhere) But David Poland thinks the film is coming up short and Moore knows it. Dave Karger kicks off a weekly Oscar Watch feature where he'll evaluate the awards chances of the week's openings. 2010 : mauvaise année ? Procédure de vote. Historique. Palmarès depuis sa création. The MPAA May Be Changing, But It Won't Affect You Yet. Oscar Milestone: a Tweeting Producer | The Wrap. 'Public Enemies' and 'Funny People' Kick Off This Year's Oscar S. Good Morning, Oscar: October 25, the Pundits - on Saving the Sho. Good Morning, Oscar: October 27 | The Wrap. Good Morning, Oscar: October 28 | The Wrap. Poll: Do you think Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' will be nomina. Oscar Verdicts on Mirren, Clooney, Jackson | The Wrap. Oscar Update: Tidying Up the Best Picture Race – RopeofSilicon.c. Google Reader (1000+) Good Morning, Oscar: Halloween (non-Oscar) Edition | The Wrap. Oscar's Big Problem: Too Easy, Too Soon | The Wrap. Hollywood Wiretap - Entertainment news, celebrity news, tv news,
Knowing the Academy’s top 10 animated shorts doesn’t make Oscar. Will sci-fi find Oscar? - Entertainment News, Eye on the Oscars: