The preliminary awards – you know, the Golden Globes, the SAG awards, the BAFTAs, etc. – have narrowed the field for Sunday evening’s 89th annual Academy Awards, making the job of prognosticator much easier. In fact, the Las Vegas oddsmakers are calling most of the top categories to be statistical runaways. Still, nothing is ever completely sure at the Oscars, though this … [Read more...]
‘La La Land’ ties record for most Oscar nominations
When the movie musical La La Land went seven for seven earlier this month at the Golden Globes, naysayers predicted the sweep would result in a backlash. Well, not exactly. This morning, the Damien Chazelle-directed contemporary song-and-dance romance received 14 Oscar nominations, tying the all-time record high held by Titanic and All About Eve. The Los Angeles-based … [Read more...]