Posts Tagged: Oscars

Box Office Boom

Box office is booming, and ABC News takes a look on the Friday before the Oscar telecast. If you look closely, yours truly has apparently gotten a new job as spokesman for the previously unknown “National Association of Theatregoers“.  Aside from the really ugly acronym (NATg), they don’t exist.  We really like theatregoers, but we… Read more »

Oscar Winners

Winners are in bold. Best picture  “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” “Frost/Nixon” “Milk” “The Reader” “Slumdog Millionaire”  Director  David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon” Gus Van Sant, “Milk” Stephen Daldry, “The Reader” Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”  Actor  Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor” Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon” Sean Penn, “Milk”  Brad Pitt,… Read more »

Academy Award nominations

The Academy Award nominations were announced today. The entire list is available at www.oscars.com. BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) A Kennedy/Marshall Production; Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production; Brian Grazer, Ron… Read more »