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Monday, December 22, 2014

Feinberg Forecast: Holiday Break Begins with Less Than Week Until Voting Opens by Scott Feinberg

THR's awards analyst weighs in after a week in which several top Oscar hopefuls finally screened for the Academy and the foreign language shortlist was announced

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:35PM[SHARE]

The Screener Game: Why You Got the Ones You Got When You Got Them by Scott Feinberg

THR's awards analyst dissects the part of Oscar campaigning that no filmmaker likes but every studio demands in order to give their films a fighting chanceread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:00AM[SHARE]
Friday, December 19, 2014

See Bradley Cooper Play a Reluctant Hero in New 'American Sniper' Clip (Exclusive) by Scott Feinberg

In Clint Eastwood's war film, which will open on Christmas Day, Cooper's Chris Kyle, a heroic serviceman in Iraq, is approached by a comrade while back statesideread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:28PM[SHARE]

Palm Springs Film Fest: Robert Duvall, Alejandro G. Inarritu Join List of Honorees by Scott Feinberg

Duvall, the star of 'The Judge,' will receive the fest's Icon Award, while Inarritu, the co-writer and director of 'Birdman,' will receive its Director of the Year Awardread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:57PM[SHARE]

Foreign Oscar Shortlist: Great Choices " and Horrible Headscratchers, as Usual (Analysis) by Scott Feinberg

Following screenings from Jan. 9-11, the list of nine will be whittled down to just five by 10 members in New York, 20 in LA and, in a first, 10 in London, as wellread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:40PM[SHARE]

Meet the Bros. Dardenne, Belgium's National Treasures Behind 'Two Days, One Night' by Scott Feinberg

The latest project from the two-time winners of Cannes' Palme d'Or is their first to center around an international star, the French Oscar winner Marion Cotillardread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00AM[SHARE]

People Magazine Awards: 'Cake' Star Jennifer Aniston Wins First Film-Acting Prize of Career by Scott Feinberg

The televised ceremony also featured a performance by 'Paddington' best original song Oscar hopefuls Pharrell Williams and Gwen Stefaniread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:54AM[SHARE]
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Sony Hack: Father of North Korean Leader Was Obsessed With Hollywood Movies by Scott Feinberg

Kim Jong-il, who died in 2011, accumulated a collection of 30,000 films, including every Oscar winner (and reportedly lots of porn) " and boasted he'd seen them allread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:19PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Oscars: 'Gone Girl' Composer Trent Reznor Reveals How He Gets Into David Fincher's Head by Scott Feinberg

The Nine Inch Nails frontman and Atticus Ross, Oscar winners for their 'Social Network' score, reteamed with the director for a third film in a rowread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:00PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Feinberg Forecast: Heated Race Heading Into the Holidays by Scott Feinberg

As the dust settles after a week that brought SAG, Golden Globe and Critics' Choice nominations, THR's awards analyst tries to make sense of the new landscape

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:19PM[SHARE]

Oscars: Is 'Snowpiercer' Actress Tilda Swinton Being Underestimated? by Scott Feinberg

The 54-year-old received a best supporting actress Critics' Choice nom this week and seems to have a sizable and enthusiastic base of supportread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:18PM[SHARE]

Palm Springs Film Fest: Oscar Hopeful 'Selma' to Open Academy-Favorite Gathering by Scott Feinberg

Ava DuVernay's Golden Globe-nominated drama about Martin Luther King Jr. will kick things off Jan. 2, and 20 of 2014's top European films, including 11 Oscar submissions, will screen through…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:10AM[SHARE]

'Begin Again' Song "Lost Stars" Rebounds From Globes Snub, Finds 'Voice' by Scott Feinberg

The best original song Oscar hopeful landed a Critics' Choice nom and a primetime performance by Adam Levine on NBC's 'The Voice' on a busy Mondayread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:54AM[SHARE]
Monday, December 15, 2014

Santa Barbara Film Fest: Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones to Share Honor by Scott Feinberg

The stars of 'The Theory of Everything' " who have both received SAG, Golden Globe and Critics' Choice noms " will receive the Cinema Vanguard Award on Jan. 29read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:07PM[SHARE]

Critics' Choice Awards: Noms Give Hope to On-the-Bubble Oscar Hopefuls by Scott Feinberg

THR's awards analyst reports that only 12 performances that have received SAG, Globe and Critics' Choice noms have failed to go on to receive an Oscar nomread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:45AM[SHARE]
Sunday, December 14, 2014

Chris Martin Performs Oscar-Contending Song, Charms Voters at 'Unbroken' Party by Scott Feinberg

After finishing his song the Coldplay frontman jokingly told Academy members, "You're free to leave now... put your vote in, whatever you want to do. Or don't. I don't give a f". It's not go…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:44PM[SHARE]

Scott Feinberg's Top 10 Films of 2014 by Scott Feinberg

THR's awards analyst includes on his list two music-centric films as well as a biopic, a rom-com, a war pic, a film noir, two docs and two foreign-language filmsread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:10AM[SHARE]
Saturday, December 13, 2014

Al Pacino on His Great Roles, Frustrations with Fame, Return to Form in 'The Humbling' by Scott Feinberg

The legendary actor also tells THR that he loved 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' wants to work with Martin Scorsese and prefers one 'Godfather' film over the othersread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:00AM[SHARE]
Friday, December 12, 2014

Critics' Choice Awards: Jessica Chastain Named 2014's MVP of Film by Scott Feinberg

Kevin Costner and Ron Howard, both actors-turned-directors, also will receive special honors at the nationally televised event on Jan. 15read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:12PM[SHARE]

Santa Barbara Film Fest: Jenny Slate, Logan Lerman Among 'Virtuosos' Honorees by Scott Feinberg

The duo will be honored alongside five other Oscar hopefuls " Ellar Coltrane, Chadwick Boseman, Rosamund Pike, J.K. Simmons and David Oyeloworead more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:15PM[SHARE]

Oscars: Best Picture Race a Battle of the Sexes by Scott Feinberg

Come Oscar time, male-skewing movies have taken home the grand prize 78 percent of the time. Translation? 'Gone Girl' and 'Wild' could scare off the guys, while 'Foxcatcher' and 'American Sn…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:21AM[SHARE]
Thursday, December 11, 2014

Golden Globe Nominations: Why the TV Picks and Snubs Shouldn't Be a Surprise by Scott Feinberg

THR's awards analyst illustrates how the HFPA favors certain long-running shows while simultaneously trying to be the first group to stake a claim on new onesread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:30AM[SHARE]

Golden Globe Nominations: From 'Budapest' to 'Selma,' Which Films Got an Oscar Boost? by Scott Feinberg

THR's awards analyst explains why movies such as 'American Sniper' and 'Unbroken,' which were shut out Thursday, will still be in Oscar contention on Fridayread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:16AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Feinberg Forecast: Scott's Final Picks for the 72nd Golden Globe Noms (Film & TV) by Scott Feinberg

THR's awards analyst locks in his picks ahead of Thursday's announcementread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:10PM[SHARE]

SAG-Globes Noms: Is Jennifer Aniston In and Laura Dern Out for Oscar Nod? Not So Fast by Scott Feinberg

THR's awards analyst looks at the commonalities between people who got SAG and Globe noms but didn't get an Oscar nom and vice-versaread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:32PM[SHARE]

SAG Awards: What the Nominations Mean for the Oscar Race by Scott Feinberg

THR's awards analyst reads between the linesread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:26AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Paramount Reboots 'Interstellar' Campaign, Placing Greater Emphasis on Its Actors by Scott Feinberg

While the film's actors did not receive any SAG Award nominations, Paramount is zeroing in on the Academy's acting branch, which accounts for one-sixth of its membershipread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:17PM[SHARE]

Feinberg Forecast: Evaluating the Field Post-SAG and Globe Noms by Scott Feinberg

THR's awards analyst shuffles the leaderboards in response to a week filled with new developments

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:11PM[SHARE]

Santa Barbara Film Fest: Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette to Share Honor for 'Boyhood' by Scott Feinberg

The veteran thesps, who play key supporting roles in Richard Linklater's indie, will be the first people ever to share the fest's American Riviera Awardread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:00AM[SHARE]
Monday, December 8, 2014

AFI's Lists of 2014's Best Films and TV Shows Serve Up Some Surprises by Scott Feinberg

THR's awards analyst explains how the AFI Awards honorees are chosen, and why the AFI's movie list differs with the Academy's in very specific ways each yearread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:59PM[SHARE]
Sunday, December 7, 2014

Clint Eastwood Tells Academy He Abhors Violence, Has Always Been Against Iraq War by Scott Feinberg

The 84-year-old commented during a Q&A following the official Academy screening of his latest film, 'American Sniper,' much of which is set in Iraqread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:31PM[SHARE]

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