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my oscar picks: week two

Oscar picks are up at Movie City News. Week 2 of Gurus o’ Gold looks at the supporting actor races, along the latest best picture prognostication. My picks are below and the full list is at MCN.

NOTE: These are predictions of where the race currently stands, not necessarily my personal preferences.

BEST PICTURE
1. Precious
2. Up in The Air
3. The Hurt Locker
4. A Serious Man
5. Up
6. An Education
7. Where the Wild Things Are
8. Bright Star
9. Inglorious Basterds
10. The Road
11. Julie and Julia
12. A Single Man

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Mo’Nique, “Precious”
2. Anna Kendrick, ” Up in the Air”
3. Julianne Moore, “A Single Man”
4. Melanie Laurent, “Inglourious Basterds”
5. Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
6. Mariah Carey, “Precious”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
2. Alfred Molina, “An Education”
3. Peter Sarsgaard, “An Education”
4. Anthony Mackie, “The Hurt Locker”
5. Brian Geraghty, “The Hurt Locker”
6. Paul Schneider, Bright Star

eug posted to awards season on November 12, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

my oscar picks, so far…

Movie City News’ Gurus o’ Gold are back and I’m thrilled to once again join the party. In the words of MCN, we’re offering a weekly take on the Hollywood horse race.

Here’s my picks for the week, with the full chart at Movie City News.

BEST PICTURE
1. The Hurt Locker
2. Precious
3. Up in The Air
4. A Serious Man
5. An Education
6. Up
7. Where the Wild Things Are
8. Bright Star
9. Inglorious Basterds
10. The Road
11. Julie and Julia
12. A Single Man

BEST ACTOR
1. George Clooney, Up in the Air
2. Colin Firth, A Single Man
3. Viggo Mortensen, The Road
4. Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
5. Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
6. Matt Damon, The Informant

BEST ACTRESS
1. Carey Mulligan, An Education
2. Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia
3. Gabby Sibide, Precious
4. Helen Mirren, The Last Station
5. Abby Cornish, Bright Star
6. Penelope Cruz, Broken Embraces

BEST ANIMATED FILM
1. Up
2. Fantastic Mr. Fox
3. Ponyo
4. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

eug posted to awards season on November 6, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)

david carr: “I love my fake friends”

NY Times’ David Carr on leaving the awards season beat:

“I love my fake friends,” [Carr] sighed. “Penelope Cruz air-kissing you, even when she’s not exactly sure who you are, has to have an effect on you.”

He will be greatly missed.

photo by eugene hernandez

eug posted to awards season on October 21, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

A.O. Scott: “I probably hate most of the movies that are nominated”

“I had nothing to do with this, I am only reading the nominations,” New York Times film critic A.O. Scott advised today, before reading the Gotham Award nominations live for about 200 people who logged online to hear the news live. “Chances are I probably hate most of the movies that are nominated,” he quipped curiously, stirring surprised laughter from my colleagues and I who were watching here at the indieWIRE office. That quote hit Twitter almost immediately.

“But, seriously,” he continued, before announcing the nominees.

The most surprising omission: “Precious.”

eug posted to awards season on October 19, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (2)