Here @ hN we really do have an unending love of award shows of all kinds. But if the Golden Globes and the SAG Awards are any indication of things to come at the Oscars, then we’re freaking out a little. With Oscar nominations a week away, here are a few reasons why…
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Every year around this time Variety.com becomes besieged by FTC ads. FTC is trade-speak for “For Your Consideration” — these are ads paid for by studios meant to attract/entice/get the attention of members of awards voting groups like Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars) or Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Emmys). Official Academy Award nominations won’t be announced until Tues., Feb. 2, 2010.
Until then, every major entertainment site will speculate on who will be nominated. The category to watch, as far as we’re concerned, is for Best Supporting Actress. Possible contenders for the title of Oscar Princess include, “Nine” star Penelope Cruz (she was nominated for Golden Globe); Mo’Nique in “Precious” (also nominated for a Globe); Julianne Moore in “A Single Man;” Melanie Laurent in “Inglourious Basterds;” and… Betty White for her role in “The Proposal?” Hey, it’s a long shot, but it would be funny/amazing to see Mo’Nique and Betty White go head-to-head in the same category, no?
Matthew Goode and Colin Firth in Tom Ford's "A Single Man"
Now that fall is almost done and winter is headed our way, your local movie house—assuming you don’t live in a red state or on Staten Island—will be heading into what is normally considered the prestige film season that lasts from September right up to December 31st, when films become ineligible for next year’s Academy Awards nominations. Sure, sometimes the odd Hollywood blockbuster/disaster/action movie will sneak in under the radar (read: “2012″), but for the most part you can assume that most of the movies with a post-September release date will be gunning for a golden statuette. And now, with several publications and other film organizations beginning to release their top flicks of the year—you can see the picks the International Press Academy chose here—we figured it might be best to offer up a look at what you don’t want to miss. After the jump, a few films you’ll want to check out as 2009 comes to a close — lest your Oscar ballot become a bigger flop than Labor Pains.
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It was inevitable that the homo-neurotics would succumb to twittering (or tweeting, as the twits prefer). We celebrated our Twitter debut the way any self-respecting tech-utante would: with ball gowns and tuxedos. Read away, as we lose our twitternigity to the Oscars. We won’t make it a habit, but we’ll promise to tweet often.
http://twitter.com/homoneurotic.
Magnum photographer Paolo Pellegrin has a beautiful photo editorial in the New York Times Magazine showcasing the great cinematic performers of the past year, just in time for Oscars season. The shoot includes a well-preserved Robert Downey, Jr., Brad Pitt, Kate Winslet, Mickey Rourke, Sean Penn and several others.
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