THE OSCAR nominations are out, with 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis becoming the youngest ever to get a nomination nod, starring in “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” Spielberg’s “Lincoln” deservedly tops the list with 12 nominations, which I reviewed, believing the film has the greatness of Hollywood’s “Golden Era.” On the other hand, some expected nominations failed [...]
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Showbiz Beat: SAG Awards 2013 List is Out
THE LIST of SAG Awards 2013 nominations is out. As a member of SAG for years (as well as AFTRA before it merged with SAG, AGVA and Actors’ Equity), the Screen Actors Guild nominations interest me more than any other, despite the Hollywood hoopla of the Oscars. SAG has a terrific pictorial listing of the [...]
“Skyfall” Deserves an Academy Nod to Go with Bond-Breaking Box Office Weekend
If “Skyfall” is the new 50, James Bond is handling it remarkably well. Five decades after the first cinematic incarnation of 007, novelist Ian Fleming’s agent provocateur, the spy-craft in the new film is sharper, the intrigue deeper, the beauties brighter (more brain, less bare). [LA Times] IT’S LONG past time the Academy of Motion [...]
Showbiz Beat: James Bond’s 50th Year Gets Adele “Skyfall” Theme
WHO DOESN’T enjoy the James Bond film treasury? Don’t answer that, because if you don’t I’m not interested and no one else should be either. What the Bond legacy has meant to film goers over multiple generations is undeniable. From Sky news: In the movie – released during the 50th year of the franchise – [...]
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