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It is true, I was not excited about this year Academy Awards as knew my favorites were not going to win plus on top, I really dislike Jimmy Kimmel, and expected to fall asleep because of a boring show. Gee, I was absolutely wrong (!!!) and I'm glad that no matter all my negative thoughts before the show, I watched as to my HUGE unexpected surprise, last night show was one of the few Academy Awards ceremony I can say I enjoyed beyond all my expectations! Before getting into the movies, have to say that the show was great as producers made the show all about movies and winners, with multiple clips of actors winning their Oscars plus a few presenters talking about other actors they admire.  That was great for me and yes, kept me awake expecting for more of the same and I got it!  Then got the nominated songs being performed and the performances were distributed along the ceremony, which also kept me awake (lol!); but the best was the performances, especially the Moana song with ...

Will update with winners as soon as they're announced. Will comment tomorrow but the best speech -with great humor- belong to George Clooney, Jean-Paul Belmondo homage was emotional for me and sooo happy Xavier Dolan won two awards as well Céline Sciamma winning!!! YAY!  Also very glad Isabelle Huppert won and we will see next Sunday if she repeats Marion Cotillard achievement of winning a Cesar and an Oscar for the same film. Finally didn't comment, so it be.  Still, during the weekend Isabelle Huppert won the Spirit Award but -unfortunately- not the Oscar. Sigh.   Winners are in *BLUE .  Au revoir, à l'année prochaine! ---///--- 1/25/17 This morning in Fouquet's restaurant on Champs Elysees the Academy President, Alain Terzian, held a press conference to announce the nominations for the current edition of the awards that honor French cinema.  He also addressed the controversy around the appointment of the president of this years' awards, his resignation and sa...

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Finally the last of the guilds announced their award winners last night and will not deny that I'm disappointed with the results as my favorite did not make it.  Sigh. No doubt that the highlight of the night was when James Corden presented the Distinguished Collaborator Award to Meryl Streep.  Also with a guild award, Lilly Collins received the Spotlight Award from none other than Matt Bomer. When we check what has happened during the last 10 years we find that one CDGA winner went to win 6 times the Oscar for costume design, four came from the period category and two from fantasy category.  So based on this data, we would expect next Oscar winner to be from period or fantasy categories but then when we check the Oscars nominees, surprise(!) CDGA winners in those categories, Hidden Figures and Doctor Strange, do not have nominations!  So, reality says that Oscar winner will not come from those two categories and perhaps CDGA Contemporary category winner could get ...

Last night was a busy night in Hollywood as there were three awards ceremony to attend; but, perhaps one of the most colorful has to be from the Make-up and Hair guild that gave awards to some unexpected winners while snubbing my favorites (lol). Most interesting is the Make Up top award winner as went to a film with no Oscar nomination and great make-up in one of the "movies"; see, I believe there were 2 "movies" in Nocturnal Animals , one very unpleasant to watch and another very pleasant with absolutely great esthetics -the later has fantastic make-up. On the other hand, Best Period and/or Character Make-up went to a film with an Oscar nomination, Suicide Squad , a film with obvious fantastic make-up but this win could mean an Oscar win?  Don't know as guild has not many members that vote in the Academy, at least when we compare it against the largest actor, director or writers guild.  Then perhaps another MUAHS award winner, Star Trek Beyond , could have bet...

The 69th annual Writers Guild Awards took place at simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles on Sunday night, or so say the original intentions as in twitter we could read several West coast people (film critics mainly) complaining about how the East coast spoiled the winner for them (LOL) because they were ahead. Gee, there was a time when you were attending a ceremony and all you did was chat, drink, eat and watch what happens; now seems everyone is not only tweeting about the event BUT also reading what others are writing, LOL! There was a time when you could see the awards ceremony but last night had not time to look for live stream, so don't know if there was one or not.  Nevertheless from industry press read very long articles about the many presenters and recipients jokes and speeches, mostly about the current political situation; some where really funny but one was really serious and with a clear, relevant message. If we consider the Scripter award winner and the ...

Last night the guild had their awards ceremony and perhaps the most surprising event of the night was Quentin Tarantino making a surprise appearance to present the Career Achievement Award to Harry Cohen.  Also receiving an annual award was Guillermo del Toro but his was given by Scott Gershin, supervising sound editor and designer, nevertheless del Toro gave an interesting acceptance speech. Hacksaw Ridge lead with two awards in the feature categories, dialogue/ADR and effects/Foley, which makes film the front-runner to Oscars Best Sound Editing category.  Have I share that to my biggest surprise -as  dislike war movies- I enjoyed this movie beyond my wildest imagination?  It's a very good entertaining movie with a solid structure -meaning: very well crafted- and great tech specs.  Film deserves all the recognition is getting. Winners are not yet at their official site but eventually will be here .  If you can't wait for the official site check news from ...

Know we have three more months to Cannes but believe it or not many have already started to talk about the mother of all festivals perhaps was due to the perception that this years' Berlinale was on the soft side and the hope of Cannes to be strong. The good news is that there are good chances of a very strong lineup as there are master filmmakers that could have ready their films for Cannes and there is always the chance for Cannes second or more timers to go back with great movies. No, this is not my Wish List but a compilation of possible films that could make it to Cannes. List is made from several Cannes articles plus some lists with most anticipated films of 2017, films I've been tracking and my daily readings. As we all know, Cannes begins in Berlin, not in the red carpet but in the Industry Market, so it's no surprise that many articles appeared while the Berlinale was running and after the Berlinale Market was closed a few days back. Before going deep into the li...

Yesterday night the Society had their award ceremony and perhaps the biggest surprise is the film that won the Animated category! No surprise which film got the top award as was the favorite to win this and yes, the Oscar; which most likely will happen when we consider that in six of the last ten years, the winner of CAS Live Action feature competition went to win the Oscar. Jon Faveau was presented the Filmmaker Award, John Prichett received the Career Achievement Award and Wenrui Fan from Chapman University was presented with a Student Recognition Award. To check winners in TV categories go official site here . Winners are in *BLUE . ---///--- 1/10/1 A few moments ago the Cinema Audio Society (CAS) announced the nominees for the current edition of the awards that honor Outstanding Achievements in Sound Mixing in film and television as well as Technical Achievement in production and post-production. “ We are blessed this year with a rich portfolio of Cinema Audio art applied. As the ...