FILMS ADVANCE FOR OSCAR RACE IN THE MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING CATEGORY

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup and Hair Styling category for the 86th Academy Awards®.

The short list of films, from whence the nominees will come, are listed below in alphabetical order:

    "American Hustle"
    "Dallas Buyers Club"
    "The Great Gatsby"
    "Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters"
    "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"
    "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa"
    "The Lone Ranger"

On Saturday, January 11, 2014, all members of the Academy's Makeup Artists and Hair Stylist Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration.

The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT, in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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ACADEMY MEMBERS VOTING FOR OSCAR NOMINATIONS

KEY DATES ANNOUNCED FOR THE OSCARS®

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ABC Television Network announced the dates for the 86th and 87th Oscar® presentations. The 86th Academy Awards® will air live on ABC on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014. Key dates for the Awards season are:

COMPLETED:

Saturday, November 16, 2013:   The Governors Awards.

Monday, December 2, 2013:       Official Screen Credits submitted.

Friday, December 27, 2013:      Nominations voting began.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014:  Nominations voting ends 5 p.m. PT.

Thursday, January 16, 2014: Oscar nominations announced.

 

Monday, February 10, 2014:        Nominees Luncheon.

Friday, February 14, 2014: Final voting begins for lucky Academy Award recipients.

Saturday, February 15, 2014:  Scientific and Technical Awards.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014: Final voting ends 5 p.m. PT.

Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014

 86th Academy Awards.

The 86th and 87th Academy Awards ceremonies will be held at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network.

87th Academy Awards Oscar Sunday, February 22, 2015. 

ABOUT THE ACADEMY

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards–in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners–Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.

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ORIGINAL SONGS TUNE FOR OSCAR®

There are 75 songs in the race for a nomination in the Original Song category for the 86th Oscars®. All are from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2013. The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by song title and the film title:

     "Amen" from "All Is Lost"
     "Alone Yet Not Alone" from "Alone Yet Not Alone"
     "Doby" from "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues"
     "Last Mile Home" from "August: Osage County"
     "Austenland" from "Austenland"
     "Comic Books" from "Austenland"
     "L.O.V.E.D.A.R.C.Y" from "Austenland"
     "What Up" from "Austenland"
     "He Loves Me Still" from "Black Nativity"
     "Hush Child (Get You Through This Silent Night)" from "Black Nativity"
     "Test Of Faith" from "Black Nativity"
     "Forgiveness" from "Brave Miss World"
     "Lullaby Song" from "Cleaver's Destiny"
     "Shine Your Way" from "The Croods"
     "Happy" from "Despicable Me 2"
     "Gonna Be Alright" from "Epic"
     "Rise Up" from "Epic"
     "What Matters Most" from "Escape from Planet Earth"
     "Bones" from "For No Good Reason"
     "Going Nowhere" from "For No Good Reason"
     "Gonzo" from "For No Good Reason"
     "The Courage To Believe" from "Free China: The Courage to Believe"
     "Let It Go" from "Frozen"
     "100$ Bill" from "The Great Gatsby"
     "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" from "The Great Gatsby"
     "Over The Love" from "The Great Gatsby"
     "Together" from "The Great Gatsby"
     "Young and Beautiful" from "The Great Gatsby"
     "The Moon Song" from "Her"
     "I See Fire" from "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
     "Bite Of Our Lives" from "How Sweet It Is"
     "Try" from     "How Sweet It Is"
     "Atlas" from "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"
     "Better You, Better Me" from "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete"
     "Bring It On" from "Jewtopia"
     "Aygiri Nadani" from "Kamasutra 3D"
     "Har Har Mahadeva" from "Kamasutra 3D"
     "I Felt" from "Kamasutra 3D"
     "Of The Soil" from "Kamasutra 3D"
     "Sawariya" from "Kamasutra 3D"
     "In The Middle Of The Night" from "Lee Daniels' The Butler"
     "You And I Ain't Nothin' No More" from "Lee Daniels' The Butler"
     "Let's Take A Trip" from "Live at the Foxes Den"
     "Pour Me Another Dream" from "Live at the Foxes Den"
     "The Time Of My Life" from "Live at the Foxes Den"
     "Ordinary Love" from "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"
     "Monsters University" from "Monsters University"
     "When The Darkness Comes" from "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones"
     "Sacrifice (I Am Here)" from "Murph: The Protector"
     "The Muslims Are Coming" from "The Muslims Are Coming!"
     "Oblivion" from "Oblivion"
     "Sweeter Than Fiction" from "One Chance"
     "Nothing Can Stop Me Now" from "Planes"
     "We Both Know" from "Safe Haven"
     "Get Used To Me" from "The Sapphires"
     "Stay Alive" from "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
     "So You Know What It's Like" from "Short Term 12"
     "There's No Black Or White" from "Somm"
     "Cut Me Some Slack" from "Sound City"
     "You Can't Fix This" from "Sound City"
     "Let It Go" from "Spark: A Burning Man Story"
     "We Ride" from "Spark: A Burning Man Story"
     "Becomes The Color" from "Stoker"
     "Younger Every Day" from "3 Geezers!"
     "Here It Comes" from "Trance"
     "Let The Bass Go" from "Turbo"
     "The Snail Is Fast" from "Turbo"
     "Speedin'" from "Turbo"
     "My Lord Sunshine (Sunrise)" from "12 Years a Slave"
     "Make It Love" from "Two: The Story of Roman & Nyro"
     "One Life" from "The Ultimate Life"
     "Unfinished Songs" from "Unfinished Song"
     "For The Time Being" from "The Way, Way Back"
     "Go Where The Love Is" from "The Way, Way Back"
     "Bleed For Love" from "Winnie Mandela"

During the nominations process, all voting members of the Music Branch will receive a Reminder List of works submitted in the category and a DVD copy of the song clips. Members will be asked to watch the clips and then vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements in the category. The five receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominees for final voting in this award category. A maximum of two songs may be nominated from any one film.

To be eligible, a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film.  A clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition of both lyric and melody must be used in the body of the film or as the first music cue in the end credits.

The 86th Academy Awards® nominations will be announced live, Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT, in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

ONLY NINE FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURES SHORT-LISTED FOR OSCAR

Out of 76 feature Foreign Language Motion Pictures submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS®), only nine have been short-listed to advance to the next round of voting, which will be for the official Oscar nominees in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®. 

The motion pictures, listed in alphabetical order by country with director, are:

Belgium, "The Broken Circle Breakdown," Felix van Groeningen;

Bosnia and Herzegovina, "An Episode in the Life of an  Iron Picker," Danis Tanovic";

Cambodia, "The Missing Picture," Rithy Panh;

Denmark, "The Hunt," Thomas Vinterberg;

Germany, "Two Lives," Georg Maas;

Hong Kong, "The Grandmaster," Wong Kar-wai;

Hungary, "The Notebook," Janos Szasz;

Italy, "The Great Beauty," Paolo Sorrentino;

Palestine, "Omar," Hany Abu-Assad.

Foreign Language Film nominations for 2013 are being determined in two phases. 

The Phase one committee, consisting of several hundred Los Angeles-based Academy members, screened the original submissions in the category between mid-October and December 16.  The group's top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy's Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the short list.

The short list will be winnowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles.  They will spend Friday, January 10, through Sunday, January 12, viewing three films each day and then casting their ballots.

Now, five nominees in this Oscar category will be selected by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles.  They will spend Friday, January 10, through Sunday, January 12, viewing three films each day and then casting their ballots.

The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT, in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The presentation, produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. gala will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

MIMI COMMENTS: "Five nominees to come from only nine entries out of 76? Oh, my. What about those motion pictures submitted for previous award winners by their native countries such as Asghar Farhadi's new 'The Past' (Iran), Berlinale standout 'Gloria' (Chile), Canada's entry 'Gabrielle,' and last but not least, Saudi Arabia's submission of Haifaa Al-Mansour's 'Wadjda,' a number of critic's top choices. This may be a record for a winnowed down AMPAS list.

"Aadjda" - Official Trailer   

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TWO-HUNDRED-EIGHTY-NINE FEATURE FILMS ELIGIBLE FOR 2013 ACADEMY AWARDS®

Two-hundred-eighty-nine feature films are eligible for the 2013 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. To be eligible for 86th Academy Awards consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by midnight, December 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days.

Under Academy rules, a feature-length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes and must have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format.

Feature films that receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for Academy Awards in any category. The “Reminder List of Productions Eligible for the 86th Academy Awards” is available at:

  http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/reminderlist.html.

The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT, in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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114 ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORES IN 2013 OSCAR® RACE

Here is the list of 114 music scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2013, and they are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 86th Oscars®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday.

The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below, in alphabetical order by film title:

"Admission," Stephen Trask;
"Ain't Them Bodies Saints," Daniel Hart;
"All Is Lost," Alex Ebert;
"Alone Yet Not Alone," William Ross;
"The Armstrong Lie," David Kahne;
"Arthur Newman," Nick Urata;
"Austenland," Ilan Eshkeri;
"Before Midnight," Graham Reynolds;
"The Best Man Holiday," Stanley Clarke;
"The Book Thief," John Williams;
"The Butterfly's Dream," Rahman Altin;
"The Call," John Debney;
"Captain Phillips," Henry Jackman;
"Closed Circuit," Joby Talbot;
 "The Company You Keep," Cliff Martinez;
 "The Conjuring," Joseph Bishara;
 "Copperhead," Laurent Eyquem;
 "The Counselor," Daniel Pemberton;
 "The Croods," Alan Silvestri;
 "Despicable Me 2," Heitor Pereira;
 "Elysium," Ryan Amon;
 "Ender's Game," Steve Jablonsky;
 "Enough Said," Marcelo Zarvos;
 "Epic," Danny Elfman;
 "Ernest & Celestine," Vincent Courtois;
 "Escape from Planet Earth," Aaron Zigman;
"Escape from Tomorrow," Abel Korzeniowski;
"Evil Dead," Roque Baños;
"47 Ronin," Ilan Eshkeri;
"42," Mark Isham;
"Free Birds," Dominic Lewis;
"Free China: The Courage to Believe," Tony Chen;
"Fruitvale Station," Ludwig Goransson;
"G.I. Joe: Retaliation," Henry Jackman;
"Gangster Squad," Steve Jablonsky;
"Gravity," Steven Price;
"The Great Gatsby," Craig Armstrong;
"The Hangover Part III," Christophe Beck;
"Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters," Atli Örvarsson;
"Haute Cuisine," Gabriel Yared;
"Her," William Butler and Owen Pallett;
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," Howard Shore;
"Hollywood Seagull," Evgeny Shchukin;
"Hours," Benjamin Wallfisch;
"How Sweet It Is," Matt Dahan;
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," James Newton Howard;
"Identity Thief," Christopher Lennertz;
"The Incredible Burt Wonderstone," Lyle Workman;
"Insidious: Chapter 2," Joseph Bishara;
"Instructions Not Included," Carlo Siliotto;
"The Internship," Christophe Beck;
"The Invisible Woman," Ilan Eshkeri;
 "Iron Man 3," Brian Tyler;
 "Jack the Giant Slayer," John Ottman;
 "Jobs," John Debney;
 "Kamasutra 3D," Sreejith Edavana and Saachin Raj Chelory;
 "Labor Day," Rolfe Kent;
 "Lee Daniels' The Butler," Rodrigo Leão;
 "Live at the Foxes Den," Jack Holmes;
 "Love Is All You Need," Johan Söderqvist;
 "Mama," Fernando Velázquez, composer
 "Man of Steel," Hans Zimmer, composer
 "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," Alex Heffes;
 "The Missing Picture," Marc Marder;
 "Monsters University," Randy Newman;
 "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones," Atli Örvarsson;
 "Mud," David Wingo;
 "Murph: The Protector," Chris Irwin and Jeff Widenhofer;
 "Now You See Me," Brian Tylerr;
 "Oblivion," Anthony Gonzalez and Joseph Trapanese;
 "Oldboy," Roque Baños;
 "Olympus Has Fallen," Trevor Morris;
 "Oz The Great and Powerful," Danny Elfman;
 "Pacific Rim," Ramin Djawadi;
 "Pain & Gain," Steve Jablonsky;
 "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters," Andrew Lockington;
 "Philomena," Alexandre Desplat;
 "The Place beyond the Pines," Mike Patton;
"Planes," Mark Mancina;
"Prisoners," Jóhann Jóhannsson;
"R.I.P.D.," Christophe Beck;
"Reaching for the Moon," Marcelo Zarvos;
"Romeo & Juliet," Abel Korzeniowski;
"Runner Runner," Christophe Beck;
"Rush," Hans Zimmer;
"Safe Haven," Deborah Lurie;
"Salinger," Lorne Balfe;
 "Saving Mr. Banks," Thomas Newman;
 "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," Theodore Shapiro;
 "Short Term 12," Joel P. West;
 "Side Effects," Thomas Newman;
 "The Smurfs 2," Heitor Pereira;
 "The Spectacular Now," Rob Simonsen;
 "Star Trek Into Darkness," Michael Giacchino;
 "Stoker," Clint Mansell;
 "Thor: The Dark World," Brian Tyler;
 "Tim's Vermeer," Conrad Pope;
 "Trance," Rick Smith;
 "Turbo," Henry Jackman;
 "12 Years a Slave," Hans Zimmer;
 "2 Guns," Clinton Shorter;
 "The Ultimate Life," Mark McKenzie;
 "Unfinished Song," Laura Rossi;
 "Wadjda," Max Richter;
 "Walking with Dinosaurs," Paul Leonard-Morgan;
 "Warm Bodies," Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders;
 "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," Will Bates;
 "We're the Millers," Theodore Shapiro and Ludwig Goransson;
 "What Maisie Knew," Nick Urata;
 "Why We Ride," Steven Gutheinz;
 "The Wind Rises," Joe Hisaishi;
 "Winnie Mandela," Laurent Eyquem;
 "The Wolverine," Marco Beltrami.

A Reminder List of works submitted in the Original Score category will be made available with a nominations ballot to all members of the Music Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements.  The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award.

To be eligible, the original score must be a substantial body of music that serves as original dramatic underscoring, and must be written specifically for the motion picture by the submitting composer.  Scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other preexisting music, diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs, or assembled from the music of more than one composer shall not be eligible.

The 86th Academy Awards® nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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Nominees for the 71st Golden Globe Awards Announced December 12th

GOLDEN GLOBE

First of all, Woody Allen will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment" at the 2014 ceremony, which will be held January 12, 2014.

                                ALLEN                                      

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will    

TINA FEY

repeat as hosts for the 71st gala presented by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). 

AMY POEHLER
Among the top nominees are: "12 Years A Slave" and "American Hustle," with seven nominations each, including Best Picture in the drama and musical or comedy categories.

For television, "Breaking Bad," "DowntonAbbey" and "Brooklyn 99" are among the top-nominated programs and yes, Dame Maggie is nominated again. Here is what you are waiting to read: Nominee List!

The Screen Actors Guild Awards are January 18. The Producers Guild of America will hold its awards ceremony on January 19, and the Directors Guild will present its annual honors on January 25. The 86th annual Academy Awards® are set for March 2. The Oscar® nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT, in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Every year, I caution my readers to remember that the Golden Globes are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, mostly males, not an affiliated Hollywood guild. So, they go for the glitz and glam, the T&A, and they honor their favorite Hollywood personalities whom they want to meet in person, because that prize-winning interview is ever so close on one night of the year. 

Therefore, the Golden Globes, which used to be a bellwether* for the Oscars is no longer, but the association makes sure they air an entertaining program for the folks in their home countries. It is also a sparking fun night for the residents of their host country, and I never miss watching them.

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TEN CONTENDERS REMAIN IN VFX OSCAR® RACE

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects (VFX) category for the 86th Oscars®.

The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

         “Elysium”
         “Gravity”
         “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
         “Iron Man 3”
         “The Lone Ranger”
         “Oblivion”
         “Star Trek Into Darkness”
         “Thor: The Dark World”
         “Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Pacific Rim”
         “World War Z”

The Academy's Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the short list.  All members of the Visual Effects Branch will now be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the short-listed films on Thursday, January 9, 2014.  Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

Oscars nominations will be announced live Thursday, January 16, 2014, 5:30 a.m. PT,  in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, in the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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15 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES ADVANCE IN 2013 OSCAR® RACE

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 15 documentaries in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 86th Oscars®. Originally, 147 docs qualified in this category.

The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:

"The Act of Killing," Final Cut for Real
"The Armstrong Lie," The Kennedy/Marshall Company
"Blackfish," Our Turn Productions
"The Crash Reel," KP Rides Again
"Cutie and the Boxer," Ex Lion Tamer and Cine Mosaic
"Dirty Wars," Civic Bakery
"First Cousin Once Removed," Experiments in Time, Light & Motion
"God Loves Uganda," Full Credit Productions
"Life According to Sam," Fine Films
"Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer," Roast Beef Productions
"The Square," Noujaim Films and Maktube Productions
"Stories We Tell," National Film Board of Canada
"Tim’s Vermeer," High Delft Pictures
"20 Feet from Stardom," Gil Friesen Productions and Tremolo Productions
"Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington," Tripoli Street

The Academy’s Documentary Branch determined the short list in a preliminary round of voting. Documentary Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles. The winner will be chosen from those five titles.

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