For Your Consideration
A 24-Hour Movie Marathon — Could You Do It?
by Erika Olson | February 17th, 2011 | Filed under: Award Shows, For Your Consideration, Other BitsAttention all extremely energetic movie lovers who are up for a challenge: AMC Theatres is helping prepare film fans for the Academy Awards on February 27th by hosting the 5th annual AMC Best Picture ShowcaseSM this Saturday and next. One hundred thirteen theaters across the country will be screening the ten Best Picture nominees on [...]
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Oscars® (Semi) Live Blog: Second Half of the Ceremony (Special Revised Edition)
by Locke Peterseim | March 7th, 2010 | Filed under: Award Shows, For Your Consideration11:15 – Tom Hanks dashes out on stage and (no time to list all ten!) blurts out the Best Picture: The Hurt Locker. I'm thrilled to have been so wrong with my non-stop Avatar predictions. Bigelow's acceptance speech may be the first in Oscar history to thank hazmat emergency crews. Meanwhile, James Cameron puts his [...]
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by Locke Peterseim | March 7th, 2010 | Filed under: Award Shows, For Your ConsiderationPart Three of Oscar blogging continues here! 8:50 — Pausing the DVR for a bathroom/beer/snacks break as everyone tallies up their pool picks so far. Live blogging will resume in a bit… unless there's no one out there… if there are any Whos out there in Whoville, give a yelp and I'll keep going. 8:45 [...]
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by Locke Peterseim | March 7th, 2010 | Filed under: Award Shows, For Your ConsiderationPart Two of Oscar blogging continues here! 7:29 — Enjoy it, Taylor Lautner… the clock is ticking before everyone realizes you really can't do much with your shirt on. On your way out tonight, swing by the alley and ask Leif Garrett how that whole "talent-free teen heartthrob" thing works out. 7:28 – Jeff Bridges [...]
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Locke’s (and Your) Oscar® Picks and Predictions
by Locke Peterseim | March 6th, 2010 | Filed under: Award Shows, For Your ConsiderationAll week long you guys have been voting in our redblog polls for who you WANT to win some of the major Oscars
Read Full Post 6 CommentsThe redblog Oscar® Polls: Best Actor
by Locke Peterseim | March 4th, 2010 | Filed under: Award Shows, For Your ConsiderationIt’s Oscar® Week and we want to hear what you folks are thinking. All week we’ll give you a chance to get your two-cents worth in on the top-ten major Oscar categories–and to sharpen your picks for the office pool. We’ll run two different category polls each day, one in the morning and one in the [...]
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by Locke Peterseim | March 4th, 2010 | Filed under: Award Shows, For Your Consideration, Other BitsWith e-mail scandals, lawsuits, new voting procedures, op-ed backlash, and conspiracy theories, we've got a real barn-burner heating up for Sunday's Academy Awards. I went on KPAM's Bob Miller in the Morning show this morning to break it all down. Listen in right here!
Read Full Post 3 CommentsThe redblog Oscar® Polls: Best Actress
by Locke Peterseim | March 4th, 2010 | Filed under: Award Shows, For Your ConsiderationIt’s Oscar® Week and we want to hear what you folks are thinking. All week we’ll give you a chance to get your two-cents worth in on the top-ten major Oscar categories–and to sharpen your picks for the office pool. We’ll run two different category polls each day, one in the morning and one in the [...]
Read Full Post 2 CommentsThe redblog Oscar® Polls: Best Supporting Actress
by Locke Peterseim | March 3rd, 2010 | Filed under: Award Shows, For Your ConsiderationIt's Oscar® Week and we want to hear what you folks are thinking. All week we'll give you a chance to get your two-cents worth in on the top-ten major Oscar categories–and to sharpen your picks for the office pool. We'll run two different category polls each day, one in the morning and one in the [...]
Read Full Post 3 CommentsThe redblog Oscar® Polls: Best Supporting Actor
by Locke Peterseim | March 3rd, 2010 | Filed under: Award Shows, For Your ConsiderationIt's Oscar® Week and we want to hear what you folks are thinking. All week we'll give you a chance to get your two-cents worth in on the top-ten major Oscar categories–and to sharpen your picks for the office pool. We'll run two different category polls each day, one in the morning and one in the [...]
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