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• 1/22/08  /
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The Oscars: The Best Actor and Actress Nominees, Decoded

Will Daniel Day-Lewis drink everyone's milkshakes?

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• 1/22/08  /
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The Oscars: The Best Picture Nominees Make Their Cases

Can There Will Be Blood surprise again?

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• 1/22/08  /
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The Oscars: Who Got Snubbed?

Who's scurrying to fire their publicists right now?

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• 1/22/08  /
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Jonny Greenwood Denied an Oscar Nomination for Some Stupid Reason

If you're a Radiohead fan that typically likes to see the most deserving person win in his or her respective Oscar category, then you were probably doubly disappointed by this morning's nominations.

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• 1/22/08  /
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Oscar Nominations Announced

The nominations are in!

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• 1/18/08  /
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Vulture's Final Oscar-Nomination Predictions

Anyone who uses these predictions in order to place a bet deserves what he gets.

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• 1/18/08  /
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For Your Consideration: Imelda Staunton in ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ for Best Supporting Actress

We're a little surprised that Warner Bros. hasn't made a more concerted Oscar push for this previous Academy Award nominee.

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• 1/15/08  /
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Producers Guild Noms ‘No Country,’ ‘Juno,’ ‘Diving Bell’; Snubs ‘Atonement,’ ‘Sweeney’

Cripes, awards predicting is for morons.

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• 1/11/08  /
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Oscar Futures: Can Julian Get a Schnomination for ‘Diving Bell’?

Also: Into the Wild rises again.

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• 1/9/08  /
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For Your Consideration: Alan Tudyk of ‘Death at a Funeral’ for Best Supporting Actor

It's quite possible that you never made it to Death at a Funeral this summer — which is a shame, because that'd mean you missed Alan Tudyk's tour de force performance as a naked guy on a roof!

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• 1/8/08  /
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What Does the Golden Globes Cancellation Mean for the Oscars?

Will the Gay Super Bowl survive?

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• 1/8/08  /
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For Your Consideration: Paul Greengrass of ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ for Best Director

From now until the Oscar nominations are announced on January 22, Vulture will be highlighting some of 2007's greatest, sure-to-be-overlooked performances.

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• 1/7/08  /
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National Society of Film Critics Honor ‘There Will Be Blood’; Oscar Chances Doomed

Comparing the NSFC's list of past winners to the Academy's makes a pretty decent counter-history of great film.

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• 1/4/08  /
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Oscar Futures: ‘Juno’ Is This Year's Little Movie That Could

Plus: The rise of P.T. Anderson.

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• 1/4/08  /
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For Your Consideration: Edgar Wright of ‘Hot Fuzz’ for Best Director

Only Wright gets the secret of great parody: Don’t hate the thing you’re making fun of – love it.

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• 1/4/08  /
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Oscar Buzz for McLovin Reaches Fever Pitch

Just before we split for the holidays, Vulture made a plea to Oscar voters to not forget one of our favorite movie performances of 2007, Christopher Mintz-Plasse's as Superbad's McLovin — turns out someone might've actually been listening!

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• 1/2/08  /
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Oscar Screeners Leak Online, Pirates Saved a Trip to the Movie Theater

If by some crazy chance you'd like to watch excellent brand-new movies for free in the privacy of your own home while other chumps trek all the way to the theater to pay for them, you're in luck!

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• 12/21/07  /
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Oscar Futures: Does ‘Into the Wild’ Have a Shot?

A handful of Screen Actors Guild Award nominations make Sean Penn's film a player again.

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• 12/21/07  /
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‘I Am Legend’ DVD Screener Leaks! Will Smith's Oscar Chances Sunk?

A DVD screener for Will Smith's new I Am Legend leaked onto BitTorrent sites last night, causing some to wonder (us, at least) why the heck one ever existed in the first place.

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• 12/19/07  /
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For Your Consideration: McLovin for Best Supporting Actor

Looking back on the totality of the year's cinematic crop, was there a single more memorable, more endearing film character than Christopher Mintz-Plasse's McLovin?

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• 12/18/07  /
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Writers Guild Rejects Waivers for Awards Shows — Golden Globes to Be Entertaining?

Last night in Los Angeles, the Writers Guild denied a waiver that would have allowed the Golden Globes to use writers for its live NBC telecast, and turned down a request from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to show clips from movies and previous awards shows during its Oscar broadcast in February.

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• 12/14/07  /
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Oscar Futures: ‘Charlie Wilson's War’ Stages a Comeback

Every week between now and January 22, Vulture's Oscar Futures will listen to insider gossip, comb the Oscar blogs, and out-and-out guess when necessary to track who's up, who's down, and who's currently leading the race for a coveted nomination.

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• 12/12/07  /
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Writers' Strike Means Awards Shows Could Be Even Worse Than Usual

Not only will writers be unable to pen hilarious banter for the shows' hosts and presenters, networks are now worried that stars may stay home in solidarity with the picketing writers.

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• 12/11/07  /
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Film Critics Are Too Snooty, Says Richard Corliss

Shame on you, critics! Shame on you for picking movies you really like!

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• 12/10/07  /
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The Coen Brothers Dominate New York Film Critics Circle

Plus: Amy Ryan, suddenly a front-runner?

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