391 stories by "Paul Sheehan"
Nominations for the 67th annual edition of the Golden Eddie Awards bestowed by the American Cinema Editors were announced on Tuesday (Jan. 3). These kudos, honoring the best cutting in film …
The winner of the Golden Eddie from the American Cinema Editors has proven to be one of the best indicators of which film takes home the Best Picture Oscar. Nominations for the 2017 editi…
With less than a week to go until academy members start casting their nomination ballots on Jan. 5, “La La Land” remains far ahead in the Oscar race for Best Picture accord…
Disney just sent Oscar voters screeners of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” continuing the franchise comeback that started with 2015’s critically acclaimed “Star Wars:…
Oscar voters just got screeners of one of the hottest titles of the year —Â Damien Chazelle‘s critically acclaimed “La La Land,” the frontrunner for Best Picture.Â…
“La La Land” is far ahead in the Oscar race for Best Picture, according to the 27 experts drawn from major media making their predictions here at Gold Derby. The vast majority (2…
One of our Oscar frontrunners, “Moonlight,” continues to dominate the precursor prizes, scoring a leading seven nominations including Best Picture at the London Critics’…
Breaking down the precursor awards — both nominations and winners — as well as the top Oscar nominations by categories gives us 35 key races that will determine the stro…
“La La Land” did not make the cut for Best Ensemble at the SAG Awards but that needn’t mean much for this frontrunner for Best Picture at the Oscars. The Screen Actor…
The top studio in contention at the Golden Globes is Lionsgate, which racked up 10 nominations via its subsidiary Summit and three for the parent company. Seven of those bids were by the …
On Sunday (Dec. 11), Oscar frontrunner “La La Land” won a whopping eight Critics’ Choice Awards, including Best Picture. Among its closest Oscar rivals, “Mancheste…
“La La Land,” which won the top prize from the New York Film Critics Circle on Dec. 1, is still far ahead in the Oscar race for Best Picture. Twenty-four of our 28 Oscar exper…
Four days ago the New York Film Critics Circle went with “La La Land” for Best Picture and this Sunday (Dec. 4) its West Coast counterpart, the Los Angeles Film Criti…
The New York Film Critics Circle just named “La La Land” as the Best Picture of 2016. So, does that confirm its status as the Oscar frontrunner? Last year, “CarolR…
Thursday (Dec. 1) was a good day for Oscar frontrunner “La La Land.” First, Damien Chazelle‘s musical romance reaped a leading 12 bids at the Critics’ Choice Awards a…
At this year’s Oscars, several films are strong contenders to garner double nominations in Best Original Song. “La La Land,” “Moana,” “Sing,̶…
While Emma Stone (“La La Land”) still leads in the Oscar race for Best Actress — with 17 of our 27 Oscar experts derived from major media outlets continuing to bac…
A screening committee drawn from the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members has winnowed a field of 69 entries down to 10 semi-finalists for the Best Animated Short Oscar …
Lupita Nyongo won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress three years ago for her feature film debut, “12 Years a Slave.” This fall’s “Queen of Katwe” marked h…
I’ve highlighted the many tunes from animated features and documentaries that could contend for Best Original Song at this year’s Oscars. Now we turn our attention to the musical…
While Emma Stone (“La La Land”) still leads in the Oscar race for Best Actress — with sixteen of our 26 Oscar experts derived from major media outlets continuing toÂ…
It is a good time to be an Oscar voter if you are a fan of animated fare. Last week, Disney delivered academy members a screener of “Zootopia,” the current frontrunner t…
“La La Land” is still far ahead in the Oscar race for Best Picture. Twenty of our 26 Oscar experts derived from major media outlets continue to back Damien Chazelle…
Walt Disney Studios enjoyed an embarrassment of riches this year, and three of its biggest hits from the first half of the year — “Captain America: Civil War,” “…
While Emma Stone (“La La Land”) still leads in the Oscar race for Best Actress, with fifteen of our 25 Oscar experts derived from major media outlets continuing to back her…