Live-blogging the Oscars 2012

It’s that time, again—time to honor the “best” or perhaps the “most well-marketed to Academy voters” movies from the previous year with the 84th annual Academy Awards ceremony. Once again, Lyssa Spero (@CinemaGoddess on Twitter) and I (@trishalynn) will be your hosts for this live blog, with perhaps a few more of the GeekingOutAbout writers […]

Posted on February 26, 2012 at 18:05 by Trisha Lynn · Permalink · 8 Comments
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Sacha Baron Cohen tries to have fun, ends up banned from Oscars (UPDATED)

Despite being a member of the Academy as well as a cast member of Best Picture nominated film Hugo, it appears that Sacha Baron Cohen won’t be attending this year’s Oscars ceremony. Deadline reports that Cohen wanted to attend the awards ceremony in character as The Dictator but when the Academy heard, they pulled his […]

Posted on February 22, 2012 at 23:32 by Lincoln Eddy · Permalink · Comments Closed
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The Envelope Please…: Lyssa’s Thoughts on the Oscar Nominations

Yesterday morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their annual nominees for the best in movies over the past year. Having seen the majority of the films nominated in the major categories, and, as anyone knows me would expect, I have a lot to say. This year’s surprises weren’t about what was nominated, […]

Posted on January 26, 2011 at 09:00 by Lyssa Spero · Permalink · One Comment
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The 2008 Academy Awards are over… (updated)

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men Director: Joel & Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood Actress: Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton A complete list of winners can be found at the official […]

Posted on February 24, 2008 at 23:08 by Gordon@MovieMakeout · Permalink · 4 Comments
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Listen to the Triple Feature Oscar After Party LIVE after the Oscars!

Don’t forget! We’re having a special Oscar night "After Party" show for The Triple Feature tonight, immediately following the Oscars. Tune in, talk with us about the upsets, the pleasant surprises, and how hot Cate Blanchett is! For those of you who don’t know what The Triple Feature is, it’s an hour-long movie "talkcast" by […]

Posted on February 24, 2008 at 15:00 by Gordon@MovieMakeout · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Oscars coverage worth reading (updated)

While most of the press about the Oscars in the mainstream media are all about the glitz, speculation about who’s going to win, and how hard it must be for Jon Stewart and his fresh-off-the-picket-line writers to whip up a show in a week, there’s still the occasional story that isn’t basically a bunch of […]

Posted on February 23, 2008 at 11:14 by Gordon@MovieMakeout · Permalink · Comments Closed
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