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Music performers of nominated songs at Academy Awards announced

February 4, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer Comments Off

Today were announced the artists who will perform the Original Song nominees at the 83rd Academy Awards, airing live Feb. 27 on ABC: * Gwyneth Paltrow will perform “Coming Home” from the film Country Strong. * Original Song nominees A.R. Rahman and Florence Welch, of Florence + the Machine, will perform “If I Rise” from the film 127 Hours. Rahman is nominated for writing the music (Dido and Rollo Armstrong are also nominated for the song’s lyric). *Alan Menken, who is nominated for writing the music for “I See the Light” from the animated film Tangled, will accompany singers Mandy […]

And the loser is … the Academy Awards ratings

January 26, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer Comments Off

By Tom Comi By now you have most likely heard the major nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards to be held next month, and it seems fair to say that it will be a competitive night between The Social Network, The King’s Speech and The Fighter. However, if history is an indication, we can most likely count on the biggest loser being the TV ratings. That’s not a dig at any of the fine nominated movies this year, mind you. It’s just the reality that the buzz of the movies and how well they did at the box office serve […]

TV Has Its Place: Academy Awards Edition 2009

February 23, 2009 Channel Guide Staff 4

by Karl J. Paloucek I’d like to thank the Academy … For once again boring the hell out of a nation that did its part to make 2008 one of the best years for movies in recent memory. You said that this year’s spectacle was going to be delightfully different, and well … it just wasn’t. But I sympathize. When you look at what the Academy Awards ceremonies are, it’s a predictable recipe for boredom. Everyone watches to see who wins, but if you were to string together just the winning announcements and cut out the rest, that would be […]

The 2009 Academy Awards

February 22, 2009 Channel Guide Staff 3

by Athena Voulgaropoulos The 81st Academy Awards came and went. The big winner, as predicted, was Slumdog Millionaire. Slumdog took home eight awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Kate Winslet won the Oscar for Best Actress. Penelope Cruz won Best Supporting Actress. Heath Ledger’s family accepted his posthumous Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The only real surprise of the night came during the award for Best Actor, which went to Sean Penn. Even Penn himself seemed surprised that Mickey Rourke’s name wasn’t called. There seemed to be a lot more heart during these Oscars than in previous years. There […]

Oscar Nominations 2009

January 27, 2009 Channel Guide Staff 6

Where to start… The criminal lack of Dark Knight in the best picture category? The Academy’s curious fondness for Benjamin Button? Do you think the Academy even knows that more than 7 movies were released this year? The nominations are limited to a very slight, and slightly disappointing, pool. But, alas, I do have a little Oscar confession to make. I have only seen one of the films nominated for any of the awards. And based on that, I would definitely say that Ironman has a pretty good chance at winning either the Sound Editing or Visual Effects category. Probably […]