Hollywood_Oscar_Prep

It’s 2012 + Where Are Female Directors?

Dana Kaminski — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:13:32 +0000

A video montage of the 2012 narrative films made by women such as Vera Farmiga, Angelina Jolie. Statistics of Academy Awards and women directors: There were 5 female directors of Best...

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Oscar Nominees 3 Word Reactions : Video

Dana Kaminski — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:23:54 +0000

Actors and other 2012 Academy Award nominees show how they feel by holding up signs with a 3 word expression. Video.

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50 Oscar Pundit Predictions : Chart

Dana Kaminski — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:06:39 +0000

Academy Awards Winner Predictions 2012 --from 50 Best Known Oscar Prognosticators.

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100 Oscar [Fun] Facts

Dana Kaminski — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:50:52 +0000

How Good Is This?! There are 7 pages of these Oscar facts, at Empire Online. Kudos to Phil De Semlyen, for compiling such a handsome collection of Academy Academy Award information. Intentionally,...

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Video: Oscar Etiquette

Dana Kaminski — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:05:37 +0000

With Kevin Kline and Mike Myers. ©AMPAS

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Outtakes: Oscar® Etiquette

Dana Kaminski — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:05:04 +0000

Mike Myers, Kevin Kline…Outtakes. Be forewarned; and a mature audience, please.

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Oscar Show Writer Carol Leifer Shares The Backstage

Dana Kaminski — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:33:01 +0000

Including Oscars® 2012, Carol Leifer has written for 5 Academy Awards Shows, 3 of ‘em with Billy Crystal as host. She gave this interview, by phone, to Vanity Fair; but I know her since New...

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Best Actor Nominees DO! Get Asked The Same Questions…

Dana Kaminski — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:56:35 +0000

They repeat their answers, on this entertaining video. (I don't fault them, do you? I mean...What else are they supposed to do??)

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2012 Oscar® Ballot — Print It Out!

Dana Kaminski — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:37:06 +0000

Here it is again! The 2012 Academy Awards Nominee Ballot. Click on the graphic below to open the page with an official, unmarked Oscar ballot. Print, mark your choices...

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No More Kodak Theater

Dana Kaminski — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:22:17 +0000

The Academy Awards [Oscars] will still be there, but it will no longer be called the Kodak Theater by this Sunday's broadcast...

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Auditions For Oscar Show : Red Carpet : Announcers

Dana Kaminski — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:21:03 +0000

College Students Only…Here’s The Email From The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences And KABC:

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2012 Academy Awards® Nominations

Dana Kaminski — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:18:40 +0000

Printable Cheat Sheet :: 2012 Academy Awards® Nominations Actor In a Leading Role Demián Bichir A Better Life George Clooney The Descendants Jean Dujardin The Artist Gary Oldman Tinker Tailor Soldier...

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2012 Academy Awards®

Dana Kaminski — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:11:19 +0000

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TKS :: Film Crew Significance By Tom Hooper

Dana Kaminski — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:15:24 +0000

People often don't understand the significance of the other film crew talents that go into the collaboration of a film. I liked this because Tom Hooper described it clearly, using specifics from the...

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Oscars® Actor Portrait

Dana Kaminski — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:50:21 +0000

The Academy’s Actor Oscar® Winners Group Portrait Photo ©A.M.P.A.S.®

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7 Things You May Not Know About THE KING’S SPEECH

Dana Kaminski — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:17:44 +0000

1. Director Tom Hooper’s mother did find see the play that Oscar-winning THE KING’S SPEECH was made from, and she did call her son about it. Yes, she did say that she found his next...

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83rd Academy Awards® Winners

Dana Kaminski — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:48:00 +0000

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83rd Oscars® Red Carpet

Dana Kaminski — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:43:58 +0000

Academy Awards® Arrivals - Gallery I (PHOTOS)

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My Oscar® Picks 2011

Dana Kaminski — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:01:07 +0000

Do I think these will win? Guessing the results of tonight’s 83rd Academy Awards® was not in my consideration, when choosing my own Oscar® winners. I assume that my choices may be different...

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2011 Oscar® BINGO!

Dana Kaminski — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:17:55 +0000

Here it is! Download the bingo cards in PDF and print to play during the 83rd Academy Awards...(Earlier This Year, I Got An Email From A Reporter In FRANCE Asking About Oscar® Bingo... It's one of...

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Why “You’re Invited”…

Dana Kaminski — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:08:26 +0000

At The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences®... The other night...they explained why the specific reason for this year's Oscars® theme: "You're Invited". "All Access", "Backstage Pass",...

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AUDIO: Franco’s Oscar® Song

Dana Kaminski — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:37:38 +0000

James Franco Posted This Himself... It's a recording of his singing a song that was going to be part of the Academy Awards® broadcast...and has since been cut. How cool is it that James Franco put...

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New Interactive Oscars®

Dana Kaminski — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:19:43 +0000

Check Out This New Media Advancement For The Academy Awards® This looks like a really cool new thing. It’s called “The All Access Pass”. On your computer, and iPhone...

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Oscar® Hosts Outtakes

Dana Kaminski — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:02:50 +0000

James Franco And Anne Hathaway Prep For The Oscars® The Commercial: The Outtakes:

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Yay! Banksy’s In LA!

Dana Kaminski — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:28:02 +0000

I’m busy watching movies so as to be completely ready for the Academy Awards®. I’m aiming to get most of them up here on Oscar® Prep, in the form of reviews…so yup, I’m busy....

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The King’s Inner ‘Voice’ : Colin Firth + Katie Couric

Dana Kaminski — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:57:43 +0000

What I love about the acting prep which Firth talks about, it's all about the inner life...it's empathetic, emotionally, to the King. Colin Firth connects to the King, and identifies on an emotional...

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Quote: Duh.

Dana Kaminski — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:05:05 +0000

James Franco, both an Oscar® Best Actor Nominee, and an 83rd Academy Awards® show host, commented on the illogical snark that’s been lobbed about his and Anne Hathaway’s hosting this...

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Oscarologist That Doesn’t Quit

Dana Kaminski — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:48:55 +0000

Hollywood-Elsewhere’s Jeff Wells is a skilled film writer with a notoriously contentious comment section. He’s been doing Oscar® predicting and pundit-ing for years; earning him more and...

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Oscar® Nominees ‘Yearbook Photo’ 2011

Dana Kaminski — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:45:30 +0000

Every year, at the Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, they take a big photo of all the Oscar® Nominees for that year. Here’s the photo with all the Oscar® Nominees...

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TRUE GRIT Film Trailer

Dana Kaminski — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:14:03 +0000

Oscar® Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Hailee Steinfeld, TRUE GRIT--Yes, agreed, she really was a lead actress in TRUE GRIT. This little girl pulled the whole film along. I guess they felt she would...

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