He may have had his detractors and he may have helped raise the ratings for this year’s Academy Awards telecast, but Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane stated today on Twitter that he would not be back to host next year’s Oscars.
Traumatized critics exhale: I’m unable to do the Oscars again. Tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep.However, I highly–>
This doesn’t come as much of a surprise really. In addition to overseeing his TV animation empire, FOX has just picked up the live action sitcom Dads which he is executive producing. He also is shooting the western comedy A Million Ways To Die In The West which he will follow up with the sequel to last summer’s hit comedy Ted.
The search now begins for show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to find a replacement.
Love him or hate him, Seth MacFarlane’s turn as host of the Academy Awards this year certainly had people talking. (They were also watching as the show’s ratings were up 3% over 2012′s broadcast.) And so, operating under the assumption that there is no such thing as PR, has the writer/actor/director been approached to host next year’s ceremony?
Gossip site Just Jared (via Bleeding Cool) is reporting that in the wake of the rehiring of last year’s Oscars telecast producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for next year’s gala, the pair have already reached out to MacFarlane to see if he would like to rejoin them. Reportedly he has “a couple of weeks” to make his decision.
Of course, right after he was done with the show, MacFarlane said that he would never host again. But it is possible that he has since mellowed on that stance.
MacFarlane has a busy schedule for the rest of the year, and that might impact his decision. He is set to start shooting his sophomore feature film A Million Ways To Die In The West at the beginning of the summer and then the sequel to last summer’s Ted is set to commence in September. I would imagine that post-production would extend into the new year, right at the time he would need to prepping for the Academy Awards. And all of this is in addition to him overseeing Family Guy and American Dad (Although it hasn’t been officially announced it is looking like The Cleaveland Show is getting the ax after four seasons.) as well as the possibility that his live action sitcom pilot Dads, starring Giovanni Ribisi, will get picked up for the fall season. Can he squeeze anything else onto his schedule?
So, another year, another Oscars. If I had to sum up this year’s ceremony in one word, I’d have to say “boring.”
Which sometimes happens. There were really no surprises this year. Even Ang Lee winning Best Director–the biggest surprise of the night in the minds of some–wasn’t really a surprise if you knew the way the Academy thinks. The acting categories all went to the people were predicting, and no wild cards got up for a speech.
But what about Seth MacFarlane as host? I didn’t think he was a slam dunk perfect. It seemed like he made the decision to pretend the show took place in 1965 and ran with it. This was not a good thing, because back then, jokes demeaning women, about how Jews run Hollywood, how funny foreigners are and that something being gay was a bad thing were considered funny back then.
Considering how many were expecting MacFarlane to be more outrageous, the non-PC focus of his jokes wasn’t as bad as it could have been. But still, it struck me as being uncalled for.
I know that humor is in the eye of the beholder. And I can see that his “I saw your boobs” song was meant in part to poke fun at the childish, puerile attitudes of men. And intimating that Jennifer Aniston worked as a stripper was meant be funny because obviously, she hasn’t. But when he turned a Zero Dark Thirty outro into a joke about how women ruin lives he went back to the misogynistic well once too often. And going back so often took the jokes from harmless ribbing to somewhat insulting.
While we are talking about things that were insulting, let’s talk about Anne Hathaway’s nipples. When I signed on to Twitter to live tweet the Oscars, Anne Hathaway’s nipples were already a trending topic. It was reminiscent of the furor around Christmastime when another part of Hathaway’s anatomy made it’s appearance and was caught by paparazzi.
While the presses perverted desire to snap photos of famous women’s genitalia should never be justified, that incident could have been mitigated if, well, she just wore underwear. This time, I think the negative attention is especially unwarranted. First off, it is an uncontrollable bodily reaction ( yes, as my wife pointed out, there are appliques women could use to cover up the situation, but still…). Second, the problem is at least 50% caused by a seam in the exact wrong location.
There has been quite a ramping up of the backlash against Hathaway in recent months, and I think this might be part and parcel of that. But there was once a time where this sort of thing would not be addressed in public. Now, they are creating Twitter accounts about it. I think between this, MacFarlane’s jokes and the fact that the actress awards went to actresses playing a nymphomaniac and a prostitute, a gender studies major could write a pretty good thesis paper about this year’s ceremony.
Okay, back to the actual show. The rest of MacFarlane’s shtick was hit or miss. The Star Trek gag with William Shatner (whose age has caught up with him big time) was funny but ran on too long. He made jokes that were not only dusty in the 1960s (The Sound of Music one) but also the 1860′s (the John Wilkes Booth one). But he also made jokes that were hilarious, in particular walking off without introducing Meryl Streep after saying she needed no introduction.
As for the production itself, there were a lot of odd choices. Celebrating Bond through music was fine, and seeing Shirley Bassey sing was great, but she isn’t the only big name to ever sing a Bond tune, nor is she the biggest act (~~Cough cough~~Paul McCartney) to have ever sung one. Having other surviving artists sing a medley of Bond themes might have been a logistical nightmare, but would have been a better representation of the Bond music.
But, wait, there was another Bond song performed at the Oscars–Skyfall by Adele. That brings up another oddity with the ceremony, how they presented the Best Song nominees. Skyfall had a showcase performance in the middle of the show. The song from Les Miserables was lumped in with the salute to modern movie musicals. Out of the other three, the only one to get a performance was the one from Ted. The rest only got the Oscar equivalent of a truncated music video.
I realize that have all the Best Song nominees performed is a time suck of at least 15 minutes. But if you are going to perform one in its entirety, you should perform them all. This year was way too sloppy.
This all adds up to a rather disappointing show. Hopefully, if MacFarlane comes back next year, he’ll be just a little bit better and either be totally PC or insult everybody.
Ang Lee’s tale of survival on the open seas Life Of Pi was the big winner at this evening’s Academy Awards, taking home four Oscar statues including Best Director. Ben Affleck’s Argo, a telling of the real-life CIA operation that extracted a handful of US embassy workers at the beginning of the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979, won three Oscars including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
This year was one of those where no one film swept a majority of the Oscar categories. The adaptation of the Broadway musical Les Miserables also won three Academy Awards while Steven Spielberg’s historical drama Lincoln, Quentin Tarantino’s tale of revenge and slavery Django Unchained and the latest James Bond adventure Skyfall all won two Oscars.
Animation studio Pixar continued its domination in the animation category, scooping up the award for Best Animated Feature for Brave.
As always, there were a number of memorable moments and historic firsts during the three-and-a-half hour telecast. With his win for portraying the 16th president in Lincoln, Daniel Day-Lewis becomes the first actor to earn three Oscar statues in the Best Actor category, while documentary Short Subject winner Inocente is the first film to have been funded by Kickstarter to win an Oscar.
For only the sixth time in Oscar history, there was a tie in one of the categories, with both Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall getting awards for Sound Editing. Previous ties in Academy history include the one in 1932 in the Best Actor category and 1968′s Best Actress dual win. There have also been two ties in the short film categories and once in the feature documentary category in 1986 with Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got and Down And Out In America.
Tarantino, upon receiving his Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Django Unchained magnanimously saluted all the nominees in both writing categories declaring 2012 as “the Year of the Writer!”
The complete list of winners is as follows –
Picture – Argo
Director – Ang Lee, Life Of Pi
Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Actress – Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Supporting Actress – Ann Hathaway, Les Miserables
Original Screenplay – Django Unchained, Written by Quentin Tarantino
Adapted Screenplay – Argo, Screenplay by Chris Terrio
Animated Feature Film – Brave
Animated Short Film – Paperman
Cinematography – Claudio Miranda, Life Of Pi
Costume Design – Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina
Documentary Feature – Searching for Sugar Man
Documentary Short Subject – Inocente
Film Editing – William Goldenberg, Argo
Foreign Language Feature – Amour
Live Action Short Film – Curfew
Makeup And Hairstyling – Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell, Les Miserables
Original Score – Mychael Danna, Life Of Pi
Original Song – “Skyfall,” Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Production Design – Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson, Lincoln
Sound Editing – (Tie) Paul N J Ottosson, Zero Dark Thirty and Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers, Skyfall
Sound Mixing – Andy Nelson, Mark Peterson and Simon Hayes, Les Miserables
Visual Effects – Life Of Pi
Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part Two has swept last evening’s 33rd Annual Golden Raspberry Awards, winning seven prizes in the annual recognition for the year’s worst films and performances. Demonstrating that just because a film is a moneymaker doesn’t necessarily mean that it is any good, Breaking Dawn – Part Two earned wins for Worst Picture, Worst Actress (Kristen Stewart) Worst Supporting Actor (Taylor Lautner), Worst Screen Couple (Lautner and 12 year-old Mackenzie Foy), Worst Screen Ensemble, Worst Remake/Rip-Off or Sequel and Worst Director for Bill Condon.
Amazingly, the film’s seven category win didn’t manage to eclipse last year’s eight time win for Adam Sandler’s Jack & Jill. Snadler did manage to repeat a win in the Worst Actor category this year for That’s My Boy. Sandler’s screenplay for That’s My Boy also managed to beat out Breaking Dawn‘s script for Worst Screenplay by one vote.
Rounding out the 10 award categories was Rhianna earning Worst Supporting Actress for her work in last summer’s Battleship.
According to the press release released by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation -
Nominees and “winners” for 9 of this year’s 10 RAZZIE categories were determined by ballots e-mailed to 657 Voting Members throughout 47 U.S. states and 19 foreign countries. For the 10th category, Worst Remake/Rip-Off or Sequel, both nominees and “winners” were decided by conducting a poll at RottenTomatoes.com, in which nearly 70,000 votes were cast.
Ahead of tonight’s Academy Awards, Silver Linings Playbook won four awards at last evening’s Independent Spirit Awards including Best Picture. Star Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress for her work on the film while writer/director David O. Russell took home the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Director.
The next biggest winner was writer/director Ben Lewin’s sex therapist dramedy The Sessions with two awards – Helen Hunt for Best Supporting Actress and John Hawkes for Best Actor.
Here is a complete list of all the winners –
BEST FEATURE – Silver Linings Playbook
BEST MALE LEAD – John Hawkes, The Sessions
BEST FEMALE LEAD – Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST DIRECTOR – David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST SUPPORTING MALE – Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE – Helen Hunt, The Sessions
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM – Amour (France), Michael Haneke
BEST SCREENPLAY – David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST FIRST FEATURE – The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY – Derek Connolly, Safety Not Guaranteed
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – Starlet, Sean Baker (director); Julia Kim (casting director); Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Karren Karagulian, Stella Maeve, James Ransone (cast)
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – Middle of Nowhere
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Ben Richardson, Beasts Of The Southern Wild
BEST DOCUMENTARY – The Invisible War
19th ANNUAL SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – Gimme the Loot, Adam Leon (director)
STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The Waiting Room, Peter Nicks (director)
16th ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD – Stones in the Sun, Mynette Louie (producer)
It’s that time of the year again, Oscar time! The question everyone is asking (at least in my household) is this – who the heck is going to win Best Director now that Ben Affleck is not in the running? Oh, and what other surprises will ensue.
In this post, we go through the major categories, pick who we think will will, and who has the best chance for an upset. This way, all of our bases are covered (unless, of course, we are wrong). We’ll even give you our odds for an upset. So, here we go!
Best animated feature film of the year
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
And the Oscar Goes to: Brave
Unless it goes to: The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Chance of Upset: 0.5%
I really don’t see any other film unseating Pixar’s return to form. I only list Pirates! because it is a bit of an left field choice and if there is a major surprise, this would be it.
Adapted screenplay
Argo, Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi, David Magee
Lincoln, Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell
And the Oscar Goes to: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Unless it goes to: Argo or Silver Linings Playbook.
Chance of Upset: 40%
I think Beasts of the Southern Wild will get the award based purely on the unconventional nature of the script and how hard it must have been to translate the original play to the big screen. If the voters go conventional on us, Argo should be the way to go, although I’m afraid that the rampant promotion for Silver Linings Playbook might cause it to win more awards than it deservers, starting with this one.
Original screenplay
Amour, Michael Haneke
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
Flight, John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal
And the Oscar Goes to: Django Unchained
Unless it goes to: Moonrise Kingdom.
Chance of Upset: 26%
I think this category will be the “Sorry” category this year. As in, “Sorry, Quentin, we’re not brave enough to give you the Oscar for Best Picture. Here’s Original Screenplay to make up for it.” Or, possibly the same for Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, but with a further apology for not even getting nominated for best picture. Michael Haneke has a slim shot if Academy voters are willing to overlook their guilt.
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams, The Master
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt,The Sessions
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Sally Field, Lincoln
And the Oscar Goes to: Sally Field
Unless it goes to: Anne Hathaway
Chance of Upset: 74%
You saw that right. Hathaway has been piling up the hardware over the past few months, but I am picking Field to win the Oscar. It’s a gut feeling brought on by empirical evidence (The Academy often overlooks deserving younger actors if they think they’ll have more opportunities down the line, Field is and Academy favorite, Field’s behind the scenes struggle to get the part could be something voters related to, etc) and I think if Field doesn’t get it Hathaway will. I just think Field will win.
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin, Argo
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
And the Oscar Goes to: Christoph Waltz
Unless it goes to: Robert De Niro
Chance of Upset: 39%
I think his second Tarantino pairing will bring a second Oscar to Waltz, and a well-deserved one at that. The only competition would come from De Niro, who could ride his strongest acting job in years and a Silver Linings Playbook media push to an upset. Sorry, Tommy Lee Jones.
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
And the Oscar Goes to: Quvenzhané Wallis
Unless it goes to: Emmanuelle Riva
Chance of Upset: 50%
When the nominations were announced, I though like many other do now that it would be a race between Lawrence and Chastain. Upon further reflection, and knowing how the Academy works, I think it will be a choice between the oldest Best Actress nominee ever and the youngest Best Actress nominee ever. Chastain and Lawrence will have more opportunities in the future, so why not make history? I think voters will be more impressed by Wallis’ lack of experience and giver the award.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Denzel Washington, Flight
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
And the Oscar Goes to: Daniel Day-Lewis
Unless it goes to: Hugh Jackman
Chance of Upset: 17%
I know, I know, The chance of upset is way too high. That might be what you think. I think Day-Lewis is the overwhelming choice to add an Oscar to his list of awards this season. But I don’t think he’s a dead solid lock. Jackman might not have much of a chance to upset, but he does have a chance (and is the only one who does).
Achievement in directing
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Michael Haneke, Amour
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
And the Oscar Goes to: Ang Lee
Unless it goes to: David O. Russell
Chance of Upset: 7%
This match should be a toss-up between Ben Affleck and Kathryn Bigelow. And you might think that since the Academy was so nice as to not nominate those two for the award, then field is wide-open. It’s not. I think just clears the way for Lee to be honored for making a film out of the what many people thought was unfilmable. But watch out of Silver Lining Playbook starts earning undeserved Oscars early in the night. That might mean upset.
Best Picture
Argo
Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
And the Oscar Goes to: Argo
Unless it goes to: Silver Linings Playbook.
Chance of Upset: 25%
Django Unchained might be the most deserving but is too edgy for Oscar voters. Zero DarkThirty is too controversial. Lincoln is too staid and conventional and Beasts of the Southern Wild is too esoteric. Life of Pi is too gimmicky,Les Misérables is too uneven and Amour will probably win Best Foreign Film. That leaves Argo and Silver Linings Playbook. Argo is by far the better of the two, but Silver Linings Playbook is getting a heavy push. My pick: I think Affleck gets his second Oscar.
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In the days leading up to the 85th Academy Awards, FilmBuffOnline will be offering profiles on all the nominees in the major categories. Some may be well know, others might be new to you, but if you need a refresher on these talented nominees, here it is.
Amour
Producers: Margaret Ménégoz, Stefan Arndt, Viet Heiduschka, Michael Katz
Release date: December 19, 2012
Box office gross as of February 15, 2013; $16,119,111 (Domestic: $3,019,111, Foreign: $13,000,000)
IMDB Synopsis: Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has an attack. The couple’s bond of love is severely tested.
Number of Oscar Nominations: 5 (Best Motion Picture of the Year; Best Achievement in Directing; Best Foreign Language Film of the Year; Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Other honors for this film:
2nd Place, Best Film, Boston Society of Film Critics.
Won, Best Film, Europe Film Awards.
Nominated, Film of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Awards.
Won, Best Picture, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.
Won, Best Film, National Society of Film Critics Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Toronto Film Critics Association Awards.
Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus: With towering performances and an unflinching script from Michael Haneke, Amour represents an honest, heartwrenching depiction of deep love and responsibility.
Dissenting Opinion: “Two of the world’s best actors, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva, play Amour‘s octogenarian couple, so it’s surprising that the characters aren’t very interesting.”–Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix.
Producers: Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney
Release date: October 12, 2012
Box office gross as of February 15, 2013: $200,422,013 (Domestic: $124,322,013, Foreign: $76,100,000)
IMDB Synopsis: A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran.
Number of Oscar Nominations: 7 (Best Motion Picture of the Year; Best Achievement in Film Editing; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score; Best Achievement in Sound Editing; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Other honors for this film:
Won, AFI Movie of the Year.
Nominated, Best Picture, Austin Film Critics Association.
Nominated, Best Film, Australian Film Institute.
Won, Best Film, 2013 BAFTA Awards.
Won, Best Picture, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
2nd Place, Best Picture, Central Ohio Film Critics Association.
Nominated, Best Picture, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.
Won, Best Picture, 2013 Critic’s Choice Awards.
2nd Place, Best Picture, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.
Won, Best Picture, Florida Film Critics Circle Award.
Won, Best Picture-Drama, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
3rd Place, Best Picture, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Film of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Awards.
2nd Place, Best Film, New York Film Critics Circle Award.
Nominated, Best Picture, Online Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.
Won, Best Picture, San Diego Film Critics Society Awards.
Won, Best Picture, Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Film, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards.
Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus: Tense, exciting, and often darkly comic, Argo recreates a historical event with vivid attention to detail and finely wrought characters.
Dissenting Opinion: “There is an intelligent, funny film waiting to come out of this story; it will have to keep waiting.”–Nigel Andrews, Financial Times.
Box office gross as of February 15, 2013: $12,062,576 (Domestic only)
IMDB Synopsis: Faced with both her hot-tempered father’s fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.
Number of Oscar Nominations: 4 (Best Motion Picture of the Year; Best Achievement in Directing; Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Other honors for this film:
Nominated, Best Picture, Austin Film Critics Association.
Nominated, Best Film, Black Reel Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, 2013 Critic’s Choice Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.
Won, Best Film, Deauville Film Festival.
Won, Best Film (Youth Jury Award), Ghent International Film Festival.
Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus: Beasts of the Southern Wild is a fantastical, emotionally powerful journey and a strong case of filmmaking that values imagination over money.
Dissenting Opinion: “The movie comes across as a collection of competing themes and ideas that collide more often than complement one another and never fully gel.”–James Berardelli, ReelViews.
Box office gross as of February 15, 2013: $342,266,000 (Domestic: $155,166,000, Foreign: $187,100,00)
IMDB Synopsis: With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Number of Oscar Nominations: 5 (Best Motion Picture of the Year; Best Achievement in Cinematography; Best Achievement in Sound Editing; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Other honors for this film:
Won, AFI Movie of the Year.
Nominated, Best Picture, Austin Film Critics Association.
Nominated, Best Film, Black Reel Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
3rd Place, Best Picture, Central Ohio Film Critics Association.
Nominated, Best Picture, 2013 Critic’s Choice Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture-Drama, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus: Bold, bloody, and stylistically daring, Django Unchained is another incendiary masterpiece from Quentin Tarantino.
Dissenting Opinion: “”’Django Unchained” is Tarantino at his most puerile and least inventive, the premise offering little more than cold, nasty revenge and barrels of squishing, squirting blood.”–David Germain, Associated Press
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Heyward, Cameron Mackintosh.
Release date: December 25, 2012
Box office gross as of February 15, 2013: $359,454,000 (Domestic: $144,454,000, Foreign: $215,000,000)
IMDB Synopsis: In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole, agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s daughter, Cosette. The fateful decision changes their lives forever.
Number of Oscar Nominations: 8 (Best Motion Picture of the Year; Best Achievement in Costume Design; Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song; Best Achievement in Production Design; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
Other honors for this film:
Won, AFI Movie of the Year.
Nominated, Best Film, Australian Film Institute.
Nominated, Best Film, 2013 BAFTA Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Central Ohio Film Critics Association.
Nominated, Best Picture, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, 2013 Critic’s Choice Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.
Won, Best Picture-Musical or Comedy, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Film, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards.
Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus: Impeccably mounted but occasionally bombastic, Les Misérables largely succeeds thanks to bravura performances from its distinguished cast.
Dissenting Opinion: “It lives in that kinda-sorta, okay-not-great, this-worked-that-didn’t in-between for which words like “better” and “worse” fall woefully short.”–Anne Hornaday, Washington Post.
Box office gross as of February 15, 2013: $564,516,901 (Domestic: $109,301,901, Foreign: $455,215,000)
IMDB Synopsis: A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.
Number of Oscar Nominations: 11 (Best Motion Picture of the Year; Best Achievement in Cinematography; Best Achievement in Directing; Best Achievement in Editing; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song; Best Achievement in Production Design; Best Achievement in Sound Editing; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing; Best Achievement in Visual Effects; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Other honors for this film:
Won, AFI Movie of the Year.
Nominated, Best Film, Australian Film Institute.
Nominated, Best Film, 2013 BAFTA Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, 2013 Critic’s Choice Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture-Drama, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Won, Best Picture, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Film of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards.
Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus: A 3D adaptation of a supposedly “unfilmable” book, Ang Lee’s Life of Pi achieves the near impossible — it’s an astonishing technical achievement that’s also emotionally rewarding.
Dissenting Opinion: “I felt like I’d been invited to a seven-course dinner, and all seven turned out to be cake – and then the host insisted on delivering a lecture about how cake would bring me closer to God.”–Andrew O’Hehir-Salon.com.
Box office gross as of February 15, 2013: $221,943,927 (Domestic: $174,587,927, Foreign: $47,356,000)
IMDB Synopsis: As the Civil War continues to rage, America’s president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
Number of Oscar Nominations: 12 (Best Motion Picture of the Year; Best Achievement in Cinematography; Best Achievement in Costume Design; Best Achievement in Directing; Best Achievement in Film Editing; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score; Best Achievement in Production Design; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published;Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role; )
Other honors for this film:
Won, AFI Movie of the Year.
Nominated, Best Film, Australian Film Institute.
Nominated, Best Film, 2013 BAFTA Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
2nd Place, Best Picture, Central Ohio Film Critics Association.
Nominated, Best Picture, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, 2013 Critic’s Choice Awards.
Won,Best Picture, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture-Drama, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Vancouver Film Critics Circle.
Nominated, Best Film, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards.
Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus: Daniel Day-Lewis characteristically delivers in this witty, dignified portrait that immerses the audience in its world and entertains even as it informs.
Dissenting Opinion: “Long, cheesy political monologues and crucifies the Lincoln legacy. What a torture! Director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner turn the hallowed figure of Abraham Lincoln into a dreary sop.”–Victoria Alexander, Film Festival Today.
Producers: Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, Jonathan Gordon.
Release date: December 25, 2012
Box office gross as of February 15, 2013: $132,743,205 (Domestic: $92,347,472 , Foreign: $40,368,733)
IMDB Synopsis: After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
Number of Oscar Nominations: 8 (Best Motion Picture of the Year; Best Achievement in Directing; Best Achievement in Editing; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role; Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Other honors for this film:
Won, AFI Movie of the Year.
Nominated, Best Picture, Austin Film Critics Association.
Nominated, Best Film, Australian Film Institute.
Nominated, Best Picture, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
Won, Capri Movie of the Year Award, Capri, Hollywood.
Nominated, Best Picture, Central Ohio Film Critics Association.
Nominated, Best Picture, 2013 Critic’s Choice Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture-Musical or Comedy, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Nominated, Best Feature, Independent Spirit Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, San Diego Film Critics Society Awards.
Won, Best Motion Picture, Satellite Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Film, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards.
Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus: Silver Linings Playbook walks a tricky thematic tightrope, but David O. Russell’s sensitive direction and some sharp work from a talented cast gives it true balance.
Dissenting Opinion: “There’s nothing wrong with the overrated Jennifer Lawrence that some serious acting lessons couldn’t improve. The rest of the actors are pretty much on their own.”–Rex Reed, New York Observer.
Producers: Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison.
Release date: December 19,2012
Box office gross as of February 15, 2013: $97,928,668 (Domestic: $84,928,668 , Foreign: $13,000,000)
IMDB Synopsis: A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May 2011.
Number of Oscar Nominations: 5 (Best Motion Picture of the Year; Best Achievement in Editing; Best Achievement in Sound Editing; Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen).
Other honors for this film:
Won, AFI Movie of the Year.
Won, Best Picture, Austin Film Critics Association.
Nominated, Best Film, 2013 BAFTA Awards.
Won, Best Film, Boston Society of Film Critics.
Nominated, Best Picture, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Central Ohio Film Critics Association.
Won, Best Picture, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, 2013 Critic’s Choice Awards.
3rd Place, Best Picture, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture-Drama, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards.
Won, Best Picture, National Board of Review, USA.
3rd Place, Best Film, National Society of Film Critics Awards.
Won, Best Film, New York Film Critics Circle Award.
Nominated, Best Picture, Online Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, San Diego Film Critics Society Awards.
Won, Best Picture, San Francisco Film Critics Circle.
Nominated, Best Picture, Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Toronto Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Picture, Vancouver Film Critics Circle.
Won, Best Film, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards.
Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus: Gripping, suspenseful, and brilliantly crafted, Zero Dark Thirty dramatizes the hunt for Osama bin Laden with intelligence and an eye for detail.
Dissenting Opinion: “There’s an emotional detachment to the film that undercuts its potency. Zero Dark Thirty is more technically proficient than emotionally involving.”–Claudia Puig, USA Today.
In the days leading up to the 85th Academy Awards, FilmBuffOnline will be offering profiles on all the nominees in the major categories. Some may be well know, others might be new to you, but if you need a refresher on these talented nominees, here it is.
Michael Haneke
Nominated for: Directing the tale of a elderly couple dealing with a debilitating disease in Amour.
Other honors for directing this film:
Nominated, Best Director, 2013 BAFTA Awards.
Won, Best Direction, Bavarian Film Awards.
Won, Best Director, European Film Awards.
Nominated, Director of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Awards.
Won, Best Actress, National Board of Review
Won, Best Director, National Society of Film Critics Awards.
Where you might know him from:
Haneke is a prominent director in Europe and many of his films have made a splash over in America, including Caché (Hidden), Funny Games, and The White Ribbon.
History with Oscar:
This is Michel Hazanavicius’ first Oscar nomination, although he is also nominated this year for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.
Benh Zeitlin
Nominated for: Directing the fairy-tale like story of a poor family living in a remote bayou community in Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Other honors for directing this film:
Nominated, Best Director, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Director, Independent Spirit Awards,
Won, Best Director, Seattle International Film Festival.
Where you might know him from:
Outside of shorts, Zeitlin has not directed any feature films.
History with Oscar:
As this is Benh Zeitlin’s first film, it is also his first Oscar nomination. But he is also nominated this year for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published for the same film.
Ang Lee
Nominated for: Directing the story of a young man stranded at sea with a tiger in Life of Pi.
Other honors for directing this film:
Nominated, Best Director, Australian Film Institute
Nominated, Best Director, 2013 BAFTA Awards.
Nominated, Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Director, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures, Director’s Guild of America.
Nominated, Best Director-Motion Picture, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Won, Best Director, Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards.
Won, Best Director, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Director of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Awards.
Nominated, Best Director, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Best Director, San Diego Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Best Director, Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards.
Where you might know him from:
Lee is a director with and eclectic resume, doing films ranging from Hulk to Sense and Sensibility, from The Wedding Banquet to The Ice Storm,
History with Oscar:
Ang Lee has been nominated for an Oscar three times in the past, winning once, and is nominated for another award this year–with Gil Netter and David Womark for Best Motion Picture of the Year, Life of Pi.
2001: Best Director, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Lost to Steven Soderbergh, Traffic).
2001: Best Picture, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (With William Kong and Li-kong Hsu; Lost to Gladiator).
2006: Best Achievement in Directing, Brokeback Mountain (Won).
Steven Spielberg
Nominated for: Directing a look at a certain era of our 16th President’s life in Lincoln.
Other honors for directing this film:
Nominated, Best Director, Australian Film Institute
Nominated, Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Director, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Best Director, 2013 Critics’ Choice Awards.
2nd Place, Best Director, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards.
Nominated, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures, Director’s Guild of America.
Nominated, Best Director-Motion Picture, The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Nominated, Best Director, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.
Nominated, Best Director, Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards.
Nominated, Best Director, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association.
Where you might know him from:
Steven Spielberg has had a long and productive career behind the cameras. Notable films include Jaws, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and Catch Me If You Can.
History with Oscar:
Steven Spielberg has been nominated for an Oscar an impressive thirteen times in the past, winning three times, and is nominated for another award this year–with Kathleen Kennedy for Best Motion Picture of the Year, Lincoln.
1978: Best Director, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Lost to Woody Allen, Annie Hall).
1982: Best Director, Raiders of the Lost Ark (Lost to Warren Beatty, Reds).
1983: Best Director, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Lost to Richard Attenborough, Gandhi).
1983: Best Picture, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(with Kathleen Kennedy. Lost to Gandhi).
1986: Best Picture The Color Purple (with Quincy Jones, Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall. Lost to Out of Africa).
1994: Best Director, Schindler’s List (Won).
1994: Best Picture, Schindler’s List(with Gerald R. Molen & Branko Lustig, Won).
1999: Best Director, Saving Private Ryan (Won).
1999: Best Picture, Saving Private Ryan(with Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, and Gary Levinsohn. Lost to Shakespeare in Love).
2006: Best Achievement in Directing, Munich (Lost to Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain).
2006: Best Motion Picture of the Year, Munich (with Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mandel. Lost to Crash).
2007: Best Motion Picture of the Year, Letters from Iwo Jima (with Clint Eastwood and Robert Lorenz. Lost to The Departed).
2012: Best Motion Picture of the Year, War Horse (with Kathleen Kennedy. Lost to The Artist).
David O. Russell
Nominated for: Directing the story of two damages people who come together over ballroom dancing and the Philadelphia Eagles in The Silver Linings Playbook.
Other honors for directing this film:
Nominated, Best Direction, Australian Film Institute
Nominated, Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
Won, Director of the Year, Hollywood Film Festival.
Nominated, Best Director, Independent Spirit Awards.
Nominated, Best Director, San Diego Film Critics Society Awards.
Won, Best Director, Satellite Awards.
Where you might know him from:
Russell has directed films such as Spanking the Monkey, Three Kings, and I Heart Huckabees.
History with Oscar:
David O. Russell has been nominated for one Oscar but is also nominated this year for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.
2011: Best Achievement in Directing, The Fighter (Lost to Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech).
The first installment of Peter Jackson’s three-film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, has earned itself nine Saturn Award nominations including Best Fantasy Film and Best Director, making it the big winner among the nominees that were announced today. Life Of Pi and Skyfall also made a strong showing, receiving eight and seven nominations, respectively.
The Saturn Awards are given out annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films for excellence in genre films, though with the likes of Les Miserables and Life Of Pi amongst the nominees. Also interestingly, The Avengers is nominated in the Best Science Fiction film category while fellow comic book films The Amazing Spider-Man is in the Best Fantasy Film and The Dark Knight Rises is in the Best Action/Adventure Film category.
The Saturn Awards will be presented in June.
The complete list of film nominees are as follows -
Best Science-Fiction Film
THE AVENGERS
CHRONICLE
CLOUD ATLAS
THE HUNGER GAMES
LOOPER
PROMETHEUS
Best Fantasy Film
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
LIFE OF PI
RUBY SPARKS
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
TED
Best Horror/Thriller Film
ARGO
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
THE IMPOSSIBLE
SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS
THE WOMAN IN BLACK
ZERO DARK THIRTY
Best Action/ Adventure Film
THE BOURNE LEGACY
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
DJANGO UNCHAINED
LES MISERABLES
SKYFALL
TAKEN 2
Best Independent Film Release
COMPLIANCE
HITCHCOCK
KILLER JOE
THE PAPERBOY
ROBOT AND FRANK
SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED
SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
Best Actor
CHRISTIAN BALE, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
DANIEL CRAIG, SKYFALL
MARTIN FREEMAN, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
HUGH JACKMAN, LES MISERABLES
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT, LOOPER
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, KILLER JOE
Best Actress
JESSICA CHASTAIN, ZERO DARK THIRTY
ANN DOWD, COMPLIANCE
ZOE KAZAN, RUBY SPARKS
JENNIFER LAWRENCE, THE HUNGER GAMES
HELEN MIRREN, HITCHCOCK
NAOMI WATTS, THE IMPOSSIBLE
Best Supporting Actor
JAVIER BARDEM, SKYFALL
MICHAEL FASSBENDER,PROMETHEUS
CLARK GREGG, THE AVENGERS
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
IAN MCKELLEN, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
CHRISTOPH WALTZ, DJANGO UNCHAINED
Best Supporting Actress
JUDI DENCH, SKYFALL
GINA GERSHON, KILLER JOE
ANNE HATHAWAY, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
ANNE HATHAWAY, LES MISERABLES
NICOLE KIDMAN, THE PAPERBOY
CHARLIZE THERON, SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNSTMAN
Best Performance By A Younger Actor
CJ ADAMS, THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN
TOM HOLLAND, THE IMPOSSIBLE
DANIEL HUTTLESTONE, LES MISERABLES
CHLOE GRACE MORETZ, DARK SHADOWS
SURAJ SHARMA, LIFE OF PI
QUVENZHANE WALLIS, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Best Directon
WILLIAM FRIEDKIN, KILLER JOE
PETER JACKSON, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
RIAN JOHNSON, LOOPER
ANG LEE, LIFE OF PI
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
JOSS WHEDON, THE AVENGERS
Best Writing
TRACY LETTS, KILLER JOE
DAVID MAGEE, LIFE OF PI
MARTIN MCDONAGH, SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS
QUENTIN TARANTINO, DJANGO UNCHAINED
JOSS WHEDON, THE AVENGERS
JOSS WHEDON, DREW GODDARD, CABIN IN THE WOODS
Best Production Design
HUGH BATEUP, ULI HANISCH, CLOUD ATLAS
SARAH GREENWOOD, ANNA KARENINA
DAVID GROPMAN, LIFE OF PI
RICK HEINRICHS, DARK SHADOWS
DAN HENNAH, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
EVE STEWART, LES MISERABLES
Best Editing
STUART BAIRD, KATE BAIRD, SKYFALL
ALEXANDER BERNER, CLOUD ATLAS
BOB DUCSAY, LOOPER
JEFFREY FORD, LISA LASSEK, THE AVENGERS
JOHN GILROY, THE BOURNE LEGACY
TIM SQUYRES, LIFE OF PI
Best Music
MYCHAEL DANNA, LIFE OF PI
DANNY ELFMAN, FRANKENWEENIE
DARIO MARIANELLI, ANNA KARENINA
THOMAS NEWMAN, SKYFALL
HOWARD SHORE, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
HANS ZIMMER, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
Best Costumes
JACQUELINE DURRAN, ANNA KARENINA
KYM BARRETT, PIERRE-YVES GAYRAUD, CLOUD ATLAS
SHAREN DAVIS, DJANGO UNCHAINED
BOB BUCK, ANN MASKREY, RICHARD TAYLOR, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
PACO DELGADO, LES MISERABLES
COLLEEN ATWOOD, SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
Best Makeup
HEIKE MERKER, DANIEL PARKER, JEREMY WOODHEAD, CLOUD ATLAS
GREGORY NICOTERO, HOWARD BERGER, PETER MONTAGNA, JULIE HEWETT, HITCHCOCK
PETER SWORDS KING, RICK FINDLATER, TAMI LANE, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
DAVID MARTI, MONTSE RIBE, VASIT SUCHITTA, THE IMPOSSIBLE
NAOMI DONNE, DONALD MOWAT, LOVE LARSON, SKYFALL
JEAN ANN BLACK, FAY VON SCHROEDER, TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2
Best Special Effects
JANEK SIRRS, JEFF WHITE, GUY WILLIAMS, DAN SUDICK, THE AVENGERS
GRADY COFER, PABLO HELMAN, JEANIE KING, BURT DALTON, BATTLESHIP
JOE LETTERI, ERIC SAINDON, DAVID CLAYTON, R. CHRISTOPHER WHITE, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
CHRIS CORBOULD, PETER CHIANG, SCOTT R. FISHER, SUE ROWE, JOHN CARTER
BILL WESTENHOFER, GUILLAUME ROCHERON, ERIK-JAN DE BOER, DONALD R. ELLIOTT, LIFE OF PI
CEDRIC NICHOLAS-TROYAN, PHILIP BRENNAN, NEIL CORBOULD, MICHAEL DAWSON, SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
Best International Film
ANNA KARENINA
CHICKEN WITH PLUMS
THE FAIRY
HEADHUNTERS
MY WAY
PUSHER
He may have had his detractors and he may have helped raise the ratings for this year’s Academy Awards telecast, but Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane stated today on Twitter that he would not be back to host next year’s Oscars.
