Friday, February 22, 2013
The Oscars will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane this Sunday at 8:30 p.m. on ABC, with the Red Carpet Show airing at 7.
With so many people planning to watch the Oscars on Sunday night, what better way to make the event more fun to watch than to throw a viewing party? Natick Mall Guru Laura Pizzuti says it's a perfect thing to do with friends since so many people watch it, and there are a lot of things you can do, including making it a Girls' night. Pizzuti offers several ideas for decorations, such as using stars on the walls and even as the shape of the fruit on your fruit platter. She also suggests making black and white the main colors, with gold as an accent. In addition, Pizzuti recommends a recipe for a couple of very yummy sounding Champagne drinks. Is anyone in Natick throwing an Oscar Viewing Party? What are your plans, and who do you think should…
Friday, January 11, 2013
Seth McFarlane and Emma Stone announced the list of nominees for The Academy Awards yesterday.
Steven Spielberg's film "Lincoln" led The Oscar hopefuls with 17 nominations, but Cambridge's own Ben Affleck was left off the list of hopeful for best director today when the list of nominees was announced. The Huffington Post reports that the media was abuzz when neither Affleck, Tom Hooper ("Les Miserables") nor Katherine Bigelow ("Zero Dark Thirty") made the list for Best Director. The trio's films did make the list of movies up for Best Picture, along with a host of others, including Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" and Ang Lee's "Life of Pi." Best Actor nominees include former winners Daniel Day-Lewis ("Lincoln") and Denzel Washington ("Flight"). Jessica Chastain received a nod for her role in "Zero Dark Thirty," and will be …
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Nine films nominated for best picture; tell us which ones you viewed and liked.
For likely more than four hours on Sunday night, the 84th Academy Awards will air. Hosted this year by Billy Crystal, there are nine films nominated for best picture. Have you seen them all? Did you see just a handful? Catch only one? We wouldn't be surprised if you didn't see them all. For the first time in the three years since Oscar organizers expanded the best-picture category to more than five films, there’s not a single blockbuster in the running. Billion-dollar worldwide hits such as Avatar and Toy Story 3 have been in the best-picture mix the last two years, along with such huge smashes as Up, Inception and The Blind Side. The only contender this time that has made it to the $100 million mark domestically is the Deep South tale “…
dave Hornfischer
8:54 am on Saturday, February 25, 2012
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