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On March 1st four films open nationwide and will attempt to dethrone Melissa McCarthy's film "Identity Thief."
Iranian government officials have criticized the Oscar winning film "Argo" as a piece of American propaganda used as a tool to smear the image of the Iranian Revolution, but young Iranian film goers are more open toward the film's subject matter.
On Sunday, First Lady Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance at the 85th Academy Awards where she presented the award for Best Picture via statellite from the White House.
This year the Best Picture category sees 9 films competing for the highest honor. After Guild awards one film has emerged as the front-runner. However that film is not nominated for Best Director and that could potentially lead to a surprise winner on Sunday. Previous winners are "The Artist," "The King's Speech," "The Hurt Locker," "Slumdog Millionaire," and "No Country for Old Men."
The Best Supporting Actor Race is one of the most difficult races to predict this year as three actors have emerged as possible winners. The race is being disputed by five Oscar winners and four actors will go for their second while the fifth actor will go for his third. The last time an actor race was so difficult to predict was in 2007 when 4 Supporting Actresses split the top awards. Past Supporting Actor winners are Christopher Plummer (Beginners), Christian Bale (The Fighter), Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds), Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), and Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men).
The Adapted screenplay category is one of the most contested races this year as it includes five best picture nominees. The award is usually decided after all the precursors have been hand out. However with no consensus it could go to anyone this year. Previous winners have been "The Descendants," "The Social Network," "Precious," "Slumdog Millionaire," "No Country For Old Men," and "The Departed."
The Best Editing category is one of the most crucial awards at the Academy Awards. No film in recent history has ever won the Best Picture without getting nominated for the category; however, the Best Picture is not necessarily always the winner. Therefore the five films nominated this year are most likely the ones with the biggest chances to win the ultimate prize. Recent winners include "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "The Social Network," "The Hurt Locker" and "Slumdog Millionaire."
The Directors Guild of America held their annual awards ceremony on February 2, with Ben Affleck winning the top prize of the night for his film "Argo."
Argo received the Producers Guild of America Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble this past weekend propelling it to the front running position to win the Oscar.
The SAG awards will air on Jan. 27 at 8pm on TNT and TBS. The SAG awards which are voted by actors and Academy Award members are expected to clear up the acting races at the Oscars.
The Screen Actors Guild Awards have always been a good indicator of who the acting awards will go to at the Oscars. However when it comes to the Ensemble award it can be unpredictable. Sometimes the SAG awards go with the films that will win the Oscar or with a film they want to award the actors for. However a win at the SAG can put a film in the front running position. Recent best picture winners that won the ensemble award include "The King's Speech," "Slumdog Millionaire," "No Country for Old men," and "Crash."
The Producers Guild of America is thought to be one the most important awards for a film in order to win the Best Picture accolade at the Academy Award. This year, the guild chose ten films of which eight are nominated for Best Picture at the Oscar.
The Golden Globes were handed out on Jan. 13 with many surprises shaking up the race as well as many predictable choices.
Ben Affleck is enjoying the finest year of his career. The director of the award winning "Argo" was awarded the Critics Choice Award for Best Director and Best Picture and he has a solid chance of winning the second Oscar in his career this February. However, the director does not seem intent on stopping to enjoy the success; he is already set for his next film.
The Academy award nominations were announced on Jan. 10 with many surprises and snubs. While Lincoln led the way with 12 nominations, many films fell short of their expectations while some surprised pundits and critics. The following is a list of the biggest surprises and snubs at this years Oscar nominees.
