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The Indie Spirit Awards handed out their 2013 awards on Sat. March 1, a day before the Oscars.
When the Academy Awards announced the winner for Best Picture this year, audiences will either be really surprised or completely annoyed at how predictable the Academy Awards have become. This year pundits have been saying how unpredictable the race has been given how the precursor awards particularly the guilds have not come to a consensus. As a result the race will be dueled out between three films. Previous Best Picture winners have included "Argo," "The Artist," "The King's Speech," "The Hurt Locker," "Slumdog Millionaire," and No Country for Old Men."
The Best Actor is one of the wide open races this year. Two actors are first times nominees while the other three have been nominated a number of times. Another interesting fact is that three of the nominees are playing real people and those performances automatically have an advantage because the Academy loves performances based on real people. Previous winners include Daniel Day-Lewis ("Lincoln"), Jean DuJardin ("The Artist"), Colin Firth ("The King's Speech"), Jeff Daniels ("Crazy heart"), and Sean Penn ("Milk").
Warner Bros is starting to position its 2015 Oscar contenders.
The Academy Award for Best Editing is generally as one of the most important categories. No film since 1981 has won the Best Picture of the year without a nomination in this category. However in order to win the top prize, a film does not need to win this award. The 2014 race look to be the hardest to predict as it includes five Best Picture nominees and no clear front-runner. Previous winners include "Argo," "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "The Social Network," "The Hurt Locker," and "Slumdog Millionaire."
The Sound Mixing category is one of the technical awards many audiences do not understand. The mixing category is the overall sound work that is heard in the final cut of the film. This year two films nominated for Best Picture also shortlisted in this category while the three nominees are only nominated in a few categories. Previous winners include "Les Miserables," "Hugo," "Inception," "The Hurt Locker," "Slumdog Millionaire," and "The Bourne Ultimatum."
The Animated film is always one of the most interesting races because the Academy sometimes chooses three nominees and sometimes five. The ultimate number is chosen by the amount of contenders submitted at the end of the year. This year five films were nominated with two being complete surprises. Previous winner include "Brave," "Rango," "Toy story 3," "Up," "Wall-E," and 'Ratatouille."
The Costume Designers Guild have handed out their annual awards.
The Academy Awards are looking to be a glamorous celebration this upcoming year with all of last year's acting award winner returning to present. The awards are touted as career making and the winners are said to get more exposure after their wins.
The Original music score category is one of the most interesting categories of the year. The Academy nominated unexpected candidates and left out some composers that were expected to be nominated. The Golden Globes who are known as the best predictor of the category chose Alex Ebert's score for "All is Lost," which was not nominated. As a result the category is unpredictable and includes two first time nominees, two previous nominees and one previous winner. Past winners include Mychael Danna ("Life of Pi"), Ludovic Bource ("The Artist"), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross ("The Social Network"), Michael Giacchino ("Up").
The Best Actress race is one of the most predictable races this at the Academy Awards. The race includes four previous winners and one five time nominee. This year one actress has dominated every single award and with the amount of the wins this contender has won it is unlikely she will lose. In the past years Jennifer Lawrence ("Silver Linings Playbook"), Meryl Streep ("The Iron Lady"), Natalie Portman ("Black Swan"), Sandra Bullock, Kate Winslet ("The Blind Side"), and Marion Cotillard ("La Vie en Rose") have all taken home the award in this category.
The BAFTA awards have given their best Picture award to and with it have made the Oscar race a bit clearer.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that US will perform at the Academy Awards.
Idina Menzel will perform at the Oscars.
The Art Direction category is one of the most interesting categories at the Academy Awards this year. Three of the films went home with the Art Directors Guild award while the two films are top contenders to take home the Best Picture of the year. Additionally four o fthe nominees are Best Picture nominees while one is only nominated for two awards. Previous winners include "Lincoln," "Hugo," "Alice in Wonderland," and "Avatar."
