Spirit Awards 2012: Silver Linings Sweeps Kudos

Feb 23, 2013–“”Silver Linings Playbook” dominated at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, taking best feature and lead actress award for Jennifer Lawrence with David O. Russell winning trophies for best director and screenplay.

Oscar 2012: Palestinian Oscar-Nominee Detained at LAX

Feb 20, 2013–Emad Burnat, the Palestinian co-director of Oscar-nommed doc “5 Broken Cameras,” detained by immigration officials at Los Angeles Intl. Airport on Tuesday evening, has issued a statement about his experience and talked to the Huffington Post about helmer Michael Moore’s part in his release.

Oscar 2012: Argo, Zero Dark Thirty Win Writers Guild Awards

February 17, 2012–“Argo” and “Zero Dark Thirty” have won the key screenplay awards from the Writers Guild of America.
Mark Boal’s screenplay for “Zero Dark Thirty” won best original category and Chris Terrio’s adaptation of “Argo” took adapted screenplay.

Oscar 2012: Supporting Actor

Oscar Confidential: Our Predictions

All five nominees of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar are previous winners.

The winner will be….

Super Bowl: 108.4 Million Viewers

Even a power outage that preempted play for more than 30 minutes couldn’t derail ratings for the Super Bowl, as Sunday’s game on CBS between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers averaged a big 108.4 million viewers.