Tag: Darkest Hour
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This Year’s Oscar Nominees Get Gorgeous New Posters from Shutterstock
The Oscars are almost here, and Shutterstock is getting in on the action by reimaging the posters for this year’s nominees. While most of the official posters for the nominees were pretty good (although the less said about the bland one for Call Me by Your Name, the better), Shutterstock’s team of designers decided to…
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Who Should Win at Sunday’s Oscars? Cast Your Vote!
With under a week until Oscar night, Variety is polling readers to see their predictions on who will take home the top prizes.Though it’s unlikely any category will be as dramatic as last year’s best picture mix-up, the biggest night in film is still a competitive race.Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” which has…
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Specialty Box Office Lags as Oscar Season Plays Out and Streaming Surges
Looking at the full-page movie ads in the Sunday The New York Times, one might think the upcoming movies are “Phantom Thread,” “Dunkirk,” and “Darkest Hour.” Nearly all the Arts & Leisure film ads were for Oscar contenders.That’s where the specialized market finds itself after a successful four-month awards season. But those films, many of…
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Cas Awards 2018: ‘Dunkirk’ Wins Top Sound Mixing Honor
After losing the Mpse Award for sound editing, “Dunkirk” grabbed sound mixing honors Saturday night at the 54th Cas Awards at the Omni. Pixar’s “Coco” and National Geographic’s “Jane” took the animation and documentary prizes.With the Oscars a week away, will Christopher Nolan’s audio tour-de-force win both sound editing and sound mixing? Or will it…
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2018 Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards: Oscar frontrunner ‘Darkest Hour’ takes two
At the Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards on Feb. 24, Oscar frontrunner “Darkest Hour” won two of its three races: special makeup effects and best period/character makeup. It lost best period/character hairstyling to “I, Tonya.”Among those films that “Darkest Hour” edged out for best special makeup effects was “Wonder,” one of its two…
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‘Darkest Hour,’ ‘American Horror Story’ Lead Make-up and Hair Stylists Guild Winners
“Darkest Hour” led the way with film winners at the 2018 Make-up and Hair Stylists Guild Awards with two prizes. “Pitch Perfect 3,” “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2” and “I, Tonya” also received awards.For television, “American Horror Story: Cult” and promotional campaigns for the series combined for three wins, while “Big Little Lies,” “Dancing…
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See How Gary Oldman Transformed into Winston Churchill in ‘Darkest Hour’ Behind-the-Scenes Video
Period dramas don’t usually light up the internet while they’re in production, but Darkest Hour was a unique case due to the insane physical transformation of lead actor (and current Best Actor Oscar frontrunner) Gary Oldman. The film chronicles a testy period of time in Winston Churchill’s life, and director Joe Wright wooed Oldman to…
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It’s ‘The Shape of Water’ vs. ‘Get Out’ for Three Top Oscars, and Jordan Peele Will Win One
As Oscar voters ponder their ballots (which are due Tuesday), two films are rising to the top of three key races: Best Original Screenplay, Director, and Picture. (We’ll discuss the Acting races later.) In each category, writer-directors Guillermo del Toro and Jordan Peele, with fantasy romance “The Shape of Water” and suspense thriller “Get Out”…
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Oscar Makeup and Hair Nominees, Ranked: ‘Darkest Hour’ v. ‘Wonder’ v. ‘Victoria & Abdul’
The Oscar 2018 trio of makeup and hair nominees are marked by memorable and effective transformations: Best Actor favorite Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour,” nine-year-old Auggie (Jacob Tremblay) suffering from a rare facial deformity in “Wonder,” and Judi Dench as withering Queen Victoria restored to joyful grace in “Victoria & Abdul.”In all…
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Divided Oscar Loyalties: Who Do They Really Want to Win the Gold?
Decisions, decisions: Academy Awards voters have plenty of worthy nominees to choose from as they mark their ballots in the final stretch of a particularly competitive Oscar season.But what about those voters who struggle with divided loyalties? There are a handful every year: those who, in fact, have strong ties to more than one of…