Lantern Entertainment Completes $289M Weinstein Company Purchase; includes Oscar winners The King’s Speech, The Artist
After months of negotiation, Lantern Capital has been given approval to complete its $289M acquisition of The Weinstein Company, which went into bankruptcy after the... Read More
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Silence, Fences, La La Land, Jackie, Patriots Day, Live by Night, Hidden Figures Fight for a Spot in Best Picture as December Releases
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] We all trot out this factoid every year; no film released in December has won the Best Picture Oscar since 2004’s... Read More
2017 Oscars: Best Picture, Musicals, and Original Screenplays and Where La La Land Fits
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The last original musical to win Best Picture with an Original Screenplay nomination was 2011’s The Artist, which also won... Read More
Croisette Contenders and Palme Pretenders: Cannes Special Edition
Welcome back to AwardsWatch’s Contender or Pretender series, where this week we will be doing something a little bit different. This last Saturday concluded the... Read More
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists 
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10