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
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