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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… Read More

July 16, 2018

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… Read More

November 17, 2016

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… Read More

November 2, 2016

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.… Read More

May 30, 2014