NY Times: Carpetbagger
- Last Thoughts on a First Season
Tuesday - 02/24/2015 - 02:01 PMBefore signing off, the Carpetbagger looks back on some highlights (like tea with Tilda Swinton) and the long slog that is awards season.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How It Came to Be ‘Birdman’s’ Night
Monday - 02/23/2015 - 11:15 AMThe Academy's ways -- including resistance to critical praise like that for "Boyhood" -- made all the difference.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Celebrating Long Shots and Outcasts
Friday - 02/20/2015 - 09:00 PMAt a luncheon in her honor, Rory Kennedy said she fully expected her documentary "Last Days in Vietnam" would not win the Oscar.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Attention, Office Oscar Pool Players
Friday - 02/20/2015 - 02:38 PMPredictions from around the web to help you with your ballot.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oscars 2015: The Carpetbagger’s Predictions
Thursday - 02/19/2015 - 06:22 PMCara Buckley makes educated Oscar guesses.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Below the Line: Editing ‘Whiplash’
Wednesday - 02/18/2015 - 12:01 PMTom Cross, the editor of "Whiplash," discusses his work.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Julianne Moore on Forging a Bond With Alzheimer’s Patients
Tuesday - 02/17/2015 - 10:00 AMThe actress spent time with women like her character, who receives a devastating diagnosis at a young age.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Taxi’ by Jafar Panahi Takes Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival
Sunday - 02/15/2015 - 10:34 AMComing in second were Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s “The Club,” about a home for errant priests, which took the grand jury prize, the Silver Bear, and “Ixcanul Volcano,” by the Guatemalan director Jayro Bustamante.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oscar Tweet of the Week
Friday - 02/13/2015 - 01:30 PMNeil Patrick Harris on a possible Kanye West incident at the Academy Awards.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Saturday Night Live’ Documentary Will Kick Off Tribeca Film Festival
Thursday - 02/12/2015 - 02:01 PM“Live From New York!” explores the 40-year-old show's history.
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- At the Governors Ball, Winners and Even a Happy Also-Ran
Monday - 02/23/2015 - 12:00 PMJulianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Patricia Arquette, Felicity Jones and Michael Keaton all mingled at the Academy's official post-Oscars party.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Birdman’ and ‘Boyhood’ Split Top Independent Spirit Awards
Sunday - 02/22/2015 - 09:31 AMBut Jared Leto's jacket steals the show.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Category Close-Up: A Tough Call in the Foreign-Language Race
Friday - 02/20/2015 - 03:08 PM"Leviathan" and "Ida" lead an unusually tight foreign-language film race.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Category Close-Up: ‘Citizenfour’ Leads the Race for Best Documentary
Friday - 02/20/2015 - 01:45 PMWhy the Edward Snowden film will probably win.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tricks of the Hairstyle and Makeup Nominees
Wednesday - 02/18/2015 - 07:16 PMArtisans from "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Foxcatcher" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" talk about their challenges and the solutions they came up with.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Probing the Mysteries of a Photographer and Her Images
Wednesday - 02/18/2015 - 10:00 AMThe documentary makers John Maloof and Charlie Siskel tried to understand why Vivian Maier never showed her pictures.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Imitation Game,’ ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ and Decorum Win Over Writers Guild
Monday - 02/16/2015 - 09:49 AMUnlike more freewheeling ceremonies of the past, this year's awards were a buttoned-down affair.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Carpetbagger Video: Voicing Dragons and Other DreamWorks Stars
Friday - 02/13/2015 - 04:39 PMThe Bagger gives voice acting with Craig Ferguson a try.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - When the First Bagger, David Carr, Hit the Red Carpet
Friday - 02/13/2015 - 09:54 AMPaul Thomas Anderson yelled at him, and he stuck to his guns about stars: "They're not that important."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Composer Knows His Competition Quite Well: Himself
Thursday - 02/12/2015 - 10:01 AMAlexandre Desplat is nominated for best score twice: for "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "The Imitation Game."
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- Oscars 2015: The Numbers, the Backlash and More
Tuesday - 02/24/2015 - 10:26 AMThe telecast's viewership drops and Patricia Arquette's comments draw fire.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Carpetbagger Video: Remembering Their Lines
Saturday - 02/21/2015 - 09:09 PMActors and directors recite standout lines from their films during the 2015 movie awards season.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hollywood Sighting
Friday - 02/20/2015 - 04:44 PMThe Oscar statuette gets a street artist's makeover.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Parties for ‘Boyhood’ and the Beautiful People
Friday - 02/20/2015 - 01:03 PMPatricia Arquette, Chris O'Dowd and Gugu Mbatha-Raw were among the celebrities making the rounds of pre-Oscar festivities.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - If Twitter Users Could Vote
Thursday - 02/19/2015 - 10:01 AMThe service analyzed messages surrounding Oscar nominees, looking at context as well as mentions, and found "Selma" would get best picture if tweets counted.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Clothes and Character: ‘Maleficent’
Tuesday - 02/17/2015 - 01:01 PMThe costume designer was brought in late and then asked to do not one but eight looks for the main character. That's when Team Maleficent was born.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - More Guild Prizes for ‘Birdman’ and ‘Big Hero 6’
Monday - 02/16/2015 - 01:48 PMA number of professional groups handed out awards over the weekend, including cinematographers, sound editors, sound mixers and makeup artists and hairstylists.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How to Build a (Softhearted) Robot
Friday - 02/13/2015 - 02:00 PMThe makers of "Big Hero 6" consulted dozens of experts, including medical authorities, robotics specialists and social workers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Irish Animators in a Strange Land (Los Angeles)
Friday - 02/13/2015 - 12:01 PM"The Song of the Sea" filmmakers were told not to be so self-deprecating on the Oscar campaign trail -- because Americans might take them at their word.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Clothes and Character: ‘Inherent Vice’
Wednesday - 02/11/2015 - 02:01 PMMark Bridges talks about translating Thomas Pynchon's descriptions into fashions that will work on screen.
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