U2, Nick Cave (But Not Anvil) Among Oscar Hopefuls

The little-documentary-that-could The Story Of Anvil, about the band that was like a "real life Spinal Tap" right down to having a drummer named Robb Reiner, stole everyone's heart this past year. Except for people whose hearts are made of... CONTINUE READING U2, NICK CAVE (BUT NOT ANVIL) AMONG OSCAR HOPEFULS»

Slumdog Won Best Original Song, Seven Other Oscars

Videogum liveblogged and livetweeted the Academy Awards last night, including the red carpet pre-show and Barbara Walters special, and Gabe did not kill himself. Success! Slumdog Millionaire won eight statues, including Best Picture and Best Original Song for A.R. Rahman's... CONTINUE READING SLUMDOG WON BEST ORIGINAL SONG, SEVEN OTHER OSCARS»

Peter Gabriel Drops Out Of The Oscars

The self-proclaimed "old fart" had agreed to perform his award-nominated Wall-E song "Down To Earth" until he was told he'd have to cut it to one-minute and fit into an Oscar-song medley. Songwriters "work bloody hard and deserve (a bigger... CONTINUE READING PETER GABRIEL DROPS OUT OF THE OSCARS»

Once's Indie Rockers Win 2008 Best Song Oscar

As far as predicting Best Song awards go, there's little conventional wisdom to rely on aside from Randy Newman probably being nominated, and a song you probably don't care about winning. Not so at all this year; no Randy Newman,... CONTINUE READING ONCE'S INDIE ROCKERS WIN 2008 BEST SONG OSCAR»

The Academy Would Really Like To Recognize The Songs Of Enchanted

Our look into Jonny Greenwood's odds at winning the Oscar started by presciently realizing, "first he'll have to get nominated." Of course we figured he was a shoo-in, and of course we were wrong. Variety pissed all over Jonny's hopes... CONTINUE READING THE ACADEMY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE SONGS OF ENCHANTED»

Posted on January 22, 2008 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: Academy Awards | Eddie Vedder | Jonny Greenwood | Oscars | The Frames

A Look Into Jonny Greenwood's Odds At An Oscar

Now that the momentary hyperventilation at the prospect of Thom & Co. visiting your town has subsided, we move onto the next Radiohead topic of the day: Will Jonny Greenwood win an Academy Award for his brilliant work on Paul... CONTINUE READING A LOOK INTO JONNY GREENWOOD'S ODDS AT AN OSCAR»

Posted on January 9, 2008 in Video (10 comments)
Tags: Academy Awards | Jonny Greenwood | Radiohead

Comedians At The Oscars

Did anyone make it through last night's Oscar telecast? Pretty sure we knocked out sometime after the Best Sound Engineering In A Foreign Musical award, but Bruce Vilanch and his team of comedy writers may be partly to blame, too.... CONTINUE READING COMEDIANS AT THE OSCARS»

Posted on February 26, 2007 in Video (14 comments)
Tags: Academy Awards | Jack Black | Will Ferrell

The Academy Would Like To Recognize Randy Newman ... Again

This morning, The Academy announced its nominations for the 79th Annual Oscars and, much to the surprise of nobody, Randy Newman got a nomination! Not to slag on Randy, he's obvs got this film scoring thing down, but our initial... CONTINUE READING THE ACADEMY WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE RANDY NEWMAN ... AGAIN»

Posted on January 23, 2007 (13 comments)
Tags: Academy Awards | Randy Newman

Oscar's Making His Picks

We're already commiserating over this year's Grammy nods, but it's never too early to get unexcited for the Oscar nods for Best Original Song. Relevance aside, how cool would it be if Spoon or DeVotchKa took home an Oscar? The... CONTINUE READING OSCAR'S MAKING HIS PICKS»

Posted on December 11, 2006 (20 comments)
Tags: Academy Awards | Borat | DeVotchKa | OutKast | Spoon